BY VANESSA SALVIA
A benefit for KLCC 89.7 FM
Supersuckers perform
with Flogging Molly
and Throw Rag at the
Wild Duck Tuesday.
Friday & Saturday
March 28 & 29
4-11p.m.
Lane Events Center
796 W 13th, Eugene
Showcasing brewers from all over the west!
$10 ADMISSION • 21 & OVER
includes souvenir glass
and 1 drink token
Entertainment by
Don Latarski,
Red Pajamas,
Norma Fraser,
Lazoo,
Olem Alves Funk Band
Sponsored by
April Suckers
Eddie Spaghetti lays it all out Tuesday.
W
hat if I told you that the new CD
by the Supersuckers reveals
that they’ve branched out musi-
cally, grown as people and discovered their
softer, more sensitive side? You’d know I was
lying, right? Good, because what the band’s
new CD does reveal is that they’ve re-discov-
ered that fiery place in their hearts that lets
them channel their alcohol-fueled creativity
into smirky, ass-kickin’ rock ‘n’ roll.
The new CD, Motherfuckers Be Trippin’,
doesn’t tread any new ground for the band,
but it is the most exciting collection of songs
they’ve produced in years. Lead singer Eddie
Spaghetti lays it out when he truthfully de-
clares, “We endeavor to remain as remedial
as possible.”
The Supersuckers haven’t gone soft. Any
doubts you had about the virility of this band
after 1999’s tepid Evil Powers of Rock ‘N’
Roll will be cast down and trodden upon with
one listen to Motherfuckers Be Trippin’. It
starts out with the industry status report —
“Rock-N-Roll Records (Ain’t Selling This
Year)” — and kickstarts right into “Rock
Your Ass,” with such fist-pumping lyrics as
“Have a drink and chug-a-lug/ Have some
sex and take some drugs.” This bruiser is fol-
lowed by “Pretty Fucked Up,” a solid rocker
with the lyrics “She used to be pretty, now
she’s just pretty fucked up,” “A Goodnight
for My Drinking” and “The Nowhere
Special” will quickly rise to the top of your
favorite songs list.
This CD is so fast and furious you won’t
be able to catch your breath until the final
riffs of “Goodbye” have finished ricocheting
around your brain. The Supersuckers’ sound
successfully apes some of the greatest rock
and roll bands of all time — the Ramones,
AC/DC, Motorhead — so of course we love
them. But it’s also the band’s flannel cowboy
attitude and good-natured wickedness that
we can’t get enough of. The Suckers have cut
the record company fat by starting their own
independent label, Mid-Fi. They released this
CD themselves, as well as last year’s live
country record Must’ve Been Live. The
Suckers will perform at Wild Duck Music
Hall, Tuesday April 1, along with Flogging
Molly and Throw Rag. MFBT will offi-
cially be available April 22.
The Downtown Lounge will host Life
After Liftoff Saturday, March 29th for a
night of “poppy melodies (layered) over jazz
and funk-influenced grooves.” The enamored
music critic for the Bend, Ore., paper The
Source further describes LAL as “like the
Dave Matthews Band, Bare Naked Ladies
and Karl Denson all at once.” The foursome
‘We endeavor to remain
as remedial as possible.’
– Eddie Spaghettti,
lead singer of Supersuckers
DAN STEINBERG PRESENTS
of Michael Herrman on vocals and guitar,
Trevor Rasmusson on saxophone and vocals,
and percussionist Michael McQuilken are
joined by David Milne playing something
called Electronic Wind Instrument. In the ab-
sence of a traditional bass, the EWI, as it’s
known, is breath activated and “is shaped like
a saxophone but accesses sounds from a Korg
Trinity keyboard.” The unique instrumenta-
tions leaves audiences to wonder how they
can get such a full bass sound from some-
thing so unusual.
Based in Portland, LAL are back after tak-
ing some time off and a recent personnel
change. The band plays plenty of original
music, but also adds some funky flava to such
covers as Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”
and Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer.” The
foursome keeps quite busy off the stage,
working variously as audio engineers,
recorders and producers in the Portland and
Seattle areas. Milne owns and operates
Portland’s D-liscious Studios while
Rasumussen is a music promoter for Big
Wheel Productions.
McQuilken recently took a two-month
hiatus from the band as he traveled to Los
Angeles to perform his original award-win-
ning score to the play Nickel and Dimed.
Seattle’s Re-Bar is currently hosting
McQuilken’s self-penned and produced per-
formance piece entitled Ballyhoo. The band’s
live performance is sure to get the floors
shakin’ with soulful grooves, engaging
rhythms and energizing funk ‘n’ roll. Their
press kit says they played for President Bill
Clinton, but offers no details. Check out their
show and get them to tell the story!
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