guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York , but began playing together in their time as students at Harvard University . Wareham and Krukowski had formed a group called Speedy and the Castanets, whose bass player had left. Vacancy under the covered Yang and the group's name changed to Galaxie 500, a friend's car (a Ford of 60, Galaxie 500).
The group began to give concerts in Boston and New York, and recorded a demo sent to the chief and producer of the Shimmy Disc label, Mark Kramer, who agreed to be the producer of the band.
after checks with Kramer, the group recorded the single "Tugboat" and the flexi-disc "Oblivious", and continued recording the album Today, which was released on the small label Aurora. In 1989 they signed with Rough Trade and released their second album, On Fire, which is considered the defining moment of the band. On Fire hit No. 7 on the list indie UK and received rave reviews in that country. However, it was so well received by the U.S. media, citing Wareham vocal limitations as a weakness.
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