Lou Barlow

Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is a musician from the USA credited with helping pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Lou Barlow was born in Dayton, Ohio, but was raised in Jackson, Michigan and Westfield, Massachusetts. He began his career playing in the Massachusetts hardcore punk band Deep Wound with J Mascis. After becoming disillusioned with the constraints of hardcore, the two formed Dinosaur Jr in the mid-1980s. Tension between Mascis and Barlow led to the latter's removal from the band after the release of Bug in 1989, however.

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After 1989 Barlow concentrated on his side-project Sebadoh and later formed the Folk Implosion with John Davis. Through his work with these bands, he reached iconic status in the indie-rock community, and even enjoyed a top-40 hit, "Natural One," with the Folk Implosion. He also recorded an album with Belgian musician Rudy Trouv?.

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Considered by many to be one of the most prolific songwriters in indie music, he has released a number of lo-fi, home recorded solo albums under the names Lou Barlow, Lou Barlow & Friends or Sentridoh. Barlow's first "official" solo album, EMOH, was released in January 2005. He has also joined the revived Dinosaur Jr to promote the re-release of their first three albums.

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