Slint
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| Record Labels: | Jennifer Hartman Recordings, Touch And Go Records | ||
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| Based In: | Louisville | ||
| Largest show: | ? people | ||
| First show: | ? | ||
| Last show: | ? | ||
| Reunion show: | Tour starting in England at All Tomorrow's Parties 2005 and continuing in the states afterward. Louisville on Feb. 22nd, 2005. | ||
| Number of Members: | 5 | ||
"There's a lot of real smart people coming out of Louisville, Kentucky, for reasons I can't really figure out. Slint is from there and that's a great band. Historically, Louisville has had some good music."
— Steve Albini (Maximum Rock 'n' Roll magazine)
Slint established its earliest roots when, in 1981, at the ages of eleven and twelve, guitarist Brian McMahan and drummer Britt Walford began playing together in Louisville, KY. In 1984, Britt Walford and guitarist David Pajo started collaborating musically at the ages of fourteen and sixteen. 1985 saw the origination of Slint itself, the band then comprising Britt Walford, David Pajo, and bassist Ethan Buckler. Brian McMahan joined the following year.
In 1987, Slint recorded their debut album, Tweez, with Steve Albini behind the board in Chicago and released it on the short-lived and enigmatic Jennifer Hartman Records and Tapes label. At this time, Ethan Buckler departed and was replaced on bass by Todd Brashear. 1989 saw the recording of their untitled two song EP, engineered by Steve Albini, mixed by Brian Paulson, and released by Touch and Go Records.
In 1990, Slint recorded the landmark Spiderland album in Chicago with Brian Paulson both engineering and mixing. This release, in particular, became an independent music touchstone, loved and admired by hundreds of thousands of fans and emulated by a generation of musicans.
The following year, the year in which Spiderland was issued by Touch and Go, Slint broke up. For almost fourteen years, the members have not performed together as Slint. Now, for a very short time, they do so again.
Though largely overlooked during their relatively brief lifespan, Slint grew to become one of the most influential and far-reaching bands to emerge from the American underground rock community of the 1980s; innovative and iconoclastic, the group's deft, extremist manipulations of volume, tempo, and structure cast them as clear progenitors of the post-rock movement which blossomed during the following decade.
Members:
- David Pajo - guitar
- Brian McMahan - guitar/vocals
- Britt Walford - drums
- Ethan Bucker- bass on Tweez
- Todd Brashear - bass on Spiderland
- Tim Ruth - guitar
- Todd Cook - bass on reunion tour
- Michael McMahan - Guitar
Releases:
- "Glenn" b/w "Rhoda" CD/10" (Touch and Go)
- Spiderland CD/12" LP (Touch And Go)
- Tweez LP/CD (Jennifer Hartman Records/Touch And Go)
Compilations:
- Kids Movie soundtrack - Good Morning Captain
Shirts/Merch:
- Bootleg shirts from ebay w/ the Tweez cover on front
