Tad Kubler, guitarist with Americas Best Bar Band™ The Hold Steady joins us to answer the all important, and highly relevant 20 Questions….
1. Describe your sound in 3 words.
Rock and Roll
2. Diet coca-cola or normal coke?
Coke. But only if there’s bourbon in it.
3. What would be your ideal holiday?
Teaching my daughter how to surf in Hawaii.
4. Popcorn: sweet or salted?
Both.
5. What’s on your rider?
3 cases of beer, two bottles of whiskey, two bottles of red wine, exotic mood modifiers…
6. How do you get ready for a live show?
Stretching and drinking.
7. Favourite song to play live?
Stevie Nix
8. US or UK?
Two great tastes that go great together.
9. Who would win in a fight, a stoat or a goat and why?
What the fuck is a stoat?
10. What was the last album you bought?
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
11. What’s your pet hate?
Cats
12. Bob Dylan or Neil Young?
Usually Neil. But Bob has his time and a place.
13. Desert Island Disc? Pick only one.
Led Zeppelin II
14. What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
Hard to say. Pixies at the Metro in Chicago, 1991.
15. Favourite Pizza Topping?
Cheese
16. Do you read your own reviews?
Not usually.
17. Tell us a fact about yourself we probably don’t already know.
I love NBA basketball.
18. What new music are you currently listening to?
The Thermals. Big Sleep.
19. If you could travel back in time where would you set the dial?
The American Revolution or the American Wild West
20. Least favourite person in the universe.
Barry Bonds or Kobe Bryant
Links:
The Hold Steady [official site] [myspace]
Photograph by Kathryn Yu [website]
Download a live set from Lollapalooza 2006 [here]
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations (Live on The David Letterman Show)
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