Spin Doctors‘ first album out in 12 years, Face Full of Cake, is a fun surprise — and frontman Chris Barron is ready to look back at his band’s ups and downs. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, he talks about Spin Doctors’ Nineties adventures, making the new album, why he doesn’t envy Phish, and much, much more.
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The band worked on their new album in Phish bassist Mike Gordon‘s studio. “Mike is like, ‘you guys have, like, 350 million plays on Spotify — that’s crazy,’” Barron recalls. “And we’re like, ‘you guys do 13 nights at Madison Square Garden!’” But Barron ultimately doesn’t envy Phish’s brand of touring success: “You dream about, like, ‘I…
