David Pajo is an alternative rock musician. However, even this classification is constraining, as he has over the course of his life played such a wide variety of music, only loosely fitting into genres such as: hardcore, math-rock, post-rock, electronica, folk, and even indie-pop. Though a multi-instrumentalist (playing guitar, bass, banjo, drums, and possibly many more instruments), he is best known for his guitar work. The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] (also simply called alternative) were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Hardcore punk (aka Hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock, the sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than punk rock and implimented 1970s heavy metal influences in its music. ... Math rock is a style of rock music that emerged in the late 1980s. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...

In his early years he played with three Louisville hardcore and hardcore-inflected bands. He got his start as guitarist for Maurice, but he first recorded with Solution Unknown. He rose to prominence, however, for work with the influential math-rock band Slint. Since its breakup, he has seldom held positions in other bands for very long, moving from one to the other quite often. As a result he has contributed to many lineups, playing and recording with Will Oldham, The For Carnation, Tortoise, Stereolab, Royal Trux, King Kong, Bush League, Zwan, and Peggy Honeywell. He has also released music as a solo artist using various monikers, as Aerial M, M, M Is The Thirteenth Letter, and most notably, Papa M. Among his many 7" and splits with various bands, he has released (as Aerial M) 1997's Aerial M, and (as Papa M) 1999's Live From A Shark Cage, 2001's Whatever, Mortal, and 2003's Hole Of Burning Alms. In February and March of 2005 he joined his old friends from Slint, Britt Walford and Brian McMahan, for a reunion tour, and in April released his first solo album not bearing a pseudonym, simply entitled Pajo. Slint was a rock/math rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). ... Will Oldham in concert Will Oldham (born 24 December 1970, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. ... The For Carnation are a post-rock band from Louisville, Kentucky. ... Tortoise, an instrumental rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Royal Trux was an American rock band, founded by Neil Michael Hagerty (vocals, guitar) and Jennifer Herrema (vocals). ... The rock band King Kong was formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in the early 1989 by Ethan Buckler, the original bassist in the band Slint. ... Album cover for Mary Star of the Sea Zwan were a short-lived indie supergroup that formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2003. ... The letter M is the thirteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. ... Papa M is the latest project of David Pajo, former bassist for seminal post-rockers Slint. ...

Around the middle of 2005, he helped to form the band Dead Child, with Todd Cook (from Shipping News, Retsin, The For Carnation, and Aerial M - and was also the bass player on the 2005 Slint reunion tour), Michael McMahan (from The For Carnation, Starkiller, and Phantom Family Halo - and who also joined Slint on the reunion tour), and Tony Bailey (from Anomoanon, The Party Girls, Verktum, and Aerial M). More details on this band will follow as the music is released. Shipping News is an American indie rock band. ...

Discography

As a part of a band

With Slint: Slint was a rock/math rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). ...

• Tweez (1989)
• Spiderland (1991)
• Slint EP (Aug 29, 1994)

With The For Carnation: Tweez (1989) is the debut album by the group Slint, released on Touch & Go Records. ... Spiderland is an album by the group Slint, released on March 27, 1991, on Touch & Go Records. ... The For Carnation are a post-rock band from Louisville, Kentucky. ...

• Fight Songs (Apr 6, 1995)

With Tortoise: Tortoise, an instrumental rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. ...

• Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Jan 30, 1996)
• TNT (Mar 10, 1998)

With Zwan: Millions Now Living Will Never Die is the second album by Tortoise. ... TNT is a 1998 album by Tortoise. ... Album cover for Mary Star of the Sea Zwan were a short-lived indie supergroup that formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2003. ...

• Mary Star of the Sea (Jan 28, 2003)

With Peggy Honeywell: Mary Star of the Sea is Zwans only album, released on January 28, 2003. ...

• Honey for Dinner (May 20, 2003)

As a solo artist

Aerial M:

• Aerial M (Aug 25, 1997)
• Post Global Music (Jan 26, 1999)

Papa M:

• Live From A Shark Cage (Oct 25, 1999)
• Whatever, Mortal (2001)
• Hole of Burning Alms (Feb 24, 2004)

Pajo:

• Pajo (Jun 28, 2005)
• 1968 (August 22, 2006)

External links

• www.papa-m.com: David Pajo's official website.