What we do manage to decipher in those silences is a man with a very dry sense of humour but one who maintains a certain professional distance from his bandmates. It’s been suggested that Mascis and Barlow’s infamous enmity was mainly healed by witnessing the Pixies’ lucrative reformation tour in 2004 …
"Oh hey, we’re no Pixies man," says Lou, scowling. "We’re better than that!" Well either way, Dinosaur Jr were certainly influential …
"Yeah …" says J, "(seven second pause)… to the Pixies …"