Album artwork for Wowee Zowee by Pavement

Wowee Zowee, originally released by Matador in April 1995 on the eve of Pavement’s infamous mud-bespattered mainstage appearance at Lollapalooza, began life as a controversial release. Fresh off the success of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain with its chart- topping Modern Rock hit Cut Your Hair, the band went into the studio and came out with a deliberately chaotic and eclectic album that sounded nothing like its predecessor. With influences from the Groundhogs to the Frogs, Captain Beefheart to the more obscure mid- ’80s central California hardcore bands featured on Maximum Rock’n’Roll comp ‘Not So Quiet On The Western Front’, Wowee Zowee confused critics and alienated fans.

Pavement

Wowee Zowee

Matador
Album artwork for Wowee Zowee by Pavement
LPx2

£27.99

Black
Released 08/01/2021Catalogue Number

OLE1300

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Album artwork for Wowee Zowee by Pavement
CD

£8.99

Released 13/11/2020Catalogue Number

OLE1302

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Pavement

Wowee Zowee

Matador
Album artwork for Wowee Zowee by Pavement
LPx2

£27.99

Black
Released 08/01/2021Catalogue Number

OLE1300

Learn more
Album artwork for Wowee Zowee by Pavement
CD

£8.99

Released 13/11/2020Catalogue Number

OLE1302

Learn more

Wowee Zowee, originally released by Matador in April 1995 on the eve of Pavement’s infamous mud-bespattered mainstage appearance at Lollapalooza, began life as a controversial release. Fresh off the success of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain with its chart- topping Modern Rock hit Cut Your Hair, the band went into the studio and came out with a deliberately chaotic and eclectic album that sounded nothing like its predecessor. With influences from the Groundhogs to the Frogs, Captain Beefheart to the more obscure mid- ’80s central California hardcore bands featured on Maximum Rock’n’Roll comp ‘Not So Quiet On The Western Front’, Wowee Zowee confused critics and alienated fans.