David Pajo

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David Pajo
Also known as Aerial M, Papa M, M, Pajo
Born 1968, Texas
Origin Louisville, Kentucky
Instrument(s) guitar
Associated acts Slint, Tortoise, Will Oldham, The For Carnation, Stereolab, Royal Trux, King Kong, Zwan
Website http://www.papa-m.com/

David Pajo is an American alternative rock musician. He has, however, played a wide variety of music, loosely fitting into several other genres: 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.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he played with three Louisville hardcore and hardcore-inflected bands in his early career. 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 post-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, 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. The follow up to Pajo, entitled 1968, was released in August 2006.

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 who also played guitar 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).

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[edit] Discography

[edit] As a part of a band

With Slint
With King Kong
  • Old Man On The Bridge (1991)
With The For Carnation
  • Fight Songs (Apr 6, 1995)
With Tortoise
With Royal Trux
With Zwan
With Peggy Honeywell
  • Honey for Dinner (May 20, 2003)

[edit] As a solo artist

Aerial M
  • Aerial M (Aug 25, 1997)
  • M Is (1997)
  • Vivea (1998)
  • October (1998)
  • Post Global Music (Jan 26, 1999)
Papa M
  • Travels in Constants Vol. 5 (1999)
  • 1999 Tour Single (1999)
  • Live from a Shark Cage (Oct 25, 1999)
  • Papa M Sings (2001)
  • Whatever, Mortal (2001)
  • Songs Of Mac (2002)
  • Three Songs (2002)
  • One (2003)
  • Two (2003)
  • Three (2003)
  • Four (2003)
  • Five (2004)
  • Six (2004)
  • Hole of Burning Alms (Feb 24, 2004)
Pajo
  • Pajo (Jun 28, 2005)
  • 1968 (August 22, 2006)

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Slint
Brian McMahan • David Pajo • Britt Walford • Ethan Buckler (former) • Todd Brashear (former)
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