Members of the band Gossip know precisely when they hit the big time.
It wasn’t when Sony agreed to put out their new album. Nor was it when Grammy-winner Rick Rubin showed up to produce it. And it wasn’t when they traded in their former dingy recording studios for a sleek one by the beach in California.
When was it exactly, then?
“When we got asked to do ‘The Simpson’s’ theme song,” says Brace Paine, the guitarist, bassist and music creator for the Portland, Ore.-based trio.