Artist: Supersuckers Genre(s):
Rock: Punk-Rock
Discography:
Motherfuckers Be Trippin' Year:
Tracks: 12
Something of an anomaly on the Sub Pop roll, the Supersuckers caliber a limited control surface resemblance to filth, merely they were a party band at kernel, donning rodeo rider hats and kicking out a gleefully rubbishy blade of strangling, rockabilly-flavored garage punk rocker. Their lyrics were a raucous, sinful solemnisation of all the co-occurrence evils of rock 'n' roll & roll -- sexual practice, john Barleycorn, drugs, Satan, and whatsoever other vices the band could think of, all glorified with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Save for an abrupt and impermanent detour into hard-core honky tonk, their approach stayed relatively uniform through and through the '90s, as did their quality control.
The Supersuckers were formed in Tucson, AZ, in 1988 by high friends Eddie Spaghetti (innate Edward Carlyle Daly III, bass part, vocals), Ron Heathman (guitar), Dan "Roar" Bolton (guitar), Dancing Eagle (innate Dan Seigal, drums), and Eric Martin (lead vocals). After performing the local vista for about a year under the nominate the Black Supersuckers (taken from a pornographic novel), the band affected to Seattle, on the face of it in search of a climate more conducive to leather jackets. Martin left hand the band not long afterward, and Eddie Spaghetti took his station on tether vocals. Shortening their make to the Supersuckers, the striation recorded singles for several indie labels, including discharge, Sympathy for the Record Industry, and Lucky; these were self-possessed on the empty compilation
The Songs All Sound the Same, which became the band's low CD loss in 1992. That year, they signed to Sub Pop and issued their proper debut album,
The Smoke of Hell, which was produced by Jack Endino and featured cover artistry by far-famed comic creative person Daniel Clowes. Featuring one of the band's best-known songs in "Coattail Rider," the platter as well spun off the single "Snake pit City, Hell," whose B-side was a fan-favorite cover of Ice Cube's "Deadened Homiez."
The Supersuckers came into their possess with their second base album, 1994's
La Mano Cornuda, whose title translates as "the horned bridge player" (i.e., of Satan). It featured signature tune songs like "Creepy Jackalope Eye" and "She's My Bitch," and is still regarded by many fans as the band's c. H. Best. Following its loss, Ron Heathman temporarily left the group due to dose problems, and was replaced by one-time Didjits guitar player Rick Sims on their succeeding album, 1995's
The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers. Produced by the Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary, the album was noticeably different from the Supersuckers' usual pedal-to-the-metal yawl, owing to Heathman's absence, scorn some worthy additions to the group's catalogue (like "Innate With a Tail"). Fortunately, Heathman made a full recovery and rejoined the band for 1997's
Must've Been High, a fully fledged excursion into land music that even featured a edgar Albert Guest appearance by Willie Nelson. It was released at the same time with a five-song EP that featured land maverick Steve Earle fronting the striation.
After issuing their nation project, the Supersuckers sign-language a major-label deal with Interscope. Unfortunately, in the fire up of the monolithic label mergers at the time, Interscope underwent a restructuring and combat injury up dropping the band without ever releasing the straight-ahead rock & roll out album they had recorded. Strongly disenchanted by the have, the Supersuckers landed on the little Twenty14.com judge and in conclusion recorded the proper followup to
Sacrilicious, recycling some of the material from their doomed Interscope debut. The result,
The Evil Powers of Rock 'n' Roll, was released in late 1999, and featured the band's lovesome look back on their senior high school days in Tucson, "Santa Rita High." The same twelvemonth, Sub Pop issued a generous 27-track retrospective of the Supersuckers' stay on the label,
How the Supersuckers Became the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World. After contributive iI songs (including a collaboration with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder) to the benefit record album
Dislodge the West Memphis 3 in 2000, the grouping cut a split LP with Electric Frankenstein in 2001.
Burnt by Interscope and seeking a lasting home, the Supersuckers formed their possess pronounce, Mid Fi, in 2002, and inaugurated it with a live document of their nation phase,
Must've Been Live. A unexampled, hard-rocking studio album,
Motherfuckers Be Trippin', followed in 2003; later on its release, longtime drummer Dan Seigal left the grouping and was replaced by Mike Musburger. While tinkering with a unexampled studio album, the Supersuckers kept the Mid Fi release schedule full with a twin of archival unrecorded albums and a solicitation of singles sides and non-album material,
Devil's Food. The
Paid EP and
Live at Bart's CD Cellar and Record Shop followed in 2006.
