Super Rock

The Supersuckers are a band who do not really care whether or not you know about them. And though blessed by a faithful legion of followers, there are many in the world who have yet to hear the glorious rock sounds of The Supersuckers. However, with each release and each subsequent tour, the myth and the legend of this Arizona-born punk rock ‘n’ roll band spreads to a few more enlightened souls.
In 1989, The Supersuckers, who had already established themselves in and around the Tucson, Arizona area, headed north for the cloudly confines of Seattle, Washington. “We knew we wanted to leave Arizona and knew we didn’t fit in to the music scene in Tucson. We were more of a rowdy, cartoony-punk hard rock band and much of the music in Tucson was more jingly-jangly song writer sense of stuff,” stated Eddie Spaghetti, the band’s frontman. What happened next was a decision that all bands must make: Where to go? “We boiled it down to two cities: New Orleans and Seattle. We picked New Orleans because we are into evil and voodoo shit and picked Seattle because we knew someone up here there. We literally tossed a coin and Seattle came up the winner.”
According to Eddie, the Supersuckers were set to move and it did not really matter where just as long as it was not in Arizona. The band was signed to Seattle label Sub-Pop Records shortly after their arrival in the Northwest, a fortuitous occurrence that Eddie attributes to a rather simple action.
“We bought one of the guys at the label a big black dildo,” said Eddie, who adds that the band’s name has similar origins. “Porn. You know, we had a band and got a show, so we needed a name and thumbed through the backs of these magazines, and somebody said, ‘That would be funny to call this band the Black Supersuckers’ and so we did. Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll is the canvas with which we paint with.”
Now, after several releases and having established their own label, Mid-Fi Recordings, the Supersuckers can now cut the middle man and focus on what they like best: rock music. “We just started to see how things worked, and more importantly how they don’t work and saw how we could do it ourselves…we got into this [music industry] not to work.”
Eddie also spoke of the fact that it was a lot more productive and better to call your own shots in regards to the process of working in the music industry. This type of freedom allowed the Supersuckers to release their brand, spankin’ new CD, Motherfuckers be Trippin’, which is due out soon.
“Rock & Roll Records Ain’t Sellin’ No More,” the first song on the new record, is a testament to the durability of the Supersuckers in a time where hip-hop and singer-songwriter music is reigning supreme in CD sales. “We are making rock ‘n’ roll records and have been for many years with little regards to what is trendy or popular or selling. We stay true to ourselves and make the music that we want to do.” Eddie added, “Unfortunately rock is not the most popular music out there, but it doesn’t stop us and doesn’t make us feel like we are doing anything less than the best.” When talking about the state of rock and the idea that rock has become retro, Eddie reminds all that rock ‘n’ roll is a “formula that will always work, and I don’t mind being called old-school or retro or anything like that.”

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