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Dinosaur Jr is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1983 as Dinosaur. The band disbanded in 1997 but reunited in 2005. Guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph were the band's founding members; however, Mascis has been the group's sole continual member. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (912 × 608 pixel, file size: 90 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ...
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J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10, 1965) is an American musician, best-known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr, though he also has been an occasional producer and film composer. ...
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Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Hampshire County Settled 1703 Incorporated 1775 Government - Type Representative town meeting Area - Town 27. ...
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J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10, 1965) is an American musician, best-known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr, though he also has been an occasional producer and film composer. ...
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History
Formation Formed as Dinosaur in 1983 in Amherst, Massachusetts by J Mascis (guitar and vocals) and Lou Barlow (bass guitar), following the break-up of their hardcore punk band Deep Wound. Shortly afterwards, Murph (Emmett Patrick Murphy, drums) joined them. See also: 1983 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1983 Record labels established in 1983 // Michael Jacksons Thriller, the most successful album not only of 1983, but of all time, was released in 1982 and began its epic domination of the music charts the following year, 1983. ...
Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Hampshire County Settled 1703 Incorporated 1775 Government - Type Representative town meeting Area - Town 27. ...
J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10, 1965) is an American musician, best-known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr, though he also has been an occasional producer and film composer. ...
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Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is a musician from the USA credited with helping pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...
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Tensions ran high between Mascis and Barlow, and in 1989, after touring in support of their third album Bug, Barlow was kicked out of the band. Shortly thereafter, Barlow turned his full attention to the former side-project Sebadoh. "The Freed Pig", the opening track on 1991's Sebadoh III, famously documents Barlow's frustration at Mascis and his treatment within the band. Bug is Dinosaur Jr. ...
Sebadoh are an indie rock band formed in Northampton, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney, WOZQ DJ and Pizza Factory driver (circa 1989) and former Dinosaur Jr. ...
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Murph continued to tour with Dinosaur into the early 1990s, but starting with Green Mind (1991), Mascis (who had started out as a drummer) began to record albums almost entirely on his own. For their later years, Mascis was supported on tour and infrequently on record by George Berz on drums and Mike Johnson on bass. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
In 1992 the band was part of the "Rollercoaster" tour, a package tour based on the successful Lollapolooza festival, which featured The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine & Blur. On the 1993 release, Where You Been, the opening track ("Out There") had an accompanying video and was aired on MTV for a short time, as the show 120 Minutes was still popular as a late-night "alternative" video show. After 1997's Hand It Over, Mascis finally retired the Dinosaur Jr name. In 1999, he released the first of two solo albums under the name J Mascis and the Fog. Official logo Lollapalooza is an American traveling music festival featuring alternative rock, rap, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ...
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Where You Been is the fifth official studio album by Dinosaur Jr. ...
120 Minutes logo 120 Minutes was a television show dedicated to alternative music on MTV and MTV2 from 1986-2003. ...
Hand It Over is Dinosaur Jrs seventh studio album. ...
J Mascis And The Fog is the post-Dinosaur Jr. ...
Reunion In 2004, Mascis regained the master rights to the first three Dinosaur Jr albums from SST, and arranged for their reissue on the Merge label in early 2005. The reissues coincided with the announcement that the original lineup of Mascis, Barlow and Murph was reuniting for a tour. The band continued to tour through 2006. While performing in New York that year, much of the band's equipment was stolen while stored outside their hotel and has not yet been recovered. The band members were among the curators of 2006's All Tomorrow's Parties festival. On May 1 2007, the original members of Dinosaur Jr released Beyond on Fat Possum Records, their first album of new material together since Bug in 1988. Merge Records is an indie-rock record label based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ...
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Beyond is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. ...
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Bug is Dinosaur Jrs third album, which was released in October 1988 through SST Records. ...
Discography -
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Studio albums Dinosaur is the debut album by Dinosaur Jr. ...
Youre Living All Over Me is the second album by Dinosaur Jr. ...
Bug is Dinosaur Jr. ...
Green Mind is a 1991 album by Dinosaur Jr. ...
Where You Been is the fifth official studio album by Dinosaur Jr. ...
Without a Sound is the sixth official studio album released by the band Dinosaur Jr. ...
Hand It Over is Dinosaur Jrs seventh studio album. ...
Beyond is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. ...
See also This is a list of alternative rock artists. ...
New England Conservatory of Music in Boston Massachusetts is a U.S. state in New England. ...
Notes
References Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad (ISBN 0-316-78753-1). ...
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: - Official Dinosaur Jr site
- Official J. Mascis site
- Onion A.V. Club interview (2005)
- NME Artist page including reviews, news, and videos
- Video interview with all members of Dinosaur Jr - part one
- Video interview with all members of Dinosaur Jr - part two
- Video interview with all members of Dinosaur Jr - part three
- Video interview with all members of Dinosaur Jr - part four
- Video interview with all members of Dinosaur Jr - part five
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