☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Prior to blowing minds in Dinosaur Jr, Mascis grew up in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Amherst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amherst</span></a>, Massachusetts, as a ‘weird kid’. </p><p>A <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> obsessive, he would build a wall of furniture around his bed to listen to records by the likes of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BeachBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeachBoys</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DeepPurple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepPurple</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NeilYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilYoung</span></a>. </p><p>When <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Punk</span></a> hit town, he formed a teenage <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hardcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardcore</span></a> band called <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DeepWound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepWound</span></a> – his mum even knitted him a sweater with their name on it. </p><p>Obsessed with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NickCave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NickCave</span></a>’s the Birthday Party, Mascis would break eggs into his hair to try to emulate the singer’s wild crow’s nest haircut.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JMascis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JMascis</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DinosaurJunior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DinosaurJunior</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DinosaurJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DinosaurJr</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/26/j-mascis-dinosaur-jr-interview-new-album-what-do-we-do-now" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/music/2024/jan</span><span class="invisible">/26/j-mascis-dinosaur-jr-interview-new-album-what-do-we-do-now</span></a>></p>