Dinosaur Jr.

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Dinosaur Jr.
"Where The Action Is", Stockholm, Sweden, 2008
"Where The Action Is", Stockholm , Sweden , 2008
General information
origin Amherst , United States
Genre (s) Alternative , noise rock , indie rock , psychedelic rock
founding 1984 as Dinosaur
1985 as Dinosaur Jr. , 2005
resolution 1998
Website www.dinosaurjr.com
Current occupation
J Mascis
Lou Barlow (1984–1989, since 2005)
Drums
 Murph (1984–1993, since 2005)
former members
bass
 Mike Johnson (1989-1998)
Drums
 George Berz (? -?)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Green Mind
  UK 36 03/02/1991 (2 weeks)
  US 168 03/30/1991 (6 weeks)
Where You Been
  DE 69 03/01/1993 (7 weeks)
  UK 10 02/20/1993 (3 weeks)
  US 50 02/27/1993 (15 weeks)
Without a sound
  UK 24 09/10/1994 (2 weeks)
  US 44 09/17/1994 (8 weeks)
Hand it over
  UK 82 04/05/1997 (1 week)
  US 188 04/12/1997 (1 week)
Beyond
  DE 49 05/11/2007 (2 weeks)
  UK 52 05/12/2007 (1 week)
  US 69 05/19/2007 (3 weeks)
farm
  DE 77 07/03/2009 (1 week)
  UK 80 04/07/2009 (1 week)
  US 29 07/11/2009 (4 weeks)
I Bet on Sky
  DE 39 09/28/2012 (1 week)
  AT 49 09/28/2012 (1 week)
  CH 82 09/30/2012 (1 week)
  UK 73 09/29/2012 (1 week)
  US 51 06.10.2012 (2 weeks)
Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
  DE 18th 08/12/2016 (2 weeks)
  AT 35 08/19/2016 (1 week)
  CH 31 08/14/2016 (1 week)
  UK 23 08/12/2016 (1 week)
  US 72 08/27/2016 (1 week)
Singles
Just Like Heaven
  UK 78 05/20/1989 (3 weeks)
The wagon
  UK 49 02/02/1991 (2 weeks)
Get Me
  UK 44 11/14/1992 (1 week)
Start choppin
  UK 20th 01/30/1993 (3 weeks)
Out there
  UK 44 06/12/1993 (2 weeks)
Feel the pain
  UK 25th 08/27/1994 (3 weeks)
I don't think so
  UK 67 02/11/1995 (2 weeks)
Take a run at the sun
  UK 53 04/05/1997 (2 weeks)

Dinosaur Jr. is an independent band founded in 1984 by J Mascis (real name: Joseph Donald Mascis Jr.) and Lou Barlow under the name Dinosaur in Amherst (Massachusetts) , whose sound is heavily influenced by punk , heavy metal and noise rock , however is also characterized by catchy melodies.

Band history

In 1985, Dinosaur released their self-titled debut album on Homestead Records . Due to the success of the album, the hippie band Dinosaurs (with Grateful Dead writer Robert Hunter ) became aware of the band and forced them to change their name. In allusion to the age of the hippies, J Mascis added the abbreviation "Jr.".

For the next two records, the band switched to the Californian label SST . The band's second album You're Living All Over Me was highly praised by the trade press in 1987 . During the recording of Bug in 1988, there were disputes between Barlow and Mascis, whereupon Barlow had to leave the band and concentrate completely on his previous side project Sebadoh .

From 1991 the Dinosaur Jr. albums appeared on Blanco y Negro and Sire , two sub-labels of the Warner Music Group . They were directed by the undisputed band leader Mascis, who also fired drummer Murph in 1993. He then played with constantly changing musicians such as Mike Watt , Mike Johnson and Kurt Fedora. 1994 contributed Dinosaur Jr a title for Kiss - tribute album Kiss My Ass in. In 1998 Mascis broke up the band and from then on went solo as J Mascis + The Fog . However, he was the only permanent member of the band back in the time of Dinosaur Jr. J Mascis also produced other bands such as Buffalo Tom and Sonic Youth .

Dinosaur Jr. was never really successful commercially, but it enjoyed cult status in independent circles. The band's hits included a cover version of Just Like Heaven from The Cure , Freak Scene from the Bug album and Feel The Pain from the Without A Sound album . There is also a music video by Spike Jonze for the latter , in which the band plays golf in the middle of New York.

In spring 2005 the band confirmed a reunion with the original line-up. J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph played at several festivals in England, Germany, Spain and Japan in the summer of 2005. In 2007 the comeback album Beyond was released , the first since 1988, which was recorded with the original line-up. Farm followed in the early summer of 2009, I Bet On Sky in 2012 , and Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not in 2016 .

Discography

Studio albums

  • Dinosaur (1985, Homestead Records / Merge Records)
  • You're Living All Over Me (1987, SST / Merge Records)
  • Bug (1988, SST / Merge Records)
  • Green Mind (1991, Blanco y Negro / Sire / Rhino)
  • Where You Been (1993, Blanco y Negro / Sire / Rhino)
  • Without A Sound (1994, Blanco y Negro / Sire)
  • Hand It Over (1997, Blanco y Negro / Sire)
  • Beyond (2007, Fat Possum)
  • Farm (2009, Jagjaguwar)
  • I Bet on Sky (2012, Jagjaguwar)
  • Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016, Jagjaguwar)

Live albums

  • Bug: Live At The 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, June 2011 (2012, Outer Battery Records)
  • Chocomel Daze (2012, Merge Records)

Compilation albums

  • Fossils (1991, SST)
  • Whatever`s Cool With Me (1991, Sire)
  • BBC: In Session (1999, Strange Fruit)
  • Ear-Bleeding Country: The Best Of Dinosaur Jr. (2001, Rhino)

Web links

Commons : Dinosaur Jr.  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ^ Dale Sherman: Black Diamond 2 - The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Kiss, Collector's Guide Publishing Inc., 1997, ISBN 1-896522-36-X , pages 78-80.