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★ Curated Historical Bridge • 1989 – 2009

Pavement ↔ Silver Jews

Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich & Poet David Berman

Pavement and Silver Jews are directly connected through multiple shared bridges: Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich.

📜 Archival Liner Note Context — 90s Lo-Fi Indie Rock Key Albums: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994) ↔ American Water (1998)

Before Pavement became the defining indie rock band of the 1990s, Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich formed Silver Jews with their University of Virginia friend and poet David Berman, recording on Berman’s landmark American Water.

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Pavement

📍 Stockton, California, United States • 📅 1989 – 1999

The quintessential 1990s indie-rock icons led by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, perfecting lo-fi slacker irony, fractured guitar tunings, and cryptic poetry on Slanted and Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.

Indie Rock Lo-Fi Slacker Rock
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Stephen Malkmus

Lead Vocals, Guitar

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Bob Nastanovich

Percussion, Shouting, Melodica

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Silver Jews

📍 Hoboken, New Jersey, United States • 📅 1989 – 2009

Literary indie-rock collaboration between poet-songwriter David Berman and Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich, acclaimed for American Water.

Indie Rock Lo-Fi Alt-Country
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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1989 – 1999

Pavement

📍 Stockton, California, United States

Archival Biography

The quintessential 1990s indie-rock icons led by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, perfecting lo-fi slacker irony, fractured guitar tunings, and cryptic poetry on Slanted and Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.

Musical Genres

Indie Rock Lo-Fi Slacker Rock Noise Pop
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👥 Band Personnel (6)

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Stephen Malkmus ⚡ Shared Connector

Lead Vocals, Guitar

1989–1999
Also in: Silver Jews
Scott Kannberg (Spiral Stairs)

Guitar, Vocals

1989–1999
Mark Ibold

Bass, Backing Vocals

1992–1999
Also in: Sonic Youth
Steve West

Drums

1993–1999
Bob Nastanovich ⚡ Shared Connector

Percussion, Shouting, Melodica

1990–1999
Also in: Silver Jews
Gary Young

Drums

1989–1993
💿 Record Labels:
Drag City Matador Records Domino Recording Company
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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1989 – 2009

Silver Jews

📍 Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

Archival Biography

Literary indie-rock collaboration between poet-songwriter David Berman and Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich, acclaimed for American Water.

Musical Genres

Indie Rock Lo-Fi Alt-Country
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👥 Band Personnel (4)

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David Berman

Lead Vocals, Guitar

1989–2009
Stephen Malkmus ⚡ Shared Connector

Guitar, Vocals

1989–2005
Also in: Pavement
Bob Nastanovich ⚡ Shared Connector

Drums, Percussion

1989–2005
Also in: Pavement
Cassie Berman

Bass, Vocals

1999–2009
💿 Record Labels:
Drag City
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