“One thing about when I came back into Dinosaur that was really cool was that pretty much anybody that J. was working with who had a long-term relationship with J. were people I really liked and that I actually may have already known.”

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.