Gary Young, the original drummer for pioneering indie rock band Pavement who played on its revered debut album Slanted and Enchanted, died Thursday at his home in Stockton, CA. He was 70. The group…
Born Garrit Allan Robertson Young on May 3, 1953, in Stockton, he played in various local bands in the 1980s while booking punk acts in California’s Central Valley. When singer-songwriter-guitarist Malkmus and guitarist Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg formed Pavement as a duo in in 1989, they recorded their first EPs at Young’s home studio Louder Than You Think, and he drummed on the tracks.
Young earned a reputation for eccentricity and indulgence in those early days, playing on multiple EPs and live with Pavement before they record their full-length debut for Chris Lombardi’s Matador Records.didn’t dent the Billboard chart but reached No. 72 in the UK and was welcomed by the press.‘s 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
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