Concert Preview: Soup to nuts
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By MATT ELLIOTT World Staff Writer
4/13/2007 8:34 AM
Bowling for Soup makes up for snowed-out Tulsa show
Yes Virginia, this Saturday's Bowling for Soup concert is the Texas pop/punkers' concert to make up for a January show that was canceled when a wintry blast turned our fair city into Lord of the Flies On Ice.
When interviewed about the show last week, the quartet's Jaret Reddick was driving around his suburban Dallas hometown looking for items to organize his garage. You might ask what's in the garage of the front man of a punk band that sings about girls, beers, high school hijinx and flatulence? A Mag-wheeled skateboard? Maybe a tricked out, haulin' hearse with a stick shift? Or perhaps kegs, in various states of emptiness?
"Random child's toys, a lot of power tools and a lot of odds and ends," Reddick said. "B.S., if you will."
Reddick, 35, and his wife have two kids, a 4-year-old girl and 1-year-old boy, who seems to get into everything. That adds a sense of urgency to Reddick's task.
But he was distracted by questions about his band's new video for "When We Die," which features none other than "The Six Million Dollar Man," Lee Majors. Majors plays Reddick's father in the video and Reddick is trying to patch things up with Majors after a series of misunderstandings.
"When I put it out there, I was, like, 'People are just either going to totally get it or they're going to think we're all nuts.' Fortunately for us, people see it and it really has struck a chord with a lot of people from all different age groups. So victory is ours."
The song, from Soup's most recent album "The Great Burrito Extortion Case," is one of the band's rare attempts at being serious, which is no small gamble. Perhaps it's not a coincidence that shortly after Blink-182 started to take itself seriously that the band broke up.
But don't worry about that. Reddick says the song doesn't signify any big change for him and his mates.
"It's an exciting little departure for us. At the same time, you know, the show and future albums will still be chock full of fart jokes and we promise not to let the serious side of things take over in any way."
He said "When We Die" has a theme most people can identify with, since most people have had rough spots with their parents.
Reddick's own parents had trouble dealing with him, especially when he decided to cast his fortune with a rock band instead of using his college degree from Midwestern State University to get a real job.
His parents have since accepted his lifestyle, he said, and they think it's pretty cool what he does.
"Now we understand each other and we have our relationships. We see each other when we can and everybody stays out of everybody's business, and that's perfectly fine."
Bowling for Soup has scored big in the last few years with a handful of hits, including "1985" and "Girl All the Bad Guys Want." While the band is currently paying off for Reddick, it hasn't always been this good.
Reddick and bassist Erik Chandler were nearly homeless from 1998-1999. They had a room in Chandler's mom's attic they could go to if they it. Reddick actually looks back on those times fondly.
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By MATT ELLIOTT World Staff Writer
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