Sebadoh are an indie rock band formed in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney, WOZQ DJ and Pizza Factory driver (circa 1989) and former Dinosaur Jr. bass player Lou Barlow. While in Dinosaur Jr., Barlow joined up with Gaffney to record a collection of lo-fi song-sketches which were released as the Homestead albums The Freed Man (1989) and Weed Forestin' (1990). Jason Loewenstein joined in summer 1989, the first release that he played on being the Gimme Indie Rock single in 1991.