Sebadoh
Live at Pearl St., Northampton, MA 3/29/2007
Background information
Origin	Westfield, Massachusetts
Genre(s)	Indie rock, Lo-fi
Years active	1986-2000, 2003-2004, 2007-present
Label(s)	Domino Sub Pop Homestead Records City Slang Records Siltbreeze Vertical Records
Associated acts	Dinosaur Jr Folk Implosion Sentridoh
Website	http://www.sebadoh.com/ http://www.myspace.com/sehbahdough
Members
Lou Barlow Eric Gaffney Jason Loewenstein
Former members
Bob Fay Russ Pollard

Sebadoh is an indie rock band formed in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and former Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording techniques, often on four-track machines. The band's early output, such as 1990's Weed Forestin' and 1991's Sebadoh III, was typical of this style, and wavered between Barlow's wry, introspective folk and Gaffney's psychedelic noise-rock experiments. Nickname: Location in Hampden County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Hampden Settled 1660 Incorporated (town) May 19, 1669 Incorporated (city) November 2, 1920 Government  - Mayor Michael R. Boulanger Area  - Total 47. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Lo-fi is a subgenre of indie rock which uses lo-fi recording practices. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... This article is about the UK based Domino Records founded in 1993. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ... Homestead Records Logo Homestead Records is a New York City based sublabel of Dutch East India Trading. ... City Slang Records is an indenpendent record label from Berlin, Germany. ... Siltbreeze is an American independent record label that documents an unique intersection between punk, psychedelic and noise. ... Dinosaur Jr is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1983 as Dinosaur. ... The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock / lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. ... Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is a musician from the USA credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... 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. ... Eric Gaffney is a songwriter and recording artist In 1989, he co-founded the indie rock band Sebadoh, and, since 1998, has been performing and recording with his own project, Fields of Gaffney. ... Jason Loewenstein is an American rock musician and a member of the indie-rock band Sebadoh. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Nickname: Location in Hampden County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Hampden Settled 1660 Incorporated (town) May 19, 1669 Incorporated (city) November 2, 1920 Government  - Mayor Michael R. Boulanger Area  - Total 47. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Eric Gaffney is a songwriter and recording artist In 1989, he co-founded the indie rock band Sebadoh, and, since 1998, has been performing and recording with his own project, Fields of Gaffney. ... Dinosaur Jr is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1983 as Dinosaur. ... 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. ... Pavement was an influential American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an extremely prolific lo-fi/indie-rock band from Dayton, Ohio. ... Lo-fi is a subgenre of indie rock which uses lo-fi recording practices. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Weed Forestin was the second album by Sebadoh. ... Sebadoh III is the third album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1991. ...

History

Lou Barlow was the bass player for alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr in the late 1980s. While both Barlow and leader J Mascis wrote songs, Mascis' material dominated the group's output because Barlow was intimidated by the guitarist's songwriting efforts.^[1] Barlow spent progressively more time recording his own songs at home. Barlow and Gaffney released the Weed Forestin' cassette in 1987 on Homestead Records under the name Sebadoh, which was a nonsense word Barlow often muttered in his recordings.^[2]. Both Barlow and Gaffney contributed songs to 1988's The Freed Man cassette. Homestead Records head Gerard Cosloy heard the cassette release of The Freed Man and released it as a full-length album on Homestead in 1989. Soon after the cassette's release Barlow was kicked out of Dinosaur Jr. Over time Sebadoh's releases became a way for Barlow to address the issues of control that manifested as the tension in and his ejection from Dinosaur Jr; Barlow said "I got a lot of hatred out just by writing those songs."^[3] Jason Loewenstein joined in summer 1989, the first release that he played on being the "Gimme Indie Rock" single in 1991. Only ten 'band' shows were performed throughout Western Mass, Boston, and New York over the period 1989-1990 before third album, the appropriately-named Sebadoh III was released. 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. ... Weed Forestin was the second album by Sebadoh. ... Homestead Records is a New York City based sublabel of Dutch East India Trading. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gerard Cosloy ran Homestead Records in the 1980s; DJd at WFMU; played in the group Air Traffic Controllers, and later founded Matador Records. ... Jason Loewenstein is an American rock musician and a member of the indie-rock band Sebadoh. ... Sebadoh III is the third album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1991. ...

After touring with fIREHOSE in 1991, they signed to Sub Pop (Domino in the UK and City Slang in Germany) in 1992, and released the two EPs Rocking the Forest and Sebadoh vs. Helmet released just two months apart. These EPs had their track listings truncated and shuffled around and made into the American full-length release Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock. Their fourth full length album Bubble and Scrape was recorded Summer/Fall 1992 and released in April 1993, which sold 10,000 in its first week of release - confirming that the band were now established indie rock favourites. Indoor firehose A firehose is a thick, high-pressure hose used to carry water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. ... Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington that achieved fame in the 1990s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the local Seattle music scene. ... This article is about the UK based Domino Records founded in 1993. ... City Slang Records is an indenpendent record label from Berlin, Germany. ...

Concert at Webster Hall in New York City, 2007

Sebadoh III (1991), helped draw further attention to Sebadoh as proponents of the lo-fi movement. Following 1993's Bubble and Scrape, however, Gaffney left the band. His replacement, Bob Fay, appeared on the band's most acclaimed and consistent effort, 1994's Bakesale, which saw the emergence of the songwriting talents of multi-instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein, and the follow-up Harmacy in 1996. Fay was fired before the sessions for The Sebadoh (1999) and replaced by Russ Pollard, a friend of Loewenstein's from Louisville. Following the tour to promote this album, the band went on hiatus, with Barlow concentrating on his other project, the Folk Implosion, and Loewenstein working on material for his debut solo album At Sixes and Sevens, released in 2002. The two reunited to play concerts in late 2003 and the spring of 2004. Marquee at Webster Halls Entrance Webster Hall is a nightclub in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Sebadoh III is the third album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1991. ... Bakesale is the seventh album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1994. ... Jason Loewenstein is an American rock musician and a member of the indie-rock band Sebadoh. ... Harmacy is an album by Sebadoh, released on August 20, 1996 (see 1996 in music). ... The Sebadoh was Sebadohs last full album realesed in 1999. ... Russell Pollard (or Russ Pollard for short) is an American rock musician. ... The Folk Implosion was an American indie rock / lo-fi band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. ...

In March of 2007, the "Sebadoh Classic" lineup of Barlow, Gaffney and Loewenstein went on tour together for the first time in 14 years. This coincided with a new series of reissues which repackaged some of the early albums with extra discs of unreleased tracks. First came a reissue of Sebadoh III, then The Freed Weed, and Bubble and Scrape will follow on May 5th. Sebadoh III is the third album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1991. ... The Freed Weed is a compilation album by Sebadoh, including their first and second albums (almost) in full. ...

The reunion tour continues into 2008, and in May will include a live performance of 1993's Bubble and Scrape in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series at London's Koko venue. All Tomorrows Parties logo projected at festival. ...

Discography

Main article: Sebadoh discography

Studio albums

• The Freed Man (1989)
• Weed Forestin' (1990)
• The Freed Weed (1990)
• Sebadoh III (1991)
• Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock (1992)
• Bubble and Scrape (1993)
• Bakesale (1994)
• Harmacy (1996)
• The Sebadoh (1999)

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Weed Forestin was the second album by Sebadoh. ... The Freed Weed is a compilation album by Sebadoh, including their first and second albums (almost) in full. ... Sebadoh III is the third album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1991. ... Bakesale is the seventh album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1994. ... Harmacy is an album by Sebadoh, released on August 20, 1996 (see 1996 in music). ... The Sebadoh was Sebadohs last full album realesed in 1999. ...

References

• Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. New York: Little, Brown, 2001. ISBN 0-316-78753-1

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). ...

Notes

External links

• Sebadoh website
• Lou Barlow website
• Jason Loewenstein website