Supersuckers at Mercury Lounge

Eddie Spaghetti & "Metal" Marty Chandler

As a child in Tucson, Arizona, Edward Daly chose his career path the minute he first heard the Knack's "My Sharona." Foregoing the country music he heard everywhere, he turned to heavy metal and punk rock. In 1988, he formed the Black Supersuckers, in which he played bass. He became Eddie Spaghetti and the band shortened its name to Supersuckers. The Supersuckers' aim was to strip away some of the pretense of late 1980s metal and inject showmanship into the punk scene. In 1989, the band relocated to Seattle, Washington. Spaghetti became the band's singer, while still playing bass. In 1995, Supersuckers went on a brief hiatus when Spaghetti was diagnosed with stage 3 oropharynx cancer and underwent surgery and radiation treatments. Supersuckers presently consists of Spaghetti, guitarist "Metal" Marty Chandler and drummer Christopher "Chango" Von Streicher. Supersuckers' 11th and most recent album, Suck It, was released on September 21, 2018.

Supersuckers is on a 30th anniversary tour, and much of the 33-song set at Mercury Lounge was comprised of songs from the band's first two albums. The band members may have looked like a outlaw country musicians, but the largest chunk of the nearly two-hour set was a tornado of hard-banging, punk-inspired rock and roll. Lyrics were often humorous, even when politically incorrect, accentuating the straight-forward message that this was a rock and roll party. Spaghetti's vocals were lighter now post-surgery, but he has lost none of his rock and roll animus or bravado, Chandler often played extended solos at the lip of the stage, and Von Streicher pounded the drums to keep the machinery pumping at adrenalin speed. After 30 years, the self-professed Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World stills puts on a super show.

Visit Supersuckers at www.supersuckers.com.

Setlist:

1. All of the Time
2. The History Of Rock 'n' Roll
3. Dead Inside
4. Breaking My Balls
5. This Life (Would Be a Whole Lot Better If I Didn’t Have to Share It) With You
6. Roadworn and Weary
7. Holdin’ the Bag
8. Non-Addictive Marijuana
9. Let’s Bounce

The Smoke of Hell album

1. Coattail Rider
2. Luck
3. I Say F*ck
4. Alone and Stinking
5. Caliente
6. Tasty Greens
7. Hell City, Hell
8. Hot Rod Rally
9. Drink and Complain
10. Mighty Joe Young
11. Ron's Got the Cocaine
12. Sweet 'n' Sour Jesus
13. Retarded Bill
14. Thinkin’ ’Bout Revenge

La Mano Cornuda album

1. Creepy Jackalope Eye
2. Seventeen Poles
3. High Ya!
4. On the Couch
5. Sugie
6. Mudhead
7. Gold Top
8. How to Maximize Your Kill Count
9. She's My Bitch

Encore:

1. 'Til I Die