Love (Garrett Dutton) and onstage, with the Marley family, Snoop Dogg, and Cypress Hill. The ensemble’s diversity and repertoire encouraged charmed collaborations in the studio, such as with reggae legend Barrington Levy, G. Subsequently, the band expanded, welcoming drummer Ryan Moran, as well as percussionist Oguer “OG” Ocon from The B-Side Players and a horn section from John Brown’s Body of C-Money on trumpet and Daniel “Dela” Delacruz on saxophone. A 40-minute acoustic, one-take, liveradio set captured at San Diego’s Rock 105.3 studio, the album demonstrated a profound strength of songwriting and vocals that inspired favorable comparisons to Dave Matthews Band and Jack Johnson. “They would tell us: ‘Don’t be scared, keep grinding, and build that organic fanbase.’”Īn early breakthrough came in 2001, Doughty and McDonald issued Acoustic Roots: Live and Direct, selfreleased on their own newly formed indie label, Stoopid Records. “Brad and Miguel would always tell us that, to make a name for yourself, you have to get in the van 200-plus days a year,” said Doughty in a December 2018 interview. Persistently they ticked off the miles up and down the West Coast, venturing east to Colorado ski towns, playing a circuit of small clubs to small but enthusiastic crowds slowly increasing in size each time around. The band’s first two albums generated regional buzz and motivated the three-piece to load up the van and hit the road. ![]() The surf-inspired follow-up, The Longest Barrel Ride, came in 1998, also on Skunk. Though Nowell had passed away shortly before the record’s release, fittingly he appeared, posthumously, on the song, “Prophet.” In 1996, they released their debut studio album, the punk-inflected, eponymously titled Slightly Stoopid. He endorsed them to Michael “Miguel” Happoldt, co-founder of Skunk, who agreed to record the band at Sublime’s Fake Nightclub studio in Long Beach. Nowell quickly became a champion of the group’s precocious talents, inviting them to play, and signing Slightly Stoopid to his label, Skunk Records. In the mid1990s they attended Point Loma High School and formed Slightly Stoopid, playing their first gig- a punky and subversive lunchtime set on the quad- that earned them a trip to the vice-principal’s office and a reprimand for the trio’s explicit lyrics.Īs ambitious high school students, they played house parties and small clubs, and met Sublime’s Bradley Nowell after attending one of his band’s shows. By age 11 they had their first acoustic guitars, bonding over Metallica, Megadeth, and Mötley Crüe. The duo has repeatedly created lasting artistic statements despite a music industry that too often prioritizes style over substance.ĭoughty and McDonald grew up together in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego. It’s the story of a duo that has not just survived, but thrived, as “brothers from other mothers”- keeping true to their authenticity, throughout two decades of relentless touring, and evolved songwriting. It’s the story of Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald, two musicians determined to succeed on their own terms, creating a multi-genre fusion of rock, reggae and blues with hip-hop, funk, American folk, metal, and punk. ![]() The story of Slightly Stoopid, at its core, is one of brotherhood.
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