Steep Leans and Drug Dogs are playing a show together tomorrow night at Great Scott with Rick Rude, Dead Trains, and Idle Pilot. Before the show, Matt Altieri of Drug Dogs and Jeff Somers and Joe Beaton of Steep Leans asked each other some hard hitting questions, because they were so excited to play together. We're equally excited for Steep Leans' return to Boston after their life as a local band before migrating in the exodus to Philly. Rick Rude is a truly amazing band out of NH/ME that you should see tomorrow as a precursor for their stint up at Waking Windows next weekend. Dead Trains plays blues rock that isn't vomit coming out of Dan Auerbach's mouth. Self-proclaimed "post-whatever three piece" Idle Pilot are coming to ya from way up north Lowell. If you want to experience the rock n' roll lifestyle boy is this gig for you!!! Here is what Matt, Joe, and Jeff have to say about Hulk Hogan, birds, Kurt Cobain, and the typeface of your tombstone among other topics that may or may not have anything to do with their actual music.
Let's play 19 questions with Steep Leans
Drug Dogs: I just want to get this one out of the way...what is a "Steep Lean?"
Steep Leans: he's this sort of lone wolf vigilante cowboy figure think clint eastwood. think mad max. Steep Leans. it's like a name. get it?
DD: Favorite Hall & Oates member?
SL: i guess i'd go with oates, because he's always got a sick looking guitar in every video. he's kind like a miniature lionel richie. check this video out it's chill AF
DD: Who is a person that is going to change the world one day, that nobody knows about?
SL: john brown (of world cup) and he doesn't even know it
DD: Would you rather have a phone-shaped-banana or a banana-shaped-phone?
SL: damn this is a good question. I guess the phone shaped banana....that i would dip in some sort of lacquer to preserve and then eventually i'd turn that into an actual phone so it would be phone shaped banana banana phone.
DD: What is your least favorite type of bird?
SL: i think i find all birds equally irritating/entertaining. i could say something obvious like the seagull or the pigeon. but what fun would a beach be without a seagull. there's no excitement there. they're hilarious
DD: What is your favorite hot pockets flavor?
LL: cheese and roni obviously what the hell?
DD: If Steep Leans existed in the 1970s, peace-and-love hippie era, who would you be jamming with?
SL: big star. and we'd both be broke. :^)
DD: If you could cast the current Steep Leans lineup into a film, what film would it be?
SL: Hmmm, maybe Wild Hogs.
DD: Did Courtney love kill Kurt Cobain?
SL: nah but she definitely didn't help him out too much. i think she was definitely a contributor to his downfall. but that's also his own fault. poor guy.
DD: If you had to cram your entire existence into one guitar pedal, what guitar pedal would you become?
SL: i'd probably go with my Visual Sound tap delay. that's how I get my sound. it has this modulation knob where i get my warbly guitar sound, as opposed to using chorus or phaser which i used to use, but i found that this pedal sort of
combines all the shit i want into one place. this pedal is the culmination of me fucking around with a lot of sounds for a long time.
DD: What color did you see the dress as?
SL: god dammit. i think blue? wasn't it gold? the dang dress/ dang the dress.
DD: You must enlist all of Steep Leans to wrestle a 4-on-1 handicap match against any professional wrestler of your choosing, alive or dead. Who do you go up against?
SL: i think we're gonna go with Hulk Hogan, cause he's like bad a guy. a pretty poor father from what i've heard. and check it out, cory is already prepared:
(editor's note: he is clearly dressed up as macho man randy savage, not hulk hogan, but i’m gonna let this one slide)
DD: If you have Marilyn Manson's phone number, what would you text him?
SL: 15/m/boston u? no i'd probably see if he wants to party. he likes to party
DD: Favorite drinking hole?
SL: in boston, i'm going with michaels in somerville. in the US i'm going with Charles Hanson's 169 Soul Jazz Oyster Bar in LES NYC. $3 beer and shot combos before 5pm/$5 dollars after. the tip jar says "drug fund" but the G is backwards. there's a free pink leopard print pool table. tiki drinks. a dinosaur coming out of the wall and a stripper pole that they pay like, older middle aged women to dance. it's not like sexual thing. it's more like a david lynch thing.
DD: Steep Leans has an eating contest. Who wins? What is eaten?
SL: [Jeff turns to look at Steep Lean member Tim Cushing] mussels.
DD: You're in charge of writing a children's book. What do you write about?
SL: I'm gonna let Joe take this one:
Joe Beaton: "The hippo that saved the day."
DD: Most underrated or under appreciated band you've heard this year?
SL: My boys in Jaw Gems from Portland, ME and YVES TUMOR
DD: if you had to be trapped on a desert island with only 2 of the golden girls who would they be and why
SL: So I never watched a lot of golden girls as an adult. I used to watch it when i was like 10. i guess i'd probably just choose jenny lewis as an adult (tho shes tech not a golden girl, she was the daughter) because i really liked her band rilo kiley's first record in high school and had a crush on her. Then i guess B Arthur would be like our chaperone or something.
DD: What is the one conspiracy theory you're most likely to believe?
SL: Bill Hicks went insane and disappeared and came back as alex jones. It sucks. i know.
Let's play 20 questions with Drug Dogs
SL: Team edward or team jacob?
DD: well since you didn't say any last names i'm going to assume the obvious and guess you're talking about Edward Snowden and Jacob Zuma and i'm gonna have to go with my boy Snowden, as he is an American hero. i don't think Jacob Zuma is doing so hot right now.
SL: Which spice girl r u?
DD: i like to aim for Mel B but sometimes I think i'm more Geri Halliwell than Mel B
SL: Frosted tips or nah?
DD: yeah i mean i usually give my best advice in the coldest of conditions/weather. doesn't everybody?
SL: Which tom hanks role would you like to live?
DD: the one where he stops being the captain and then becomes the captain again. i've never seen that film. just that one part...oh wait the question is "role i would like to LIVE?" oh not that one. uh probably you got mail or something predictable.
SL: How many breadsticks are too many?
DD: buddy my life feels like breadsticks!
SL: IF you were cast on star trek, what color shirt would u wear?
DD: yeah, IF i was casted on star trek as my space sci-fi allegiance is a solid STAR WARS vibe. (disney/lucasfilm if you're reading this pls send me free stuff)
SL: Put some cholula on it?
DD: [finishes drink, narrows eyes]
SL: Favorite gymnastic move?
DD: ‘Peaceful Warrior’ with Scott Mechlowicz. oh you said MOVE?? uh fuck uh, the high beam.
SL: Favorite figure skating move?
DD: ‘Cutting Edge’ with Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney!!! oh wait you said MOVE again? jeez i dunno actually...anytime i go ice skate, i get horrible blisters on the sides of my feet. I really hate ice skating.
SL: Winter games or summer games?
DD: either because i really only watch it to find my friend's dad's name in the credits at the end
SL: What's your go-to move when launching off a diving board?
DD: assuming this is one of those euphemisms for my favorite candy bar (thanks for asking) it's three musketeers
SL: Who is my real dad?
DD: oh jeez dude...i'm sure he is out there somewhere man, don't worry. or he's not. in which case i'm not sure if you should worry. but i'd worry just to be safe.
SL: What's your favorite rock gimmick?
DD: power stance is always fun. when i was a wee lad and lived in Cheshire, CT i once saw this band 'call an ambulance' at my local youth center and they were your typical ‘scremo high school guys’ sorta band. one of them tried to do the whole 'throw-the-guitar-behind-you-then-catch-it' trick/gimmick but the guitar hit their singer in the head and he bled everywhere and we actually had to 'call an ambulance' for said singer of ‘call an ambulance’. haha, life man!
SL: You just got paid, how many tech decks do u buy?
DD: several decks of technology
SL: What font goes on your tombstone?
DD: mine would be a smart tombstone so all sorts of fonts...and snapchat!
SL: I just bought my first jansport backpack. What are your thoughts on that?
DD: i think where we're going you're gonna need a lot more backpacks...
SL: Describe a difficult experience with a customer.
DD: [covers face with flannel; begins screaming into it]
SL: What if 6 were 9?
DD: good things always seem to come in 3's so i wouldn't be worried
SL: If you had to run from the law, how would you cut your hair?
DD: i'm bald so..........i'm kinda screwed.
SL: What's your favorite club to play in boston?
DD: how does that quote go...i wouldn't be in any club that would have me as a member? or would be? probably a lil’ club called “geardonia” tbh
I think we've learned some important life lessons through this series of questions, now get to the gig.
Steep Leans with Rick Rude, Dead Trains, Idle Pilot, and Drug Dogs
Friday April 28, 2017
Great Scott
1222 Commonwealth Ave. Allston, MA 02134
Doors @ 10pm | 21+ | $10