Sebadoh is an indie-rock band originally formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts, by
Dinosaur Jr. bass player
Lou Barlow and
Eric Gaffney. The band began as a side project, but when Barlow was kicked out of Dinosaur Jr in 1989, Sebadoh became his full-time concern. Along with such bands as
Pavement and
Guided By Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer
lo-fi, a style of indie-rock characterized by low-fidelity recording techniques, often on four-track machines. The band's early output, such as
Weed Forestin (1990) and
III (1992), was typical of this style, and wavered between Barlow…
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