56-514: Ronald Franklin Asheton (July 17, 1948 – c. January 6, 2009) was an American musician, who was best known as the guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter for the rock band the Stooges . He formed the Stooges along with Iggy Pop and his brother, drummer Scott Asheton , and bassist Dave Alexander . Asheton, once ranked as number 29 on Rolling Stone 's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,
112-531: A heart attack . Sonic Youth 's album The Eternal is dedicated to him. His brother Scott died on March 15, 2014, also from a heart attack. On July 17, 2018, for what would have been Asheton's 70th birthday, a tribute concert was held in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, featuring Mike Watt ; Dinosaur Jr 's J Mascis ; Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Free Kitten ; Mark Arm of Mudhoney ; Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux ; Mario Rubalcaba of Hot Snakes ; and Don Fleming of Gumball . Asheton played
168-534: A 2021 North American tour to support the album was planned to begin in September 2021 and would conclude in February 2022. Dinosaur Jr. has been described as alternative rock indie rock , noise rock , hardcore punk (early albums) and grunge (early 1990s). Dinosaur Jr. is considered to be an alternative rock band; however, the band's musical style, compared to its underground contemporaries in
224-470: A constant problem in the band." The trio named themselves Dinosaur, and Mascis and Barlow took over lead vocal duties. Mascis took Cosloy up on his offer to release an album on Homestead, and Dinosaur recorded their debut album for $ 500 at a home studio in the woods outside Northampton, Massachusetts . Their debut album Dinosaur was released in 1985, for which Mascis wrote all of the songs. The vocals were done by Mascis in his trademark nasal drawl, which
280-582: A few songs, as well as minimal contributions from Fleming and Spiegel, who were out of the band by the time the album was released. Mascis recorded many of the drum parts by himself and layered the various instrumental parts through overdubbing . For touring purposes, Mascis first added Van Conner , and then Mike Johnson on bass. Together they embarked on several tours to support Green Mind , with support acts that included Nirvana . In 1991, Sire Records released an EP titled Whatever's Cool with Me that featured old B-sides coupled with one new track. In 1992,
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448-566: A tour of Europe. While performing in New York City in 2006, much of the band's equipment was stolen while stored outside their hotel. The band members were later among the curators of 2006's All Tomorrow's Parties festival. In 2007, the original members of Dinosaur Jr. released Beyond on Fat Possum Records , their first album of new material as a trio since Bug in 1988. It was met with critical acclaim, receiving an 8.4 rating from Pitchfork Media and garnering positive reviews from
504-507: Is currently (as of December 2015) ranked at number 60. Ronald Franklin Asheton was born July 17, 1948, in Washington, D.C. He described his household as heavily musical, and described his family as his first big musical influence. His first instrument was a violin which was given by his mother, he was then gifted an accordion at age 5, of which he practiced more seriously with. At age 10 he took up both guitar and bass which ultimately took
560-529: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts , in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur , the band was forced to change their name because of legal issues . The band was founded by J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlow (bass, vocals), and Murph (drums). After three albums on independent labels ,
616-570: Is my hero. I wanted to make that rhythmic chugging sound like he got playing guitar with the Ramones. And, I found that I got a bigger sound by strumming farther up the neck." Mascis's vocals are another distinctive feature of Dinosaur Jr.'s music. He attributed his "whiny low-key drawl", the opposite of the hardcore punk "bark", to artists such as John Fogerty and Mick Jagger . His style also resembled Neil Young's, but Mascis disputed this and later commented: "That got annoying, being compared all
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#1732790671494672-638: Is when I realized that maybe J wasn't really holding any kind of grudge against me because he didn't like me. I was thinking, maybe he just didn't realize what he had done, or maybe he wasn't really aware of how much he'd actually hurt me. And when I started to realize that, he kind of became more human to me." In 2002, the two shared the stage for two shows in London, with Barlow singing " I Wanna Be Your Dog " along with Mascis, Ron Asheton , Scott Asheton and Mike Watt , who had been performing Stooges songs as "Asheton, Asheton, Mascis and Watt". Mascis regained
728-516: The University of Massachusetts Amherst to focus on running his independent record label, Homestead Records . He promised Mascis that if he were to make a record, Homestead would release it. Mascis wrote a number of songs by himself and showed them to Barlow, to whom he offered the bassist position. Barlow described the songs as "...fucking brilliant...They were so far beyond. I was still into two-chord songs and basic stuff like 'I'm so sad.' While I
784-444: The 1980s, differed in several ways. This included the influence of classic rock on the band's music, their use of feedback, extreme volume as well as loud-quiet dynamic, combined with Mascis's droning vocals. A characteristic of Mascis's vocal style is frequent use of vocal fry . Gerald Cosloy, head of Homestead Records, summarized the band's music: "It was its own bizarre hybrid. ... It wasn't exactly pop, it wasn't exactly punk rock—it
840-557: The American talk show The Jenny Jones Show . In 2000, Mascis released the first of two solo albums under the name J Mascis + The Fog . Mascis and Barlow began to reconcile when Mascis began showing up at Sebadoh shows. "I think he was kind of aware of how much shit I was talking about him," Barlow noted in a 2005 interview, "but I don't think he really ever pursued any of it. One of the things that really triggered this, for me to finally just go, 'Hey, you know, maybe this could work,'
896-439: The Asheton brothers to rejoin but with Ron on bass, a role Ron accepted only begrudgingly. The resulting album, Raw Power , sold poorly initially, but has since been seen as a seminal album in the development of what would later be called punk rock . Tensions and drug use had not gone away during the brief reunion, however, and the band would disintegrate again in February, 1974. Several more releases continued sporadically during
952-461: The Beach Boys , elements of which were incorporated into Dinosaur Jr.'s sound. In addition, Mascis was also a fan of many punk and hardcore bands such as The Birthday Party , and has frequently noted Nick Cave as an influence. Dinosaur Jr. combined elements of hardcore punk and noise rock into their songs, which often featured a large amount of feedback, distortion and extreme volume. When
1008-487: The Chosen Few. The "Psychedelic Stooges" played their first show Halloween 1967. In 1968 they were signed to Elektra Records along with MC5 by Danny Fields . He played guitar on and wrote most of the music for their first two albums, debut album The Stooges (1969) and Fun House (1970). Shortly after recording Fun House , a second guitarist was added to the band, initially former roadie Bill Cheatham , who
1064-627: The Prime Movers and The Chosen Few (briefly overlapping with James Williamson , later of the Stooges). He met Iggy Pop soon after and they formed the hard rock band the Stooges. Like his father who was a Marine, Ron had a strong interest in military history , including a controversial albeit apolitical obsession with collecting Nazi memorabilia . By 1967, Asheton was jamming with his brother Scott and friend Dave Alexander. They were soon joined by James "Iggy" Osterberg who remembered Asheton from
1120-628: The Stooges song " T.V. Eye " to the soundtrack for the Todd Haynes film Velvet Goldmine , which starred Ewan McGregor and Jonathan Rhys Meyers . Asheton's final song "3 Stooges" appeared during the credits of the 2012 comedy film The Three Stooges . Asheton also acted, appearing with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre star Gunnar Hansen in Mosquito , which was released 1995. He also appeared in two other films: Frostbiter: Wrath of
1176-451: The UK band New Order ), Destroy All Monsters , Dark Carnival, New Race and The Empty Set. More recently he played with Wylde Ratttz , a band composed of some of punk and alt-rock's most renowned and respected musicians. The band included Mike Watt of Minutemen , J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. , Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth , and Mark Arm of Mudhoney . It contributed a cover version of
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#17327906714941232-484: The UK independent chart and spending 38 weeks on the chart. The band's first UK singles chart placing came in 1989 with their cover of The Cure's " Just Like Heaven ". Bug was similar in musical style to You're Living All Over Me , with contrasting distorted instruments and the melodic vocals, as was the band's unique blend of musical influences. However, Bug was considered to be more melodic, accompanied by more conventional song structures. Barlow's only lead vocal
1288-584: The Wendigo and Legion of the Night . Following the band's 1974 breakup, Asheton returned to Ann Arbor and lived most of the rest of his life living with his mother. During the early hours of January 6, 2009, police were summoned to Asheton's home in Ann Arbor, Michigan , by his personal assistant, who had been unable to reach him for several days. Asheton was found dead in his bed, apparently having died of
1344-741: The alternative rock movement of the 1990s. Mascis and Barlow played together, on drums and guitar respectively, in the hardcore punk band Deep Wound , formed in 1982 while the pair were attending high school in western Massachusetts . After high school, they began exploring slower yet still aggressive music like Black Sabbath , the Replacements , and Neil Young . Mascis's college friend Gerard Cosloy introduced him to psychedelic-influenced pop bands like Dream Syndicate , which Mascis in turn showed to Barlow. Barlow explained, "We loved speed metal ... and we loved wimpy- jangly stuff". Deep Wound broke up in mid-1984. Cosloy had dropped out of
1400-498: The band announced their 12th album Sweep It Into Space , which was released on April 23, 2021. The album was originally scheduled for release in mid-2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The album was preceded by the single "I Ran Away" on February 23, 2021, with a music video for the song being released on March 3, 2021. The second single, "Garden", was released with a music video on March 31, 2021. The band announced
1456-645: The band earned 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 drums on the band's albums before the group disbanded in 1997. The original lineup reformed in 2005, releasing five albums thereafter. Mascis's drawling vocals and distinct guitar sound, harking back to 1960s and 1970s classic rock and characterized by extensive use of feedback and distortion , were highly influential in
1512-583: The band embarked on an Australian tour with Donna Dresch filling in for Barlow. In 1990, the band released a new single," The Wagon ", on Sub Pop , their first release since Barlow's departure. The single featured a short-lived lineup including guitarist Don Fleming and drummer Jay Spiegel from the band Gumball , in addition to Mascis and Murph. Despite the ongoing turmoil in their lineup, Dinosaur Jr. signed with Sire Records in 1990, and made their major-label debut with Green Mind in 1991. This record heavily featured Mascis, with Murph playing drums on only
1568-505: The band had entered the studio to begin working on their follow up to I Bet on Sky . The album Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not was released on August 5, 2016, on Jagjaguwar. In February 2019, the song "Over Your Shoulder" from the band's 1994 album Without a Sound reached number 18 on Japan's Billboard charts. The cause is suspected to be the song's use on the Japanese TV show called Gachinko Fight Club . In February 2021,
1624-762: The band signed with indie label Jagjaguwar . The band's first release on the new label was an album titled Farm which was released on June 23, 2009. Murph said the album was recorded at Mascis's home and marks return to the heavier, Where You Been LP era. The album reached number 29 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's highest-charting album in the US. To promote the album, the band played Farm' s lead-off track, "Pieces", on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 25, 2009. Dinosaur Jr. released their second album for Jagjaguwar, I Bet on Sky , in September 2012, to favourable reviews. In December 2015, Murph confirmed
1680-502: The band was part of the Rollercoaster Tour , a package tour based on the successful Lollapolooza festival, which featured The Jesus and Mary Chain , My Bloody Valentine , and Blur . The band found their live shows well received in the changing musical climate of the early 1990s and decided to record new material with the new lineup. This time, the recording sessions included full participation from Murph and Johnson, with
1736-513: The band's subsequent albums would be recorded mostly by Mascis on his own, playing everything except for the bass and some of the harmony vocals, which continued to be handled by Mike Johnson. The commercial success continued with 1994's Without a Sound , which placed well in both the US and UK album charts. After 1997's Hand It Over , Mascis finally retired the Dinosaur Jr. name, with the group's final live performance being an appearance on
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1792-420: The double tracked guitar solo (referred to as a "guitar duet" in the liner notes) on Ragnar Kvaran 's 1981 recording, Wrecked on Love. He is credited for helping to write the song "Hit Them Again" on the album Radios Appear (1977) by Radio Birdman , as well as one track that can be heard at the end of the movie Mosquito . Some other tracks Asheton wrote had been recorded by the group "Wylde Ratttz", for
1848-425: The first week of September 1984. However, Nakajima used the performance to launch an extended anti-police tirade. Mascis was so appalled by Nakajima's behavior at the show that he disbanded the group the next day. A few days later, Mascis invited Barlow and Murph to form a new band without telling Nakajima. "I was kind of like too wimpy to kick him out, exactly," Mascis later admitted. "Communicating with people has been
1904-439: The former playing most of the drums and the latter playing all of the bass parts, singing harmony vocals, and even contributing a few guitar solos. This material represented the peak of the band's commercial success, with the single Start Choppin ' reaching the top 20 in the UK, and the album that followed, Where You Been , reaching the UK top 10 and the US top 50. The opening track, Out There , had an accompanying video and
1960-563: The indie-rock community than the debut. Barlow also composed two songs: the hardcore-influenced "Lose" and an acoustic song entitled "Poledo" that anticipated his work with Sebadoh . Immediately following the release of You're Living All Over Me , a supergroup called Dinosaurs (featuring ex-members of Country Joe and the Fish , Quicksilver Messenger Service , Hot Tuna , the Grateful Dead , and Jefferson Airplane ) sued Dinosaur over
2016-467: The majority of his practice time and interest. He described himself as a child different compared to others kids his age, as a majority of kids that lived in his area were more interested in sports and physical activities, while he spent his time listening to music and practicing on guitar and bass. When he was 13, the family relocated to Ann Arbor, Michigan . He and his brother Scott attended Pioneer High School . He played with some local bands including
2072-627: The master rights to the band's first three albums from SST in 2004 and arranged for their reissue on Merge in early 2005. Later that year, he and Barlow shared the stage at a benefit show for autism at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts organized by Barlow's mother, and played together as Deep Wound after Mascis and Sebadoh had completed their respective sets. Following the reissues in 2005, Mascis, Barlow, and Murph finally reunited to play on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on April 15, 2005. In June that year, they kicked off
2128-507: The master tape of You're Living All Over Me arrived at SST, the label's production manager noticed the level on the tape was so high it was distorting; however, Mascis confirmed it was the way he wanted the album to sound. Similar to Mascis's guitar work, Barlow's bass lines with their alternating heavily distorted, fast chords and pulverizing lows, draw heavily from both his hardcore past and musicians such as Lemmy and Johnny Ramone . On his influences, Barlow stated that "...Johnny Ramone
2184-415: The music press as a whole. It was considered somewhat of a sonic paradox in that even though it featured the original members who produced "two records so drenched in noise they still sound like aural assaults decades after their original release," sonically it resembled the major label releases of the 1990s in both production values and stylistic range. On the other hand, while the sound was not as extreme as
2240-843: The music that everyone had grown up on. In particular, Dinosaur singer-guitarist J Mascis achieved the unthinkable in underground rock —he brought back the extended guitar solo . Dinosaur Jr's music has influenced many other musicians such as Kurt Cobain of Nirvana , Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins , Radiohead , Snow Patrol , Slowdive , Doug Martsch of Built to Spill , Mudhoney , Tad , Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine , Ride , Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap , Swervedriver , Uncle Tupelo , Evan Dando of The Lemonheads , Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 , Band of Horses , and Kurt Vile . Their album You're Living All Over Me has been called "the first perfect indie rock album." Spin named it one of "The 300 Best Albums of
2296-423: The next several decades, mostly recordings of live shows, album remixes, and collections of unreleased recordings, but the Stooges would not tour or record again during the 20th century. When the Stooges reformed in 2003 he once again appeared as the band's guitarist. He stayed with the band until his death and was replaced by Williamson. Apart from The Stooges, Asheton also played in the bands The New Order (not
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2352-449: The original lineup's 1980s albums, it did feature a bigger, more unrestrained, and more live-sounding feel than their 1990s albums, though Barlow's bass was noticeably quieter. Barlow made his mark on the music in other ways; for the first time since You're Living All Over Me , he contributed to the songwriting. The album went on to have good commercial success, debuting on the Billboard 200 at number 69 its opening week. In February 2009,
2408-653: The original score of the 1998 movie Velvet Goldmine , but only one song was featured on the soundtrack. He contributed another song to Beyond Cyberpunk , a 2001 compilation assembled and produced by Wayne Kramer of MC5 . circa [REDACTED] Look up circa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Circa is a Latin word meaning "around, approximately". Circa or CIRCA may also refer to: CIRCA (art platform) , art platform based in London Circa (band) ,
2464-426: The recording process, tension emerged between Mascis and Murph due to Mascis' very specific ideas for the drum parts. Barlow recalled, "J controlled Murph's every drumbeat ... And Murph could not handle that. Murph wanted to kill J for the longest time." Gerard Cosloy was excited by the completed album, but was devastated when Mascis told him the band was going to release it on California-based SST Records . Mascis
2520-498: The songs but, I dunno, I guess I really don't like the vibe of it." Despite the album's success, tension between Mascis and Barlow began interfering with the band's productivity. In 1989, after touring in support of Bug , Barlow was kicked out of the band. Barlow focused his attention on his former side-project Sebadoh . "The Freed Pig", the opening track on 1991's Sebadoh III , documents Barlow's frustration with Mascis and feeling of being treated poorly in Dinosaur Jr. Meanwhile,
2576-462: The time." His drawl epitomized the band's slacker ethos and relaxed attitude; author Michael Azerrad said "even Mascis seemed removed from the feelings he was conveying in the music." In a BBC review of their reissued albums You're Living All Over Me and Bug , Zoe Street called them "Frighteningly ahead of their time." The Seattle Times called them "one of post-punk ’s most influential bands." According to Michael Azerrad : Dinosaur Jr
2632-484: The use of the name, prompting the addition of "Jr." Dinosaur Jr. had a significant breakthrough in the United Kingdom with their debut single for Blast First , " Freak Scene ", in 1988. A version with censored lyrics was issued for radio use, reaching number 4 in the UK independent chart. It stayed on the chart for 12 weeks. The band's third album, Bug , followed shortly afterwards, reaching number 1 on
2688-440: Was aired on MTV for a short time on the show 120 Minutes . Although their new material was more accessible than the band's 1980s albums, in terms of playing, it represented a partial return to the more unrestrained power-trio sound of the original lineup. Murph left the band after touring for Where You Been and was replaced for the band's live shows by George Berz, leaving Mascis as the sole remaining original member. However,
2744-590: Was completely its own thing". Lou Barlow has described the Phoenix , Arizona band Meat Puppets as "the singularly most influential band on both Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh ." Barlow has also highlighted the influence of Neil Young , Black Sabbath , the Birthday Party , Scratch Acid , and Sonic Youth on Dinosaur Jr. Mascis listened to classic rock artists such as the Rolling Stones and
2800-453: Was often compared to singer Neil Young. Mascis would sing most or all of the lead vocals on all of their subsequent releases. The album did not make much of an impact commercially or critically. It sold only about 1,500 copies in its first year and was largely ignored by the majority of the music press. After the record's release, Dinosaur would often drive to New York City to perform shows. The New York-based alternative rock band Sonic Youth
2856-400: Was on the album's final track, featuring an overdriven, noise-rock backing track and Barlow screaming "Why don't you like me?" Mascis took lead vocals on all the other tracks and exhibited even tighter control over the band's sound, composing the parts for Murph and Barlow to play. Yet, he has described Bug as his least favorite of the band's albums, saying in a 2005 interview, "I like some of
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#17327906714942912-543: Was one of the first, biggest, and best bands among the second generation of indie kids, the ones who took Black Flag and Minor Threat for granted, a generation for whom the Seventies, not the Sixties, was the nostalgic ideal. Their music continued a retrograde stylistic shift in the American underground that the Replacements and other bands had begun: renouncing the antihistorical tendencies of hardcore and fully embracing
2968-497: Was really into my own little tragedy, J was operating in this whole other panorama." Mascis enlisted vocalist Charlie Nakajima, also formerly of Deep Wound, and drummer Emmett Patrick Murphy (otherwise known as Murph) to complete the band. Mascis explained the concept behind the group as "ear-bleeding country." The band was initially named Mogo, and they played their first show on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus in
3024-600: Was reluctant to sign a two-album deal with Homestead, which Cosloy felt betrayed by, "There was no way I couldn't take it personally." After the album's completion, Mascis moved to New York, leaving the rest of the band feeling alienated. You're Living All Over Me was released in 1987; early copies of the record in the Boston area were packaged with the Weed Forestin' tape, the first release by Barlow's side project Sebadoh . The album received much more attention in
3080-427: Was shortly thereafter replaced by James Williamson. Infighting between Asheton and Williamson, whom he saw as usurping his role as songwriter and lead guitarist, as well as the toll of extensive drug use, caused the band to break up in 1971. In 1972, David Bowie invited Pop and Williamson to London to reform the band and record a new album. Eventually, after being unable to find suitable local replacements, Pop invited
3136-545: Was unimpressed by the first Dinosaur performance they saw, but after watching them play several months later, they approached the band declaring themselves fans. Sonic Youth invited Dinosaur to join them on tour in the American Northeast and northern Midwest in September 1986. Dinosaur recorded much of their second album, You're Living All Over Me , with Sonic Youth engineer Wharton Tiers in New York. During
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