Freak Scene

"Freak Scene"
Single by Dinosaur Jr.
from the album Bug
B-side"Keep the Glove"
ReleasedSeptember 1988
Recorded1988 at Fort Apache North
Genre
Length3:35
LabelSST (220)
Songwriter(s)J Mascis
Producer(s)J Mascis
Dinosaur Jr. singles chronology
"Little Fury Things"
(1987)
"Freak Scene"
(1988)
"Just Like Heaven"
(1989)

"Freak Scene" is a song by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., the opening track on the group's third studio album Bug (1988). Written and produced by frontman J Mascis, the song was recorded at Fort Apache Studios by engineers Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade. "Freak Scene" was released as a single on SST Records in the United States and was also Dinosaur Jr.'s first release on Blast First in the United Kingdom. The band also made a music video to promote the single.

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