Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Gary Young, the madcap original drummer for the pivotal indie-rock band Pavement, died Thursday, the band has confirmed.
No cause of death was announced; he was 70. Singer-guitarist Stephen Malkmus wrote on social media in a brief message, “Gary Young passed on today.
Gary’s Pavement drums were ‘one take and hit record’…. Nailed it so well.” While not an accomplished musician, Young’s ramshackle playing and on-stage antics played a key role in the Pavement’s original sound and persona.
He connected with founders Malkmus and guitarist Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg in 1989 in their hometown of Stockton, California, where he owned a studio.
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