Dinosaur Jr.

1984–presentUnited States 2020s 1970s

About Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984. The band was founded by J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlow (bass, vocals), and Murph (drums). After three albums on independent labels, the band earned a reputation as one of the formative influences on American alternative rock. Creative tension led to Mascis firing Barlow, who later formed Sebadoh and Folk Implosion. His replacement, Mike Johnson, came aboard for three major-label albums. Murph eventually quit, with Mascis taking over drums on the band's albums before the group disbanded in 1997. The original lineup reformed in 2005, releasing five albums thereafter. Mascis's drawling vocals and distinct guitar sound, harking back to 1960s and 1970s classic rock and characterized by extensive use of feedback and distortion, were highly influential in the alternative rock movement of the 1990s.

Discography

Dinosaur (1985)

You’re Living All Over Me (1987)

Bug (1988)

Fossils (1991)

Green Mind (1991)

Where You Been (1993)

Quest (1993)

Without a Sound (1994)

Hand It Over (1997)

In Session (1999)

Ear Bleeding Country: The Best of Dinosaur Jr. (2001)

Zombie Worm (2006)

Beyond (2007)

Live in the Middle East (2007)

Farm (2009)

Dinosaur Jr. by Type

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