J Mascishttp://jmascis.comOfficial Home of J MascisenThu, 03 May 2012 11:44:11 PDThourly1JMascishttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.J is #5 in SPIN’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Timehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/7rUOY0nO1XE/Dinosaur JrJ Sololivereviewj mascisjazzmasterdrewThu, 03 May 2012 11:44:11 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=607SPIN Magazine released their list of all-time greatest guitar players today with J Mascis ranked at #5. J is in good company, with SPIN’s top 10 including contemporaries Kevin Shields, Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo.

]]>SPIN Magazine released their list of all-time greatest guitar players today with J Mascis ranked at #5. J is in good company, with SPIN’s top 10 including contemporaries Kevin Shields, Kurt Cobain, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo.http://jmascis.com/2012/05/j-is-5-in-spins-100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time/feed/0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2012/05/j-is-5-in-spins-100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time/Watch J Mascis live at Sydney Festivalhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/1oAAHrM2sCo/J Sololivej mascisMoshcamSydney FestivaldrewMon, 23 Apr 2012 12:46:04 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=599J Mascis performed at this year’s Sydney Festival and now you can relive the set in all its glory live on Moshcam here. You can also watch the full show for free on the Moscham App for iPhone and iPad. Download it for free here.

]]>J Mascis performed at this year&#8217;s Sydney Festival and now you can relive the set in all its glory live on Moshcam here. You can also watch the full show for free on the Moscham App for iPhone and iPad. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2012/04/watch-j-mascis-live-at-sydney-festival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2012/04/watch-j-mascis-live-at-sydney-festival/feed/1http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2012/04/watch-j-mascis-live-at-sydney-festival/Heavy Blanket Album Releasehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/M9UqGvSrLuw/J SolodrewWed, 14 Mar 2012 12:24:19 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=588

Heavy Blanket – Dr Marten’s Blues from Outer Battery Records on Vimeo.

It was the summer of 1984, and a teenage J Mascis was bored. Sure, his band Deep Wound were still playing shows and melting faces. That band would prove to be one of hardcore’s seminal influences, but J didn’t know that then. Disillusioned with the direction that most of his hardcore heroes had taken, he wanted to start something new. He wanted to shed the pretentiousness and elitism that had risen around him  – to slow things down and turn the volume way, way up. This new band would influence generations of disenfranchised youth while tipping their hat to their heroes of years past, before punk existed. And so: he needed a band.
He remembered a couple kids from his early high school days – stoner kids he’d always admired for their “who gives a shit” attitude. Those kids, Johnny Pancake and Pete Cougar, had been kicked out of marching band for smoking weed out of a tuba. Way better musicians than the marching band deserved, they’d formed a duo that was all rhythm section – no vocals, no guitar, a sick, punchy brew of Band of Gypsies and Japanese hard psych (Johnny’s uncle was a US Marine stationed on Okinawa in 1973. From his frequent visits to Tokyo, he brought home a killer psych record collection. And a mean dose of the clap). These were the guys he needed. He rounded them up and it soon became obvious that the heavy rhythms they created were the perfect backdrop to young Mascis’ insane, fluid ability on the guitar. The trio came up with six blistering tracks, named themselves Heavy Blanket, and set a date to record.
But then, tragedy struck. Johnny hit his head and nearly drowned while swimming in an old stone quarry in southern Vermont. His recovery was… incomplete. He gave up playing altogether and became something of a recluse, retreating to the relative safety of his grandmother’s basement. Disheartened by Johnny incapacitation, Pete moved out to Ohio to work in his uncle’s second-hand furniture store. He later did a stint in federal prison for repeatedly passing low-denomination counterfeit bills at the local Stop’n’Shop. Mascis went on to form Dinosaur jr, and the rest is history. The boys lost touch, and those blistering tracks were lost to history.
Fast forward to the winter of 2011. While on his semi-annual ski retreat, Mascis runs into an old friend. Johnny had emerged from his grandmother’s basement (having been forced to, once her demise stopped the flow of milk and sandwiches to his underground lair) and taken a job grooming the ski trails with a Snowcat. Convinced his long-ago accident was the handiwork of those schemers in Pearl Jam, Johnny begged J to reform the band. It was the only way to get back at them, he insisted. A quick search of Ohio prison records turned up Pete, living in a halfway house in Columbus. After securing the proper permissions from his parole officer, Pete boarded a Greyhound with the only recording of Heavy Blanket in existence – an old practice cassette. Building off those old tune structures, the boys – now men – have finally succeeded in fulfilling the promise of that long past summer.

]]>Heavy Blanket &#8211; Dr Marten&#8217;s Blues from Outer Battery Records on Vimeo. It was the summer of 1984, and a teenage J Mascis was bored. Sure, his band Deep Wound were still playing shows and melting faces. That band would &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2012/03/heavy-blanket-album-release/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2012/03/heavy-blanket-album-release/feed/7http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2012/03/heavy-blanket-album-release/Have you ever wished that you could own J Mascis? Well, now you can! In doll form, at least.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/f7Keqq4D88w/J SolodrewThu, 19 Jan 2012 17:21:51 PSThttp://jmascis.com/?p=576

J Mascis, founder of Dinosaur Jr. and creator of some of the modern rock era’s most signature chops, has joined the ranks of the Throbblehead elite. This figure is limited to 1,000 numbered units, stands at 7 inches tall, and is made of a lightweight polyresin. J is accurately sculpted right down to the big ole glasses, rockin’ riff grip, and signature silver mane that features REAL DOLL HAIR – a first for Aggronautix! Pick up this highly influential (and potentially face melting) figure today! 

 

]]>J Mascis, founder of Dinosaur Jr. and creator of some of the modern rock era&#8217;s most signature chops, has joined the ranks of the Throbblehead elite. This figure is limited to 1,000 numbered units, stands at 7 inches tall, and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2012/01/have-you-ever-wished-that-you-could-own-j-mascis-well-now-you-can-in-doll-form-at-least/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2012/01/have-you-ever-wished-that-you-could-own-j-mascis-well-now-you-can-in-doll-form-at-least/feed/1http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2012/01/have-you-ever-wished-that-you-could-own-j-mascis-well-now-you-can-in-doll-form-at-least/J Mascis 7″ out on Sub Pop November 22http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/tGCRKBJ8vv8/J SoloMerchandisedrewThu, 20 Oct 2011 11:59:58 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=562Sub Pop has announced the release of a new 7″ single from J Mascis with his cover of Edie Brickell’s “Circle” on the a-side and “I’ve Been Thinking,” from the Several Shades of Why sessions on the b-side. J’s been playing “Circle” at shows during the past year or so and it’s become a big audience favorite and “I’ve Been Thinking” was included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Several Shades of Why. Pre-order now at SubPop.com.

Release: November 22, 2011

]]>Sub Pop has announced the release of a new 7&#8243; single from J Mascis with his cover of Edie Brickell’s “Circle” on the a-side and “I’ve Been Thinking,” from the Several Shades of Why sessions on the b-side. J’s been &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2011/10/j-mascis-7-out-on-sub-pop-november-22/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2011/10/j-mascis-7-out-on-sub-pop-november-22/feed/3http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2011/10/j-mascis-7-out-on-sub-pop-november-22/J Solo dates Announced – Australia, US, Canadahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/_FzRohjciXs/J SololiveTour datesconcertj mascistour datesdrewThu, 06 Oct 2011 10:31:10 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=557J will tour Australia in December and January, with shows in New York, Boston and Toronto in November. Check out the Tour Dates page for details.

]]>J will tour Australia in December and January, with shows in New York, Boston and Toronto in November. Check out the Tour Dates page for details.http://jmascis.com/2011/10/j-solo-dates-announced-australia-us-canada/feed/0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2011/10/j-solo-dates-announced-australia-us-canada/Squier J Mascis Jazzmasterhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/ahEwZv8wPOo/J SolofenderguitarjazzmastersquiredrewWed, 07 Sep 2011 13:46:48 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=544Squier honors alt-rock godfather and Dinosaur Jr. leader J Mascis with a striking new Jazzmaster guitar model that delivers as much massive sound and performance as its namesake. The pickups, hardware and finish are all specified by Mascis himself for tremendous tone and value.

The J Mascis Jazzmaster features a basswood body, C-shaped maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with 9.5” radius and 21 jumbo frets, two single-coil Jazzmaster pickups with three-position switching and dual tone circuits, gold anodized aluminum pickguard, aged white plastic parts (knobs, switch tip, pickup covers), Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with vintage-style floating tremolo tailpiece, vintage-style tuners, chrome hardware, Vintage White finish and J Mascis signature on the back of the large ’60s-style headstock.

CLICK HERE for more information on the guitar and where to purchase it.

]]>Squier honors alt-rock godfather and Dinosaur Jr. leader J Mascis with a striking new Jazzmaster guitar model that delivers as much massive sound and performance as its namesake. The pickups, hardware and finish are all specified by Mascis himself for &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2011/09/squier-j-mascis-jazzmaster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2011/09/squier-j-mascis-jazzmaster/feed/16http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2011/09/squier-j-mascis-jazzmaster/1991: The Year Punk Broke DVDhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/SyZql0SO7xY/Dinosaur JrInterviewsVideoDave MarkeydvdNirvanaSonic YouthThe RamonesThe Year Punk BrokejeremiahWed, 31 Aug 2011 12:30:11 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=536Dave Markey‘s documentary ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke‘ will be available on DVD for the first time on September 13, 2011. The film is a documentary following Sonic Youth on tour in the UK along with Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones.

New DVD Trailer

The DVD includes
• Over 60 minutes of additional material, a total of 160 minutes!
• 40 minute sister Bonus Movie entitled “(This Is Known As) The Blues Scale” with previously unseen mind-blowing Sonic Youth & Nirvana performances (including “Inhuman”, “White Kross”, “Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit”, “Eric’s Trip”, “Chapel Hill”, and “In Bloom”) and plenty of revelatory and rockin’ (and hilarious) never before seen off-stage and on-stage material
• 2003 Panel Discussion (on the film) at the Arclight in Hollywood, with Thurston Moore, Dave Markey, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, and J. Mascis
• Complete audio remaster directly from the original source tapes / Uncompressed PCM stereo
• Complete picture remaster
• Rough Edits “Mote”, the never before seen “Flower” & an alternate version of “Teenage Riot”
• Theatrical trailer
• Subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, & Brazilian Portuguese

You can pre-order it here.

]]>Dave Markey&#8216;s documentary &#8216;1991: The Year Punk Broke&#8216; will be available on DVD for the first time on September 13, 2011. The film is a documentary following Sonic Youth on tour in the UK along with Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, Babes &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2011/08/1991-the-year-punk-broke-dvd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2011/08/1991-the-year-punk-broke-dvd/feed/0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2011/08/1991-the-year-punk-broke-dvd/Fuzz Munchkinhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/8SpWkTLw47E/Dinosaur JrJ Sololivegearguitar pedalguitarsj mascisdrewFri, 19 Aug 2011 14:44:04 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=530The Fuzz Munchkin is a limited edition clone of J Mascis’ fuzz pedal. Reverse engineered from J’s original pedal and built at Tym guitars, these are exact clones using the exact component values and transistors as is in J’s original. Sounding somewhere between a Ramhead and a version 3 with more “clarity” this will get you closer than any other pedal on the market to the live Dinosaur Jr. sound.

The Tym Fuzz Munchkin also has the added advantage of a “bypass” switch which will give you J’s rhythm and lead sound in one pedal. It comes in a new Tym stainless steel enclosure with custom artwork designed by J Mascis and Tym guitars. Limited to 300 units worldwide and available ONLY through Tym guitars.

For more about the pedal and to read the three-part story of how it came about, CLICK HERE.

]]>The Fuzz Munchkin is a limited edition clone of J Mascis’ fuzz pedal. Reverse engineered from J’s original pedal and built at Tym guitars, these are exact clones using the exact component values and transistors as is in J’s original. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2011/08/fuzz-munchkin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2011/08/fuzz-munchkin/feed/3http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2011/08/fuzz-munchkin/Limited Several Shades of Why Prints Availablehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/hjVK38ti5rI/Dinosaur JrJ SoloMerchandisej mascisMarq SpustaSeveral Shades of WhydrewMon, 25 Jul 2011 13:45:19 PDThttp://jmascis.com/?p=524Marq Spusta, the artist behind the Several Shades of Why album art and Dinosaur Jr.’s Farm album art, has posted a limited number of prints of the Several Shades of Why album cover art, signed by both the artist and J Mascis HERE.

]]>Marq Spusta, the artist behind the Several Shades of Why album art and Dinosaur Jr.&#8217;s Farm album art, has posted a limited number of prints of the Several Shades of Why album cover art, signed by both the artist and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://jmascis.com/2011/07/limited-several-shades-of-why-prints-available/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>http://jmascis.com/2011/07/limited-several-shades-of-why-prints-available/feed/0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/http://jmascis.com/2011/07/limited-several-shades-of-why-prints-available/Links for 2007-06-25 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/BR2j03dNkks/dinosaurjr.networkTue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-06-25<ul> <li><a href="http://thisishappeningtome.typepad.com/">Where is the hotel?</a><br/> Dino tour Mgr tour blog</li> <li><a href="http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=21">nyctaper - &raquo; Dinosaur Jr. at Irving Plaza - lossless download</a><br/> nyctaper delivers a nice quality download of Dinosaur live @ Irving Plaza</li> <li><a href="http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2007/06/that-was-show-that-was-dinosaur-jr_14.html">:: news, reviews and opinion :: since 2001 :: online at clickyclickymusic.com ::: That Was The Show That Was: Dinosaur Jr. | Urban Outfitters</a><br/> Jay Breitling of the fantastic Clicky Click Music Blog brings some coverage of the Urban Outfitters Show.</li> <li><a href="http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2007/06/mp3s-dinosaur-jr-at-urban-outfitters.htm">bradley's almanac</a><br/> Bradley&#039;s Almanac covering the Urban Outfitters show complete with mp3 downloads of said performance</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JMascis/~4/BR2j03dNkks" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-06-25Links for 2007-05-16 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/kOIYb5Sq1cU/dinosaurjr.networkThu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-05-16<ul> <li><a href="http://www.freakscene.net/smf/index.php/topic,10300.msg113739.html#msg113739">Dinosaur on Jonesy's Jukebox [mp3]</a><br/> Dinosaur Jr on Jonesy&#039;s Jukebox - 05.14.2007 &quot;3 Marshall stacks and all this other stuff.... who do you think you are Kiss?&quot; - Steve Jones Acoustic with Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) * Borstal Breakout (Sham 69 cover) * No Fun (The Stooges cover)</li> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/cromagz/sets/72157594177736210/">Live: Dinosaur Jr - a photoset by Kpos on Flickr</a><br/> Excellent set of live shots</li> <li><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/pwhitfield/DinoJrSlims/index.html">Dinosaur Jr. - Slim's SF 5/15/07</a><br/> &quot;OSX hopped into his Volvo and made the short drive to SF to see &amp; photograph Dinosaur Jr.&quot;.... Always amazing shots...</li> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/theunabonger/499199508/">Dinosaur Jr on Flickr - Poster for the Capitol Theater Show</a><br/> Poster for the Capitol Theater Show - Oly Poster Blog</li> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mamadee/497959320/">.h a p p y. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a><br/> Rockin&#039; the Dinosaur Kicks for your prom...... Priceless. Hell to the yeah.</li> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/38677544@N00/495258165/">J. Mascis and Dinosaur Jr on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a><br/> &quot;Who do you think you are Kiss?&quot; Steve Jones</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JMascis/~4/kOIYb5Sq1cU" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-05-16Links for 2007-05-11 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/q2M0nlAUsqw/dinosaurjr.networkSat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-05-11<ul> <li><a href="http://www.theratio.org/reviews/d/dinosaurjr/dinosaur.html">Dinosaur Jr. : Dinosaur : The Ratio : Review : Kendall Shields</a><br/> &quot;JM: [irritated] It sounds exactly like all my other leads to me.&quot;</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JMascis/~4/q2M0nlAUsqw" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-05-11Links for 2007-05-09 [del.icio.us]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JMascis/~3/MRXLFdS0f78/dinosaurjr.networkThu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 PDThttp://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-05-09<ul> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sidemouse/475619442/">Dinosaur Jr on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a><br/> More from the amazing vaults of Bruce Siart Dinosaur Jr @ the Club Worcester, MA USA February 16, 1989</li> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/somethingmonumental/485074526/">You're Living All Over Me on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a><br/> almost like the Rocafella Family now. YLAOM necklace :)</li> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sandrawaibl/470083868/">J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a><br/> photo by sandra waibl</li> <li><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/woxy/463410997/">J Mascis on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a><br/> J&#039;s signature on the woxy wall</li> </ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JMascis/~4/MRXLFdS0f78" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/dinosaurjr.network#2007-05-09