David Pajo is an alternative rock musician. However, even this classification is constraining, as he has worked with bands who fall under such genre headings as post-rock, math-rock, indie-rock, and even folk. Though a multi-instrumentalist, he is known most for his guitar work.

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 Tortoise (on Millions Now Living Will Never Die and TNT), Stereolab, The For Carnation, Royal Trux, King Kong, Bush League, Palace, and Zwan. 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 2005 he joined other members of Slint for a reunion tour and released his first solo album not bearing a pseudonym, simply titled 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). ... Tortoise, an instrumental rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. ... Stereolab are a UK-based band whose style, mixing 1950s-1960s pop and lounge music with the motorik beat of krautrock, was one of the first to which the term post-rock was applied. ... The For Carnation are a post-rock band from Louisville, Kentucky. ... Royal Trux was an American rock band, centered upon 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. ... Will Oldham in concert Will Oldham (born 24 December 1970, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American songwriter, actor, and musician. ... Album cover for Mary Star of the Sea Zwan was a short-lived indie supergroup that formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2003. ... M is the thirteenth letter of the latin alphabet. ... Papa M is the latest project of David Pajo, former bassist for seminal post-rockers Slint. ...

According to his website, Pajo will be playing seven shows in March 2006, one in Singapore, two in New Zealand, and five in Australia.

External links

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