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J Mascis

(1965) Guitarist United States

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J Mascis is a guitarist from the United States.

Quick Facts About J Mascis

Born: December 10, 1965
Nationality: United States
Profession: Guitarist

About J Mascis

Joseph Donald Mascis Jr., better known as J Mascis, is an American musician who is the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo artist and played drums and guitar on other projects. He was ranked number 74 in a Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists", and number 5 in a similar list for Spin magazine in 2012.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by J Mascis

It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything:…

Ability

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All labels are offensive in some way.

Labels

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It seemed so wimpy at first when I started to play [guitar]. So I started playing loud with lots of effects just…

Effects

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You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.

Might

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I don't have any tattoos but I've thought about getting Ernie, from Bert and Ernie, on my earlobe. He made a big…

Bigs

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I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about…

About

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I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

Cynical

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Yeah, you know, I'm always into cassette. At least they seem to be the longest-lasting medium we used to have. I don't…

Always

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Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things…

Different

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I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.

Braces

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It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.

Certain

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I'd definitely be into doing some zombie slaying music. That'd be cool.

Being cool

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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.

Excuse

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'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.

Around

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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

Hearing

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I have limited interests. I really like all sorts of gear. Guitar gear. Recording gear. Stuff like that. I like music, you…

Gears

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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.

Enough

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I play a Fender Jazzmaster and three stacks and a combo, two old Marshall Plexis and a Hiwatt combo and a Hiwatt…

Fender

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People have to do what they want to do.

People

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I enjoy having some boundaries to work within. That's why I generally don't like alternate tunings and stuff like that. I like…

Boundaries

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I've never liked rehearsing too much.

Rehearsing

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