Stupidity – An Xperience Interview

Stupidity – An Xperience Interview – by Liam Sweeny.

RRX: If my memory serves me right, you were here about a year ago. What’s been up since them? Anything musical or personal to report?

Yes that is correct, it was a year ago since we were over there and then touring with The Cocktail Slippers. After that we have finished recording a cover-album and released the first single from that in August on Little Steven’s label “Wicked Cool Records” The song title is “Spread Ir Around” and it is a cover of Boston band The Bags song from 1987.

RRX: You’ll be here on Friday, October 24^th at the Hanger on the Hudson with Blase Debris and The ‘Cynz. What are you looking forward to the most, and what are you looking forward to the least?

We are looking forward to be back in Troy again and we had a great time last time we played there and met many cool people and had a fun time. The least I guess should be really bad weather or something, but we hope it will be great!

RRX: I’m not sure how many people have heard your music among our readers, but can you help us drive people your way by describing your sound?

I think it is a cross between classic 60’s garagerock like The Sonics, early Kinks and Stones and more melodic punk/powerpop from the 70’s and early 80’s.

RRX: I’m a fan of our area music scene, and I’m always interested in what people see that aren’t from here. You’re from Stockholm, so what makes you remember this area, music or no?

The American music scene has always been a big influence and since the early blues, soul and into garage rock and punk. Many great bands has come out of New York State and when we grew up of course all the bands that played CBGB’s and later came to Sweden influenced us like The Ramones, Blondie, The Fleshtones, Heartbreakers to name a few.

RRX: There’s something about garage rock that is just pure unadulterated freedom. And I watched the video for “The Murder of Love” and it was on it’s own wavelength. The video, I mean. What do freedom and garage rock mean to each other?

I think it is a way to express yourself and get your energy out through the music, even as we are not young anymore we really need to do that. I think it is like therapy for the soul to play together and being a band. Freedom of expression and free speech is very important for everyone.

RRX: So one song. Of yours; one song. Any album, just has to be out there. Yes, play favorites, and tell us why, above all you’ve done, is that song your recommendation?

It is hard to answer that, but after the pandemic was over and we also had some new members in the band after that we recorded “Waking Up The Band” which also was the name of our new album then, that was a new start both for Stupidity and life in general after the pandemic that felt great, as you also can hear in the lyrics.

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