“My brother, Tommy, who wrote ‘ Ain’t So Kind ’ is more like the AC/DC, Guns and Roses, hard rock influence. "So far with our songs, we've been getting different sounds because we've been independently writing them probably 70% of the way before bringing them to the band,” explained Mike. We're definitely doing a lot of the face exercises and everything.”īilly and Mike feel that Supermutt’s sound is an equal blend of all the band member’s musical influences. We know that our faces, unfortunately, won't drag all the attention but the little kid’s or puppy’s faces might. “But we kind of sneak music in the background when they're noticing the cute puppies. “I guess now we have like five dogs between everyone in the band and we’re trying to exploit them as much as possible and become very famous on the fact that they are the face of the band,” Mike joked. ‘Oh, man, that would be a cool band name.’”
Supermutt grabbed their name from a dog DNA test for Mike's puppy which showed that little Freddie Mercury was “5% supermutt.” Mike stated, “I didn't know what that meant at the time, but Bill said. As Billy said, “There’s always a little bit of a slapstick comedy aspect to everything we do.” (Since there's no visual to a podcast, I thought I’d point out that the frequent microphone references were because Billy and Mike passed a dead mic back and forth throughout the entire interview just for effect.) I highly encourage you to listen to this podcast episode in its entirety as we laughed our way through the entire recording. I had the pleasure recently of chatting with Mike and Billy about their influences, new tunes, the songwriting process, and their extended family of humans and pups. Supermutt has cornered the market on a signature rock and roll sound that is sometimes punkish, sometimes bluesy, and very often soulfully lyrical. They have three standout rock and roll singles with four more on the way and if I’m being completely honest, I cannot wait to hear them. įormerly a cover band and pretty new to producing original music, Supermutt is Billy (Vocals), Tommy (Lead Guitar), Mike (Bass Guitar), Matt (Percussion), and Josh (Rhythm Guitar).
One of my moments was the first time I heard “ Ain’t So Kind ” by the band, Supermutt. Every music lover has a handful of “holy crap, they’re awesome!” moments they can readily recall when they heard a band for the first time and immediately fell in love with the sound.