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Buffalo Tom

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Biography

When they released their first album in 1989, the Boston-based trio Buffalo Tom were written off as Dinosaur Jr. junior. Admittedly, their debut was in debt to J Mascis' thundering guitar and folk-tinged songs and it didn't help that Mascis produced the record, either. Over time, Buffalo Tom stripped away their grungier influences and developed into a straight-ahead rock group of the early '90s, capable of throttling rockers and beautiful ballads. Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Bill Janovitz, bassist/vocalist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis, Buffalo Tom began to develop their own style with their second album, 1990's Birdbrain, which featured a noticeable improvement in songwriting. In 1992, Buffalo Tom released Let Me Come Over, a gritty set of driving rock and achingly melancholy ballads; several of its tracks became alternative radio staples, including the gorgeous ballad "Taillights Fade." Despite an increased amount of critical praise and some radio airplay, the album didn't sell. The follow-up, 1993's Big Red Letter Day, featured a more polished, radio-ready production, but the album received only a small push from radio and MTV. "Soda Jerk," the first single from the album, became a minor alternative radio and MTV hit. After a yearlong tour, the group returned in the summer of 1995 with Sleepy Eyed, a return to the more direct sound of Let Me Come Over. Smitten followed in 1998, and two years later a best-of, Asides From Buffalo Tom, arrived. Almost a decade of inactivity followed, but things weren't over for Buffalo Tom; they returned in 2007 with an appearance at SXSW and a new full-length album on the New West label, Three Easy Pieces. Skins 2, the band’s eighth studio album, arrived in early 2011 through their own Scrawny Records label. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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Top Tracks

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  1.  
    Lyrics
    Sister, can you hear me now
    The ringing in your ears
    I'm down on the ground
    My luck's been dry for years
    I'm lost in the dark
    TailLights Fade - (3:45)  -  3,889 plays
  2.  
    Lyrics
    I close my door at night
    But they get in all right
    And she turns on the light
    I held her hands so tight
    'Cause words don't come out right
    Late at Night - (3:56)  -  3,015 plays
  3.  
    Lyrics
    Sight unseen, sadder seas
    Summer song sung all along
    Dragged across the seven seas
    To the beach come follow me
    Summer's gone a summer song
    Summer - (4:02)  -  1,768 plays
  4.  
    Lyrics
    Watch an eyeball, take a free fall
    At the mention of a name
    In its socket and like a rocket
    Rises just the same
    Could my eyelids, cover what I did
    Sodajerk - (4:26)  -  1,337 plays
  5. Guilty Girls - (2:22)  -  1,214 plays
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