{"id":808283,"date":"2020-06-11T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1013154"},"modified":"2020-06-11T10:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:00:45","slug":"creed-bratton-of-the-office-on-his-new-album-quarantine-life-and-the-scranton-strangler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/creed-bratton-of-the-office-on-his-new-album-quarantine-life-and-the-scranton-strangler\/","title":{"rendered":"Creed Bratton, of \u2018The Office,\u2019 on His New Album, Quarantine Life and the Scranton Strangler"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As every true fan of The Office<\/a><\/em> knows, Creed Bratton<\/a> had a long and interesting life long before he joined up with the crew at Dunder Mifflin. Back in the Sixties, before some of his Office<\/em> castmates were even born, Bratton was scoring big radio hits as a member of the folk-rock band the Grass Roots, who played gigs alongside Buffalo Springfield and the Beach Boys.<\/p>\n

He left the band in 1969 and spent many years on the fringes of the entertainment business, but the huge success of The Office<\/em><\/a> helped reignite his music career \u2014 he\u2019s released many solo albums over the past 15 years and toured all over the globe. His new album Slightly Altered<\/em> is due out later this year; you can check out the leadoff single \u201cChan Chu Toad\u201d<\/a> down below.<\/p>\n

Bratton called up Rolling Stone<\/em> to chat about the new album, his life during quarantine, redoing the dance from Jim and Pam\u2019s wedding for John Krasinski\u2019s new web show and whether or not he thinks Creed was the Scranton Strangler.<\/p>\n

How is your quarantine going?<\/strong>
Good. My neighbor, David, has been buying me groceries. And a few weeks ago, Whole Foods started letting in senior citizens an hour before everybody else. I\u2019ll go down there and get in line, six feet apart with my mask and gloves, and go around and get my groceries. So I\u2019m doing that now. I\u2019m hiking. They have just reopened the pool where I live. You have to book time so there is nobody else there. But life is slowly, slowly coming back to normal, but there can\u2019t be real normal until there\u2019s an accurate test where you can know if you have it or if you have had it. But right now, I\u2019m going through it like everybody else.<\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t this mean you haven\u2019t been able to see your family and friends?<\/strong>
I can\u2019t see my granddaughters. They put their arms out for me through the phone when we FaceTime together. They are like, \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you here? Why aren\u2019t you giving us a hug?\u201d It\u2019s heartbreaking.<\/p>\n