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J Mascis

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Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. (born December 10, 1965), 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. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 98 relations: Alternative rock, Amherst, Massachusetts, Band of Horses, Ben Bridwell, Berlin, Beyond (Dinosaur Jr. album), Boston, Buffalo Tom, Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album), Cobra Verde (band), Damaged Goods (record label), Deep Wound, Dinosaur (Dinosaur Jr. album), Dinosaur Jr., Divine Hammer (song), Doom metal, Drain You, Earthless, Elastic Days, Evan Dando, Fade into You, Farm (album), Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Telecaster, Free So Free, Fucked Up, Gas Food Lodging, Gerard Cosloy, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, Grace of My Heart, Green Mind, Greg Dulli, Hand It Over, Hard rock, Hardcore punk, Heavy metal music, Hindus, Homestead Records, I Bet on Sky, Indie rock, J and Friends Sing and Chant for Amma, J Mascis, J Mascis + The Fog, Joe Baiza, Kurt Cobain, Kurt Vile, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Lou Barlow, Loud and Quiet, Mark Lanegan, ... Expand index (48 more) »

  2. Dinosaur Jr. members
  3. J Mascis + The Fog members

Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.

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Amherst, Massachusetts

Amherst is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley.

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Band of Horses

Band of Horses is an American rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle, Washington.

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Ben Bridwell

Benjamin Bridwell (born April 25, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and musician.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Beyond (Dinosaur Jr. album)

Beyond is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Buffalo Tom

Buffalo Tom is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986.

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Bug (Dinosaur Jr. album)

Bug is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in October 1988 through SST Records.

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Cobra Verde (band)

Cobra Verde is an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Damaged Goods (record label)

Damaged Goods is a British independent record label.

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Deep Wound

Deep Wound was an American hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Westfield, Massachusetts.

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Dinosaur (Dinosaur Jr. album)

Dinosaur is the debut studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. It was released in 1985 on Homestead Records.

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Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984.

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Divine Hammer (song)

"Divine Hammer" is a song by American alternative rock band the Breeders, released as the second single from their second album, Last Splash (1993), in October 1993.

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Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.

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Drain You

"Drain You" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist, Kurt Cobain.

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Earthless

Earthless is a mostly instrumental psychedelic rock band from San Diego, California, consisting of guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton and drummer Mario Rubalcaba.

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Elastic Days

Elastic Days is the third solo studio album by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis.

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Evan Dando

Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician and the frontman of the rock band the Lemonheads. J Mascis and Evan Dando are American alternative rock guitarists and guitarists from Massachusetts.

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Fade into You

"Fade into You" is a song by American alternative rock band Mazzy Star from their second studio album, So Tonight That I Might See (1993).

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Farm (album)

Farm is the ninth studio album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr.

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Fender Jazzmaster

The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar designed as a more expensive sibling of the Fender Stratocaster.

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Fender Telecaster

The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele, is an electric guitar produced by Fender.

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Free So Free

Free So Free is the second studio album by alternative rock band J Mascis + The Fog.

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Fucked Up

Fucked Up is a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 2001.

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Gas Food Lodging

Gas Food Lodging is a 1992 American drama film written and directed by Allison Anders, based on the novel Don't Look and It Won't Hurt by Richard Peck.

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Gerard Cosloy

Gerard Cosloy (born 1964) is an American music industry executive.

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Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not is the eleventh studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. It was announced on May 24 and was released on August 5, 2016.

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Grace of My Heart

Grace of My Heart is a 1996 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Allison Anders, and starring Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, Patsy Kensit and John Turturro.

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Green Mind

Green Mind is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in 1991.

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Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American musician from Hamilton, Ohio.

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Hand It Over

Hand It Over is the seventh studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released on March 25, 1997, on Reprise Records.

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Hard rock

Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars.

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Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s.

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Heavy metal music

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Homestead Records

Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York–based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996.

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I Bet on Sky

I Bet on Sky is the tenth studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr.

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s.

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J and Friends Sing and Chant for Amma

J and Friends Sing And Chant For Amma is an album-length compact disc by American guitarist/singer/songwriter and Dinosaur Jr bandleader J Mascis.

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J Mascis

Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. (born December 10, 1965), 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. J Mascis and j Mascis are American Hindus, American alternative rock guitarists, American heavy metal drummers, American rock songwriters, Converts to Hinduism, Dinosaur Jr. members, guitarists from Massachusetts, j Mascis + The Fog members, singer-songwriters from Massachusetts and University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni.

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J Mascis + The Fog

J Mascis + The Fog was an American rock band formed by J Mascis in 2000, following the break-up of Dinosaur Jr.

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Joe Baiza

Joe Baiza (born January 11, 1952) is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter.

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana. J Mascis and Kurt Cobain are American alternative rock guitarists and American rock songwriters.

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Kurt Vile

Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. J Mascis and Kurt Vile are American rock songwriters.

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Leaving on a Jet Plane

"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Denver in 1966, originally included on his debut demo recording John Denver Sings as "Babe I Hate to Go".

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Lou Barlow

Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. J Mascis and Lou Barlow are Dinosaur Jr. members and guitarists from Massachusetts.

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Loud and Quiet

Loud and Quiet is a British bi-monthly music magazine that focuses on new music from underground indie, alternative, electronic and hip hop artists.

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Mark Lanegan

Mark William Lanegan (November 25, 1964 – February 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and poet. J Mascis and Mark Lanegan are American rock songwriters.

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Martin + Me

Martin + Me is a solo album by the American musician J Mascis, his first.

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Mata Amritanandamayi

Sri Mātā Amritānandamayī Devi (born Sudhamani Idamannel; 27 September 1953), often known as Amma ("Mother"), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, who is revered as 'the hugging saint' by her followers.

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Mew (band)

Mew is a Danish alternative rock band made up of Jonas Bjerre (lead vocals), Johan Wohlert (bass) and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen (drums).

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More Light (J Mascis + The Fog album)

More Light is the debut album by the alternative rock band J Mascis + The Fog, released in 2000.

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Murph (drummer)

Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (born December 21, 1964), professionally credited as both Patrick Murphy and Murph, is best known for being the drummer for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He was a member of the group from its founding in 1984 through 1993, and since the original lineup reformed in 2005. J Mascis and Murph (drummer) are Dinosaur Jr. members.

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Neil Young

Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter.

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Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.

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Noise rock

Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s.

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Paralyzed (album)

Paralyzed is the second studio album by American doom metal band Witch, founded by J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Like their debut, Black Sabbath influence is noted, along with Black Flag influence for this album.

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Pennyroyal Tea

"Pennyroyal Tea" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music publication founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis.

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Razorcake

Razorcake is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that publishes the Razorcake fanzine, a DIY punk rock fanzine published bi-monthly out of Los Angeles, California.

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Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade (born 23 May 1977) is a British comedian, actor, writer and director.

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Riff

A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.

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Robert Thurman

Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (born August 3, 1941) is an American Buddhist author and academic who has written, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Scott Helland

Scott Helland is an American alternative rock musician, acoustic guitarist, bassist and songwriter. J Mascis and Scott Helland are guitarists from Massachusetts.

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Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981.

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Sophie Trudeau (musician)

Sophie Trudeau is a Canadian musician.

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Spin (magazine)

Spin (stylized in all caps as SPIN) is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr. Now owned by Next Management Partners, the magazine is an online publication since it stopped issuing a print edition in 2012.

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Steel-string acoustic guitar

The steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar that descends from the gut-strung Romantic guitar, but is strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound.

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Stoner rock

Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock.

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Straight edge

Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated as sXe or signified by XXX or simply X) is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs in reaction to the punk subculture's excesses.

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Strand of Oaks

Strand of Oaks is the rock project by songwriter and producer Timothy Showalter (born July 20, 1982).

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Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman.

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Sweep It Into Space

Sweep It Into Space is the twelfth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., which was released on April 23, 2021 through Jagjaguwar.

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Sweet Apple

Sweet Apple is an American rock band formed in 2010.

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Tee Pee Records

Tee Pee Records is an American independent rock music record label in New York City.

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Teetotalism

Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the consumption of alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Breeders

The Breeders are an American alternative rock band based in Dayton, Ohio, consisting of members Kim Deal (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), her twin sister Kelley Deal (lead guitar, vocals), Josephine Wiggs (bass guitar, vocals) and Jim Macpherson (drums).

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The Double (2013 film)

The Double is a 2013 British black comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Ayoade and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Lemonheads (album)

The Lemonheads is the eighth studio album by the Lemonheads and the first after their return from a nine-year hiatus.

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The Whitey Album

The Whitey Album is an album by Ciccone Youth, a side project of Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, featuring contributions from Minutemen/Firehose member Mike Watt and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.

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Tied to a Star

Tied to a Star is the second solo studio album by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis.

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Uma Thurman

Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress.

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Unknown Instructors

Unknown Instructors are an all-star improvisational rock outfit that features the former rhythm section of Minutemen and fIREHOSE, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley; Saccharine Trust members, guitarist Joe Baiza and vocalist Jack Brewer; and vocalist/saxophonist Dan McGuire.

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Unwilling to Explain

Unwilling to Explain is the fourth album by American improvisational band Unknown Instructors, featuring Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE), George Hurley (Minutemen, fIREHOSE), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), and Dan McGuire.

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Virgin Festival

The Virgin Fest, known as the Virgin Mobile FreeFest in the United States, was a rock festival held in the United States and Canada, a spin-off from the V Festival held in the UK.

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What Do We Do Now

What Do We Do Now is the fourth solo studio album by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis, released through Sub Pop on February 2, 2024.

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Whatever's Cool with Me

Whatever's Cool with Me is an EP by the American band Dinosaur Jr.

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Where You Been

Where You Been is the fifth official studio album by Dinosaur Jr., released on February 9, 1993.

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Whiskey for the Holy Ghost

Whiskey for the Holy Ghost is the second solo album by former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan.

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Witch (album)

Witch is the eponymous debut album by Witch, a stoner doom band founded by J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. "Soul of Fire" was released as a single with a demo version of "Rip Van Winkle" as the b-side.

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Witch (American band)

Witch is an American stoner metal band formed in 2005 whose members are from Vermont and Massachusetts.

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Without a Sound

Without a Sound is the sixth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released on August 23, 1994.

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You're Living All Over Me

You're Living All Over Me is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. It was released on December 14, 1987, through SST Records.

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See also

Dinosaur Jr. members

J Mascis + The Fog members

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis

Also known as J Mascis and Friends, J Mascis discography, J. Mascis, Joseph Donald Mascis, Joseph Mascis, Mascis, What Do We Do Now (J Mascis album), What Do We Do Now (album).

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