Group

Sebadoh

US indie rock band

From: Westfield, United States
Since: 1986–present
Releases: 42

indie rock
slacker rock

About

Sebadoh () is an American indie rock band formed in 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Eric Gaffney and Lou Barlow, with multi-instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein completing the line-up in 1989. Barlow co-created Sebadoh as an outlet for his songwriting when J. Mascis gradually took over creative control of Dinosaur Jr., in which Barlow plays bass guitar.

Along with such bands as Pavement, Beat Happening and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer a lo-fi style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording techniques that employed four-track cassette tape machines. The band's early output, such as The Freed Man and Weed Forestin' (both released 1990), as well as Sebadoh III (1991), was typical of this style. Following the release of Bubble & Scrape in 1993, Gaffney left the band. His replacement and erstwhile stand-in, Bob Fay, appeared on Bakesale (1994) and Harmacy (1996), but was fired before the sessions for the band's major label release The Sebadoh (1999), featuring drummer Russ Pollard.
The band then paused recording for 14 years. The group, fronted by Barlow and now featuring drummer Bob D'Amico, returned in 2012 with Secret EP and, in 2013, a full-length album titled Defend Yourself, which were both self-recorded. The album Act Surprised followed in 2019.

From Sebadoh on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Lou Barlow 1986–now · original member bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals
Jason Loewenstein 1989–now bass guitar, drums (drum set), guitar, lead vocals
Bob D’Amico 2011–now membranophone
Eric Gaffney 1986–1993 · original member · former guitar, lead vocals, membranophone
Bob Fay 1993–1998 · former membranophone
Russell Pollard 1998–2000 · former drums (drum set)