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Dinosaur Jr.'s You're Living All Over Me

By Nick Attfield
Series: 33 1/3
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In 1987, Dinosaur Jr. released You're Living All Over Me, an album born from suburban punk roots, college dorm room rehearsals, and vibrant encounters with Sonic Youth. This record features searing guitar riffs, gnarly pedal effects, and punk drumfills creating a raw yet innovative sound that helped bring alternative music closer to the mainstream. Author Nick Attfield delves into this unique album through interviews and commentary, revealing the band's odd, intense journey and the contradictions that fuelled their groundbreaking work.
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Ideal for fans of alternative and indie rock, music historians, and readers interested in the 1980s underground music scene or the creative processes behind iconic albums.

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An in-depth study of the visceral slacker classic from 1987, an album that influenced enormously the nascent alternative scene.

An in-depth study of the visceral slacker classic from 1987, an album that influenced enormously the nascent alternative scene.

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1985. Dinosaur, still without the Jr. Not hardcore anymore, but not yet anything else either. First live shows: fearsomely loud. First record, a fearsome mess: a raw miscellany thrown together from small-town ennui, the apathy of the middle classes, and all the things teenage boys are obsessed with.

1987. Dinosaur Jr. A new record, You're Living All Over Me, the result of a move into a college dorm, encounters with Sonic Youth in the big city, and a hell of a lot of practice. Searing guitar riffs smash into mountainous solos; gnarly pedal effects light up twisted song structures; tight punk drumfills wade through distorted bass sludge. Contradictions are everywhere, but with opposite poles forced together, a fixating spark is created—one that, pre-Nirvana, ignites the idea of how the alternative might also become the mainstream.

All things, as this book explores through interviews and comment from the band and its friends, that make up the unique—and uniquely odd—story of a record that cares so little it cares a lot.

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This book offers a fascinating insight into Dinosaur Jr.'s turbulent world, where personal tensions and innovative music collide. Reviews praise its bold and inventive writing style, capturing the essence of the band's evolution and the album's raw, powerful sound. It is considered an essential read among the 33 1/3 series for music enthusiasts and fans of alternative rock history.

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ISBN: 9781441187789

Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 June 2011

Country: United States

Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation

Illustration: 8

Audience: General / adult

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Weight: 138g

Pages: 160

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Arts & Culture Nick Attfield Non-Fiction Series: 33 1/3

About the Author

Nick Attfield is Lecturer in Music at the University of Birmingham, UK

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