Then Dylan started singing and I was immediately a Suede Brothers fan! Their sound is like an updated version of Black Sabbath's Master of Reality with Jack White/Geddy Lee on vocals.
These guys are young, hungry, energetic, and a total fresh take in the blues-rock scene. What they are doing is really special.
If these guys don't blow a headliner off the stage during a show, they force headliners to work harder. I've seen them do it many times.
The Suede Brothers are the real fucking deal. The buzz among musicians that play with them and return home to tell friends has been amazing.
They have multiple dates opening up for the Sword (who by the way is touring the nation with Metallica after stops in Cleveland and Columbus)Suede Brothers has also been contacted by management of a few national headliner bands that want to play with them in the Midwest.
Myspace friend these guys NOW! Tell 'em BB sent ya!
www.myspace.com/thesuedebrothers
I had a chance to ask the guys a few questions before their BIG SHOW January 24th at the Grog Shop in Cleveland with Year Long Disaster and The Sword. Also, their new album comes out this month.
Dylan, Kevin, and Mike all answered my questions. Check it out!
Dylan: singer/guitar
What did you do for New Year's Eve?
I ate at Lolas, downtown Cleveland with my girlfriend and parents. It was exquisite; we need more restaurants of that caliber in Cleveland, not to say I don't love pub food. I think I was in my car when the ball dropped...
2. Who were some of the most interesting people you met in 2008?
Bill Fox. One of my favorite musicians. It was awesome getting to play with him. I'm sure not everyone I met was boring...its hard to remember who you meet in a whole year...
3. So are you tired of playing songs from your album yet? Are you ready for new material?Not really, no (now that will sound bad if the other guys say 'yes'). I think we space the songs from the first album out between enough new material that it works. Sometimes we won't play a song for a while and when we do again, it feels brand new.
4. What were some of your favorite albums this year?
Radiohead's "In Rainbows". Also the Sword's newest album. I was really anticipating the Sword's new album, as well as Radiohead's, so it was a big relief to get both.
Kevin: bass
1. What did you do for New Year's Eve?---Read a book for a while then spent time with my family.
2. Who were some of the most interesting people you met in 2008?
---Meeting Priestess was pretty cool, I'm a big fan of their debut album. The Brought Low and Five Horse Johnson were two great bands I hadn't heard before. Also, from Buffalo, Johnny Nobody. I loved their debut album and can't wait for their follow-up.
3. So are you tired of playing songs from your album yet? Are you ready for new material?
---I'm always ready for new material. That's the best part of being in a band, in my opinion. There is nothing more fulfilling than letting a new song build itself at practice and then playing it for the first few times live. We're never satisfied, either. The moment we finish writing a song, we start thinking about and working on a new one. We're already talking about our third release, and the second one isn't even out yet. It goes both ways, though; there are songs that we don't play anymore, and I will occasionally get the urge to break them out again. It's hard to go backwards, though. New material seems to always win over nostalgia, and it's probably best that way.
4. What were some of your favorite albums this year?
---Virtually all of Radiohead's and Rage Against the Machine's discography, the White Stripe's first record (the rest of their stuff is great, too, I hadn't heard their debut until this year), Witchcraft's debut, Paul Westerberg's "Come Feel Me Tremble", Joni Mitchell's "Blue", some Fu Manchu and Clutch, and a little bit of the Velvet Underground. I've been listening to Queens of the Stoneage's first record a lot, lately.
Mike: drums
1. What did you do for New Year's Eve?It was nice quiet night of solem slumber. In bed by 8 and lights out by 9. haha now thats not quite exactly how it went but sometime like that.
2. Who were some of the most interesting people you met in 2008?
I believe I met Brad from YLD for the first time in 2008 but I would have tosay the most interesting person was my Gov't teacher Mr. Wolski or possibly Rob from Nebula.
3. So are you tired of playing songs from your album yet? Are you ready for new material?
Uhh well in a way but mostly I'm still having fun tweeking the way the play them. I'm always trying to find new and better, sometimes simpler, fills, rhythems, etc, to replace their old or immature placeholder. We've got a new album recorded and almost ready to release so that a bunch of songs we try to incorporate into our live shows 2 maybe 3 a performance.
4. What were some of your favorite albums this year?
Brittany Spears, Circus. No, definately not. I think the first Sword album is awesome. Some other albums I liked are the Weezer CD, In Rainbows (haven't heard in entirety but liked what I've heard), Year Long Disaster, and I can't think of anymore right now but I know theres more.
