http://larecord.com/interviews/2008/...like-vultures/
Well, it seems like a certain sound is just ingrained in you guys. It’s not so much a specific influence as it is an undefinable time and a place. How did you start working for Sonic Youth?
Aaron Mullan: I met Thurston just when he was moving to western Massachusetts and I was moving out of there and our paths kind of crossed. So I was up there a little bit and I was working at this club Tonic in New York. All the members of Sonic Youth would come through Tonic and do their solo stuff. I moved to New York with my friend (drummer Chris Corsano) and he was working at Tonic and he hired me as the first sound guy there. My wife was working some for Steve Shelly at his record label, Smells Like Records, and then the idea came up that they needed someone at the studio and I remember being at home for Christmas in 1999 and thinking, ‘I would like to work for Sonic Youth at their studio.’ So I called up Steve and he was into it. And the next thing I know, there I was in the studio. And then it turned into me touring with them. I’ve done their live sound since 2002. I think I’ve seen them play 400 times.