Dinosaur Jr.

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United States (1983 – present)

Dinosaur Jr were formed as Dinosaur in 1983 in Amherst, Massachusetts by J Mascis (guitar and vocals) and his high school classmate Lou Barlow (bass guitar), following the break-up of their hardcore punk band Deep Wound. Shortly afterwards, Murph (Emmett Patrick Murphy, drums) joined them.

They changed their name following the release of their debut, Dinosaur (1985), when another band called The Dinosaurs, featuring ex-members of Country Joe and the Fish and Jefferson Airplane, threatened them with legal action. (They still used the name Dinosaur on their albums at least as late as 1987. Some copies of You’re Living All Over Me still lack the “Jr”).

In 1987, they signed to SST Records on the recommendation of Sonic Youth, and with them released what is often considered their best album, You’re Living All Over Me (1987). Bug followed the next year (1988). In the UK Bug was released by Paul Smith’s Blast First Records, home to Sonic Youth, Big Black and the Butthole Surfers. During this period they became known for their very loud concerts.

They never had much commercial success, but gained something of a cult following. The success of the Freak Scene and Just Like Heaven singles, alongside namedrops from Sonic Youth (again) and Nirvana saw them signed by Warner Brothers. Their songs have always been melodic, simply structured and covered in guitar noise. They were a major influence on the up-and-coming band Nirvana, and were on par with contemporaries the Pixies.

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Top Tracks

1	Freak Scene	1,302
2	Little Fury Things	1,194
3	Feel the Pain	1,043
4	Almost Ready	969
5	In a Jar	932
6	Kracked	793
7	Crumble	769
8	The Lung	718
9	Just Like Heaven	714
10	Raisans	637
11	Been There All the Time	632
12	Pick Me Up	624
13	Back to Your Heart	582
14	Sludgefeast	581
15	Out There	572

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yugman wrote:
Saturday evening

<3 bug

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KwazyKat wrote:
Thursday evening

Luscious. Delectable. Lip-smacking Smexy ;) ♥

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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
Thursday evening

that's debatable. one thing for sure is that they made it their own song.

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XxbezakxX wrote:
Tuesday evening

they do just like heaven better than the cure.

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skazzembar wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

http://www.lastfm.it/music/Loveless+whizzkid

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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
last week

well shit, if this is matrix, i'm staying for da dinosaur. :B

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rehabdoll0 wrote:
last week

nononono! I BELIEVE IN J!

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revtim01 wrote:
8 days ago

so many beautiful guitar solos...

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lacrimogeni wrote:
8 days ago

...maybe you can consider that all the reality we know is false, that we are in the matrix and dinosaur jr are only a terrific control instrument...

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rehabdoll0 wrote:
9 days ago

what if... J Mascis doesn't exist and we all worship a false prophet?

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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
10 days ago

god is J Mascis, actually.

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rehabdoll0 wrote:
10 days ago

j mascis is god

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nickvb wrote:
10 days ago

dinosaur jr. are so great.

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mietpistole wrote:
12 days ago

devil you are

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countrymatterz wrote:
12 days ago

there were 666 shouts here before i shouted just now. just barely dodged the bullet there, you fucking peasants you.

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rehabdoll0 wrote:
last month

freak scene for me

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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
last month

it seems like a lot of the last .fm community forgot about Dinosaur Jr.'s other hit 90s song, Start Choppin. it's not not even in the top 20. that was pretty much the song that introduced me to them too. xP

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piruloman wrote:
last month

hello and see what you think the band http://www.lastfm.es/music/Axidente and here they left the other direction leave comments ok good hope you like it http://www.myspace.com/axidentes

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eighteenforever wrote:
last month

just saw them live, so freaking awesome

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fishisthebest wrote:
last month

well actually not really

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