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BUFFALO TOM

Brooding, yet jangly-melodic indie rock trio were one of the sturdiest of college scene of the 1980s & '90s. When they released their first album in 1989, the Boston-based trio Buffalo Tom were written off as Dinosaur Jr. junior. Admittedly, their debut was in debt to J Mascis' thundering guitar and folk-tinged songs and it didn't help that Mascis produced the record, either. Over time, Buffalo Tom stripped away their grungier influences and developed into a straight-ahead rock group of the early '90s, capable of throttling rockers and beautiful ballads. Comprising guitarist/vocalist Bill Janovitz, bassist/vocalist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis, Buffalo Tom began to develop their own style with their second album, 1990's Birdbrain, which featured a noticeable improvement in songwriting...

"BUFFALO TOM"

Produced by J Mascis and Buffalo Tom

1989     LP     SST RECORDS     SST 250

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER

HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 18861-0250-1 8

LABEL: SST  - DARK RED LABEL - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) SST 250 

Catalog on labels: SST 250

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SST-250-A L∙32812 S-21673  (Stamped): kdisc

 Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SST-250-B L∙32812∙X S-21674  (Stamped): kdisc

On labels: All songs by Buffalo Tom

© 1989 Megadisc Music/administered by BMG Music

℗ 1989 SST Records P.O. Box 1, Lawndale, CA 90260

On Back Cover: Recorded at Fort Apache - Roxbury, MA 1988

℗ 1989 SST Records........Lawndale, CA. 90260

tracklisting

Side 1: SUNFLOWER SUIT - THE PLANK - IMPOSSIBLE - 500,000 WARNINGS - THE BUS

Side 2: RACINE - IN THE ATTIC - FLUSHING STARS - WALK AWAY - REASON WHY

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

All these years later, it's hard to blame anyone for calling Buffalo Tom "Dinosaur Jr. Jr." after their self-titled debut album was released; even if J Mascis hadn't produced the sessions (and played lead guitar on one track), the band's approach at this point -- big sludgy neo-grunge guitar mauling, with a busy rhythm section bashing away behind it all trying to keep up -- was similar enough to what Mascis and company were serving up at the time that comparison was inevitable. But from the jump, it was obvious that Bill Janovitz was a stronger and more emphatic vocalist than Mascis ever was, and if he still had a lot to learn as a songwriter, "Sunflower Suit" and "Impossible" offered evidence that Janovitz had a knack for crafting hooky melodies that were clearly visible under the sheets of noisy guitar (which he could mangle nearly as well as Mascis himself). Some bands offer up everything they have on their first album, and some bands just get started; Buffalo Tom indicates that this band was clearly in the latter category, but if they had a way to go in the originality sweepstakes, there was no arguing they had plenty of talent and potential...(AllMusic)