Bug is the third album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in October 1988 through SST Records. It was the last Dinosaur Jr. album with original bassist Lou Barlow until Beyond in 2007.
The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.Bug is the third album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in October 1988 through SST Records. It was the last Dinosaur Jr. album with original bassist Lou Barlow until Beyond in 2007.
The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.false2024-01-16 17:55:56Bug9.219881988-10-311988-10-3136Alternative RockGrungeIndie RockNoise PopRockNoise Rock1127792120645211993a5-fbcc-4cac-a598-934f39f56f2877c167d2-4965-4421-830a-9815e4956475b45028e5-c9d9-34cf-9d2f-0e90ce500c9a/media/data/media5/Music/Dinosaur Jr/Bug (1988)/folder.jpgDinosaur Jr.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 due to 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, 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, hearkening back to 1960s and 1970s classic rock and characterized by extensive use of feedback and distortion, were highly influential in the alternative rock movement of the 1990s.