Slightly Stoopid @ Pipeline Cafe

Pau Hana Productions brings back Orange County's Slightly Stoopid for another show at Pipeline Cafe.

From the band's website:

"Slightly Stoopid, who are already into their second decade of rock n' roll, released their fifth album, Closer to the Sun, in 2005. Fusing acoustic rock and blues with reggae, hip-hop, and punk, they've cemented a signature sound and created a legion of die-hard fans in the process.

The band, whose D.I.Y. nature has seen them thumb their nose at more than a few major label record deals over the course of their career, released Closer to the Sun on their own imprint, Stoopid Records/Caliplates Recordings in conjunction with Reincarnate Records.

'It's all about the grass roots style,' explained Miles Doughty, one of the band's two front men. 'You've got to tough it out, got to get your hands dirty touring and making music. We have 100% creative control of what we do, and we've worked way too hard to have other people telling us how to do it. It's working, so we don't feel we need to change.'

Recorded in Redondo Beach, CA, Closer to the Sun is loaded with 20 tracks that both refine and cement the group's trademark sound. The album, which flows through a seamless mix of dubbed out funky blues, rock, and reggae, and a few clashes with old school punk, re-enlists production alumni and soundboard manipulators Miguel (Sublime, Long Beach Dub, Unwritten Law, Skunk Records), Philadelphonic/G-love & Special Sauce resident producer Chris D, and Dub Reggae legend (and King Tubby protégé) Scientist for the follow up to 2003's Everything You Need.'

Also on the bill is opening act Neken. Pretty talented group of guys... check out this Star-Bulletin story on the band from 2005.

Doors open at 6 p.m. tonight at Pipeline, with the show starting at 7 p.m. Remember, there's a 10 p.m. curfew for the concert, in order for Rick Rock's Foreplay Fridaze party to get started on time...