Excerpt from Spin.com’s How J Mascis Almost Joined Nirvana...

Excerpt from Spin.com’s How J Mascis Almost Joined Nirvana (Twice!) and Built to Spill:

“Nirvana was playing Maxwell’s and after the show I was talking to Kurt and [Sonic Youth’s] Thurston Moore,” Mascis says, referring to Nirvana’s date at the famed Hoboken, New Jersey venue on July 13, 1989. “Kurt said, ‘you should join my band.’ I think he was sick of the guy Jason [Everman] who was in the band at the time, and thought I should play guitar. I didn’t think much about it. Later, there was als...