Slightly Stoopid takes 'Stoned' on the road with Pepper

Slightly Stoopid 's latest album, "Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid," puts the group's diverse influences front-and-center, according to guitarist, bassist and vocalist Miles Doughty.

"It's a mixture of everything," Doughty said in an interview with LiveDaily. "It has some previously recorded tracks that we did from our last couple studio sessions and some new jams that we recorded down in Miami. It's like the staple of Slightly Stoopid: it has a little bit of every style of music that we do from the reggae, to the hip-hop, the blues music, punk rock, metal. It's like every sound of Stoopid in one."

The album, which includes the previously released EP of the same name, is the basis for Slightly Stoopid's tour with Pepper , which kicks off Aug. 1. Both bands are encouraging fans to make a day of it and tailgate in venues' parking lots.

"It's going to be nuts," he said. "You know how they tailgate at the football games? That's what it's going to look like."

Formed in the early 1990s, Slightly Stoopid began as a punk band and slowly made its way through other genres.

"I think just as you get older, as a musician, you broaden your horizons with a little bit of everything," Doughty said. "It went from being the heavier stuff to more jammin' music, to the reggae and blues to the hip-hop stuff."

The group was signed to Skunk Records when its members were in high school by now-deceased Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell, the onetime owner of the label.

"We were so stoked," Doughty said. "We were fans of Sublime. When they signed us to our label, it was like the band that you were listening to as a kid, that you looked up to, is helping us out, making your music. You couldn't be more happy at that point. It was pretty incredible. We were lucky, and it was awesome to get a foot in the door like that."

"Slightly Not Stoned Enough To Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid," the group's ninth release for the label, was produced in part by the Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary.

"He's awesome," Doughty said. "He's a killer guitar player and a really good vibe to be around. He's always smiling and just getting into everything you're doing while you're recording. It's just cool to be around him. He's incredible. Just a really good guy. He's got a good mind for music."

TOUR DATES
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August 2008
1 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
2 - Costa Mesa, CA - Pacific Amphitheatre
3 - Santa Barbara, CA - County Bowl
6 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheatre
7 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Amphitheatre
8 - Eugene, OR - Cuthbert Amphitheatre
9 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
10 - Truckee, CA - Truckee Regional Park Amphitheatre
13 - Butte, MT - Butte Amphitheatre
14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Great Saltair
15 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
16 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
20 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
21 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
22 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony Lot
23 - Philadelphia, PA - Penn's Landing
24 - Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Concert Series
27 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
28 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre
29 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
30 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre
31 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre

September 2008
2 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom (Slightly Stoopid and Expendables only)
3 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live (Slightly Stoopid and Expendables only)
5 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
6 - San Diego, CA - Open Air Theatre

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