Million: One of the key things is we didn’t stop playing on bad
terms. And Glenn and I stayed in touch because we’d always get
offers or interest for songs that we had recorded, whether it was
something for a film or a commercial or whatever.
Mercer: There was some licensing request that needed to be
addressed. I forget exactly what it was, but I called [Bill] up and
found out that he had been coming up to New Jersey [from Florida]
with his son who was attending Princeton at the time, so I casually
said, “Well, if you want to stop over and jam anytime…” You know,
threw that out there. Said, “It doesn’t have to be for a show—we can
just play to play.” We kind of kept in touch at that point. But it really
took another five or six years, at least.
and
Beyond
Million: I was actually pretty reluctant [to reunite and open for
Sonic Youth in 2008] because I thought, “If we do this and it doesn’t
sound right or feel right, then we’ve made this commitment to
play—and it probably wouldn’t be good.” But on the other hand, my
thinking was, “If we don’t make a commitment, we’ll probably hold
off for a lot longer.” So we agreed to do the show and, you know...
we’re still playing. It’s not any more complicated than that.
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