slint - the quarry interview

out take from the lance bangs documentary of 2013 "breadcrumb trail"

[@tyde4610]

this band just always give off such a strange, depressing vibe. Even here when they’re just talking, there’s still something sad about it.

[@Sprtschk]

I'd maybe not say depressed, but definitely weird, eerie. Like there's something just a bit off about it.

[@kiwami7797]

I honestly think it's because of no background music, and they also seem pretty calm when talking

[@l.ronhoyabembe8043]

Yeah, the guitarist David Pajo did have a suicide attempt a few years back too. Thankfully it seems he’s doing much better

[@clintwilson6380]

You right, man. Slight unsettling spooky vibe.

[@tomatoesandradiowire482]

Yeah there’s just something empty feeling about the whole thing. Like they don’t even remember much and they’re just like yeah. It’s just so strange like a weird little record trapped in time that they almost don’t even recall.

[@drapeblind]

The Slint guys are talking like their best is behind them. They're geniuses and should make more music!

[@furiousseasons1]

Love Todd's voice. He makes me feel better about my thick Southern accent

[@teethgrinder83]

Furious Seasons nothing to feel bad about man-I've a certain Scottish dialect called Doric that others in Scotland and the UK hardly understand but I speak how I speak-I tend to tell people that say I'm a "yokel from the 'shire" and they don't understand me that I talk closer to Burns than you and that tends to shut them up. Fuck accents-we are who we are bud

[@TheGamer-br2gm]

CREEEEPING UUUP INTO THE SKYYYY

[@JoshTheGreat33]

Jack Ging STOPPING AT THE TOP AND.... STARTING DOWN

[@polarvesqueeee9341]

@@JoshTheGreat33 THE GIRL GRABBED MY HANDDDD I CLUTCHED IT TIGHTTTT

[@itsprobablymorkoh5913]

@@polarvesqueeee9341 I SAIDDDDD GOOOODBYEEEEE TOOOO THE GROUNDDDDDDDD

[@BloodIncantationTab]

This makes me more sad than happy

[@tedesco455]

+Griffin Jurisson Why?

[@niev1111]

same

[@jonobrow]

@@tedesco455 Time passing, I guess.

[@no.mans.guy.]

Something about this band always makes me depressed for some reason but i love it

[@daniilzadorozhnyy8950]

@@no.mans.guy. I kind of disagree. they were sweet kids and they all seem to be doing well these days

[@finncallan]

This should have been the final scene in the documentary.

[@clintwilson6380]

Dude, that would have been a great way to end it.

[@fert7921]

Fr

[@roberthart2273]

Where’s Pajo at? It’s too bad he wasn’t there.

[@sonewwave8923]

@@roberthart2273 possible he was out touring with another band, he's remained pretty busy since slint ended

[@Warrchild777]

I grew up listening to these guys and their music still inspires me. GM Capitan is still one of my top 5 songs of all time. The intricacies of the music is just plain beautiful. I am sure you guys will never see this, but thank you for being a small part of my life :)

[@arijittheone]

You said what I had in my mind...only, they were a big part of my life.

[@clintwilson6380]

Definitely a great "headphone" band, like Pink Floyd.

[@oscarslater6123]

This video is so relaxing. they’re all so laid back and chill haha

[@BrunoOfCanada]

These people are making my teenagehood with their music, thanks a lot!

[@lilyhutchins9896]

And Don Caballero

[@BrunoOfCanada]

Bro, Don Cab is probably my favorite band of all time haha

[@lilyhutchins9896]

@@BrunoOfCanada 😂 me too

[@codiserville593]

@m c Polvo is so fun. I'm trying to get more familiar with Shellac

[@jamesdoctor8079]

If you like Slint, listen to Rodan’s record Rusty. They’re fellow Louisvillians from Slint’s primary group of peers. There’s also June of 44, the Sonora Pine, Gastr Del Sol, Seam, Bitch Magnet, Bastro, Rachels, Evergreen, the For Carnation, Palace Music. There’s actually a Slint family tree of bands in the 33 1/3 spiderland book.

[@Jack_nnn_]

Britt has the face of Paul Dano and the voice of David Lynch

[@gamelanplan]

This is awesome! I LOVE Breadcrumb Trail!!! And yes, I did wonder why Oldham wasn't in the final cut of the movie.

[@matejamatic1329]

“before-he got in the quarry” 0:33 don’t know why but I replayed him saying that like 10 times it just rhymes really nicely lol

[@ficklefartrecordsco3451]

Lol

[@emorygleason6138]

wow that water was crisp sounding

[@harrytalay301]

read this comment, high expectations were set, heard crispness of the water, high expectations were met

[@YTPartyTonight]

I saw these guys play at Club Dreamerz on Milwaukee Blvd the first time they ever played in Chicago. My recollection is they played that show in February or March of '89. They played songs from Tweez. The first song was their rendition of Rise Above by Black Flag. I saw them the second time they played at Dreamerz later that same year when they played songs that would be on Spiderland. I'm glad things are a memory blur for them too; it ain't just me.

[@itsMrNoble]

I went swimming in the quarry a few years ago.

[@yared8771]

01:32 just the irony of being jailed for trespassing on earth day

[@yared8771]

00:45 the way Britt smiles tells me that Brian made up that story just to mess with Todd' head... ahahahah

[@lorenz0]

I love them

[@yared8771]

I love them too, brotha 🔥

[@krossdude35]

This interview makes me curious as to why Will Oldham wasn't in the full documentary, especially as he seems so integral to their upbringing there's definitely clips from this exact same interview in the documentary too - I wonder why they cut him out?

[@yroe12]

he was in the version I saw? they mentioned he was a couple years younger and I believe was also the photographer of the Tweez cover

[@cupsYT]

@@yroe12 Will Oldham took the cover photo of Spiderland. He was actually on the Tweeze cover sat in the Saab wearing a helmet. You can just about make him out. The Tweez cover photo was taken by Joe Oldham

[@jamesdoctor8079]

@@yroe12 I think what they mean is why wasn’t Will interviewed?

[@mossymoose8920]

@@yroe12will is the same age as Britt and Brian I’m pretty sure. Will has an older brother though

[@Boddah.]

This band is so underrated, it's depressing.

[@wemusealoud6380]

Are they, though? Everyone who knows about them pretty much acknowledges the band as legendary and Spiderland a classic. In the years after they split up, Spiderland continued to spread around the world, and so many big bands (Radiohead, for example) acknowledge them as a huge influence. I feel like if they were underrated you'd hear a lot of "Slint weren't very good and Spiderland is a shitty album".

[@linkinpark4everize]

+We Muse Aloud wait a sec when did anyone from Radiohead mention Slint as an influence ?

[@Hornwiesel]

Uhhh.. no? Maybe underappreciated.

[@govegan6682]

No they're not

[@matthewensign9683]

No, Papa M are underrated.

[@dylanclarke589]

I love their accents

[@DanKale]

Who knew a group of bumpkins would make one of the best post rock albums of all time.

[@wasperminingco]

Bumpkins? I hardly think of people in Louisville KY as bumpkins.

[@clintwilson6380]

Listening to Britt reminds me of J Mascis

[@arsenalroo]

Greatest. Then I listen to the Ohio River Boat Song. Which made my marriage.

[@Scott_Raynor]

Where is the quarry? Can you find it on google maps?

[@dasbakon]

Scott Raynor you could probably google Quarry Bluff Estates

[@sloandog]

It’s a closed community that is kind of afraid of outsiders. My grandparents live there. I wouldn’t suggest trying to get in there because they call the cops if they don’t recognize you.

[@Scoob505]

Britt has a very unusual temperment. Did he take lots of drugs as a youngster? Or is he just eccentric? I mean that in a good way, I like eccentricity sometimes.

[@zootsanchez]

Dunno, he's like if a kid with Aspergers was raised by hippies who encouraged him to be as odd as possible. He seems not to acknowledge social obstacles while having very limited ambitions. I understand after Slint broke up he slept on a couch and baked penis-shaped cakes.

[@allisonwalford6072]

Just eccentric! I'm his sister

[@ciaranoneill2385]

@@allisonwalford6072 must've been really something growing up around the music your brother was creating

[@gemineye76]

yes

[@Dannzzx]

​@@allisonwalford6072 We all hope he's keeping well! He appears so detached (and slightly depressed) throughout the documentary, has he always been like that?

[@hUnt94]

as a person from ky, britt does not look like he’s from ky but he is

[@CunningCondor]

What happened to the fourth guy, again?

[@waterliquidation8095]

well, the people in this interview only make up half the band. the guy with the glasses and the khakis is britt walford (the drummer). the guy with the blue jacket is todd brashear (the bassist), and the other guy i believe is will oldham, a close friend of the band. david pajo and brian mcmahan are the two members not in this interview, both of whom played guitar.

[@WodyHG]

Brian also did the main vocals

[@nathanjamesbaker]

Yes, Will Oldham is the guy with the beard. He's also the one who took the photo that became the album cover.

[@WeWantYouToStay]

Everyone in this thread is so shit at describing things lol... there are two guys with glasses, two guys with beards and two guys in blue jackets

[@hiicantthinkofaname]

The bearded one with the strongest accent is Todd.

[@fredericozgur7845]

Slint/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy split 7"

[@danielkillorin9742]

intro was beautiful

[@sunekoo]

Crocs? Oh, Will...

[@JeffSayYes]

what kind of jacket BPB wearing? I've been looking for a good rain jacket

[@aaronbrewer1831]

This is awesome

[@giposting]

britt is so cool

[@ixalfahrezi6281]

BRITT STILL YOUNG

[@mrdavidschuldiner]

Does anybody know where this quarry is?

[@originalnotimportant]

BlazingBanana. It's in Clark co. IN. Not "Cook co.". That's Chicago Il's locale. Might be Jefferrsonville, IN proper... Not sure.

[@sloandog]

Don’t go looking for it, it’s a closed community

[@gemineye76]

Jack is correct. Why would it be anywhere but in/near Louisville, where they all lived as children. They weren't stealing cars, they were making some of the best music I never heard until a few years ago from a time when I absolutely should have heard it. Just saying.

[@jackspicerisland]

It's Jeffersonville, Indiana--just over the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Take Lakeside Quarry Drive off Upper River Road.

[@nightshadegatito]

it's a homesteaded quarry, apparently.

[@thomas.j.s]

godbless they sure do all sound like slint fans

[@darkcnotion]

Thought that was Prince Billy

[@thailakhampo]

It is Will Oldham

[@darkcnotion]

Thaïla Khampo Oh shit two worlds collide

[@allisonwalford6072]

One and the same

[@Shinola3]

Will Oldham IS Bonnie Prince Billy. He put out tons of records!

[@blackmesaband]

Is that Will Oldham?

[@Ac-dk9ki]

yes, he took the photo thats in the spiderland cover

[@matthewhill5895]

"earth day 1990'

[@ballypoo]

wow!!

[@ashthompson261]

Brian McMahan is Paul Dano's long lost brother.

[@lifesoldier]

that's britt , brian has shorter hair

[@JeffSayYes]

Riveting

[@nicoguarini28]

"Mouth breathers"lol......

[@t3br00k35]

they definitely took too many drugs