Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr. are an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984, originally called simply Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name. The band was founded by Murph (drums), J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter) and Lou Barlow (bass, vocals), both were former members of punk group Deep Wound. After three albums on independent labels earned the band a reputation as one of the formative influences on American alternative rock, creative tension led to Mascis firing Barlow, who later formed Sebadoh and Folk Implosion. His replacement, Mike Johnson came aboard for three major-label albums. Murph eventually quit, with Mascis taking over drum duties on the band's albums before the group disbanded in 1997. The original lineup reformed in 2005, releasing three albums thereafter.

Links To Peel
Peel was fan of Dinosaur Jr, who used distorted guitar sounds and vocals that were reminiscent of Neil Young, which Peel admired. The band did three sessions for Peel's show and on 07 October 1990 mentioned that he would even be prepared to pay for bootleg copies of their session:


 * There's a piece in the current issue of Sounds about bootlegs, and very interesting it is too. Back in the 70s, when there were lots of Dylan bootlegs and Rolling Stones bootlegs, and I was into that sort of thing, I used to buy 'em, but I rather gave up after that because frankly it just became too expensive, and I couldn't play them on the radio, and I spend too much money on records as it is. I mention this because I saw sessions by the Pixies and Dinosaur Jr., both of them made available on 7 inch EPs which I would like to have been able to buy, but at £8.50 a time...I wasn't prepared to pay that much money, and it is annoying when you know that the money is going to some kind of unscrupulous entrepreneur and not even to the bands themselves, and yet the bands curiously enough, when you say, "Well, why don't we put the stuff out on Strange Fruit and legitimise it in some way?" say they don't want that to be done, so the money goes to bootleggers instead. I know at least one band actually, not one of the ones that I've mentioned, that actually bootlegged their own session, so I suppose in a sense that comes slightly closer to being right. But this isn't a bootleg, that's for sure.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Freak Scene #05
 * 1989 Festive Fifty: Just Like Heaven #12
 * 1990 Festive Fifty: The Wagon #29
 * 1993 Festive Fifty: Get Me #42

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1988-11-08. Broadcast: 14 November 1988. Repeated: 26 December 1988 2. Recorded: 1989-04-25. Broadcast: 22 May 1989. Repeated: 20 June 1989 3. Recorded: 1992-11-24. Broadcast: 09 January 1993. Repeated: Peel January 1993, 17 April 1993
 * Raisans / Does It Float / Leper / Bulbs Of Passion
 * Budge / No Bones / Chunks
 * Noon At Dawn / Get Me / Keeblin / Hide

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1999 2004
 * Peel 029 (BFBS): 'Repulsion (7")' (Repulsion) (JP: 'Ah, there's a lot of it about.')
 * 11 August 1987: Little Fury Thing (album - You're Living All Over Me) SST
 * Peel 067 (BFBS): 'The Lung (LP-You're Living All Over Me)' (SST)
 * 28 September 1988: Freak Scene (single) Blast First
 * Peel 091 (BFBS): 'Freak Scene (7")' (Blast First) (JP: 'And what a splendid record that is!...The release version of that has a rude word in it, the same rude word twice...so if you buy it, you'll be able to hear it. Don't do anything silly now.')
 * 05 October 1988: Freak Scene (single) Blast FirstDinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene]]
 * 10 October 1988: No Bones (LP – Bug) SST
 * 11 October 1988: They Always Come (LP – Bug) Blast First
 * 19 October 1988: Yeah We Know (LP – Bug) Blast First
 * 31 October 1988: Budge (LP - Bug) Blast First
 * Peel Late 1988: Leper (session) 14 November 1988
 * Peel Late 1988: Does It Float (session) 14 November 1988
 * 28 December 1988: Freak Scene FF #05
 * 19 April 1989: Just Like Heaven (split 7" flexi with Lunachicks - Get Off The Road / Just Like Heaven) The CatalogueDinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven]]
 * 26 April 1989: Throw Down (b/w 7" - Just Like Heaven)
 * 26 April 1989: Chunks (A Last Rights Tune) (b/w 7" - Just Like Heaven) Blast First
 * 02 May 1989: Just Like Heaven (10") Blast First
 * Mostly Peel Spring 1989: Just Like Heaven (10") Blast First 02 May 1989
 * 15 June 1989: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (v/a album - Time Between - A Tribute To The Byrds) Imaginary
 * 07 August 1989: Lotta Love (v/a album - The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young) Caroline
 * Peel 114 (BFBS): 'Lotta Love (Compilation LP-The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young)' (Caroline)
 * Peel 122 (BFBS): 'Bulbs Of Passion (Box set-Devil's Jukebox)' (Blast First)
 * 19 December 1989: Lose (album - You're Living All Over Me) SST
 * 27 December 1989: 'Just Like Heaven (7 inch)' (Blast First) FF #12
 * 29 May 1990: The Wagon (7") Sub Pop SP68Dinosaur Jr-"The Wagon"-0]]
 * 04 June 1990: 'The Wagon (7")' (Sub Pop)
 * 14 June 1990: Just Like Heaven (single) Blast First
 * 06 August 1990 (Ö3): The Lung (live) : LP (Compilation) Vera Groningen - Beauty in the Underworld Vera/Semaphore Records
 * 23 December 1990: 'The Wagon (7 inch)' (Sub Pop) FF #29
 * Peel Snubbed 1990: Freak Scene Snub TV
 * 05 January 1991: The Post (album - Bug) Blast First
 * 12 January 1991: Quicksand (Wagon reprise) (12" single - The Wagon) Blanco Y Negro
 * 13 January 1991: Wagon (12" EP ) Blanco Y Negro
 * Mainly Peel January 1991: The Wagon (EP) Blanco Y Negro
 * 19 January 1991: The Wagon (EP) Blanco Y Negro NEG 48T
 * 16 February 1991: Blowing It (album - Green Mind) Blanco Y Negro
 * 16 February 1991: I Live For That Look (album - Green Mind) Blanco Y Negro
 * 17 February 1991: How Do You Pin That One On Me (album - Green Mind) Blanco Y Negro
 * 23 February 1991: Muck (album - Green Mind) Blanco Y Negro
 * 24 February 1991: Thumb (album - Green Mind) Blanco Y Negro
 * 07 July 1991: Just Like Heaven (12" EP - Just Like Heaven) Blast First
 * 07 July 1991: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (CD - Time Between: A Tribute To The Byrds) Imaginary
 * 31 August 1991:'Whatever's Cool With Me (7 inch)' (Blanco Y Negro)
 * 03 November 1991: 'Lotta Love (Compilation LP-The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young)' (Caroline)
 * 21 December 1991: Whatever's Cool With Me (7 inch) (Blanco Y Negro)
 * 25 October 1992 (BFBS): Get Me (12") Blanco Y Negro
 * 15 January 1993: 'Start Choppin' (Single) Blanco Y NegroDinosaur Jr-"Get Me"]]
 * 31 January 1993 (BFBS): Start Choppin (7") Blanco Y Negro
 * 26 March 1993: Hide (LP - Where You Been) Blanco Y Negro (Tommy Vance Friday Rock Show)
 * 04 June 1993: ‘Raisins (Promo CD – Out There)’ (Sire Records)
 * 05 June 1993 (BFBS): Leper (session version) (CD Maxi single - Out There) Sire
 * 25 December 1993: 'Get Me (LP-Where You Been' (Blanco Y Negro) FF #42
 * 09 February 1999: Keep The Glove (CD-In Session) Strange Fruit
 * 10 February 1999: 'In A Jar (CD-In Session)' (Strange Fruit)
 * 11 February 1999 (Radio Mafia): 'In A Jar (CD-In Session)' (Strange Fruit)
 * 14 February 1999 (BFBS):'Leper (CD-In Session)' (Strange Fruit)
 * 16 March 2004: 'Sludgefeast (LP - 'You're Living all Over Me')' (SST)
 * 16 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank): ‘Freak Scene’ (LP- Just Like Heaven) – (Blast First)