History Music / DinosaurJr

Influenced by [[PunkRock hardcore punk]], [[Music/HeavyMetal metal]], [[HardRock classic rock]] and [[AlternativeRock alt rock]], they tend to veer all over the musical spectrum, both in genre and on MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness.

Discography:

This band provides examples of:

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheMcCoy Murph]], [[TheSpock Mascis]] and [[TheKirk Barlow]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Murph, Mascis and Barlow]]

* Lou Barlow, bass and backing vocals

* [[OnlyOneName Murph]], drummer.

* ChorusOnlySong: After a manner of speaking. "Don't" consists of five and a half minutes of noise rock and Lou Barlow screaming, "Why don't you like me?!" until he coughed up blood.

* UnpluggedVersion: Though credited to J Mascis, ''Martin + Me'' could count as an unplugged album for the band - it's a mix of Dinosaur Jr songs and {{Cover Version}}s played live by J alone, backing himself with an acoustic guitar [[hottip:*: The "Martin" referred to in the title [[ICallItVera is the acoustic guitar in question]].

* UnpluggedVersion: Though credited to J Mascis, ''Martin + Me'' could count as an unplugged album for the band - it's a mix of Dinosaur Jr songs and {{Cover Version}}s played live by J alone, backing himself with an acoustic guitar [[hottip:* The "Martin" referred to in the title [[ICallItVera is the acoustic guitar in question]].

** "Poledo" would be this were it not for several creepy, abrupt sound-collage sections: Aside from that, it's a quiet, acoustic-based song with Lou Barlow on lead vocals. It sounds a lot like Lou Barlow's solo acoustic project Sentridoh - and since Barlow performed it all himself, it effectively ''is'' a Sentridoh song that ended up on a Dinosaur Jr. album.

** Also counts as CarefulWithThatAxe.

** "Poledo" would be this were it not for several creepy, abrupt sound-collage sections: Aside from that, it's a quiet, acoustic-based song with Lou Barlow on lead vocals. It sounds a lot like a song by Lou Barlow's solo project Sentridoh - and since Barlow performed it all himself, it effectively ''is'' a Sentridoh song that ended up on a Dinosaur Jr. album.

* StartMyOwn: After Barlow was fired from the band, he formed the influential indie rock band Sebadoh.

** Lou Barlow was also the face of the now-defunct Folk Implosion.

* CoveredUp: Not exactly, but Dinosaur Jr.'s version of [[TheCure "Just Like Heaven"]] is well known and well liked. Robert Smith says it's his favorite cover of any of his songs, and that it's influenced the way it's played live.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Lots and lots of songs qualify: "Almost Ready", "Just Like Heaven", "Freak Scene", etc.
* EarWorm: "Just Like Heaven", "Freak Scene", "Almost Ready", "Keep the Glove" and "Cats in a Bowl"... But YourMileageMayVary. "Keep The Glove" in particular is not for everyone, with a minor noise rock freakout at the end.

* EpicRiff: "Freak Scene," amongst many others.
* FaceOfTheBand: Mascis, and Barlow for his side project, Sebadoh.

Influenced by [[PunkRock hardcore punk]], [[HeavyMetal metal]], [[HardRock classic rock]] and [[AlternativeRock alt rock]], they tend to veer all over the musical spectrum, both in genre and on MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness.

[[caption-width-right:350:The band. Mascis is the guy in the middle, Lou and Murph are the dudes staring at each other in preparation of their imminent band takeover.]]