Sebadoh Strikes Back!!

Thank God for shiftless, neurotic, pothead New Englanders. In the late 1980s, Lou Barlow, lately laid off from his day job as bassist for then-indie powerhouse Dinosaur Jr., hooked up with fellow "noise-terrorist" Eric Gaffney to expand his home-recording project, mindlessly dubbed "Sebadoh" after a nonsense word he coined while stoned, into a proper touring band. A steadily growing cult pursued the group (teenage Jason Lowenstein quickly joined as touring drummer) well into the 90s, but, in a fitting irony, Barlow's greatest exposure came through a Sebadoh side project with his Folk Implosion's Top 40 hit "Natural One."

In the wake of Dino Jr.'s ecstatically received reunion last year, Barlow & Co. are hitting the road to celebrate the rerelease of their remastered debut, 1991's double-stuffed Sebadoh III album, including a Saturday night set at Emo's. So go forth! Bask in the afterglow of that heady moment when insular bedroom-angst met the lower branches of the Billboard Hot 100, and nevermind whether you were out of diapers yet.