Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis on Straight Edge and More - Soft Focus

Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis on Straight Edge and More - Soft Focus - Episode 6

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As a founding member of Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis has been one of our favorite Fender-wielding front-guys for the better part of a quarter century. Even during that band's intermittent sabbaticals of the late 90s and early aughts, he kept at it, pulling together durable outfits such as Witch and J Mascis and the Fog and also kicking around with Mike Watt and helping to get the Stooges back together. In this special interview conducted in the United Kingdom, J opens up to Ian about the secrets of songwriting, an east-coast punk upbringing, and his near total disregard for the bass guitar.
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@killerbunyip 7 жыл бұрын

At least J is talking. I've seen him twice in the past couple of years. His solo show he said ``Thank you'' at the end. With Dinosaur, about 30 minutes into the set, he and Murph started on different songs. They stopped, looked at each other, J looks down at his pedals, looks back up at us and says: ``We seem to have a discrepancy in our setlist.''

@hellakooked 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@SaintMartins 4 жыл бұрын

You witness a Spinal Tap moment for Dinosaur Jr. You're lucky.

@juancitolimon8743 3 жыл бұрын

tremendo

@marshalllaw8842 3 жыл бұрын

that was beautiful, thank you for sharing.

@johnpickk7526 3 жыл бұрын

hahahah thats great

@adamblister6005 8 жыл бұрын

This is the only interview with J. Mascis where J. Mascis isn't the weird one.

@Ojoe2010 8 жыл бұрын

+Pete Agassi lol, good one :D

@sebadcabre 8 жыл бұрын

+Pete Agassi I don't think I've ever seen an interviewer use a hidden piece of paper to ask questions.

@nuckels188 6 жыл бұрын

Does he think he's in the beatles or

@deadlightdrifter3462 6 жыл бұрын

So true

@gloryxkid 5 жыл бұрын

There’s another noisey video with him and he’s actually laughing and having a good time

@louiso.4325 6 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to have a disdain for drugs but to have people constantly think you're on them

@ericgenestvideoclips 5 жыл бұрын

I ve had that since I'm 14... Sometimes it's pretty annoying, yes...

@cybertronian2005 5 жыл бұрын

see also, Frank Zappa

@senileanimal7772 4 жыл бұрын

Barney Os. People tell me that all the time i hate it

@zibro6379 4 жыл бұрын

I can relate...

@shippo36able 4 жыл бұрын

I understand this thought. I am an epileptic adult, and people often assume I am a tweaker, a methhead, and I'm like,man I smoke enough pot to kill a horse. Assumptions are for assholes.

@chogokin666 8 жыл бұрын

Two extremely high energy individuals!

@lifeloser100 7 жыл бұрын

yea good joke

@Benjaminbutton86 6 жыл бұрын

aah i see what you did there

@tmjmccormack 8 ай бұрын

Vocal Frynosaur

@tylerlovejoy992 3 жыл бұрын

"I feel like J has seen the face of God and nothing impresses him anymore"

@digitaldeficiency4893 3 жыл бұрын

"911 whats your emergency?" "uhh, yeah, so, there's like a umm... a fire..."

@indianapwn3s 8 жыл бұрын

This is like straight out of Portlandia

@bauzel5890 2 жыл бұрын

J is so fucking relaxed, listen to him is somekind of anti-stress therapy.

@Univox68 8 жыл бұрын

damn i wonder what he sounds like when he's actually tired.

@flowerdoodle2438 8 жыл бұрын

Hilarious!

@adamblister6005 8 жыл бұрын

+Univox sixtyeight comatose

@oshikiri999 5 жыл бұрын

Some say his voice begins to come exclusively from his nose.

@SnaFOo75 4 жыл бұрын

@@oshikiri999 lool

@oshikiri999 4 жыл бұрын

@@SnaFOo75 haha at least someone gets it 😂

@barefootiguana2760 7 жыл бұрын

Camera man on the left picks his nose and plays with it at 5:03

@bjrnmartinsaastad2548 7 жыл бұрын

Haha! He actually does! What the fuck!

@robinsonsvillage7599 7 жыл бұрын

I just spat my drink out all over my laptop. Thanks fam

@aaronkittyvids 5 жыл бұрын

Don't know how you caught that... but now I can't un-see it...

@Dirtyshinobi 5 жыл бұрын

Got em!

@4thandinches 5 жыл бұрын

I can't say I blame him in this instance.

@MegaMumbles 11 жыл бұрын

I love this interview. Both the interviewer and the interviewee can hardly form a cohesive statement. It's like back and forth banter. Exactly what I like to see in an interview.

@MrFluffypunk 6 жыл бұрын

I cannot actually watch this... His voice... it's bringing up similar feelings to being stuck behind a really slow, shuffling old man on a narrow sidewalk when you're late to catch a train.

@GrandmasDay32 7 жыл бұрын

Dude sounds like Chris Griffin. Like he's always on the verge of belching.

@oaksnice 8 жыл бұрын

- And, you know. Yeah - Aha yeah - But yeah, you know - Yeah yeah! So did you? - Ahh, uhm yeah - Yeah

@keithroddy8297 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@ruliano7 7 жыл бұрын

sfdafsad areesf a

@artso1990 6 жыл бұрын

kinda, yeah, you know

@tripp8833 6 жыл бұрын

yeah, yeah I know.

@falkoskidaniel 5 жыл бұрын

Lol...

@peachmelba1000 9 жыл бұрын

The vocal fry is strong with this one...

@JOcasio1977 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus christ..I came for an interview and stayed for the guided meditation

@elmoblatch9787 5 жыл бұрын

"I just hated drugs." - not something you hear all that often from rock stars

@josh-rz3uq 4 жыл бұрын

Other than J, there's Frank Zappa, Buzz Osborne, Mike Patton, Ian MacKaye (although I think he would object to being called a rock star), Gene Simmons. Not a whole lot, but they do exist.

@Firebrand1967 4 жыл бұрын

@@josh-rz3uqand Ted Nugent.

@josh-rz3uq 4 жыл бұрын

@@Firebrand1967 Yep, but Ted is also insane.

@Firebrand1967 4 жыл бұрын

@@josh-rz3uq Ok, whatever...but he IS indeed a straight-edged rockstar nonetheless.

@josh-rz3uq 4 жыл бұрын

@@Firebrand1967 That he is. He's also proof that you don't need drugs to absolutely lose your shit.

@gc8972b 4 жыл бұрын

If I had a friend like these guys back in the day, wouldn`t have been so frustrated and pushed so hard to not look weird

@snevs 9 жыл бұрын

If you can't sleep put this video on.

@FawazK 3 жыл бұрын

This got a chuckle out of me. Thank you.

@joshuareyna5624 5 жыл бұрын

Jay speaks through his guitar playing.

@airsoftvulture 3 жыл бұрын

writing songs is likefishing just waiting for something to come to u, always knew this never expressed the thought

@artblack01 9 жыл бұрын

He's talking more than the interviewer, that's new.

@danielstoddart 5 жыл бұрын

"The Boston scene was really straight edge right?" "Yeah but I was like at school cos I was kinda came to y'know straight edge kinda on my own and you're just like I was into punk and all the punks seemed like oh they were all junkies and all this stuff and then y'know you find Minor Threat single comes out and you're like wow dude this is way more relatable cos my town was full of hippies and like the way to rebel was kinda not to do drugs I was just so sick of all these acid burnouts around town and so yeah I was already like that's where I was at totally like I just couldn't take it anymore and I just hated drugs and all the druggie hippies and stuff and so when that came out I was like wow this is way more relatable to me than like junkie New York Dolls kinda punk and stuff cos that's y'know exactly where I was at in that moment and so it was pretty awesome."

@michaelhirstny 4 ай бұрын

Give it up to Ian the interviewer. He got so much interesting stuff out of a famously hard to interview person. The TV "question" was so awesome.

@davidjameschamberlain 9 жыл бұрын

how does he not here lou, he's one of my favorite bassists because he sounds so good

@Chr_07 7 жыл бұрын

Is this an episode of Tim and Eric?

@evanherb5900 7 жыл бұрын

The longer I watch it, the more sure I am that it totally is.

@tbone10ify 7 жыл бұрын

who would play J?

@matttorres8921 7 жыл бұрын

Tim, for sure.

@chippchipp1 7 жыл бұрын

+tbone10ify James Quall

@syndiccalls9965 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@ThePhil230 12 жыл бұрын

He's pretty talkative in this interview. Great stuff, I love Mascis.

@paniccat 11 жыл бұрын

I could listen to his voice all the time, any time.

@Noisey 12 жыл бұрын

We're working on it hombre.

@ksrhys- 8 жыл бұрын

For the first 10 minutes, this interviewer is weirdly hilarious, he looks anxious like he just saw a spider on J's head but he couldn't tell if it was real or if it was there because of all that acid he took 3:21

@RealAsaMitaka 9 ай бұрын

this is the funniest fucking comment ive read in a while

@NickHarman 7 жыл бұрын

It's as if they both have wigs on.

@mattiasjp 3 жыл бұрын

Intense energy from these two guys. 😄 But I actually think it’s really nice to see.

@neaippehtuuppin 4 жыл бұрын

When he asked about TV, with some negative connotations, I just laughed, because I knew J mascis was into it, from what I heard. I remember an interview in the early nineties, J Mascis was talking about the soap operas he watched. His response here was like when I was talking to someone at work years ago, and I mentioned how I hated soap operas and TV, and he was like yeah, like he agreed, then went into depth about all the soaps he enjoyed watching.

@TheKohlslaw 9 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of Chris from family guy but all grown up.

@angusbrooks1077 9 жыл бұрын

why did you have to draw this comparison :| youve fucked it from now on lol

@adamelliott3059 9 жыл бұрын

but talks at Cleveland's pace

@grant5603 8 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@tomholihan4850 7 жыл бұрын

Right on. Cleveland-speak ; cadence ,is essentially perfect.

@vincemcc79 6 жыл бұрын

haha - he does sound like him!

@michaeloneill8452 3 жыл бұрын

J Mascis and Ian can do whatever they want to do. Cant believe they talked for that long.

@eveninarcadia438 8 жыл бұрын

People hating on the interviewer should do some fucking homework. Ian Svenonius is a legend. He is well respected by everyone he has interviewed for Soft Focus.

@wowimaoi 8 жыл бұрын

+Even in Arcadia Maybe so, but that doesn't really mean that people can't dislike him. I watched his interview with Malkmus from Pavement and it made me legitimately uncomfortable the way he linked together such separate events. It sounded along the lines of... "Speaking of real...You like basketball?" WHAT

@PAULLONDEN 8 жыл бұрын

+Even in Arcadia A 'legend" in New York City art circles.....for the rest he's a sycophant bullcrap spouter... Like..."One Of The The Most Bewitching Musicians Of Our Time"........................................ Just like Mascis he should take some valium to battle his restless legs syndrome,or get behind a fucking table or get an armchair with some sympathetic lighting instead of this uncomfortable cold overexposed setting..which definitely is not very becoming for "J"...... Then maybe he wouldn't have to pull his socks up or buttoning up his jacket....

@ShaneKennedy1969 8 жыл бұрын

I don't like interviewers who make statements & then expect the interviewee to add to it. They make it too much about THEM.

@wetigaz 7 жыл бұрын

He may be renowned but he is a bad interviewer in this instance at least.

@TetsumatsuKai 6 жыл бұрын

doesn't mean he is good at interviews

@DanHintz Ай бұрын

great as usual. every soft focus episode i have seen has been interesting.

@holoskyrios6158 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great interview !

@krisdavis1050 3 жыл бұрын

When I want to calm down I just listen to J. talk about music

@khaaleliilighntingcoronado9009 5 жыл бұрын

J has inspired me to be sober and clean during my rock n roll journey. ALOT of things led me to being sober but he was a huge reason why. Look at alot of artist they're burnt out, can't sing the same, play the same, hardly have energy or patience. J only focuses on the music instead of drugs and the baggage that comes with drugs and alcohol. Look how long he's been going and how many fucking songs hes created. No drugs or excuses on why he couldn't finish albums or tours.

@johnnyscifi 4 жыл бұрын

Both J, and Svenonius are ones of a kind!!!

@PK-jr3rg 3 жыл бұрын

too cool, great chemistry always interesting and entertaining!

@jerryskid1 11 жыл бұрын

What great format for an interview. Crazy!

@Overlorddz 25 күн бұрын

Saw Dinosaur JR last week in The Hague, oh man that was so awesome and peaceful.

@michaelcarey9359 4 жыл бұрын

Guy talks about "acid burnouts" in Amherst (they call them "professor" in town), but in all reality, imagine running into Mascis in front of DP Dough, without any clue who this old "acid burnout" is and asking him, well, uhhh.... ummm, yeahhhh anything. Yeah, dentist's kid, presumptions and all, just a reluctance to admit he was a bit off back then.

@daltonlunn1653 2 жыл бұрын

Liked for the DP Dough reference

@mingmorgan 7 жыл бұрын

from barcelona...thanks noisey...thanks ian and of course thanks joe!!!

@joeyrogerson83 9 жыл бұрын

J seems surprisingly comfortable, I would think that being these two know each other a bit or that they are two artist types with similar dispositions.

@DanHintz Ай бұрын

they played gigs together. ian is a somewhat famous musician too.

@DownUFO 11 жыл бұрын

J.'s the king of lazy. watching this video and hearing him speak retroactively undid all the work i've done for the past week,

@TheSludger 10 жыл бұрын

Mascis got the same voice I have when I get up at 6:00am for going to work ...

@cryptomnesiac 8 жыл бұрын

need to bring this series back

@austenslost 11 жыл бұрын

i can just imagine J opening his basement door and being like "oh shit" XD

@plumanuspranks4899 4 жыл бұрын

If you get really stoned with a stranger and then have a conversation this is the result

@HillsSilent Жыл бұрын

Yeah. 😂

@sderoski1 3 жыл бұрын

I saw Dinosaur at Irving Plaza before they had the first record on Homestead, the show was called the Boston tea party and the other bands were the Neats, Salem 66, and Flies, pretty fun

@kevincardinale8969 11 жыл бұрын

I've never been able to understand why people don't get that Ian is kidding. It's meant to be satirical--he's pretty obviously putting on an exaggerated personality to make fun of interviewers. Not only that, he manages to reel out genuinely funny questions that are as insightful as the responses they provoke. I think he's totally entertaining and well-intentioned. I think if people knew about his history, like that he was in a band on Dischord, they wouldn't be calling him a douche.

@DanHintz Ай бұрын

people are dumb.

@FatherRikhi 10 жыл бұрын

Man, J Mascis should do more spoken word, killer talking voice and all. I'd buy any albums of him telling childrens stories in a heartbeat.

@oppothumbs1 7 ай бұрын

Introduction to children, in the voice of J: straight edge gay I say my pledge it ain't easy, up so close, the things she put me through the distance in her eyes make me wait. Hardcore, waiting for the sun, sympathetic ears, bear arms before we sang, they said we are good even if she would no put out. TV's my mass media it's so hot, my girl she's cool, but mass transportation is the only place I think, yeah I think, I'm alone with my thoughts but I got caught in the slipknot.

@mercurial71 4 ай бұрын

That would be so good if you had trouble sleeping. “J reads The Hound of the Baskervilles” in ten hours and 8 minutes ❤.

@WCB360 11 жыл бұрын

"we're in the united kingdom" "..right"

@grandnaguszek7417 8 жыл бұрын

-You're from Amherst. Are you from Amherst??

@esojaloerra174 4 жыл бұрын

Shouts out A town

@jhaj457 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, always check your sources. Better late then never;)

@boggy.subtitulos 3 жыл бұрын

Lot of energy coming from these guys! Love Dinosaur Jr. tho 👌🏼

@jackkeenan2348 9 жыл бұрын

Interviewer looks like a werewolf

@snicker576 4 жыл бұрын

A stupid one

@IStehSHIT 9 жыл бұрын

I really Love this

@jigrodrigues 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Chris Griffin talking about his music

@cobra5088 6 ай бұрын

I can't unhear it now. It would be funny if family guy did a segment with chris and j mascis conversing.

@fuzzylumpkin49 8 жыл бұрын

Great interview. J is awesome. ^_^

@poopdogg666 7 жыл бұрын

Wow i didn't know that Ian Svenonius was the interviewer for this show. His music is amazing.

@DanHintz Ай бұрын

most of the idiot comments in this thread come from people who do not get that this is an act and they have no idea who he is.

@id3072 7 жыл бұрын

Put the speed on 1.25... You'll thank me.

@fuddinblackmetal 5 жыл бұрын

This made the interview bearable. Thank you lol

@cactaceous 4 жыл бұрын

Yo! Thanks for the tip idea. Much better. Haha.

@davehoward22 4 жыл бұрын

Put it on 0.25 it takes a month

@bobbobbyjones 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@hankgege2199 4 жыл бұрын

Lol😄 dude the whole audience is sleeping and snoring away

@ceevishus4130 Жыл бұрын

my favorite musician, J. Mascis

@volumesofrelativeobscurity Жыл бұрын

Another overlooked genius.

@EctInc 11 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck I learned something about Scooby Doo. and being from that area, J's reaction hits home.

@Groundedsquirrel 5 ай бұрын

I’m from MA and never knew that!

@danielthomas1036 10 жыл бұрын

J is the coolest guy in the world

@masonmanning3955 9 жыл бұрын

he really likes his negative approach tshirt

@aleklockhart1625 Жыл бұрын

When he’s taking about oi and call it “the sound of the streets” that got me good hahaha

@andrewcameroncline3733 8 жыл бұрын

question: "you know (band/person/film)? i don't know..." answer: "...yeah"

@ryanjavierortega8513 7 жыл бұрын

Man, Mascis shoes are dope!

@devinkhoury4490 4 жыл бұрын

for some reason that was the shortest 20 minutes ever

@mercurial71 4 ай бұрын

Because there were only seven words… Ents take a long time to say anything, but what they do say is very important.

@Totallydistortedfilm 11 жыл бұрын

Wow, I just got to hear what J Mascis' ring tone sounds like.

@Groundedsquirrel 5 ай бұрын

It did not disappoint

@escherpainting8622 2 жыл бұрын

J's clearly a performer. You see him do interviews with no audience and he barely even opens his mouth, but there's a group of (possibly paying?) audience members and he drives the conversation, almost.

@gregrohsful 9 ай бұрын

I think its because the interviewer is an off beat or traditional. Even at dinosaur jr shows he's not talkative.

@thekidwiththefa 11 жыл бұрын

Funny that people think that J and the interviewer come off as 'twats'. I like this interview since this guy seems to know how to talk to J and relate to him. This is a super fucking cool interview.

@DanHintz Ай бұрын

a lot of dumbasses in this thread who don't get it.

@frostbytet17 12 жыл бұрын

Great man

@timothychase95 11 жыл бұрын

very interesting answer about writing songs with the drum parts in mind...

@jixxxxer17 7 жыл бұрын

J is so honest !

@adamblister6005 8 жыл бұрын

16:44 wtf is he drinking?????? looks like he almost gagged on it.

@touchingpeopleonthetrain1779 4 жыл бұрын

I'm fucking rolling hahahah

@timsissucks69 10 жыл бұрын

NEGATIVE APPROACH shirt hot damn! saw them with casualties this week

@bassvessel 11 жыл бұрын

2 of the best...

@DukeSecom 11 жыл бұрын

He's probably thinking, '...I've never felt so alive!'

@donthatetaylor 11 жыл бұрын

j is the man. seeing him tomorrow in philly.

@jasonkim3758 9 жыл бұрын

yeah... yeah... yeah.... yeah!.... yeah.... yeah....

@MusicStuffSome 11 жыл бұрын

yes Ive always thought that !

@jhaj457 3 жыл бұрын

Interviewer: "Your house burnt down.." J: "hmm" Interviewer: "I am sorry about that" (13:19) the interviewer looks in a a way like he burnt it down himself.

@HillsSilent Жыл бұрын

It's all coming together now...

@rockitmorton 4 жыл бұрын

Main Street Records was the shop in North Hampton that had the punk records.

@samuelblinne6040 7 жыл бұрын

Love j macis

@et720 12 жыл бұрын

Sweet intro!

@donculig2525 8 жыл бұрын

"you're from... Amherst....are you from Amhert" HAHAHA this interviewer is really good..usually.. this just seems like he's got jetlag or something

@rod.857 7 жыл бұрын

J sounds like and adult version of chris from family guy

@wearethenewcomers1713 7 жыл бұрын

I really hope one day ill end up on this show

@Itsa6stringthang 6 жыл бұрын

J rocking a Negative Approach shirt, fuck yeah !

@pCeLobster 3 жыл бұрын

J seems authentically the way that he is, which only highlights how hard the interviewer is trying to put on whatever affect he's going for.

@DanHintz Ай бұрын

you obviously know nothing about ian--google him and read up. he is a musician, and he is playing a character when he does/did these interviews.

@rottweilerfun9520 Жыл бұрын

I like Boston, they had a great Comedy scene in the late 80's, early 90's. Unfortunately for me , I was stationed at Ft. Devens and deployed a lot , I did manage to catch some good shows though.

@bmxryan 6 жыл бұрын

Did this interviewer want to talk to J about drugs because he was on acid asking questions? #thatSTARE😳

@margaretkbrowne 11 жыл бұрын

So true. In 1990 he was also Sassy Magazine's original Sassiest Boy in America. Then he lived in the same apartment building I did in DC for a while. There he always seemed very low-key but nice, not douchey in the least.