![]() ![]() ![]() Theoretically we could have anybody do anything, and it would just be fun to do. “The good thing about this band is because it’s not a regular band, it’s not like a regular band,” Petkovic says. When he was in Cleveland, he just agreed to sing on the record. Lanegan’s contributions – duets on “Let’s Take the Same Plane” and lead track “Wish You Could Stay (A Little Longer),” the latter of which is both Mascis’ and Petkovic’s favorite song on the album – came about in a similar way. Adding to the fun, the group invited some of their friends – former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan and Guided by Voices’ Robert Pollard – to sing on the album. ![]() was on tour with Death of Samantha and their paths crossed several times since, along with that of bassist Dave Sweetapple, in Cobra Verde and Mascis’ group the Fog. Mascis met frontman John Petkovic in 1986 when Dinosaur Jr. The Golden Age of Glitter, which officially comes out April 8th,contains 10 caffeinated, power-pop-leaning rockers, some of which are imbued with Mascis’ transcendent guitar playing, and all of which espouse a fun, loose swagger that seems to reflect the members’ longtime friendships. Part of that is because Mascis says he didn’t “do anything like” songwriting on the record – that duty belongs to his bandmates, who play in the groups Cobra Verde, Death of Samantha and Witch. “It’s fun for me to play drums or play a guitar lead and not have to learn any songs or play rhythm. “I guess it’s just easy,” he says of playing in Sweet Apple. frontman J Mascis does not remember much about making The Golden Age of Glitter, the second LP by his side gig Sweet Apple – “I don’t even know what songs I’m on or anything,” he tells Rolling Stone – but he likes what he’s heard. ![]()
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