You should know Sebadoh
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I stopped listening to them obsessively after I turned 25. Lou Barlow's songs began to sound just a bit too "needy" for my comfort.
they're known for the sort of lame songs
no one remembers "JUST GIMME INDIE ROCK!"

I could never get into Sebadoh. It didn't help that a friend in high school obseßed over them.