American rockers Dinosaur Jr and their guitar playing frontman J Mascis might not be household names like some of their contemporaries but the band, which formed in Massachusetts in 1984, has left an impression on many other classic outfits. These include Kurt Cobain, Billy Corgan, Radiohead, Blur, and Snow Patrol to name a few, and their use of feedback, fuzz and awkward sounding non-diatonic
