Dinosaur Jnr. were one of the defining bands of the American underground rock music scene back in the 80s. Together with acts like Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Big Black and the Butthole Surfers they took elements of punk, hardcore, pop and rock and created a visceral and diverse form of noisecore - music that harnessed noise and feedback as an integral part of the overall sonic identity.
Lead singer and guitarist J.Mascis became an unlikely guitar hero and poster boy for the slacker generation, paving the way for Grunge and a time when slacker chic became de riguer in the 90s. He even managed to make the dreaded guitar solo fashionable again with an indie crowd that had previously shied away from anything tainted by an association with 70s style ‘progressive rock’.