Dinosaur Jr.are a noise rockband of myriad influences. They were formed as Dinosaurin 1983 in Amherst, Massachusetts by J Mascis(guitar and vocals) and his high school classmate Lou Barlow(bass guitar), following the break-up of their hardcore punkband Deep Wound. Shortly afterwards, Murph ( , drums) joined them. They changed their name following the release of their debut, Dinosaur(1985), when another band called The Dinosaurs, featuring ex-members of Country Joe and the Fishand Jefferson Airplane, threatened them with legal action. (They still used the name Dinosauron their albums at least as late as 1987.
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