CMJ 2008: Interviews

Mac McCaughan

Merge Records owner; Superchunk
How many CMJs have you been to?
I don't even want to know. Oh god... 20? How long has it been going on anyway?

Definitely well over 20 years.
I think I may have been to every one then! Living in North Carolina, it was always important because you'd get to see all these bands that would never come your way.

Do you have a favorite CMJ moment?
It's such a blur! Let's see...  Superchunk played a show at CMJ with Pavement and My Bloody Valentine. That was probably in '92 or '93. I remember we were playing songs from "On the Mouth," but that record hadn't come out yet. That was a pretty good show!