This Thursday December 5th with Charlie Overbey/ The Hellions at The Hood Bar & Pizza. 9pm 21 and over Free Show!
BY BRIAN MICHAELZ
He crawled out of the dust and heat of Tucson, Arizona with one thing in mind to play loud music. Eddie Spaghetti was desperately trying to ignore the country music that floated all around him. So he packed up his bags, his band mates and the self-proclaimed greatest rock-n-roll band in the world and headed to Seattle, Washington.
“We just wanted to move somewhere where it wasn’t so hot. We had a friend that moved up there and he said you could wear your leather jacket well into June. He said there is like 3 or 4 clubs to play at as opposed to the 1 or 2 in Tucson. We thought we would go to Seattle and be the best band they had ever seen, we moved up there at a really good time,” shared Eddie Spaghetti.
The late 80’s was a good time for music in Seattle but The Supersuckers wanted more, their aim was to add a whole new show to the punk scene and strip away some of the pretense of late ’80’s Heavy Metal.
“I started The Supersuckers at the end of the 80’s, so we’ve been around for like 25 years now and we’re still going strong. We just finished a new record and its due out in January and it’s quite possibly the best record we have ever made.”
Now 25 years later, Eddie Spaghetti is branching out a bit and doing a solo project or two and has just released his second full-length solo album titled The Value of Nothing released by Bloodshot Records.
“It’s really good, I’m super proud of it. I really think it’s a special record that will stand the test of time. That’s the idea you know to make songs that stand the test of time, that you can listen to years later and they still sound good. That’s what the job has turned in to for me, is to be able to make up good songs.” Spaghetti shared.
Eddie Spaghetti might have taken the road north to Seattle but it didn’t take too long, however, for the country music that he tried so hard to avoid in his youth to start surfacing in his music. Spaghetti’s blend of country, punk and rock-n-roll instantly became a fan favorite with other side projects including The Junkyard Dogs. The music and style led Eddie to work with Jesse Dayton who was known for his production work with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash.
“The idea of getting him involved was to make this to be like a true country record. He’s a real country guy, but he looked at it as an opportunity to get his rock on. The record is actually a lot tougher than I anticipated it would be, but that said I am very happy with the way it came out.”
Eddie Spaghetti is currently touring promoting his new album, The Value of Nothing and is bringing his “tell it like it is” stage show and music to the Coachella Valley. Eddie performs this Thursday December 5th with special guests Charlie Overbey and also The Hellions. Admission is free, show time is 9:00pm, 21 and over.
“I am kinda like a human jukebox up there. As long as it’s a Supersucker or Eddie Spaghetti song you bet I’ll play it, it’s more fun that way.”
For More information on Eddie Spaghetti or the new album, The Value of Nothing, visit, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eddie-Spaghetti/141205945901709 or for The Supersuckers visit www.supersuckers.com and look for their new album out in January.
