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J Mascis is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sibylle Baier, Sharon Van Etten, Kevin Shields, Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how J Mascis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dinosaur Jr., Stephen Malkmus, The Lemonheads, Superchunk and Buffalo Tom, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kurt Cobain, Kevin Shields, My Bloody Valentine, Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around J Mascis, reaching back through Sibylle Baier and forward to Kurt Cobain. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
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.
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J Mascis connections
J Mascis grew out of Sibylle Baier, Sharon Van Etten, Kevin Shields and Neil Young, shares an orbit with Dinosaur Jr., Stephen Malkmus, The Lemonheads and Superchunk, went on to shape Kurt Cobain, Kevin Shields, My Bloody Valentine and Thurston Moore. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced J Mascis
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Artists similar to J Mascis
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