Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis turned down Nirvana offer

Kurt Cobain asked Mascis to join Nirvana not once but twice – an offer which he declined, the guitarist has revealed in an interviewDinosaur Jr's J Mascis has revealed that Kurt Cobain tried to convince him to join Nirvana. "Kurt said, 'you should join my band,'" the guitarist recalled. "I didn't think much about it."The invitation took place in July 1989, Mascis told Spin, after Nirvana had performed at a club in New Jersey. It was less than a month since the band had released their debut LP,...

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