Dinosaur Jr "Bug" LP

The third album from the band, and the last of their first era to feature the original trio of J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph. The band never got as big as their local peers the Pixies, but their music was just as influential. Take the fact that “Freak Scene,” easily the best, and definitely the most talked about song on the third record, came three years before another song of alienation, Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” broke big. The former song, just as the latter, is now called one of the best indie rock songs ever written. Bug as a whole is an incredible guitar record, just as guitar rock was becoming popular once again.