Lou Barlow
| Lou Barlow | |
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Barlow performing with Dinosaur Jr. in 2005
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Louis Knox Barlow |
| Born |
July 17, 1966 Dayton, Ohio United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, indie rock, lo-fi, hardcore punk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards, drums, ukulele |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Joyful Noise Recordings, Shrimper, Smells Like, Mint, Sub Pop, Lo-Fi, Little Brother, Dark Beloved Cloud, City Slang, Merge, Acuarela, Domino |
| Associated acts | Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Sentridoh, Deep Wound, The Folk Implosion |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
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Fender Telecaster Bass |
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Fender Telecaster Bass
Rickenbacker 4003
Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His first band, in Amherst, Massachusetts, was Deep Wound. Barlow was born in Dayton, Ohio and was raised in Jackson, Michigan and Westfield, Massachusetts.
Barlow has released three solo albums, the latest Brace The Wave appeared on September 4, 2015.
Barlow attended high school in Westfield, Massachusetts, where he met Scott Helland. The two formed the Massachusetts-based hardcore punk band Deep Wound. J Mascis joined the band after answering their ad for a "drummer wanted to play really fast". After becoming disillusioned with the constraints of hardcore, Deep Wound broke up in 1984. Mascis and Barlow reunited to form Dinosaur (later Dinosaur Jr.) later that year. Throughout its early existence, however, Mascis and Barlow had frequent personality conflicts and after the release of their third album Bug in 1988 and the initial supporting tour, Barlow was kicked out of the band.
In 2005, Barlow rejoined the band alongside the original drummer, Murph. Since then, the band has reissued its first three records, toured extensively worldwide and released four new records, Beyond, Farm, I Bet on Sky, and Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not.
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