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I know this topic’s kind of old but…. Two things
What’s with the guy second from left the biting J’s style
[img]http://www.cjfishlegacy.com/Dinosaurs9.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://www.cjfishlegacy.com/Dinosaurs6.jpg[/img]
Check out the type face on the guy second from left’s t-shirt…
[img]http://991.com/newgallery/Dinosaur-Jr-Just-Like-Heaven-94072.jpg[/img]
kind of similar
Formed around 1983, the band was always called "Dinosaurs," not "The Dinosaurs" so you can see why there was some confusion between them and Dinosaur. I think Dinosaurs got complaints from hippies on the east coast who went to a show thinking they were going to hear some 60s psychedelia and instead had their faces melted by 3 kids with a similar band name.
Re. Cipollina biting J’s sartorial style, ha! Yeah.
As for lettering/graphics, Stanley "Mouse" Miller and I think Rick Griffin did Dinosaurs’ artwork and lettering on albums, posters, t-shirts, etc. using mostly gothic psychedelic lettering as well as the art nouveau font style Dinosaur Jr later used.
It’d be a shame for people to avoid John Cipollina’s music over the Dinosaur/Dinosaurs lawsuit. Cipollina was an amazing guitar player, a monster of tone and tremolo, and though he played a different style of lead guitar than J. Mascis, they share some musical ground in terms of intensity, shreddingness, and unabashed emotionality in their playing.
Check out Cipollina in his various bands (the crowd dancing in Quicksilver’s "Mona" video reminds me of the dancers in Dinosaur Jr’s "Out There"):
Dinosaurs "Love Machine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnc1A70-c-c Gnc1A70-c-c
Dinosaurs "Motel Party Baby"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlywJMfJHDI YlywJMfJHDI
Terry and the Pirates "Inlaws and Outlaws"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzDydcguxpY VzDydcguxpY
Terry and the Pirates "Silverado Trail"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEoxqw0d_HA DEoxqw0d_HA
QMS "Mona"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D79ujliNh4Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D79ujliN … re=related
QMS "Who Do You Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2fiSfw4pZ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2fiSfw4 … re=related
Copperhead "They’re Making a Monster"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex6GrdFKN3Q ex6GrdFKN3Q
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