Luna: The First Four

How Dean Wareham destroyed one of the best indie bands in America to make something even greater.

Dean Wareham’s band, Galaxie 500 was ascendant in the spring of 1991. Critical acclaim had poured in for Galaxie’s newest LP, This Is Our Music, and lengthy international tours with larger acts like Cocteau Twins had massive boosted their profile. Even still, Wareham was blowing up the band.

Citing the age old excuse of “creative differences”, Wareham began work on whatever his next project might become. In his mind, the last Galaxie500 albums have been difficult to make and the band were no longer getting on,

“We broke up as a result of internal contradictions. Columbia Records was interested in signing us, but the making of the previous album had been very difficult--and clearly we weren't getting along--so why should we continue to
sit in a room and make music together?"