Pavement were an unbearably-indie-rock band from Stockton, California. Forming in 1989, the band were mildly-popular throughout the USA, before throwing in the towel in 1999. Despite moderate success, Pavement were never on a music label at all. Rock pundits have often put the band's success down to the band's dashing good looks, the lead singer's status as a powerful religious figure, and the fact that between 1990-1999, 47% of the USA was buying, selling, or making, hallucinogenic drugs.