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Buffalo Tom is an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986. Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis.The band's name is derived from the band Buffalo Springfield and the first name of the drummer. 
Dinosaur Jr. guitarist/frontman J Mascis assisted with the production on the band's first two albums. J Mascis also played lead guitar on the song «Impossible» from Buffalo Tom's self-titled debut. Buffalo Tom became one of the more popular alternative rock bands by the mid 1990s: «Big Red Letter Day» (1993) peaked at #8 and «Sleepy Eyed» (1995) peaked at #4 on the Heatseekers chart. Their album, Big Red Letter Day, peaked at #17 in the UK Albums Chart in October 1993. The band contributed the track «For All To See» to the 1993 AIDS-Benefit Album No Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization, and the track «Lolly Lolly Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here» to the CD School House Rock! Rocks. Buffalo Tom's song «Sodajerk» was featured on the soundtrack to the 1994 television series My So-Called Life. They appeared in a club scene on My So-Called Life, episode 12, titled «Self-Esteem,» playing «Late at Night.» The episode originally aired on 17 November 1994. They were also mentioned on the CW show Gossip Girl. Buffalo Tom also wrote the theme song to the short-lived 1999 sitcom The Mike O'Malley Show. In 1999, the song «Taillights Fade» was used in the Breckin Meyer/Elizabeth Berkley independent film Taillights Fade. They also recorded The Jam's «Going Underground» for the 2000 tribute album Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam. Issued as a double A-sided single, with Liam Gallagher and Steve Cradock's cover version of «Carnation», the single reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1999. They were the final musical guest on The Jon Stewart Show. Buffalo Tom is a perennial performer at the Hot Stove Cool Music concerts that benefit Theo Epstein's Charity, 'Foundation to Be Named Later'. After a lengthy hiatus through most of the decade, during 2007 Buffalo Tom re-emerged to perform at the South by Southwest Music Festival and to go on a summer tour across the US. An album, Three Easy Pieces, was released on July 10, 2007 through the New West label. The band has played a number of concerts in the US, Australia and Europe. On November 24, 2010 it was announced through the band's Facebook and Twitter pages that their new album is titled Skins, and was intended for release in mid-February 2011. It came out to positive reviews from AllMusic.com and others on March 8, 2011, through their own label Scrawny Records, via The Orchard distribution company.