Sebadoh
| Sebadoh | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , low fidelity |
| founding | 1986 |
| Website | www.sebadoh.com |
| Founding members | |
| Lou Barlow | |
| Jason Loewenstein | |
| Bob D'Amico | |
| former members | |
| Eric Gaffney | |
| Bob Fay | |
| Russell Pollard | |
Sebadoh is an independent band from Massachusetts , USA . Together with Pavement and Guided by Voices , the band, founded in 1986, is considered one of the pioneers of lo-fi .
history
Sebadoh was originally a side project of Lou Barlow , the bassist of Dinosaur Jr. So the first recordings were released as a supplement to the band's second album. After Barlow left Dinosaur in 1989, Sebadoh quickly developed into an independent band. With recordings in the home recording process, she quickly became a pioneer of the lo-fi movement that was emerging in the early 1990s: the simplest recording technique , folk , experimental psychedelic rock , concentration on songwriting and melodies .
The almost inexhaustible repertoire is worth mentioning : according to his own account, Barlow writes around 200 songs a year. In the New York Times , he stated:
"I think we write to exorcise our demons, but as far as my lyrics go, I'm a total exhibitionist."
After the album The Sebadoh (1999) Barlow concentrated on his project Folk Implosion . In 2007 there was a reunion tour of Sebadoh in the USA. In 2011 the albums Bakesale and Harmacy were re-released. Drummer Eric Gaffney was replaced by Bob D'Amico, who already played with Jason Loewenstein in the bands Circle of Buzzards and Fiery Furnaces .
In July 2012 there was another sign of life for the band: as a foretaste of a new album to be released in 2013, Secret EP was released with five new songs.
Trivia
The first album by the German band Sharon Stoned , License To Confuse , is named after the opening track of the album Bakesale . Both albums were released in 1994.
Discography
- 1989: The Freed Man ( Homestead Records )
- 1990: Weed Forestin ' ( Homestead Records )
- 1990: The Freed Weed , Compilation ( Homestead Records )
- 1991: Sebadoh III ( Homestead Records )
- 1992: Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock ( Sub Pop )
- 1993: Bubble and Scrape ( Sub Pop )
- 1994: Bakesale ( Sub Pop )
- 1996: Harmacy ( Sub Pop )
- 1999: The Sebadoh ( Sub Pop / Sire Records )
- 2007: Wade Through the Boggs (1,000 copies sold on tour)
- 2012: Secret EP
- 2013: Defend Yourself ( Domino Recording Company / Joyful Noise Recordings )
- 2019: Act Surprised
literature
- Sebadoh . In: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos / Wolf Kampmann. Pop Lexicon. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Hamburg 2002, pp. 555–556, ISBN 3-499-61114-7 .
Web links
- Official website
- SubPop page of the band
- Interview with Lou Barlow & Murph (Dinosaur Jr.) 3sat, September 20, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ New secret EP from Sebadoh in the stream ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Spex , July 25, 2012
