J Mascis and the Fog is tagged as: indie, rock, post-punk, usa, home collection J Mascis and The Fog is the post-Dinosaur Jr. musical project embarked by Dinosaur Jr.’s founding member, musician J Mascis. After fulfilling his contractual obligations to Blanco y Negro in the UK and Sire Records/Reprise Records in the US, Mascis holed up in his home studio in Amherst, MA, which he named Bob’s Place after his pet bulldog. Recording 99% of the instruments on the recordings, he emerged from the studio with the first J Mascis and The Fog album, More Light, an album title inspired by Mascis’ growing interest in “hugging saint” Ammachi. One of the pivotal songs on the album, “Amma Ring”, is also about Ammachi. Mascis signed with Artemis Records to release the album. To promote More Light, Mascis enlisted sometime Dinosaur Jr. drummer George Berz and former The Minutemen and fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt. Mascis had worked with Watt several times before - most notably producing the final fIREHOSE album Mr. Machinery Operator (1993, on which he also contributed some guitar and vocal parts) and contributing guitar and drum performances to several songs on Watt’s first solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?. They embarked on four separate tours between October 2000 and the spring of 2001, including a tour of Japan and Australi... Read More About J Mascis and the Fog Biography...  Send J Mascis and the Fog ringtones to your cell
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