Scott Kannberg

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Scott Kannberg (born August 30, 1966 in Stockton , California as Christopher Scott Kannberg ; stage name Spiral Stairs ) is an American musician who gained fame primarily as a founding member of the alternative rock band Pavement .

life and career

Kannberg was born and raised in Stockton, Northern California. In 1989 he founded the band Pavement with his childhood friend Stephen Malkmus , which was influenced by their mutual preference for independent bands such as Sonic Youth , The Fall or the Pixies . Kannberg later also gave New Zealand alternative bands such as The Clean or Sneaky Feelings as inspiration. Kannberg had already chosen the pseudonym Spiral Stairs and Malkmus SM for their first published EPs and their debut album Slanted and Enchanted . Although the majority of the songs were written by his bandmate and lead singer Malkmus, the guitarist and background singer Kannberg also wrote and sang songs sporadically. These songs are Painted Soldiers , Hit the Plane Down , Kennel District , Date with IKEA, and Passat Dream . Due to artistic differences between Kannberg and Malkmus, Pavement broke up in 1999.

In the same year, Kannberg founded the group Preston School of Industry , with which he released two LPs in the early 2000s. However, the group has been inactive since 2004.

In addition, Kannberg also founded his own label Amazing Grease Records . In 2009 Matador Records released his first solo album The Real Feel , which is musically located in pop-rock . In 2010 there was a brief reunion of Pavement. At a birthday concert for Kannberg in San Francisco at the end of 2016, however, he was again on stage with Malkmus and his band The Jicks for some older pieces.

In March 2017 his second solo album was released with the title Doris And The Daggers . A tour of Germany has been announced for autumn 2017. His third solo album We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized followed in March 2019 . In the fall, Kannberg toured Europe again, u. a. through Norway, Germany and Great Britain. Concerts with Pavement have also been announced for 2020.

Kannberg is married. He lived temporarily in San Francisco, Seattle and Australia, but now in Mérida in Mexico .

Discography

Pavement

Preston School of Industry

  • All these Sounds Gas (2001)
  • Monsoon (2004)

solo

  • The Real Feel (2009)
  • Stolen Pills (2009) (single release)
  • Cold Change (2009) (single release)
  • Dreams They Guide Us (2010) (split single with The Long Winters )
  • Doris And The Daggers (2017)
  • We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized (2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KQUED.org
  2. ^ Completemusicupdate.com
  3. ↑ regioactive.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.regioactive.de  
  4. ↑ bandcamp.com
  5. ↑ twitter.com
  6. ^ Rollingstone.de
  7. ↑ tinymixtapes.com
  8. ↑ markprindle.com
  9. ↑ tinymixtapes.com
  10. ↑ sfexaminer.com
personal data
SURNAME Kannberg, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kannberg, Christopher Scott (full name); Spiral Stairs (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockton , California