I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.

Pavement reunited in March 2010 and have since embarked on a world tour. He has also played a Danelectro Silvertone (Sears model dating to 1962 or 1963) for one-off solo shows. Pavement and Malkmus in particular was hailed as spearheading the underground indie movement of the 1990s.

He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.