Only in my wildest dreams would I ever imagine that not only I was going to see the Supersuckers live in Greece, but also that I was going to stand in front of Eddie Spaghetti and do an interview. The video interview you are about to watch and read below is the proof, that this thing happened indeed. Eddie is loose, not impressed by any new place he goes to play, but he describes Greece as “savage” and says that Greeks are “out for blood”, which made me wonder who he bumped into when he got here! He doesn’t have any illusions and says that rock is not for everyone and is dead, because people looks for something easy and safe. The exclusive news he shares with us is that the new album is ready and is out this year! Interview: Yiannis Dolas
Rockpages.gr: What’s like playing in a new place for the first time?
Eddie Spaghetti: You know, I don’t really have any real expectations to be blown away by anywhere anymore. But, you know, it’s always neat to come somewhere and see how you guys do it. It’s pretty savage here. Everybody’s out blood.
Rockpages.gr: How did you decide to move from Arizona to Seattle?
Eddie Spaghetti: Well, when we moved to Seattle, we thought we were going to be the best band that they ever saw. Because, we didn’t know of any bands from Seattle. We thought we were going to be the only ones. And we got there and… Wow! We were wrong! I mean, it was it was amazing to be there. Nirvana was already there… Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Tad… there were so many great bands going on when we got there. You know, there was a scene.
I liken it to that scene in “The Wizard of Oz” where there it’s all black and white, and when they get swiped by the tornado, they land, they open the door and everything’s in color. That’s kind of what it felt like when we landed in Seattle. Everything, all of the sudden, was in color.
Rockpages.gr: How did the blow up of grunge affected you?
Eddie Spaghetti: Well, negatively because I’m broke! But, other than that, you know, I’m proud of my work and I don’t look back with any regrets about my art. So that’s. That’s a good feeling,
Rockpages.gr: Every now and again someone comes out an says that rock’n’roll is dead, that there are no new rock bands anymore. What do you think?
Eddie Spaghetti: I agree. I think it’s dead. I think that it’ll always be an art form that’s for a certain small amount of people… like jazz. You know, now it’s jazz.
Rock’n’roll has become the new music for old people, which, you know, it sucks but, kids don’t listen to rock’n’roll. I have kids and I know they don’t listen to much rock’n’rol. They listen to it because I do. But, if I wasn’t an influence in their life, I don’t think they wouldn’t.
You know, there’s no there’s no popular rock’n’roll that’s any good.
Rockpages.gr: Wasn’t rock’n’roll always an underground thing?
Eddie Spaghetti: For us it always has been. I mean, it’s nothing new for us to work underground or be, you know, left of center. I figured that what we do it’s not for everybody. It’s for a very marginalized amount of people, because it’s too good, you know? I mean, people don’t want things that are that good. They don’t want to work that hard to enjoy it, I guess. I don’t know. They want something that’s easy and safe… they want McDonald’s.
Rockpages.gr: Would you say that rock fans are more connected to the music, than fans of other kinds of music?
Eddie Spaghetti: I don’t know. I think rock fans pay attention and they want to feel like they can tell that it’s humans making the music It’s important to a real rock fan that it’s not machines, for some reason.
I know when I hear music, if I don’t identify with it as something somebody is doing with their hands, it takes me a while to warm up to it. If it’s any good…
Rockpages.gr: What do you think about AI’s invasion in music that we see lately?
Eddie Spaghetti: It’s kind of cool, but it’s scary. I don’t think it will ever replace authenticity. And I think that’s what we offer now. We are an authentic, real thing, that actually exists. And you can actually come see us right there and stand right in front of us, if you want to.
And I think that’s something that AI will never be able to get close to. It’s that real, authentic sort of thing that we get with our art.
Rockpages.gr: Are you planning on making a new album?
Eddie Spaghetti: We’ve just fucking finished it, man. It’s so good. We’ve just finished making it, we haven’t mixed it yet, so we’re still going to do all that fun stuff. But, we recorded 12, 13 songs something like that. And there is going to be a brand new Supersuckers record this year I bet.
Rockpages.gr: This year?
Eddie Spaghetti: I think so.
Rockpages.gr: Is it going to be a country album?
Eddie Spaghetti: No, not really. There is a couple of country style songs on it, but it’s mostly rock music. That’s what we do. I mean, we sometimes set out to make a country record and it ends up being a rock record. We’ve done that, I don’t know, three or four times recently. I just thought to myself, I’m going to make a country record. I start writing songs, and these are rock songs. I’m a rocker who likes country music. I’m not a country guy who makes rock music.
