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Dinosaur Jr.\\u2019s J Mascis is rock \\u2019n\\u2019 roll\\u2019s loudest low talker. Onstage, the reserved frontman is overshadowed by his three full stacks, summoning up President Teddy Roosevelt\\u2019s quote: \\u201cspeak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.\\u201d

Fellow volume-dealing stalwarts Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (drums)\\u2014better known as \\u201cMurph\\u201d\\u2014and Lou Barlow (bass/vocals) helped J form the band in 1984 after their first group, Deep Wound, dissolved. Both left Dinosaur Jr., and then rejoined in 2005. This core group has released eight studio albums of dynamically rich rock that teeters between a runaway locomotive fueled on feedback and buzzing riffs, and hooky, melodic, pop-soaked nimble rhythms that carry more than they crush. While never reaching the mainstream stratosphere like some of their contemporaries (including Nirvana, who opened for Dino Jr. in 1991), this consummate power trio have remained popular in the American underground by continually selling out theaters, splashing into the Billboard 200 (climbing even higher in the Independent and Rock charts), and headlining alternative-music festivals. All along the way, their soft-spoken shredder has ascended as a guitar-hero among musical outcasts.

Before Dinosaur Jr.\\u2019s sold-out show at Nashville\\u2019s Brooklyn Bowl, Mascis reconnected with PG\\u2019s Chris Kies to talk Teles (yes, you read that right; he\\u2019s touring with more Telecasters than ever), including the development of his new signature T that\\u2019s based on his studio-perfect \\u201958 model. We also witness two firsts for J: a Phantom-Tele-Jazzmaster Frankenstein and a Floyd Rose-equipped guitar.

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