Slightly Stoopid
The days of seeing Slightly Stoopid for $5 have been long gone for 15 plus years…and that is great! To be honest, those $5 shows were unbelievable because they were just in small bars with no seat numbers, no security guards and just a lot of stoney fun. Don’t worry their shows are still a lot of stoney fun, just on a much larger scale.
They went from being discovered by Sublime’s Bradley Nowell while in high school to recording in Bob Weir’s Tri Studios. They have played and have become friends with every major every Reggae star playing today, and some that are in jail.
Seen them play in initial their 3 man (with the original drummer from their self titled Slightly Stoopid) to their now complete full sound with percussionists and horn section. And to think that the great Kark Denson joined for their summer tours (that is until The Rolling Stones have added him to their touring line-up), shows how respected the two stoners Kyle and Miles, and long time drummer Ryan are.
The Slightly Stoopid boys are one of the hardest working bands out there always on the road or in the studio. Well, they have just got out of the lab and released their new album MEANWHILE…Back at the Lab.
Meanwhile…Back at the Lab is the next evolution for the San Diego-based group lauded for their multi-instrumental cross-genre blend of rock, reggae, folk and blues with hip-hop, punk, and funk elements. The title and album cover reference the band’s collective escape from touring and home life at their San Diego warehouse studio (The Lab at Stoopid Studios), where they have been working on numerous creative and collaborative projects. Meanwhile…Back at the Lab is the first release from these sessions, which began in late 2012, shortly following the band’s seventh studio release Top of the World. That album, the band’s most successful to date, entered the Billboard 200 at a career high No. 13 and also hit Billboard’s Independent Albums chart at No. 3, Billboard’s Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts with a final position of No. 4. The forthcoming album was recorded at the band’s studio; as well as at Platinum Sound, NYC; Rivas Studios, L.A.; Mixdown Town LBC, Long Beach, CA; and was self-produced by the band along with The Lab’s in-house maestro James Wisner. At one juncture, the band came straight off a flight from their South American Tour to NYC, where Jerry Wonda (The Fugees, Wyclef Jean) engineered an impromptu late night/early morning session at Platinum Sound, yielding the collaborative “Come Around.” Back home Kyle and Miles also called on their long time friends and Southern California and Long Beach music icons, Michael “Miguel” Happoldt (SKUNK Records) and Marshall “Ras MG” Goodman, to produce standout tracks “Life Rolls On” and “The Prophet.”