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  Dinosaur Jr. - Biography - AOL Music
On their early records, Dinosaur lurched forward, taking weird detours into free-form noise and melodic soloing before the songs are brought back into relief by Mascis' laconic whine.
Dinosaur's SST records laid the foundation for alternative rock's commercial breakthrough in the early '90s, and while the band's profile was raised substantially in the wake of Nirvana's success, they never really became much bigger than highly respected cult figures.
Green Mind, Dinosaur's 1991 major-label debut, was recorded almost entirely alone by Mascis, and its varied, eclectic sound was received poorly in many alternative rock circles.
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 Dinosaur Jr.
They were formed as Dinosaur in 1983 in Amherst, Massachusetts by J.
Dinosaur's songs were melodic, fairly simply structured and covered in guitar noise.
Tensions ran high between Mascis and Barlow, and in 1989 Barlow was kicked out of the band, continuing to work with his own band Sebadoh[?].
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 Dinosaur Jr. News
Dinosaur Jr., with the original line-up of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murphy has long been celebrated as alternative rock's most significant pioneers.
The original line-up of DINOSAUR JR is recording its first studio album in 18 years.
For the Lemonheads' first album in ten years, singer Evan Dando has recruited a crack team of collaborators, including Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis and one of the most formidable rhythm sections in the history of...
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 Amazon.com: Dinosaur: Music: Dinosaur Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
So Dinosaur JR is now touring the world again in the old and most legendary formation of Jay Mascis, Murph and Lou Barlow.
With this is also the release the of the first three Dinosaur JR album that they recorded before Lou left the band to start also legendary Sebadoh.
This has made the first Dinosaur JR slowly into a classic indierock album because it didn't cause much of a stir when it just came out.
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 Dinosaur Jr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dinosaur Jr are an American alternative rock band.
Despite a lack of commercial success, they gained a loyal cult following, and can be seen, along with contemporaries such as the Pixies, as an immediate precursor to the alternative rock boom of the early 1990s, personified by the success of acknowledged fans Nirvana.
Dinosaur Jr's career was chronicled in Our Band Could Be Your Life, a book by Michael Azerrad about several important American underground rock groups during the 1980s.
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 CREEM ONLINE: Dinosaur Jr. — Reissues
Dinosaur (without the Jr.) was hatched in Amherst, Mass.
Dinosaur sounds closer to Hüsker Dü than the folk band of the apocalypse that it became.
Dinosaur does feature three songs—"Repulsion," "Quest" and "Severed Lips"—that remained staples of the Dinosaur live set long after the Barlow era ended (and even after the Murph era ended).
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 Live Review: Dinosaur Jr
However, a mere two years later, Dinosaur Jr recorded and released You're Living All Over Me, not only one of the best records an alternative band with hardcore roots had done yet, but simply put one of the era-defining and most influential albums as well.
I entered the venue when support act The Suicide Birds were about to finish their set, but the decibel level and stack of Marshall amplifiers already suggested that the reunited band still tried to live up to the Motörhead-part of its legacy.
To be considered the reunion act of the year, the band would have to work a bit harder and maybe record some overwhelmingly fantastic stuff, but as far as reunion concerts go, they rarely come any better than this one.
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 Dinosaur Jr. reissues | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
mostly made music for Dinosaur Jr., the drawback is there isn't a lot of variation between the songs.
Dinosaur Jr.'s third album continues a natural progression toward completeness: It's the most polished work by the unpolished trio.
Dinosaur Jr.'s greater purpose — inspiring others to love music like its members did, to start a band, to get curious about music — is found on these recordings.
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 LEFT OFF THE DIAL - Dinosaur Jr
DINOSAUR JR J Mascis formed Dinosaur Jr (originally called Dinosaur) in Amherst, Massachusetts, after his hardcore punk band Deep Wound broke up in 1983.
Dinosaur Jr's live performances were delivered at deafening levels, and over the next year or so the group developed a strong local cult following.
In 1986, a veteran west coast rock group called Dinosaur protested over their band name and they were forced to rename the group, adding Jr.
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 Dinosaur Jr. | music : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Dinosaur Jr., it's fair to say, is among the most underappreciated bands of the alt-rock era.
Fifteen years on, there seems to be a change of heart — or at least enough of a bad-vibe thawing for the original Dinosaur trio to do a 17-date mini-tour of the States this summer.
Considering their troubled past, we thought it would be fun to have the three original Dinosaurs delve into their complex relationships and tell LTT what each likes and dislikes about the other two.
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 J Mascis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
J Mascis (born Joseph Mascis December 10, 1965) is an American musician, probably best-known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr.
In April of 2005, Mascis rejoined with Barlow and Murph, as the original trio of Dinosaur Jr., to begin a tour celebrating the re-release of the group's first three albums.
J Mascis is currently working on the new Dinosaur Jr album that is due to be released sometime in 2007.
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 Dinosaur Jr
Consequently, Dinosaur Jr.'s '90s albums -- when the group was essentially a front for
Mascis -- don't sound particularly revolutionary, even with their subtle sonic innovations, yet their original '80s records for SST were a different matter.
Dinosaur's SST Records laid the foundation for alternative rock's commercial breakthrough in the early
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 Amazon.com: Where You Been: Music: Dinosaur Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Dinosaur Jr fans tend to be split into two camps: those who favor the early, Lou-Barlow-era underground sound of Bug and You're Living All Over Me, and those who prefer the fuller, more finished sounds of the J Mascis-centric Green Mind and later albums.
While I still enjoy all of these groups for myriad of reasons, the one group I never tired of was Dinosaur Jr.
While Green Mind saw J. Mascis steering Dinosaur Jr's sound to a more diverse and enhanced destination, Where You Been is that destination.
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 NPR : Dinosaur Jr. Rises from the Ashes -- to Rock
World Cafe, August 24, 2005 · Dinosaur Jr.'s music helped define and shape the indie and alternative rock movement of the late 1980s and early '90s.
And while the music often swaggered and ripped convention, the band's lyrics were often self-effacing and complicated.
Touring clubs from their base in Massachusetts, Dinosaur Jr.
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 JMascis.com - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For the record neither J nor Dinosaur Jr made any money from these shoes… there will be a few available via retail, this was just a fun thing for J to do.
The Live Dinosaur Jr DVD is scheduled to be released on May 8, 2007.
2006 Dinosaur Jr Inc./J Mascis [ RSS ]
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 Dinosaur Jr. Tickets - Buy Dinosaur Jr. Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
They were formed as Dinosaur in 1983 in Amherst, Massachusetts by J Mascis (guitar and vocals) and his high school classmate Lou Barlow (bass guitar).
These first albums were a major influence on the up-and-coming band Nirvana, and were on par with Dinosaur Jr.'s contemporaries the Pixies.
The reissues coincided with the announcement that the original lineup of Mascis, Barlow and Murph was reuniting for a summer tour.
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 www.freesofree.net - Dinosaur Jr, J Mascis, and J Mascis & the Fog... all the time
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 Merge Records
Instead of dismissing the influences of 60s and 70s rock, as had been the rallying cry of punk, Dinosaur Jr.
The influence that Dinosaur Jr has had on their peers and future generations of musicians/bands is immeasurable.
Now, 20 years since the release of their self-titled debut that left folks scratching their heads (yet at the same time hungry for more) Merge is honored to bring these three classic CDs back into print after years of scattered availability and $40+ price tags on Ebay and Amazon.
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 Dinosaur Jr. | The A.V. Club
It's safe to assume that if the Pixies hadn't gotten back together last year, the re-forming of the original Dinosaur lineup (which was forced to add the Jr.
In addition to suing Mascis for back royalties and keeping the acrimony alive in interviews, Barlow wrote some pointed songs about his ex-bandmate, recording them with his side-project-turned-main-project Sebadoh.
That became easier after some recent pleasant encounters between Mascis and Barlow, including a one-song reunion of their pre-Dinosaur band Deep Wound at a benefit show last year.
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 www.myspace.com/dinoj
What could possibly be more exciting to a Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr.s brilliance has always stemmed from Mascis amazing guitar skills, coupled with his gift for melody.
Well, the most significant detail is that the set consists entirely of classic Dinosaur Jr.
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 PunkHardcore.com - Punk, Hardcore, Emo, Music, Tabs, Lyrics, News, MP3, Interviews
Hooking up with fellow high school student Lou Barlow (bass), Mascis initially played drums in Dinosaur, but shortly afterward, former All White Jury drummer Murph (b.
Over the next year, the group developed a local following, and in 1985, the trio released their debut album, Dinosaur, on the Homestead label.
It became the first Dinosaur album to chart, peaking at number 50, and it generated the modern rock hit "Start Choppin'."
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 VH1.com : Dinosaur Jr. : Sebadoh's Lou Barlow - Urge Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bassist Barlow formed guitar-heavy underground rock band Dinosaur Jr with guitarist J Mascis in 1983.
Their 1987 album, You're Living All Over Me, became an indie sensation; the 1988 single "Freak Scene" was adopted as an anthem of sorts by the post-punk underground music movement.
After Dinosaur Jr released Bug in 1988, tensions between Barlow and Mascis reached a fevered pitch and Mascis booted Barlow from the band, citing the latter's "excessive social ineptitude."
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 Dinosaur Jr Músicas - letras
Dinosaur Jr - How'd You Pin That One On Me
Dinosaur Jr - I Live For That Look
Dinosaur Jr - Seemed Like The Thing To Do
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 Rolling Stone : Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur Jr mastermind J Mascis' lethargic vocals and sprawling rhythms predated slacker culture, and his 1987 album, You're Living All Over Me, served as a vital influence for bands like the Lemonheads, Pavement and even Nirvana.
But while many of his disciples went on to drown their sorrows in...
After getting it together on three explosive but uneven indie records (Bug is the best) and five years of touring, Massachusetts' Dinosaur Jr released a bang-up masterpiece in 1991: Green Mind.
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 Dinosaur Jr.
When they were on their game, Dinosaur Jr.
And when they blew chunks, they were pretty okay, too.
Sure, "Repulsion" from ’85’s Dinosaur feels embryonic, but it’s not hard to imagine ’88’s "Freak Scene," ’93’s "Start Choppin" or 2000’s "Where’d You Go" from Mascis’s new project The Fog coming from the same album to begin with.
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 Dinosaur Jr., MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
Released before the group was forced to change its name to Dinosaur Jr.
by an obscure psychedelic group, the band's debut, Dinosaur, is a noisy, impressive, but uneven array of pseudo-hardcore numbers, sonic experiments, and sprawling hard rock.
Although the band doesn't land on any one distinctive style, its ambition of marrying Neil Young and Sonic Youth sounds intriguing, and it has enough outstanding moments to indicate that the group was capable of the stylistic breakthrough it achieved on You're Living All Over Me.
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 MTV News | Original Dinosaur Jr. Lineup Reuniting For Summer Tour
Good news for graying record-store clerks, and for anyone who wants to see a long-absent band that casts a stegosaurus-sized shadow over today's indie-rock: The original lineup of Dinosaur Jr.
In the past few weeks, the band had stirred the long-dormant hopes of fans when it was announced that they would be playing a handful of shows in the U.K. and Japan (as well as reissuing their seminal first three albums, 1985's Dinosaur, '87's You're Living All Over Me and '88's Bug).
Now all three Dinos — guitarist/singer J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph — have put aside the differences from their contentious breakup.
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 www.myspace.com/dinosaurjr
It is hard to believe, but it was more than 20 years ago when Dinosaur first roamed the back roads and byways of central Massachusetts.
Following their very successful, and highly unlikely 2005 reunion, the members of Dinosaur Jr.
I know this is kinda weird but i'm over at my friends house and was playing on their myspace account and saw YOU on their friends list.
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 Dinosaur Jr @ Reading Festival coverage on ITV2
Come Join the Dinosaur Jr Network last.fm group and share what you are listening or be introduced to new music from other members of the community.
FreakScene Forums > Dinosaur Jr / J Mascis Topics > J Mascis News/Stories > Dinosaur Jr @ Reading Festival coverage on ITV2
Keep an eye out though, ITV have a habit of showing Reading highlights in the middle of the night at random times - they're still showing Reading 2003 for example...
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