SLIGHTLY STOOPID, IRATION & J BOOG
Fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, Slightly Stoopid have cemented a signature sound and created a legion of die-hard fans in the process. The band, whose D.I.Y. nature has seen them thumb their nose at more than a few major label record deals over the course of their career, will release Closer to the Sun on their own imprint, Stoopid Records/Caliplates Recordings, in conjunction with Reincarnate/BMG. As Miles Doughty, one of the group's two front men explains, "It's all about the grass roots style - you've got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music. We have 100% creative control of what we do, and we've worked way too hard to have other people telling us how to do it. It's working, so we don't feel we need to change."
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Slightly Stoopid bio from eselocos.com -
"Southern California’s Slightly Stoopid cemented a signature sound by fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, creating a legion of die-hard fans in the process. Coasting into their second decade of rock ‘n’ roll, the band has exceeded 250,000 in CD sales via their own record label, Stoopid Records, and they regularly sellout top concert venues across the United States and overseas.
Boasting dual front-men, Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald on guitar, bass and vocals, Slightly Stoopid possesses a unique dynamic and kinship. They, along with drummer Ryan Moran and percussionist Oguer Ocon, share a multitude of influences, from the acoustic leanings of Cat Stevens, Tom Petty, Django Reinhardt, and the Grateful Dead, to old-school reggae and dub artists Augustus Pablo, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Yellowman, and UB40. In addition, their more contemporary influences, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, NOFX, Sublime and Wyclef Jean shine through, and hint towards the band becoming the natural heir to the close-knit musical lineage which spawned them.
Back in 1995, while still in high school, Miles and Kyle caught the ear of Sublime vocalist Bradley Nowell, who signed them to his own Skunk Records label. Staying true to the D.I.Y. ethic of punk rock, the band released its first two albums independently on Skunk. With minimal distribution (primarily in Southern California), the Skunk label released the punk-tinged eponymous debut Slightly Stoopid (1996), and the heavier-produced reggae leanings of the band’s surf-inspired Longest Barrel Ride (1998). After a couple of years of hardcore gigging, Slightly Stoopid delivered a live CD, Acoustic Roots: Live and Direct, recorded at San Diego’s Rock 105.3 radio station, released on their own Stoopid Records imprint.
In 2003, Slightly Stoopid unleashed the album Everything You Need. A departure on some levels, Everything You Need showed the band reaching a new creative plateau, forging their own brand of music without abandoning their roots. According to McDonald, “Miles and I both love music, and we have been friends since we were one and two years old. We are just like brothers, and it’s really nice to be able to make music with your family. We’ve been listening to music together all of our lives, have been playing together since our mid-teens.” Everything You Need has currently scanned 115,000 units in the US.
In 2005 Slightly Stoopid released Closer To The Sun, which debuted on the Top 200 Billboard album chart. Closer To The Sun is loaded with 20 jams that both refine and cement the group’s trademark sound. The album, which flows through a seamless mix of dubbed-out funky blues, rock, and reggae, and a few throwbacks to old-school punk, re-enlists production alumni and soundboard manipulators Miguel (Sublime, Long Beach Dub, Unwritten Law, Skunk Records), Philadelphonic/G. Love & Special Sauce resident producer Chris D, and Dub Reggae legend (and King Tubby protégé) Scientist.
Recently, the band recorded 2 sold out shows @ the new House of Blues in their hometown of San Diego; the result of these recordings is Live In San Diego, Slightly Stoopid’s first live performance DVD. Filmed over the 2005 Thanksgiving weekend, the DVD captures what the band does best – rock out a two hour set for a horde of ecstatic stoopidheads.
Slightly Stoopid didn’t stop with the live DVD. The band also selected some of the key performances from the San Diego shows, and added live tracks recorded during selected dates from Slightly Stoopid’s subsequent tour dates – enough music to fill two CDs. Winter Tour ’05-’06 is the new double disc live album, an audio companion to the Live In San Diego DVD will arrive in stores at the same time. Together, these new releases transport fans right into the experience of a Slightly Stoopid live performance.
On the live front, the band’s fans, which are known as “Stoopidheads,” flock to nearly 150 live shows a year. Slightly Stoopid’s touring schedule typically has them locked into two-plus hours of improvised jamming, five days a week. According to McDonald, “It’s all about the grass roots style –- you’ve got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music.” Along the way, Slightly Stoopid supported such acts as Dave Matthews Band, The Marley Bros, Sublime, The Roots, G. Love and Special Sauce, Blink 182, Toots and The Maytals, N.E.R.D, Pennywise, and have wowed crowds at prestigious music festivals such as New Orleans Jazzfest, Vegoose, Austin City Limits, San Diego Street Scene, East Coast Blues Festival (Australia), Summersonic (Japan), to name a few. The group’s diversity appeals to a wide demographic of music fans. “Our live shows are fun, and we get every sort of person you can imagine in one room,” McDonald says. “And a lot of them are crazy. We’re all about having fun -- we interact with the crowd and get ‘em riled up.”
Slightly Stoopid was recently ranked in Pollstar’s top 50 touring bands for the first quarter of 2006, packing venues of 1,500-3,000 capacity across the country. Spring 2006 also took Slightly Stoopid to Australia, Japan, and Guam as part of their Pacific Rim tour.
Slightly Stoopid remains a group devoted to the pursuit of the perfect mix of lifestyle and sound. Slightly Stoopid proves that hard work, perseverance and staying true to their roots comprise the path to creating genre-bending music with integrity.
The band is currently in the studio recording their 5th studio album, due out this summer on their own independent records label STOOPID RECORDS. Look for a major world wide tour following the release."
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Fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, Slightly Stoopid have cemented a signature sound and created a legion of die-hard fans in the process. The band, whose D.I.Y. nature has seen them thumb their nose at more than a few major label record deals over the course of their career, will release Closer to the Sun on their own imprint, Stoopid Records/Caliplates Recordings, in conjunction with Reincarnate/BMG. As Miles Doughty, one of the group's two front men explains, "It's all about the grass roots style - you've got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music. We have 100% creative control of what we do, and we've worked way too hard to have other people telling us how to do it. It's working, so we don't feel we need to change."
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Slightly Stoopid bio from eselocos.com -
"Southern California’s Slightly Stoopid cemented a signature sound by fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, creating a legion of die-hard fans in the process. Coasting into their second decade of rock ‘n’ roll, the band has exceeded 250,000 in CD sales via their own record label, Stoopid Records, and they regularly sellout top concert venues across the United States and overseas.
Boasting dual front-men, Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald on guitar, bass and vocals, Slightly Stoopid possesses a unique dynamic and kinship. They, along with drummer Ryan Moran and percussionist Oguer Ocon, share a multitude of influences, from the acoustic leanings of Cat Stevens, Tom Petty, Django Reinhardt, and the Grateful Dead, to old-school reggae and dub artists Augustus Pablo, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Yellowman, and UB40. In addition, their more contemporary influences, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, NOFX, Sublime and Wyclef Jean shine through, and hint towards the band becoming the natural heir to the close-knit musical lineage which spawned them.
Back in 1995, while still in high school, Miles and Kyle caught the ear of Sublime vocalist Bradley Nowell, who signed them to his own Skunk Records label. Staying true to the D.I.Y. ethic of punk rock, the band released its first two albums independently on Skunk. With minimal distribution (primarily in Southern California), the Skunk label released the punk-tinged eponymous debut Slightly Stoopid (1996), and the heavier-produced reggae leanings of the band’s surf-inspired Longest Barrel Ride (1998). After a couple of years of hardcore gigging, Slightly Stoopid delivered a live CD, Acoustic Roots: Live and Direct, recorded at San Diego’s Rock 105.3 radio station, released on their own Stoopid Records imprint.
In 2003, Slightly Stoopid unleashed the album Everything You Need. A departure on some levels, Everything You Need showed the band reaching a new creative plateau, forging their own brand of music without abandoning their roots. According to McDonald, “Miles and I both love music, and we have been friends since we were one and two years old. We are just like brothers, and it’s really nice to be able to make music with your family. We’ve been listening to music together all of our lives, have been playing together since our mid-teens.” Everything You Need has currently scanned 115,000 units in the US.
In 2005 Slightly Stoopid released Closer To The Sun, which debuted on the Top 200 Billboard album chart. Closer To The Sun is loaded with 20 jams that both refine and cement the group’s trademark sound. The album, which flows through a seamless mix of dubbed-out funky blues, rock, and reggae, and a few throwbacks to old-school punk, re-enlists production alumni and soundboard manipulators Miguel (Sublime, Long Beach Dub, Unwritten Law, Skunk Records), Philadelphonic/G. Love & Special Sauce resident producer Chris D, and Dub Reggae legend (and King Tubby protégé) Scientist.
Recently, the band recorded 2 sold out shows @ the new House of Blues in their hometown of San Diego; the result of these recordings is Live In San Diego, Slightly Stoopid’s first live performance DVD. Filmed over the 2005 Thanksgiving weekend, the DVD captures what the band does best – rock out a two hour set for a horde of ecstatic stoopidheads.
Slightly Stoopid didn’t stop with the live DVD. The band also selected some of the key performances from the San Diego shows, and added live tracks recorded during selected dates from Slightly Stoopid’s subsequent tour dates – enough music to fill two CDs. Winter Tour ’05-’06 is the new double disc live album, an audio companion to the Live In San Diego DVD will arrive in stores at the same time. Together, these new releases transport fans right into the experience of a Slightly Stoopid live performance.
On the live front, the band’s fans, which are known as “Stoopidheads,” flock to nearly 150 live shows a year. Slightly Stoopid’s touring schedule typically has them locked into two-plus hours of improvised jamming, five days a week. According to McDonald, “It’s all about the grass roots style –- you’ve got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music.” Along the way, Slightly Stoopid supported such acts as Dave Matthews Band, The Marley Bros, Sublime, The Roots, G. Love and Special Sauce, Blink 182, Toots and The Maytals, N.E.R.D, Pennywise, and have wowed crowds at prestigious music festivals such as New Orleans Jazzfest, Vegoose, Austin City Limits, San Diego Street Scene, East Coast Blues Festival (Australia), Summersonic (Japan), to name a few. The group’s diversity appeals to a wide demographic of music fans. “Our live shows are fun, and we get every sort of person you can imagine in one room,” McDonald says. “And a lot of them are crazy. We’re all about having fun -- we interact with the crowd and get ‘em riled up.”
Slightly Stoopid was recently ranked in Pollstar’s top 50 touring bands for the first quarter of 2006, packing venues of 1,500-3,000 capacity across the country. Spring 2006 also took Slightly Stoopid to Australia, Japan, and Guam as part of their Pacific Rim tour.
Slightly Stoopid remains a group devoted to the pursuit of the perfect mix of lifestyle and sound. Slightly Stoopid proves that hard work, perseverance and staying true to their roots comprise the path to creating genre-bending music with integrity.
The band is currently in the studio recording their 5th studio album, due out this summer on their own independent records label STOOPID RECORDS. Look for a major world wide tour following the release."
SLIGHTLY STOOPID, IRATION & J BOOG
Fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, Slightly Stoopid have cemented a signature sound and created a legion of die-hard fans in the process. The band, whose D.I.Y. nature has seen them thumb their nose at more than a few major label record deals over the course of their career, will release Closer to the Sun on their own imprint, Stoopid Records/Caliplates Recordings, in conjunction with Reincarnate/BMG. As Miles Doughty, one of the group's two front men explains, "It's all about the grass roots style - you've got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music. We have 100% creative control of what we do, and we've worked way too hard to have other people telling us how to do it. It's working, so we don't feel we need to change."
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Slightly Stoopid bio from eselocos.com -
"Southern California’s Slightly Stoopid cemented a signature sound by fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, creating a legion of die-hard fans in the process. Coasting into their second decade of rock ‘n’ roll, the band has exceeded 250,000 in CD sales via their own record label, Stoopid Records, and they regularly sellout top concert venues across the United States and overseas.
Boasting dual front-men, Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald on guitar, bass and vocals, Slightly Stoopid possesses a unique dynamic and kinship. They, along with drummer Ryan Moran and percussionist Oguer Ocon, share a multitude of influences, from the acoustic leanings of Cat Stevens, Tom Petty, Django Reinhardt, and the Grateful Dead, to old-school reggae and dub artists Augustus Pablo, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Yellowman, and UB40. In addition, their more contemporary influences, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, NOFX, Sublime and Wyclef Jean shine through, and hint towards the band becoming the natural heir to the close-knit musical lineage which spawned them.
Back in 1995, while still in high school, Miles and Kyle caught the ear of Sublime vocalist Bradley Nowell, who signed them to his own Skunk Records label. Staying true to the D.I.Y. ethic of punk rock, the band released its first two albums independently on Skunk. With minimal distribution (primarily in Southern California), the Skunk label released the punk-tinged eponymous debut Slightly Stoopid (1996), and the heavier-produced reggae leanings of the band’s surf-inspired Longest Barrel Ride (1998). After a couple of years of hardcore gigging, Slightly Stoopid delivered a live CD, Acoustic Roots: Live and Direct, recorded at San Diego’s Rock 105.3 radio station, released on their own Stoopid Records imprint.
In 2003, Slightly Stoopid unleashed the album Everything You Need. A departure on some levels, Everything You Need showed the band reaching a new creative plateau, forging their own brand of music without abandoning their roots. According to McDonald, “Miles and I both love music, and we have been friends since we were one and two years old. We are just like brothers, and it’s really nice to be able to make music with your family. We’ve been listening to music together all of our lives, have been playing together since our mid-teens.” Everything You Need has currently scanned 115,000 units in the US.
In 2005 Slightly Stoopid released Closer To The Sun, which debuted on the Top 200 Billboard album chart. Closer To The Sun is loaded with 20 jams that both refine and cement the group’s trademark sound. The album, which flows through a seamless mix of dubbed-out funky blues, rock, and reggae, and a few throwbacks to old-school punk, re-enlists production alumni and soundboard manipulators Miguel (Sublime, Long Beach Dub, Unwritten Law, Skunk Records), Philadelphonic/G. Love & Special Sauce resident producer Chris D, and Dub Reggae legend (and King Tubby protégé) Scientist.
Recently, the band recorded 2 sold out shows @ the new House of Blues in their hometown of San Diego; the result of these recordings is Live In San Diego, Slightly Stoopid’s first live performance DVD. Filmed over the 2005 Thanksgiving weekend, the DVD captures what the band does best – rock out a two hour set for a horde of ecstatic stoopidheads.
Slightly Stoopid didn’t stop with the live DVD. The band also selected some of the key performances from the San Diego shows, and added live tracks recorded during selected dates from Slightly Stoopid’s subsequent tour dates – enough music to fill two CDs. Winter Tour ’05-’06 is the new double disc live album, an audio companion to the Live In San Diego DVD will arrive in stores at the same time. Together, these new releases transport fans right into the experience of a Slightly Stoopid live performance.
On the live front, the band’s fans, which are known as “Stoopidheads,” flock to nearly 150 live shows a year. Slightly Stoopid’s touring schedule typically has them locked into two-plus hours of improvised jamming, five days a week. According to McDonald, “It’s all about the grass roots style –- you’ve got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music.” Along the way, Slightly Stoopid supported such acts as Dave Matthews Band, The Marley Bros, Sublime, The Roots, G. Love and Special Sauce, Blink 182, Toots and The Maytals, N.E.R.D, Pennywise, and have wowed crowds at prestigious music festivals such as New Orleans Jazzfest, Vegoose, Austin City Limits, San Diego Street Scene, East Coast Blues Festival (Australia), Summersonic (Japan), to name a few. The group’s diversity appeals to a wide demographic of music fans. “Our live shows are fun, and we get every sort of person you can imagine in one room,” McDonald says. “And a lot of them are crazy. We’re all about having fun -- we interact with the crowd and get ‘em riled up.”
Slightly Stoopid was recently ranked in Pollstar’s top 50 touring bands for the first quarter of 2006, packing venues of 1,500-3,000 capacity across the country. Spring 2006 also took Slightly Stoopid to Australia, Japan, and Guam as part of their Pacific Rim tour.
Slightly Stoopid remains a group devoted to the pursuit of the perfect mix of lifestyle and sound. Slightly Stoopid proves that hard work, perseverance and staying true to their roots comprise the path to creating genre-bending music with integrity.
The band is currently in the studio recording their 5th studio album, due out this summer on their own independent records label STOOPID RECORDS. Look for a major world wide tour following the release."
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Fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, Slightly Stoopid have cemented a signature sound and created a legion of die-hard fans in the process. The band, whose D.I.Y. nature has seen them thumb their nose at more than a few major label record deals over the course of their career, will release Closer to the Sun on their own imprint, Stoopid Records/Caliplates Recordings, in conjunction with Reincarnate/BMG. As Miles Doughty, one of the group's two front men explains, "It's all about the grass roots style - you've got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music. We have 100% creative control of what we do, and we've worked way too hard to have other people telling us how to do it. It's working, so we don't feel we need to change."
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Slightly Stoopid bio from eselocos.com -
"Southern California’s Slightly Stoopid cemented a signature sound by fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, creating a legion of die-hard fans in the process. Coasting into their second decade of rock ‘n’ roll, the band has exceeded 250,000 in CD sales via their own record label, Stoopid Records, and they regularly sellout top concert venues across the United States and overseas.
Boasting dual front-men, Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald on guitar, bass and vocals, Slightly Stoopid possesses a unique dynamic and kinship. They, along with drummer Ryan Moran and percussionist Oguer Ocon, share a multitude of influences, from the acoustic leanings of Cat Stevens, Tom Petty, Django Reinhardt, and the Grateful Dead, to old-school reggae and dub artists Augustus Pablo, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Yellowman, and UB40. In addition, their more contemporary influences, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, NOFX, Sublime and Wyclef Jean shine through, and hint towards the band becoming the natural heir to the close-knit musical lineage which spawned them.
Back in 1995, while still in high school, Miles and Kyle caught the ear of Sublime vocalist Bradley Nowell, who signed them to his own Skunk Records label. Staying true to the D.I.Y. ethic of punk rock, the band released its first two albums independently on Skunk. With minimal distribution (primarily in Southern California), the Skunk label released the punk-tinged eponymous debut Slightly Stoopid (1996), and the heavier-produced reggae leanings of the band’s surf-inspired Longest Barrel Ride (1998). After a couple of years of hardcore gigging, Slightly Stoopid delivered a live CD, Acoustic Roots: Live and Direct, recorded at San Diego’s Rock 105.3 radio station, released on their own Stoopid Records imprint.
In 2003, Slightly Stoopid unleashed the album Everything You Need. A departure on some levels, Everything You Need showed the band reaching a new creative plateau, forging their own brand of music without abandoning their roots. According to McDonald, “Miles and I both love music, and we have been friends since we were one and two years old. We are just like brothers, and it’s really nice to be able to make music with your family. We’ve been listening to music together all of our lives, have been playing together since our mid-teens.” Everything You Need has currently scanned 115,000 units in the US.
In 2005 Slightly Stoopid released Closer To The Sun, which debuted on the Top 200 Billboard album chart. Closer To The Sun is loaded with 20 jams that both refine and cement the group’s trademark sound. The album, which flows through a seamless mix of dubbed-out funky blues, rock, and reggae, and a few throwbacks to old-school punk, re-enlists production alumni and soundboard manipulators Miguel (Sublime, Long Beach Dub, Unwritten Law, Skunk Records), Philadelphonic/G. Love & Special Sauce resident producer Chris D, and Dub Reggae legend (and King Tubby protégé) Scientist.
Recently, the band recorded 2 sold out shows @ the new House of Blues in their hometown of San Diego; the result of these recordings is Live In San Diego, Slightly Stoopid’s first live performance DVD. Filmed over the 2005 Thanksgiving weekend, the DVD captures what the band does best – rock out a two hour set for a horde of ecstatic stoopidheads.
Slightly Stoopid didn’t stop with the live DVD. The band also selected some of the key performances from the San Diego shows, and added live tracks recorded during selected dates from Slightly Stoopid’s subsequent tour dates – enough music to fill two CDs. Winter Tour ’05-’06 is the new double disc live album, an audio companion to the Live In San Diego DVD will arrive in stores at the same time. Together, these new releases transport fans right into the experience of a Slightly Stoopid live performance.
On the live front, the band’s fans, which are known as “Stoopidheads,” flock to nearly 150 live shows a year. Slightly Stoopid’s touring schedule typically has them locked into two-plus hours of improvised jamming, five days a week. According to McDonald, “It’s all about the grass roots style –- you’ve got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music.” Along the way, Slightly Stoopid supported such acts as Dave Matthews Band, The Marley Bros, Sublime, The Roots, G. Love and Special Sauce, Blink 182, Toots and The Maytals, N.E.R.D, Pennywise, and have wowed crowds at prestigious music festivals such as New Orleans Jazzfest, Vegoose, Austin City Limits, San Diego Street Scene, East Coast Blues Festival (Australia), Summersonic (Japan), to name a few. The group’s diversity appeals to a wide demographic of music fans. “Our live shows are fun, and we get every sort of person you can imagine in one room,” McDonald says. “And a lot of them are crazy. We’re all about having fun -- we interact with the crowd and get ‘em riled up.”
Slightly Stoopid was recently ranked in Pollstar’s top 50 touring bands for the first quarter of 2006, packing venues of 1,500-3,000 capacity across the country. Spring 2006 also took Slightly Stoopid to Australia, Japan, and Guam as part of their Pacific Rim tour.
Slightly Stoopid remains a group devoted to the pursuit of the perfect mix of lifestyle and sound. Slightly Stoopid proves that hard work, perseverance and staying true to their roots comprise the path to creating genre-bending music with integrity.
The band is currently in the studio recording their 5th studio album, due out this summer on their own independent records label STOOPID RECORDS. Look for a major world wide tour following the release."
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