Though born out of the same Boston alternative scene that produced Dinosaur Jr
and The Pixies in the late-1980s, Buffalo Tom could never hide their love of
classic rock and earnest songwriting with pitched melodic, rootsy nostalgia
alongside the thrashing, growling guitars of the day.
Forming the band in 1986 whilst at University of Massachusetts, front man Bill
Jankovitz was an intense, passionate character who grew up on the music of The
Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Elvis Costello before later discovering punk rock
and becoming a central figure of a small community of DIY,...