J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. | Guitar Moves Interview

[@danielstoddart]

Matt, you succeeded with this interview. I have been a Dinosaur Jr fan since "You're Living All Over Me", but I have NEVER heard J Mascis talk this much and how relaxed he is here. No monosyllables, no one word replies. This is great.

[@adee2569]

He got J to smile and laugh. Mind blown!!!

[@mercurial71]

Exactly what I thought! Well said!

[@chuckabbate5924]

Yeah J has definitely opened up as he's gotten older which is great.

[@jacobvieira1338]

I know he went to highschool with Dean Ween

[@WildCaptures]

Dinosaur JR still sounds incredible! We saw them last week at the Stone Pony and it was amazing, it was the loudest show we’ve ever experienced. Lou Barlow was handing out handfuls of ear plugs to people up front 😂

[@user-rm9zx7ln9i]

J admitting that he sings just to get to the solos is a beautiful moment.

[@DeadpoolX9]

same

[@frankschapmire1471]

He seems like such a cool guy.

[@Stahodad]

That solo at the end got me good.

[@silverlink8805]

This is more words than J has spoken in his entire life

[@justinkrann7406]

what about sungen?

[@addamwoolf4796]

This is the most comfortable and relaxed I’ve ever seen J. He must love hanging with Mr. Matt. ✌🏻🖤🐺

[@rtmis1]

Everyone seems to love hanging out with Matt

[@marshall0814]

That '80s period of Dinosaur Jr/Sonic Youth/My Bloody Valentine was truly golden and still highly influential.

[@stevencharles9273]

When they talked about the whammy bar I thought of Kevin Shields! Cheers

[@pacu9]

Kevin copped a lot from J

[@marshall0814]

@@pacu9 and Thurston. Hell, those first two MBV records are SY tributes. It wasn't until Loveless that they finally formed their own sound.

[@marcomb1913]

My Bloody Valentine discovered their sound on their EPs prior to Loveless…

[@marcomb1913]

@@pacu9and vice versa J has said that loveless was an influence

[@jaxhaxnsnax]

J is so humble. Love that he is playing his signature Squire not a vintage Jazzmaster. His sound has influenced so many people. Even if he didn’t directly influence someone he likely did indirectly.

[@compucorder64]

It's really nice that his Squier Jazzmaster is one of the best affordable guitars. When they discontinued it for a while, the prices of the second-hand ones really started to climb. As well as J Mascis himself, I've seen lots of other great indie players rocking the JMJM. I think Kurt Vile too even. I like that Troy Van Leuwen Jazzmaster Matt is rocking too. I think of it as the Ron 'Anchorman' Burgandy Jazzmaster. Sarah Lipstate plays one too.

[@camerondailey2627]

God The Lung at the end. I am actually crying man jesus christ what a beautiful song

[@mitchellmcknight8690]

same m8, same

[@nickfanzo]

Truth

[@DavidleViseur]

During the pandemic, my girlfriend got me the last available J Mascis Jazzmaster in Europe, and I'm still not worthy...And 1 & a half years ago, I stood right in front of J - for my birthday - and got my ears blown to the bottom of my soul - and tears were flowing down my face -- then the moshpit kicked me into reality - where tears mixed with sweat, until no one could tell the difference. Eternal love! - Another most beautiful video, Matt!

[@jonnykanesantos]

The thing I love about Guitar Moves is how much he looks like he’s enjoying playing with these guitarists. He looks as stoked as I would be to play with J

[@Banjolution]

For real! It cracks me up every time he's SO STOKED!! I love it!

[@LorSTApunk07]

This one and the Dean Ween one are gems. Finally saw Dinosaur Jr. live a couple years ago. It was LOUD!

[@stevencharles9273]

Love Matt’s smile when J plays. The love and respect is beautiful to watch ❤

[@keneisner3445]

You gotta love that J put purple tape over the rhythm switch to lock it down on his own signature guitar!

[@jordanweimer788]

I will watch every rerelease of this shit. Honestly, this series has been one of the best things I've found on the web.

[@youreallygotmenow4855]

I'm really glad that someone is taking the trouble to reupload these 'old' gems. These episodes were super interesting and fun to watch! I don't know exactly know what happened with the Vice editorial team, but long live whoever decided to bring this series back to life! Guitar's NOT dead, folks.

[@davidharbilas4185]

I've rewatched this many times from the older versions, and like many others have said it's just so cool to see J as expressive as he is here. And the ending, with them playing The Lung, just gets me. So freaking great.

[@decemberist]

I've watched this about ten times, love how relaxed and friendly this conversation with J is. We need a part 2!

[@bammerbiff1621]

"Sometimes J doesn't talk. Maybe this time he will." - I think he was pretty comfortable with you. Most of us have seen interviews where he transports out of the room and comes back in time to give a one word response. Refreshing - great job.

[@Obscurity202]

Guitar moves still exists? Why did the algorithm stop showing me

[@onlyghosts7152]

Apparently it got wiped off the internet or something similar to it. It’s all either back or coming back. Thankful that it is because this is one of my favorite J interviews ever.

[@Ugfromumantman]

It was on Noisy which was a part of Vice news and theyve gone bankrupt so I imagine he's out on his own now. Which is great to see

[@IgaGearDemos]

so much love and respect in this video, great job Matt

[@deztruct0823]

My absolute hero, wouldn't be playing guitar without him.

[@dinglebop9558]

I almost cry at the end. Didn't know about this episode, thanks a lot

[@postpunkhah]

I've never seen J so garrulous in an interview before. It was so cool to see him smiling and laughing! What I'd really love to know is, how did he learn to find his way around the fretboard so fluidly? As wild and hairy as his leads are, he always seems to land on the right notes. Doesn't strike me as a music theory guy, so I'd love to know how he does it.

[@Vampiramisfit]

Would like to know the same but he probably just plays a lot and just has some things memorized and coming to him like second nature.

[@FilipPandrc]

learning the fretboard takes a month if you stick with it

[@postpunkhah]

@@FilipPandrc teach me your ways!

[@inthefort6003]

J is easily in my top 10 guitarists. No one could sound like him if they tried.

[@honeygun1554]

With all due respect and credit to what he does, I feel like he’s such a great guitar player because he isn’t that hyper practiced technical guy. He’s like the king of rough guitar playing. I feel I’m not alone in going to hear him every time practicing guitar starts to suck. You realize quickly, maybe this dude is proof that you don’t need to be super athletic as a player, just super tasteful and true to yourself

[@inthefort6003]

@@honeygun1554 i agree. a lot of the beauty of art comes from imperfection. If a painter could paint something perfectly then it might as well just be a photograph.

[@silverlink8805]

@@honeygun1554 he is still pretty impressive technically (Sludgefeast end solo) but he only uses it when it's absolutely necessary

[@vodastav1]

@@silverlink8805I agree - look at his soloing on the studio "live" studio version of I Don't Wanna Go There

[@brimphemus]

J is definetely my guitar god. lol i say this as a person whos never had guitar gods or cared ab who was really good at guitar

The last part is so groovy when they play together - awesome solo

[@LieLikesMusic]

YES. Thanks for uploading this

[@RollForever88]

Love the song Ammaring. J Mascis and the Fog is where it’s at. Perfect album.

[@gartherino]

Awesome! Around 12:58 when J casually throws in half of the intro riff to Sonic Reducer as an example of palm muting but they never talk about is exactly why I love these Matt Sweeney sit downs. It's a friendly chat between guitar/music nerds who have great taste :)

[@savoir3731]

Hahaha Dead Boys!

[@crackawood]

i think the single coolest thing about this video is that J is using his signature Squier. great guitar for an amazing price

[@mrt77wv]

"It took me 30 years to get into palm muting" is my favorite quote from this set. Gotta love J.

[@scaredypicker]

So cool man. Don't think I've ever seen J Mascis that candid or unguarded. He's still one of my guitar idols along with the great Doug Martsch

[@jimmymook6498]

why was this show ever cancelled...every episode is great.

[@ST-xg3gy]

How does Matt know all of these artists? Played on Malkmus record, live with GBV, Iggy Pop. Someone should interview Matt. 🤷

[@Interweb76]

Was thinking the exact same thing

[@crypttonite]

He was in a band too. His entre however is being a rich kid insider. They will not admit this of course. It’s the only explanation. J does not shoot the shit with regular people who are fans. Unlike Ron Asheton, you could call Ron at his mom’s, he would talk to you. Of course J got to hang with Ron & learn the stooge way of playing all those songs, this was because Ron was a cool person. J Mascis tells Murph what to play. Do u think Ron told Scott what to do? J also has a person in charge of managing his legacy. This is the main reason you see dino jr in it’s original line up. J knows original line ups are the real sh!t

[@gwar37]

he was in Chavez for a long time and they were a fairly well known indie band (and they're fucking awesome)@@crypttonite. Where do you get this rich kid crap from? Even if true, it doesn't diminish the fact that he is a great musician in his own right. Also played on the ric rubin johnny cash records as a session guitar player. Doesn't matter if you're rich or not if you can't play.

[@crypttonite]

@@gwar37 no shit he was in chavez etc, his entre into the scene is his class not his ability. it’s why he has this guitar moves thing. There’s a gazillion dudes who can play guitar. Regular class folks are not interviewing Keith Richards or J. chavez not on my list of good, dino jr not that great either.

[@gwar37]

@@crypttonite sure bud. how's that chip on your shoulder taste? salty?

[@Luke-Emmanuel]

The only guitar solo that could make me cry

[@absolutelynonameslef]

Which one?

[@Jake-pz7oi]

Which solo?

[@aaronsiple5446]

J is a treasure of music for my generation. Unsung in so many ways. Long live J. Mascis?

[@xeverettx2564]

J Mascis on drums, if you haven’t heard it look up the video for a band called Witch and the song is Seer! You’ll be blown away by every instrument. It’s my favorite side project by J.

[@kristianlaing8926]

“J Mascis is God”-Spin Magazine. From DNSR JR to oldschool Heroin era Iggy & the stooges..& for the love of playing. Great interview Matt.Cheers Legends.

[@alanpods2]

Amazing. I’ve been a Dinosaur Jr fan for over 30 years, but never even heard J speak until now. Hands down, one of my favourite guitarists.

[@ewanwalker4603]

This is a joyous chat.. I had a shit day and this fixed everything. Thanks so much for these interviews. ❤

[@ricklanders]

I could listen to J solo all day. Such a cool melodic style, like he's just having a conversation with someone. That's a musician!

[@dustinrieseberg8707]

Best show on youtube hands down.

[@JQBMusicandTutorials]

Hi Matt. I know you from Zwan, which I still enjoy, so thank you for your contributions there. These interviews are cool. Rock on sir.

[@grantbeck8482]

So glad this is back up!!!

[@alwaysengines]

Great interview! I learned more about J Mascis in this interview than any other interview. Very unrated guitarists. One of my favorite guitars solos is still the one in Start Chopping

[@totallykoolyeah]

Very cool... saw them at bunrattys in Boston(Allston) in the late 80's ... J was tuning up and somebody yells, " why bother?"

[@chuckabbate5924]

Was at that show. Face melter

[@donallogue2274]

Love this. Great to see you with J, Matt. And now I understand the progression from Rory Gallagher to Brian May to J Mascis. I loved Dinosaur from when they were playing as Dinosaur in the Boston scene before they had to change to "Junior."

[@reidfleming2k6]

Wish this was longer

[@rosangelachaves4312]

How I love J.! And his voice, of course!

[@Sprtschk]

"There's no resistance" is such a good way to put it. I always felt that way but couldn't have said it better.

[@johndemonico6250]

Great job! Thank you for getting him to talk.

[@beerthousand]

Glad to see Matt back! An episode with John Reis or Justin Trosper would be a dream come true

[@haikyo-w1b]

I've never seen J so relaxed and talkative in an interview! He looks like he's actually having a good time haha

[@DelScully]

I thought this was going to be a new one, bit bummed its just a reupload but I forgot how chill this interview was lol. Love J, hes unintentionally hilarious

[@TheJanetitos]

Finally !!! Great job Matt. My ultimate guitar hero.

[@Lumpy777]

Great interview! Loved how much you got J to open up. Awesome dude and I love hearing him speak 😂

[@danielpenberthy3373]

Hey Matt, if you ever do more of these it would be crazy good to see an episode with Adrianne and Buck of Big Thief, such crazy unique playing

[@stevebell1191]

That hammer on looks the same one that Josh Homme talks about that Billy Gibbons showed Matt in his Guitar moves vid.

[@chadhouts6428]

Great stuff! I would love to see you do episodes with John Reis (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket from the Crypt among others) and Isaiah Mitchell from Earthless. Both incredible and interesting. I’ve been buds with John for a long time. Sat and strummed guitars with him once and he’s one of the loudest players I’ve ever heard acoustically and his right hand is fierce! Otherwise, very cool to see this series up and running and kicking ass, dude!

[@jahblazebillymays]

I searched for this video a week ago, hyped to see it today

[@junes2k]

Saw Dinosaur Jr in a small club in the late 90's. Can confirm it was loud as goddamn fuck.

[@devin1158]

thanks for the reupload

[@stepitupandgo67]

J is so great

[@enfermedehors]

Great Show, glad you're back!

[@mikewood9514]

I love the way you do these interviews

[@stepitupandgo67]

I thought I subscribed to this channel years ago...wtf...great show, Matt!!

[@wallymoon666]

Matt you looked absolutely overjoyed at the end of that solo, as was I. Was beautiful. Take care ☮️

[@foxxygearreviews7754]

J’s acoustic solo stuff is really good too.

[@Orion_orange]

Yeah I just found it it's good

[@brimphemus]

So satisfying to hear him talk a lot

[@Shroomdiffnuclear]

Guitar moves is back!!!

[@JackThompson-cj1vf]

This is great how open and fun j is having. I've been a fan a long time, the last 4 or 5 years I've been going to dino shows, i know not a lot to some but seen them 7 or 8 times now. I really wish they would change up the set list a little and maybe add what evers cool with me. Some reason they never play it.

[@eddiemachetti6862]

Great cool interview. Mascis is a bad ass guitarist. Solid.

[@indiiiGo1223]

@2:22 “i House sat Kim & Thurston’s apartment” Too fucking cool yooo 🙏👁🙏

[@commonbirdsband]

The OG.

[@right_on_riggins]

I just found the most badass interviews, totally my style 🏜️🏁

[@commente]

Well J, I do really love your voice too

[@compucorder64]

Great interview. Speaking of guitar aesthetics, I like how J Mascis Squier Jazzmaster became a modern affordable classic and is a great looking guitar too. As well as J Mascis, I think I've seen Kurt Vile rock a JMJM in one of his videos too. I love that the Ron 'Anchorman' Burgandy Troy Von Leeuwen Jazzmaster too. Sarah Lipstate plays on too. Jaguars are one of the coolest looking guitars though, for sure. It's maybe that knuckleduster switch plate - which is why the Player ones are a bit sadface.

[@Deekaid]

Glad this returned for a third time!!

[@chrisshaughnessy459]

When Jay is interested, he's a really good interview

[@space_wrangler]

hell yeah! keep em coming

[@nickfanzo]

One of the greats. Definitely.

[@kakarotox]

Wonderfull solo in the end by J.

[@whatsabryan]

So when are we going to get the episode where Matt shows us his guitar moves?

[@calfolk7381]

Asking questions we want to know the answers to 🤟🏼

[@TempleOfTheMartyrs]

J MACIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES IN OUR BAND .............HE IS AMAZING

[@Andrew_Sowala]

@10:22 referencing Homme referencing Billy Gibbons?

[@xeverettx2564]

On the note of the Range Master pedal, it was Rory Gallagher when he was in Taste that made that sound first and that was mid 60’s. Story goes he was playing a gig in London and the guys from Queen went to see him and they weren’t famous yet. Then after the show Brian May just went for it and walked up to Rory as he was undoing his rig and packing up and straight up asked him how do you get that sound. Rory being the down to earth guy he was said I use this Range Master pedal running through a VOX AC-30 high boost Model and no other FX’s. He even showed him his settings he used. So Brian with his Red Special guitar with three single coils like a strat and he already had the high boost AC-30 so he went and bought a Range Master pedal, so between all of that and him using a coin as a pic you get the Queen sound. I mean even though Rory who was a guitar god in his own right and helped contribute to Mays sound let’s not forget that May is is a brilliant genius so that helped a lot for him getting that sound. I think this is a cool story and shows how small the world can be. Two of the top 10 electric guitar players of all time. J. is arguably on that list as well! Great Video y’all.

[@rickc2102]

Loved him in The Double, btw.

[@satelliteRadar]

Raddest interview ive ever watched. Wow. So. Damn. Cool

[@DarkShines86]

Is this a re-upload? I’ve definitely seen this before. One of my favorite guitar interviews.

[@guitar-moves]

We got the rights back! Thanks for watching and more soon!

[@Walrus286]

@@guitar-movesneed Doug Martsch guitar moves like I need air

[@brandon3235]

I need that leroy troy interview back

[@rb3011]

I can’t imagine not wanting to burn one with J. Dude is a gem.

[@DeathTrapProductions]

Is this series back? Guitar moves has always been one of my favorite. People need to stop sleeping on Sweeney! He's on Tasmanian Pain Coaster! He produced WE SING OF ONLY BLOOD OR LOVE!!! Viagra Boys? Run the Jewels?!?!? Man has that drip

[@tomstern1681]

J is an awesome guitar player, not in the shredding kind of way, but in a musical way. I'm not surprised him mentioning Greg Sage who is on a class of his own.

[@Thoneman]

This is great show, but when do we get new episodes?

[@guitar-moves]

Being filmed now!

[@PabloMarrero-e8d]

10:32 i think hes making fun of Gibbons or the Joshua Homme interview where he references this move

[@PsyCodeqz]

"I didn't know how to palm mute till 2022 so...." love it

[@JeserNoob]

Did he reference to Josh Homme guitar moves interview with the tap bend?

[@francescolurgo]

location as in Sonic Youth's "Stereo Sanctity" "Satellites flashing down Orchard and Delancey"

[@DepthWish]

Well done. I love J. I tried talking to him at after a tiny show and he is a quiet dude for sure. You gotta ask him about drumming for GG Allin and record it next time you see him.

[@savoir3731]

J and the Dino Jr are the best thing that happen to skateboarding 😅 JK I know these guys through skate video Mind Field and after 15 years or more I still listen to J Masics and the band. Love the performance at KEPX with Forget the Swamp solo!!

[@Woozy.0]

This one's great, Matt. Please give us Gene Ween episode in 2024