Conversation so far:
how was Pavement the band's beginnings?
Pavement formed in Stockton, California in 1989 as a studio project of guitarists and vocalists Stephen Malkmus & Scott Kannberg, known originally only as S.M. and Spiral Stairs.

Question: what kind of songs did they do at first?
Self-contained rewrite: what kind of songs did Pavement do after first forming in Stockton, California in 1989 as a studio project?