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Buffalo Tom is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986. Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis. The band's name is derived from the band Buffalo Springfield and the first name of the drummer. Buffalo Tom began with a friendship at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst among students Chris Colbourn, Tom Maginnis, and Bill Janovitz. Another friendship with guitarist/frontman J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. helped the band's career to take off by assisting with the production on the band's first two albums. Mascis also played lead guitar on the song "Impossible" from Buffalo Tom's self-titled debut.
Peel discovered the band in 1989 and mentioned on his 26 September 1989 show that J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr plays the guitar on the Impossible track, which was played on the programme.
Tracks from the first two albums of the band were played by Peel between 1989 and 1990, as well as a session, but by the time their third album was made, it seemed he lost interest in them after playing their Velvet Roof single in 1992.
Apart from Velvet Roof, no other songs from their third album was played by Peel until his listeners voted Taillights Fade into the 1992 Festive Fifty.
