Sebadoh

Sebadoh絕對是90年代一支經典的Lo-Fi樂隊，在美國國獨立音樂圈里有“Lo-Fi之王”的美譽。1989年，被DinosaurJr.清除出樂隊的LouBarlow組建了Sebadoh，被DinosaurJr.趕出的原因很簡單，J.Mascis拒絕使用LouBarlow的作品，而Barlow組建Sebadoh的原因也很簡單，DinosaurJr.的報復，而且這一目的也達到了，目前，Sebadoh的影響遠遠DinosaurJr.之上。 如果說SonicYouth確立并發(fā)揚了搖滾樂的噪音美學的話，那么Sebadoh就確立了Lo-Fi的搖滾美學，如果SonicYouth的ThurstonMoore聽到Sebadoh的噪音的話，他一定會嫉妒LouBarlow的。
很多人對Lo-Fi存有一定的誤解，認為只要樂器簡陋、錄音質量低劣就叫做Lo-Fi。其實Lo-Fi是一個相對的概念，樂器可以簡陋，錄音技術可以簡陋，但錄音質量絕對不能含糊。就這張“TheSebadoh”而言，聽上去不像一張錄音棚里出來的專輯，但它的確很Hi-Fi，其實Lo-Fi有時需高質量的錄音來體現的。這樣的Lo-Fi效果聽上去才會很美。
也難怪Sebadoh 能意外走紅。他們把七十年代「作曲家兼歌手」潮流（James Taylor、Joni Mitchell、John Denver、Jim Croce等）中的自省和旋律特色，使歌曲在充滿扭曲又毫無修飾的粗糙面貌下，赤裸呈現出最最真誠、原始的力量。比較起來，雖然Michelle Shocked同樣是憑借非正統(tǒng)錄音手法的錄音帶成名，但她用隨身聽錄的The Texas Campire Tapes的表現顯然很平實而傳統(tǒng)，是在器材限制下力求捕捉最保真的表演；Daniel Johnston和Sebadoh則是十足的搞怪，完全不把器材視為限制，甚至把它當成優(yōu)點來處理。因此他們的走紅更是不尋常。
Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, currently signed with Joyful Noise Recordings.[1] Formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording techniques, often on four-track machines. The band's early output, such as 1990's Weed Forestin' and 1991's Sebadoh III, was typical of this style. After a 14-year recording hiatus, during which time members pursued other projects while occasionally touring as Sebadoh, the group returned with the Secret EP and a new full-length album titled Defend Yourself, which were both self-recorded. Lead singer Lou Barlow says of the band's resurrected sound, "We kept to ourselves during the recording & didn’t have much, if any, outside intervention. That, to my mind, makes it a true Sebadoh record & aligns the style of Defend Yourself with our early releases."