“If you make a strange, eccentric record - like the Velvet Underground's 'White Light/White Heat' - it takes on its own mood because it's less about a shrewd marketing plan; it's more about an individual emotion.”

American alternative rock musician and songwriter

Lou Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. Born Louis Knox Barlow, he is known for helping shape the lo-fi side of rock as a founding member of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. He began in Deep Wound, his first band, formed in Amherst, Massachusetts. His work is associated with the late 1980s and early 1990s, when his music helped define a rougher, more intimate approach to alternative rock.