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I Dinosaur Jr. They are an American rock musical group, trained in Amherst (Massachusetts) in 1984. [first]

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They were one of the most representative formations of the American indie rock scene of the eighties together with bands such as Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Sonic Youth and Pixies.

The band was born like Dinosaur In 1983 from the ashes of the Deep Wounds, hardcore formation with only one 45 behind, consisting of J Mascis on guitar, under the item a colleague of college by J, called Charlie Nakajima, Lou Barlow on bass and Murph on drums. While J Mascis frequented the Boston of the early 80s, Lou remained in the local areas between Amherst and Westfield. A Boston J Masis listened to many groups with influences oi! Type The Clash and many others similar. After a few months in which various musicians alternated in the Deep Wounds playing several instruments, Murph entered the band. The drummer tells in the anthological book “Dinosaur jr”: “J decided to want to create a country-punk band. I did not like country, as music, but, admiring J, I decided to support that band project”. From that moment the band took on the way that still distinguishes it today: J on the guitar, Lou on bass and Murph on drums.

They got noticed in the independent circuit for their concerts with disproportionate volumes ( “They were the most absurdly high volumes I have ever listened to” , said Thurson Moore of the Sonic Youth) and for their wall of sound as powerful as it is dynamic and capable of hiding captivating and unbalanced melodies. Since then, the most dominant character of J made itself notic, especially in the management of the songs both from the point of view of writing and of the part sung on stage. The first concerts with the name Dinosaur they took place in Massachussets, a beautiful poster that advertised them at Sheehan’s coffee of Northampton where you can see the pictorial artistic vein that will distinguish the covers of their albums. Lou He tells, always in the autobiographical book “Dinosaur Jr”: “I loved i Sonic Youth without having listened to them, without knowing what they were doing in 82 and 83; I decided that my favorites were even before listening to them. For the name they had chosen, because they were using desintized guitars. It was all so wonderful. When I took the album ‘ Confusion Is Sex ‘of 1983, it was one of the first times when the idea of ​​music met the sense of sound “.

At the time of the exit of their first album he had to change their name because there was already an American group that was called that. Therefore become Dinosaur Jr. , finally settled the first album, Dinosaur . He went out in 1985 for Homestead Records and, despite an immature style, already included many of the characteristics developed in the following You’re Living All Over Me (1987) released for the SST Records, the cult label of the hardcore punk scene of the eighties after almost thirty years, is considered by critics and enthusiasts one of the greatest alternative rock masterpieces of the time. [4]

The album combines hands of the electric guitar with surreal texts that denote the teenage-angst of Mascis. Second Thurston Moore: “J was the first American musician to mix the American hardcore in a wider musical scenario. He added influences that came since the 1960s, from Birthday Party And from the British or! British bands. J had an older brother who was in the field of music and introduced him to the knowledge of groups such as: Gram Parsons , Buffalo Springfield and so on. “The album You’re Living All Over Me , gives the band a fame, albeit limited to the context of their musical genre. But all three repeatedly reported how far they were from the world of musical business. Fortunately, this proved to be consistent over time by giving the band a second floor place in the rock musical environment but maintaining loyalty to their way of being.

J is a somewhat atypical character who has always exercised an almost dictatorial power on the group, pushing Lou Barlow to abandon to seek fortune as an author (first in the Sebadoh, then in the The Folk Implosion project). But this happens after the exit of Bug (1988). The event unleashing the separation between J and Lou is told in three different versions also in their autobiographical book of the band. The main reason was, and still persists a little today today, the communication between the two. Despite the past time, the character peculiarities of both ( Masculum It is Barlow) They played a decisive role in organizing the band and personal relationships. At the end of Bug tour The tension went up and J Mascis decided to want to continue without the historic street companion. Murph will remain with Mascis a few more years and then abandon him too. In this case he could not make the tear between the two mended a fundamental role, a balancer, which will then allow the reunion of 2004. In 2004 the recovered reports also allowed a short revival parenthesis Deep Wound . For some concerts, the original band met: J Mascis on drums, Lou Barlow on guitar, Scott Helland on bass and Charlie Nakajima as a voice.

Live at the WTAI Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, 2008

In the nineties, a new bassist entered, Mike Johnson, a collaborator of Mark Lanegan as well as a solo author. The discs published in this period, compared to the triad of the eighties, are generally considered minor, despite the critical fortune of Green Mind (1991), released in full grunge explosion with the Sire Records (Historical label of the Ramones). [5] Two years later is Where You Been (1993), followed by in 1994 Without a Sound . The last album is from 1997 and is Hand It Over .

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Subsequently, J Mascis dissolved what was now only a band that supported his artistic inspiration, to continue as a soloist. His works are not far from the group’s sound.

In 2005 the historical training for a world tour of the first three records of the band met, which led to the release of Beyond For Fat Possum Records. The disc is greeted with most of the criticism. [6]

Molto significative sono le parole di Lou riguardo al riavvicinamento tra lui, i suoi cari e J e la sua famiglia: “…after the London show (dove cantò una canzone sul palco con Mascis) I met J’s wife, talked with j for a while, and more and more it felt like I was accepting that he was always going to be a part of my life, one way or another, whether it’s through my family, my friends or whatever…”.

The subsequent albums have the constant dinosaur Jr. sounds. Despite the past time, the sound remains powerful and focused as always on the figure of J Mascis who with the guitar skeving powerful electrical razor in the songs, granting some more melodic pieces to his partner Lou Barlow. The division of the songs to be made to the albums that followed are mathematical and precise. 10 Mascis songs, 2 Barlow. It seems not very natural, but, according to them, finding agreements is part of the game of the parties.

Farm (2009) reveals the usual dinosaur style. More ‘pulled’ pieces alternate more soft songs such as the Imagination Blind of Barlow who has very little of the powerful sound of the Dinosaur Jr. There’s No Here Instead it seems to be the most classic and well -studied piece in dinosaurs style.

I Bet On Sky, d El 2012 appears as a more complete album, in which Barlow and Mascis merge better and the artistic vein seems to be more symbiotic. To rather famous songs ( Watch The Corners , See It On Your Side , Pierce The Morning Rain ) Others of considerable level are alternating such as Stick A Toe In , Recognition , What Was That . The sound is well compact and you come across a J Mascis with a few pieces at Lou Barlow and vice versa. From this album the band finds units of intent, albeit with pre -established agreements and there is some hints of collaboration on internship between Mascis and Barlow as if something had blunted into the crystallization of their relationship.

Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not , from 2016 is the eleventh studio album of the group. The sounds do not differ much from the post reunion albums but something is expected from the group, and that something happens. We are now in the rap/trap world, which blends even classic rock music, and the evolution of many musical groups, even rock in the last decade does not touch/scale in the least i Dinosaur Jr. They continue their path indie-post-punk rock which has always distinguished them. If you love experiments then it is better to turn towards other groups, if you love loyalty and love for certain music then you remain in their furrow. On the album we find some beautiful songs including: Love Is… , I Walk for Miles , I Told Everyone , and a psychedelic seed Knocked Around . The mega pedal of J Mascis is also the master in this new production. It is a tool that allows you to reproduce the sound that the large guitarist performs and use it at will when it needs.

In 2020, with the spread of the well-known Pandemia Covid-19, J Mascis is one of the first artists to dedicate a song to Italy and his initial suffering. ” In solidarity to Bella Italia and all the docs, nurses and healthcare workers. Singing & Playing music at 6 pm. This is an old chant for world peace and happiness…..Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu…”.

Sweep It Into Space , comes out in 2021 in full health emergency. The album is recorded in the studio only to combine the traces of the individual tools. Each artist of the band has produced their part due in their own ways and then assembled in study sessions. We can speak of production imposed by the health problem that has granted little or nothing from the point of view live . The track Garden Made by Lou Barlow, he turned into the various social networks because he was tried at home in front of the Barlow house washing machine. The album apparently struggles to have a homogeneity that the previous two had shown even if the group’s musical quality has not been blocked. I Met the Stones , I Expect It Always , I Ain’t , they are traces enjoyable with absolute value.

Inheritance [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The importance of the band was recognized only a few years after its shipwreck; A bit for the influence declared by the subsequent generation of rock musicians – the Nirvana, primarily – a little for the poor visibility that that particular rock perhaps been able to enjoy in the 1980s. In any case, the series of reprints curated by the Sweet Nothing Records brought to light the first three records, also allowing young enthusiasts to meet the Dinosaur Jr. in what is generally considered their best period.

Current training [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Former members [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • Mike Johnson – basso (1991-1997)
  • George Berz – Batteria (1994-1997)

Album in studio [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Collections [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Singles and ep [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • 1985 – Repulsion
  • 1987 – Little Fury Things
  • 1988 – Freak Scene
  • 1988 – Not good
  • 1989 – Just Like Heaven
  • 1990 – The Wagon (7 “)
  • 1991 – The Wagon
  • 1991 – Whatever’s Cool with Me
  • 1991 – Thumb
  • 1992 – Get Me
  • 1993 – Start Choppin’
  • 1993 – Out There
  • 1993 – Goin’ Home
  • 1994 – Feel the Pain
  • 1995 – I Don’t Think So
  • 1997 – Take a Run at the Sun
  • 1997 – I’m Insane
  • 2007 – Almost Ready
  • 2007 – Been There All the Time / Back to Your Heart
  • 2007 – Crumble
  • 2009 – Over It
  • 2009 – Pieces
  • 2012 – Watch the Corners
  • two thousand and thirteen – Pierce the Morning Rain
  • 2016 – Tiny
  • 2016 – Goin Down
  • 2017 – Knocked Around
  • 2018 – Hold Unknown
  • 2021 – I Ran Away
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