Mascis and Barlow played together, on drums and guitar respectively, in the hardcore punk band Deep Wound , formed in 1982 while the pair were attending high school in western Massachusetts . After high school, they began exploring slower yet still aggressive music like Black Sabbath , the Replacements , and Neil Young . Mascis’s college friend Gerard Cosloy introduced him to psychedelic-influenced pop bands like Dream Syndicate , which Mascis in turn showed to Barlow. Barlow explained, “We loved speed metal … and we loved wimpy- jangly stuff”.
formed in 1982
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