Before It's Time

So I stretched out on my living room floor last night & listened from beginning to end the new cd I purchased yesterday. It's Dinosaur jr. 1st release before they added the "jr." part to the name. Wow. This album was recorded in some guy's basement in 1985; def. before it's time. It's hard to imagine just how amazing it would've been to be making music that was so "out there" by the industry's standards. This album has been slated as a stepping stone for much hardcore music you hear today (as much as you would thank Sonic Youth for the indie scene we now have)
As I was listening to J. Mascis scream his head off with the assault of swirling fuzzed out guitars I was completely taken by just how f'n brilliant this was! I mean think about it...1985!!! The top 5 songs on the charts were as follows:

1- Careless Whsiper - Wham!
2- Like A Virgin - Madonna
3- Wake me Up Before You GoGo - Wham!
4-I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
5- I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

Then you have these boys completely rebelling to the entire scene in some basement. I love it. For all of you out there who love those bands such as on Trustkill, Ferret, Equal Vision...pay homage to who started it all.

Brilliant noise rockers here