Interview with Sidewalk Driver’s Tad McKitterick
That’s right – another interview with a Champagne of Bands-mate. Today’s victim? Sidewalk Driver frontman Tad McKitterick:
Tad took a moment before his New York City show to answer a few of my stupid questions over email…
Brendan Boogie: I’ll start with the question that’s on everyone’s mind – what has been your favorite part about working with me?
Tad McKitterick: Your cologne is very appealing to me.
BB: You are the front man of the great Sidewalk Driver. In the Champagne of Bands, you had to share the stage with some of Boston’s most charismatic front men. I have a two-part question: a) What was it like to be so thoroughly outshined? and b) Are you going to cry about it?
TM: I don’t think of it as being outshined, I think of it as if I were, let’s say, Ron Jeremy, getting nailed by Jeff Stryker all whilst jerking-off Peter North. I mean everybody wins (except the audience). And yes I’m gonna cry about it. Tears of fuckin pure joy.
BB: Why don’t you give my lovely readers a brief history of your band and your creative endeavors over the past two decades or so.
TM: 2 decades ago I was 13. Singing Queensryche and Judas Priest songs in my bedroom. That’s pretty much stayed the same for the past 2 decades. Then came Sidewalk Driver.
BB: If you were to give each member of the Champagne of Bands a “For The Love of Ray J”-style nickname, what would they be?
TM: Bo – Lashes
Brendan – Fluffy
Cullen – Popeye
Duncan – Gatling
BB: What was your favorite memory of One Night Band?
TM: Other than the actual show, it would be Duncan saying “I’ve never written a song with ‘oohs’,” and Brendan replying “I’ve never written a song without them’.”
BB: Seriously, in a band full of frontmen, who do you think is the actual best frontman in the Champagne of Bands? No one’s reading this. It’s just between you and me, pal.
TM: I’m sure that Duncan, in his element, would be hard to top. So. Much. Intensity.
BB: Other than the Champagne of Bands reunion, what do you have in store in the future for us?
TM: An erotic/fun history facts calendar.
BB: What are you most looking forward to about this Tuesday’s Champagne of Bands reunion at the Middle East Upstairs?
TM: Wednesday.
Check out Sidewalk Driver’s excellent new album “For All The Boys and Girls,” available at the band’s website.
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