# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-mascis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:49:16.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-mascis"
name: "J Mascis"
slug: "j-mascis"
description: "Joseph Donald Mascis Jr., better known as J Mascis, is an American musician who is the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo artist and played drums and guitar on other projects. He was ranked number 74 in a Rolling Stone list of the \"100 Greatest Guitarists\", and number 5 in a similar list for Spin magazine in 2012."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J-mascis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-12-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           71.05
  momentum:             13.68945726143531
  historical:           18.37224533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 12500
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/jmascis"
    handle:    "jmascis"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JMascisOfficial"
    handle:    "JMascisOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556208/"
    handle:    "nm0556208"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1PokjXeIq2zVosXbTEaNlx"
    handle:    "J Mascis"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jmascis.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNHL4feEEfVFpUaSYpLHlkw"
    handle:    "@jmascisofficial"
    followers: 12500
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيه ماسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis"
    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis"
    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mascis"
    title: "Joseph Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis"
    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J・マスシス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제이 매시스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ജെ മാസ്കിസ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis"
    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis"
    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J. Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Mascis"
    title: "J Mascis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%92_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "جے میسکیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/82315599-2215-4c3e-a36f-87be58d06ec0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739681"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "J. Mascis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump