Dinosaur Jr. + J Mascis

H.Chinaski

dudeman said:

They did a cover of a Negative Approach song for an encore with members of Easy Action. They fucking tore it up! 

One thing about the show:  there was a lot of moshing and fighting. My friend and I were the second row back from the rail right in front of J and most of the fighting and moshing was behind us a little. I managed to stay out of the worst of it. There were 6 or 7 women in the pit and a couple of them were randomly punching people in the face.  A guy on the floor had a half full glass of beer smashed into the side of his head. Some dude was flicking a lighter at people attempting to light them on fire.

The venue being a brewery with glass glasses was particularly interesting. The floor was covered with broken glass, spilled beer and vomit. My friend had to stop on the way out to pull pieces of broken glass out of the bottom of his shoes.

All in all, it was quite a night. Dinosaur Jr definitely rocked the place. 

Jesus sounds crazy. Glass beer cups in a pit sounds terrible and the lighter guy... lol. John Brannon, singer of Easy Action also singer of NA.

dudeman

That makes sense. I hadn't heard of either band before. They definitely got people riled up. 

Thoughts_Arrive

brianlux said:

Thanks for sharing these! Not sure I agree with the picks either. Where You Been needs to be on the list. Hand It Over, Without a Sound, Beyond and Farm round out the five essential albums for me. There's not a bad album in the catalog, though.

"Where You Been" for sure! "Start Choppin'" is one of the coolest guitar songs (love the singing too) ON EARTH! I'm blown away by J's playing on that number every time I listen to it. Just crazy good! Edit: Here's the whole glorious piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbD1sZj8BbA

Always loved this song.

chiefnjk

saw Dino Jr last year -- awesome show (my hearing returned to normal after about 4-5 days)

Thoughts_Arrive

chiefnjk said:

saw Dino Jr last year -- awesome show (my hearing returned to normal after about 4-5 days)

yeah I read that they're very loud.

dudeman

Oh yes. I took earplugs and was glad I did. 

Wobbie

dudeman said:

Oh yes. I took earplugs and was glad I did. 

when I saw them, J was about 3 feet in front of approx 72 sq ft of amps.

Thoughts_Arrive

Wobbie said:

dudeman said:

Oh yes. I took earplugs and was glad I did. 

when I saw them, J was about 3 feet in front of approx 72 sq ft of amps.

I wonder how deaf he is.
Why the need to be so loud but?

RS151862

I saw them last year and it had to be the loudest show I’ve ever been to. I don’t know how they stand in front of those stacks every night. 

mr bungle

Wow!!! Funny you guys mention how fucking loud they are. I saw them in 94 at a small club in Seattle and my ears were ringing for three days!  I've been using cotton balls or ear plugs at shows ever since.

mr bungle

mr bungle said:

Wow!!! Funny you guys mention how fucking loud they are. I saw them in 94 at a small club in Seattle and my ears were ringing for three days!  I've been using cotton balls or ear plugs at shows ever since.

A cool thing about that show..  while we are waiting in line to get in,  Dave A. drops J. off right at the front fucking door and he just walks on in.. pretty cool.  The club was DV8 if anyone remembers that one?

dudeman

mr bungle said:

mr bungle said:

Wow!!! Funny you guys mention how fucking loud they are. I saw them in 94 at a small club in Seattle and my ears were ringing for three days!  I've been using cotton balls or ear plugs at shows ever since.

A cool thing about that show..  while we are waiting in line to get in,  Dave A. drops J. off right at the front fucking door and he just walks on in.. pretty cool.  The club was DV8 if anyone remembers that one?

That's awesome. 

We got to the venue really early last week. Before and after sound check (which was very loud), J was just walking around the place. It was pretty cool. 

He seems pretty down to earth. 

Wobbie

just found this on youtube.

wife out of town + 60” TV + beer = go time!

https://youtu.be/l4COP_xo2ts

dudeman

Nice! ^^^

This is a crappy photo from Grand Rapids last week:

It was right before sound check and that wall of amps and cabinets behind J is the reason people have ringing ears for days after their shows.

Wobbie

dudeman said:

Nice! ^^^

This is a crappy photo from Grand Rapids last week:

It was right before sound check and that wall of amps and cabinets behind J is the reason people have ringing ears for days after their shows.

and J stands about two feet in front of them!

dudeman

He also has a Fender Twin Reverb in front of him,  near head level, pointed at his face. I never noticed it before that show. 

It's a good thing he wears earplugs. 

Thoughts_Arrive

Wobbie said:

just found this on youtube.

wife out of town + 60” TV + beer = go time!

https://youtu.be/l4COP_xo2ts

I have that on DVD. Great show.

satansbed94

Ok, you guys got me intrigued.  Where should I start ?

reesdog

satansbed94 said:

Ok, you guys got me intrigued.  Where should I start ?

It doesn’t really matter as they’re all good albums, but maybe start with Bug and work forward..

dudeman

Where You Been,  Hand It Over and Farm are all great front to back. 

I'd start with those as they are the most accessible, IMO. The early stuff was really ugly. It's awesome but it turned a few of my friends off of them.