Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Joseph Malkmus is an American musician best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth30 May 1966
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
song singers reeds
Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
stupid people way
I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.
taken champion trying
Something taken off the page can sound great, I guess. Usually it doesn't. It seems like lately Pitchfork is trying to champion lyric writers more.
thinking media flavor-of-the-month
I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the month, just a little while ago. It all depends on the angle, from which point of view you see it.
hustle band records
I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.
thinking guitar giving
If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try.
kids night men
I was a kid, I loved music, that was our social thing. That's what we bonded on. That's what my Saturday nights were, looking to see what bands were playing. And some of those people were the coolest people ever. I want to participate in that. And I hope other people feel that and they're like, "Yeah man, this is part of it, this is why I love music."
unique voice important
A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.
writing stuff desperate
We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.
couple world littles
We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.
america people majority
I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.
hate eagles evil
I still hate [the Eagles]…. There’s levels of evil in it to me.
hate eagles evil
I still hate [the Eagles]…. There’s levels of evil in it to me.