On May 30, 1966, 90's rock icon Stephen Malkmus was born in Santa Monica, California. The musician would later become famous as the frontman of Pavement , one of the leading alt-rock bands of the 1990s. Malkmus formed Pavement alongside his close friend Scott Kannberg after graduating from UVA in the late '80s. After pulling a larger band together to form Pavement's official lineup, they released their debut studio album, Slanted & Enchanted , in 1992. The record was an immediate success that shook the world of alternative rock in America, though it failed to break into a more mainstream market. It didn't leave a mark on the Billboard 200, and from the outside, Pavement was viewed as a band solely for die-hard rock fans. In the years since, however, critics have reevaluated Slanted & Enchanted in the wake of Pavement's later success, citing it as a formative '90s rock record.…