Call it envy, snobbery, or plain old honesty. But Jay Mote and Jimmy Kennedy of the Hothead Fiasco don't mince words when evaluating their more commercial peers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. "Well, the scenesters dismiss us as just another swing band, another Big Bad Voodoo Daddy," sniffs Kennedy. That band "did a good job of bringing that music to the public," Mote adds, "but they're not pushing the genre: It's always just the same jam in different keys. Our chord changes... More >>>
By Tony Nelson
Heads will roll: (clockwise from top left) Eric Nelson, Morris Engel, Frankie French, Randy Venaas, Jay Mote, and Jimmy Kennedy of the Hothead Fiasco