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J Mascis

Best known as the guitar-playing frontman of Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis was born as "Joseph Donald Mascis Jr." on December 10, 1965. A native of Amherst, Massachusetts, he formed Dinosaur Jr. in 1984 and quickly developed a reputation as a modern-day guitar hero. The band debuted with 1985's Dinosaur and earned a handful of Top 40 hits on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart during the early 1990s, including 1991's "The Wagon" (number 22), "Start Choppin'" (number 3), and "Feel the Pain" (number 4). Martin + Me, an acoustic album recorded during Mascis' solo tour in 1995, effectivel...