June 10, 2025 • 17 mins
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When a band has been creating music together for nearly three decades, something magical happens. The creative chemistry becomes almost telepathic, transforming into what SuperJesus bassist Stu Rudd describes as "the DNA of both of us being in this band."
In this revealing conversation, Ruddy takes us behind the scenes of the recently released self-titled SuperJesus album and their extensive Australian and New Zealand tour, currently riding high on sold-out shows and enthusiastic fan response, the band demonstrates that their creative fire burns as brightly as ever.
The album represents a new pinnacle in the songwriting partnership between Stu and frontwoman Sarah McLeod, who have developed an intuitive musical connection that transcends words. "There were times when we would look at each other and we wouldn't talk, but we knew that we had to put a new chord in there," he explains, offering rare insight into their creative process.
The journey from their early days to becoming ARIA Award winners with platinum albums wasn't without challenges. With refreshing honesty, Rudd recalls the grueling work behind their "overnight" success – including rehearsing daily for 18 straight months. He reflects on how the band was often too busy with the practicalities of touring to fully appreciate their achievements at the time: "You guys are going platinum. Okay, yeah, well, we need petrol for the van because we're driving another 1,400 kilometres." Now, with the perspective of time, he can look back with well-earned pride at what they've built together. Between insights about the band, Stu also shares details about his work with supergroup The Filthy Animals and answers rapid-fire questions about his musical influences, favorite performances, and songs he wishes more people knew.
Whether you're a long-time fan or discovering The SuperJesus for the first time, this conversation offers a fascinating window into the mindset of musicians who continue to create vital, powerful music decades into their career.
Catch The SuperJesus on their current tour – tickets and dates available at superjesus.com.
What has Ruddy been up to lately? Let's find out!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
That Radio Chick Cheryl Lee here.
Welcome to the Still Rocking itpodcast where we'll have music
news, reviews and interviewswith some of our favourite
Australian musicians and artists.
Today we are talking tofounding member bass guitarist,
songwriter with the Super Juices, stewie Rudd, about the
recently released self-titledalbum and the accompanying tour.
(00:27):
Five singles released from thisalbum already Money.
We're Only In it For LoveLights Out.
We Won't Let Go Until it's Over.
Something Good and Dancing WithMyself.
And then the beautiful balladDiamonds accompanied the release
.
Let's hear all the gossip fromStewie Rudd.
(00:48):
To catch up on podcasts fromother favourite artists, simply
go to thatradiochipcomau.
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
trapping.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Like a trap.
I'm still catching up from amonth in the US doing Route 66
on the Harley.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yeah, that's right.
We were talking about it atGleeso, Kevin Borich and
Swanee's show.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Have you done it?
Did you say?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yes, same, we saw it on the highway in Chicago to LA
and, like you were saying, youlook across and it's like that
old, shitty road.
You know that's the originalroad there, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
How long ago did you guys do it?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
We did it years ago now, so when we did our first
tour of PUS and our third touryeah, that would have been 20
years ago.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Oh wow, who did you do it with?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
We did our first tour with the Jesus Lizard and then
we did Local H.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Oh yeah, Well, better get stuck into it then,
shouldn't we?
No worries, You'll be sure toleave that radio chicken.
I'd like to welcome into theZoom room once again Stu Rudd.
Yay from the Super Jesus,Thanks for popping in and
chatting to us Absolutely In themiddle of a tour, like two down
and seven or eight to go.
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, maybe more.
I mean New Zealand as well isnow on the radar.
Yeah, we're going to NewZealand in July as well, so
that's part of it.
So hopefully we sort of keepbuilding.
But yeah, first two down.
How did they go?
Great, well, we sold out Fridayand just about on Saturday
night.
So it was places were jumpingand we had a really good, you
(02:25):
know, audience sort ofparticipation with the new album
and everything else.
So it's been really good so far.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yeah, that's a good start.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So you're home now in between Sydney and Melbourne,
are you home?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, I'll fly home.
We all sort of do things.
Sarah will go and do maybe acouple of things she might do in
whatever state she goes to, andwe sort of get back together.
So we've been in Adelaiderehearsing for the week prior,
right.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
House of Sap.
Are you rehearsing at House?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
of Sap.
Normally it's House of Sap,yeah, that's our sort of go-to,
but.
But this time we sort of wentup to Drummer Ben Todd's place
and we sort of did it in hisstudio up there.
It was good and it was in thehills and it was very, very
quiet and lovely.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Nice, I was going to say with your tour, but it
sounds like there's more daysadded.
I was going to say you savedthe best till last because the
last one I've got is thebridgeway here in Adelaide.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, okay, so we've got Tasmania after that and then
New Zealand after Tasmania.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
No rest for the wicked then?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Oh, not at this point no, and we're quite happy with
that too, so it's really goodyeah.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Am I right in like is the bridgeway your um stomping
ground?
Are you from out that way?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I am, you know, I used to go and see, I used to go
down there, I used to walk downthere and when I had enough
sort of pocket money and a lot,I'd go and see there's like
almost human down there and youknow, just just sort of be
around the scene just to hangout.
Really.
Yeah, it was good.
I got a lot of education downthat way.
How?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
old, are you steve?
I am 55 years old yeah, so I'mfive years older and I'm from
that way as well, and I startedthe Bridgeway before I was
allowed to go to the Bridgeway.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Yes, yes, totally, I'm hearing you there, so we may
very well, have been at some ofthe same gigs.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
It was every Thursday , friday, saturday night, and
sometimes we'd go back for aSunday session.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, part of the rite of passage wasn't it to get
down there underage or whatever?
Yeah, totally Forward to it.
You know we've played the Gov afew times and we love the Gov.
For me up this way, it was theBridgeway, so I like to go there
and then switch it up and we'llgo to the Gov next time.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Bridgeway.
I don't know if I have.
I think I've plenty of time atthe Gubb and other places, so
it'll be fun.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, back in time it will be fun.
Yeah, yeah, totally right, july5th, so it's not too far away,
is it?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I hadn't been to the Bridgeway for quite a few years,
you know, because I was busyhaving five children and all of
what that entails.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
You've got five children.
Have you Really?
Yeah, wow, you know I was outof action for quite a while
raising them.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
And then, when I went out to the bridgeway for the
first time in 20 years, itchanged a little bit, but when?
I walked into the ladies'bathroom, I literally was like I
was in a time warp.
Yeah, yeah, right, because thebathroom was exactly the same
and suddenly I'm rememberedholding my girlfriend's hair.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Oh God.
Girlfriend's holding's hair, ohgod yeah, isn't that hilarious,
such a rush of nostalgicmemories.
Anyway, enough about that youare listening to still rocking
it the podcast with cheryl leetime for a break and a song.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I'm going to play diamonds, not just because it's
the newest, but it's a brilliantsong.
I'm sure you'll love it as muchas I do From their new album
self-titled the Super Jesus.
Here they are with Diamonds.
We'll be back to speak to Ruddyand I promise we'll get back on
track and talk about the newalbum and the tour and other
musical stuffs.
Standing at the crossroadswaiting for a sign to make a
(06:00):
move.
Years I've been running.
Now I'm running out of things.
I've got to prove this newalbum newish album full of a
plethora of amazing new songs.
I'm going to ask you to go backin time a little bit.
When did you realise at firstthat you had a knack of writing?
(06:21):
a good rock song.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Oh well, yeah, collectively, as a band or
individually.
Yeah well, I've always played,so I've always written, and I've
always been happy to be a teamplayer and sit back and do
everyone else's music.
But I had stuff that I'dwritten.
Once I started to apply it tothe guys, they're like oh man,
we can work on that.
It sounds great.
Hence, you know, maybesomething like Stick Together or
(06:44):
From Jet Age, you know.
So it was back then really thatI started to really, you know,
want to be involved in writingsongs.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yeah, there's been some pretty impressive stuff
said about this album um after30 years of crafting your sound,
the songwriting partnership ofyou and sarah has truly found
its sweet spot.
Your writing partnership hasblossomed into a fantastic place
to be creative so how would yousay that your songwriting has
(07:11):
evolved since those first albumsto this latest album?
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I think it's.
It's, for starters, primarilyit's our songwriting partnership
together.
We've always been writing withother people to start with, and
it just started to blossom inthe dna, as you keep going, the
dna of both of us being in thisband for what next year would
almost be 30, 30 years.
Yeah, it's just one of thosethings.
It's the DNA of it, and youknow what was happening.
(07:37):
There was times when we wouldlook at each other and we
wouldn't talk, but we knew thatwe had to put a new chord in
there.
We knew which chord to go to.
So it was things like that.
It was just intuitive, you know, and it's just been great ever
since.
So we're just working on it andwe're happy with it and we're
letting it be what it wants tobe.
So, yeah, we're not sort ofputting any pressure on
ourselves to do it, we're justwriting.
(07:58):
I think for this album we wroteabout 40 songs and we recorded
what 30, 40 minutes worth, youknow.
So 10 songs, yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Like an old married couple.
You just intuitively know whateach other's thinking.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Absolutely, yeah, intuitively know what each
other's thinking.
Absolutely, yeah, it gets likethat and it was so.
Growing up, you sort of you gothrough all those volatile years
and all the rest of it and thenwhen you start to sort of be
involved with it for for a fewyears now you know 20 odd years
or whatever you you learn toaccept and be patient and
understand, I think, um, thedynamics of bands and that's
(08:32):
that's because being puttogether in a band in a
situation like we've been, youknow you go into it's not normal
.
Really, there's something notnormal about it, but you learn
to cope all together and we'vebeen lucky enough that we're
coping very well.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And you've matured like a fine bit of cheese.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, yeah, a bit of old cheese.
That's right, that's us.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
When you look back on these successes, three classic
albums, Sumo, Jet Age, Rock.
Music two went Platinums, threetimes ARIA Award winners, south
Australian Music Hall of Fame.
What do you think when youthink back on all of those
successes now that you've got somature?
Speaker 2 (09:11):
It's lovely, do you know?
Now you sort of sit back andit's only now that I've allowed
myself.
I'd suggest McLeod's, the sameSarah is you do look back on
those achievements and go wow,because after time you have your
head down, it's like you guysare going platinum.
Okay, yeah, well, we needpetrol for the van because we're
driving another 1,400kilometres.
You know it sort of doesn'tregister, but to sit back at the
(09:35):
minute it's lovely, it islovely and I go is that real?
You know, is it real?
Did it happen?
You know, because I was justhaving a great time all the way
through.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
You know a lot of it, so yeah, yeah, and like you say
, you had your head down andyour bum up.
Oh yeah, in it oh big time, bigtime.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Working, working, working.
Yeah, we were rehearsing, likewe rehearsed every day for 18
months straight, every day.
Yeah, how did you make it Foryou kiddies at home?
And you say, how did you guysget so lucky?
Well, we rehearsed every day.
That's what we did.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Yeah, you had instant success after 20 years of
rehearsing.
Oh yeah, totally right.
Yeah, definitely Still rockingthat podcast with that radio
chick, cheryl Lee.
Let's have a song now from thatalbum, jet Age, that Stewie
said.
Their songwriting sort ofstarted coming together.
Here's my favourite Gravity,and we're back to speak some
(10:39):
more to Stew after that.
In the promo photos for theDiamond single yeah, you guys
scrub up, all right, you alllook pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
For anyone who hasn't seen it we shot that at the
Woodville Town Hall and theywere fantastic.
They were really good.
They opened the doors for usand let us use everything.
When we walked in, we hadn'treally talked to each other
about what we were wearing.
We kind of said, yeah, a bit ofa theme.
When we walked in, I was like,oh my God, look at you guys.
Do you know what?
I've seen you guys like thisbefore, and that's including
Sarah, of course.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You guys look like movie stars it almost looks
professional, doesn't it?
You nailed it.
Get onto the Google-o-meter.
Where's?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
the best place.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Superjesuscom to grab their tickets in their town.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Absolutely.
Yeah, just go to the website.
All the links are there foreach city and it's really easy.
You just click on and say howmany tickets you want, or
whatever.
Just click on and say how manytickets you want, or whatever.
So yeah, jump on and it'spretty reasonably priced.
I think it's about $45 orsomething and we try to keep it
down fairly low Enough that wecan tour at the same time and
get you know the production andeveryone around.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Yes, and the full list of dates are there as well.
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Of course you know I was the number one ticket holder
, bought my ticket on day one,so bought my ticket on day one,
so I can see you down the frontof the bridgeway.
Oh, fantastic, Good on you.
You're a legend.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
We've spoken a few times before.
What can I ask, stu?
I haven't asked you before.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
You've always come up with very good ones.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I've got 10 quick ones now.
Oh, okay, are you game?
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yep, no worries, I'm game.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Favourite song of all time.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Favourite song of all time, all Along Watchtower.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Favourite recording band of all time.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Oh, I would probably say the Rolling Stones.
Best live band you've ever seen, oh that would be a toss-up
between the Stones and perhapsIn Excess yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
The most influential artist on your career, oh it
would have to be Kiss.
Alive or dead.
Who would you most like tocollaborate with, given the
chance?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Oh well, you know, I'd have to say Jimi Hendrix
would have to be in there,definitely yes, what piece of
advice have you received thathas been invaluable to you?
I think just, you know, alwaysstrive for the best, whatever
you can afford, and in fact thatwas Tim Ferriss who said that
to me.
Yeah, yeah, always strive forthe best and whatever you can
afford, the best money you canafford, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
From InXS Correct Good advice.
Favourite song to perform rightnow.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
No, I would say Starlight.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
What would you say has been the most challenging
thing of your career so far?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
I would say the good question, just the lack of sleep
.
That's the most challengingthing there is.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Dealing with sleep deprivation.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Oh shit, yeah, yeah, crazy.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And lastly, number 10 , a Super Jesus song that you
wish more people heard.
I won't use the word underrated, but yeah, I know what you're
saying.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah, I think some of the early on tracks from Eight
Step Rail or perhaps on Sumo,some of the other deeper cuts
are quite good.
Something like Sink or HoneyRide is a great song.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yeah Well that was good.
That didn't hurt, did it?
Speaker 2 (13:55):
No, that didn't hurt at all, that was a good one.
You are listening to StillRocking it, the podcast with
Cheryl.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Lee.
We're going to play that songnow, one that doesn't get enough
airplay Honey Rider from theSumo album.
And then we're back to talk toStewie about his boy band.
His carousel with its paintedsilver shell shines deep.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
You know, I've got the Filthy Animals coming up.
Oh, of course, yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
That's at the Clovey, is it?
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Correct?
August the 2nd?
I think, yeah, that's at theClovey, is it Correct?
August the 2nd?
I think, yeah, yeah, august the2nd.
And good players Like great funto be around One of those bands
where you go.
You know KJ from the originalDragons, you know you're playing
April Sun in Cuba or whatever.
He's the guy that was theoriginal recording.
Wow, wow, wow, I know.
(14:52):
And Rain, you know the songRain, like he's the drummer and
you look across and then there'sDave Leslie from Baby Animals
and he wrote all those fantasticsongs also.
So I'm just sort of likesitting there going, wow, what's
a schmuck like me doing here?
You know it's great.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
It's like a super group.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah, it's really good fun, really good fun.
It's all great classics ofsongs.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Who was I talking to the other day?
Richard Champion, but he's notcoming to Adelaide, though, is
he?
Speaker 2 (15:23):
We've got Danny from the Poor and Pete from.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Oh, Pete Robinson.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Yes From Electric Mary.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Electric Mary and Russell Morris.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
That's right, good work.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I've got tickets to Electric Mary because they're
doing their last hurrah.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
They are at the Gov, is that right?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's soon, isn't it?
Yeah, any day now.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Yeah, so just playing with people, that for me with
the animal band, it's just goodfun and it's a nice sidestep for
me with the Super Jesus sort ofthing and then doing something
like that for fun as well it's agreat Change is as good as a
holiday, don't they say?
They reckon yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
It doesn't sound like you're getting much of a
holiday right now.
That's it.
I hope you can get a bit ofsleep before heading back
interstate.
I'll look forward to seeing youup front at the Bridgeway,
possibly at the front at thebridgeway, possibly at the front
at clovey as well.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
All the best thank you, I appreciate it.
Go have an easy time I will, Iwill, absolutely definitely.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
All right, thank you bye for now, still rocking the
podcast with that radio chick,cheryl lee.
Let's have a song from stew'sother band, his boy band, his
super group, the Filthy AnimalsCatch them at the Clovey.
Here they are with the originaldrummer of the original Dragon,
with Rain You're with CherylLee, that radio chick.
(16:52):
Thank you so much for joiningme on the Still Rocking it
podcast.
Hope to catch you again nexttime.
Get out when you can supportAussie music and I'll see you
down the front.
That Radio Chick Cheryl Lee here.
Welcome to the Still Rocking itpodcast where we'll have music
news, reviews and interviewswith some of our favourite
Australian musicians and artists.
Today we are talking tofounding member bass guitarist,
songwriter with the Super Juices, stewie Rudd, about the
recently released self-titledalbum and the accompanying tour.
(00:27):
Five singles released from thisalbum already Money.
We're Only In it For LoveLights Out.
We Won't Let Go Until it's Over.
Something Good and Dancing WithMyself.
And then the beautiful balladDiamonds accompanied the release
.
Let's hear all the gossip fromStewie Rudd.
(00:48):
To catch up on podcasts fromother favourite artists, simply
go to thatradiochipcomau.
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
trapping.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Like a trap.
I'm still catching up from amonth in the US doing Route 66
on the Harley.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yeah, that's right.
We were talking about it atGleeso, Kevin Borich and
Swanee's show.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Have you done it?
Did you say?
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yes, same, we saw it on the highway in Chicago to LA
and, like you were saying, youlook across and it's like that
old, shitty road.
You know that's the originalroad there, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
How long ago did you guys do it?
Speaker 2 (01:25):
We did it years ago now, so when we did our first
tour of PUS and our third touryeah, that would have been 20
years ago.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Oh wow, who did you do it with?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
We did our first tour with the Jesus Lizard and then
we did Local H.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Oh yeah, Well, better get stuck into it then,
shouldn't we?
No worries, You'll be sure toleave that radio chicken.
I'd like to welcome into theZoom room once again Stu Rudd.
Yay from the Super Jesus,Thanks for popping in and
chatting to us Absolutely In themiddle of a tour, like two down
and seven or eight to go.
Is that right?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, maybe more.
I mean New Zealand as well isnow on the radar.
Yeah, we're going to NewZealand in July as well, so
that's part of it.
So hopefully we sort of keepbuilding.
But yeah, first two down.
How did they go?
Great, well, we sold out Fridayand just about on Saturday
night.
So it was places were jumpingand we had a really good, you
(02:25):
know, audience sort ofparticipation with the new album
and everything else.
So it's been really good so far.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yeah, that's a good start.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So you're home now in between Sydney and Melbourne,
are you home?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, I'll fly home.
We all sort of do things.
Sarah will go and do maybe acouple of things she might do in
whatever state she goes to, andwe sort of get back together.
So we've been in Adelaiderehearsing for the week prior,
right.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
House of Sap.
Are you rehearsing at House?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
of Sap.
Normally it's House of Sap,yeah, that's our sort of go-to,
but.
But this time we sort of wentup to Drummer Ben Todd's place
and we sort of did it in hisstudio up there.
It was good and it was in thehills and it was very, very
quiet and lovely.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Nice, I was going to say with your tour, but it
sounds like there's more daysadded.
I was going to say you savedthe best till last because the
last one I've got is thebridgeway here in Adelaide.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, okay, so we've got Tasmania after that and then
New Zealand after Tasmania.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
No rest for the wicked then?
Speaker 2 (03:27):
Oh, not at this point no, and we're quite happy with
that too, so it's really goodyeah.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Am I right in like is the bridgeway your um stomping
ground?
Are you from out that way?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I am, you know, I used to go and see, I used to go
down there, I used to walk downthere and when I had enough
sort of pocket money and a lot,I'd go and see there's like
almost human down there and youknow, just just sort of be
around the scene just to hangout.
Really.
Yeah, it was good.
I got a lot of education downthat way.
How?
Speaker 1 (03:54):
old, are you steve?
I am 55 years old yeah, so I'mfive years older and I'm from
that way as well, and I startedthe Bridgeway before I was
allowed to go to the Bridgeway.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Yes, yes, totally, I'm hearing you there, so we may
very well, have been at some ofthe same gigs.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
It was every Thursday , friday, saturday night, and
sometimes we'd go back for aSunday session.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, part of the rite of passage wasn't it to get
down there underage or whatever?
Yeah, totally Forward to it.
You know we've played the Gov afew times and we love the Gov.
For me up this way, it was theBridgeway, so I like to go there
and then switch it up and we'llgo to the Gov next time.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Bridgeway.
I don't know if I have.
I think I've plenty of time atthe Gubb and other places, so
it'll be fun.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Yeah, back in time it will be fun.
Yeah, yeah, totally right, july5th, so it's not too far away,
is it?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I hadn't been to the Bridgeway for quite a few years,
you know, because I was busyhaving five children and all of
what that entails.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
You've got five children.
Have you Really?
Yeah, wow, you know I was outof action for quite a while
raising them.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
And then, when I went out to the bridgeway for the
first time in 20 years, itchanged a little bit, but when?
I walked into the ladies'bathroom, I literally was like I
was in a time warp.
Yeah, yeah, right, because thebathroom was exactly the same
and suddenly I'm rememberedholding my girlfriend's hair.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Oh God.
Girlfriend's holding's hair, ohgod yeah, isn't that hilarious,
such a rush of nostalgicmemories.
Anyway, enough about that youare listening to still rocking
it the podcast with cheryl leetime for a break and a song.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I'm going to play diamonds, not just because it's
the newest, but it's a brilliantsong.
I'm sure you'll love it as muchas I do From their new album
self-titled the Super Jesus.
Here they are with Diamonds.
We'll be back to speak to Ruddyand I promise we'll get back on
track and talk about the newalbum and the tour and other
musical stuffs.
Standing at the crossroadswaiting for a sign to make a
(06:00):
move.
Years I've been running.
Now I'm running out of things.
I've got to prove this newalbum newish album full of a
plethora of amazing new songs.
I'm going to ask you to go backin time a little bit.
When did you realise at firstthat you had a knack of writing?
(06:21):
a good rock song.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Oh well, yeah, collectively, as a band or
individually.
Yeah well, I've always played,so I've always written, and I've
always been happy to be a teamplayer and sit back and do
everyone else's music.
But I had stuff that I'dwritten.
Once I started to apply it tothe guys, they're like oh man,
we can work on that.
It sounds great.
Hence, you know, maybesomething like Stick Together or
(06:44):
From Jet Age, you know.
So it was back then really thatI started to really, you know,
want to be involved in writingsongs.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yeah, there's been some pretty impressive stuff
said about this album um after30 years of crafting your sound,
the songwriting partnership ofyou and sarah has truly found
its sweet spot.
Your writing partnership hasblossomed into a fantastic place
to be creative so how would yousay that your songwriting has
(07:11):
evolved since those first albumsto this latest album?
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I think it's.
It's, for starters, primarilyit's our songwriting partnership
together.
We've always been writing withother people to start with, and
it just started to blossom inthe dna, as you keep going, the
dna of both of us being in thisband for what next year would
almost be 30, 30 years.
Yeah, it's just one of thosethings.
It's the DNA of it, and youknow what was happening.
(07:37):
There was times when we wouldlook at each other and we
wouldn't talk, but we knew thatwe had to put a new chord in
there.
We knew which chord to go to.
So it was things like that.
It was just intuitive, you know, and it's just been great ever
since.
So we're just working on it andwe're happy with it and we're
letting it be what it wants tobe.
So, yeah, we're not sort ofputting any pressure on
ourselves to do it, we're justwriting.
(07:58):
I think for this album we wroteabout 40 songs and we recorded
what 30, 40 minutes worth, youknow.
So 10 songs, yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Like an old married couple.
You just intuitively know whateach other's thinking.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Absolutely, yeah, intuitively know what each
other's thinking.
Absolutely, yeah, it gets likethat and it was so.
Growing up, you sort of you gothrough all those volatile years
and all the rest of it and thenwhen you start to sort of be
involved with it for for a fewyears now you know 20 odd years
or whatever you you learn toaccept and be patient and
understand, I think, um, thedynamics of bands and that's
(08:32):
that's because being puttogether in a band in a
situation like we've been, youknow you go into it's not normal
.
Really, there's something notnormal about it, but you learn
to cope all together and we'vebeen lucky enough that we're
coping very well.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And you've matured like a fine bit of cheese.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Yeah, yeah, a bit of old cheese.
That's right, that's us.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
When you look back on these successes, three classic
albums, Sumo, Jet Age, Rock.
Music two went Platinums, threetimes ARIA Award winners, south
Australian Music Hall of Fame.
What do you think when youthink back on all of those
successes now that you've got somature?
Speaker 2 (09:11):
It's lovely, do you know?
Now you sort of sit back andit's only now that I've allowed
myself.
I'd suggest McLeod's, the sameSarah is you do look back on
those achievements and go wow,because after time you have your
head down, it's like you guysare going platinum.
Okay, yeah, well, we needpetrol for the van because we're
driving another 1,400kilometres.
You know it sort of doesn'tregister, but to sit back at the
(09:35):
minute it's lovely, it islovely and I go is that real?
You know, is it real?
Did it happen?
You know, because I was justhaving a great time all the way
through.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
You know a lot of it, so yeah, yeah, and like you say
, you had your head down andyour bum up.
Oh yeah, in it oh big time, bigtime.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Working, working, working.
Yeah, we were rehearsing, likewe rehearsed every day for 18
months straight, every day.
Yeah, how did you make it Foryou kiddies at home?
And you say, how did you guysget so lucky?
Well, we rehearsed every day.
That's what we did.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Yeah, you had instant success after 20 years of
rehearsing.
Oh yeah, totally right.
Yeah, definitely Still rockingthat podcast with that radio
chick, cheryl Lee.
Let's have a song now from thatalbum, jet Age, that Stewie
said.
Their songwriting sort ofstarted coming together.
Here's my favourite Gravity,and we're back to speak some
(10:39):
more to Stew after that.
In the promo photos for theDiamond single yeah, you guys
scrub up, all right, you alllook pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
For anyone who hasn't seen it we shot that at the
Woodville Town Hall and theywere fantastic.
They were really good.
They opened the doors for usand let us use everything.
When we walked in, we hadn'treally talked to each other
about what we were wearing.
We kind of said, yeah, a bit ofa theme.
When we walked in, I was like,oh my God, look at you guys.
Do you know what?
I've seen you guys like thisbefore, and that's including
Sarah, of course.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
You guys look like movie stars it almost looks
professional, doesn't it?
You nailed it.
Get onto the Google-o-meter.
Where's?
Speaker 2 (11:18):
the best place.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Superjesuscom to grab their tickets in their town.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
Absolutely.
Yeah, just go to the website.
All the links are there foreach city and it's really easy.
You just click on and say howmany tickets you want, or
whatever.
Just click on and say how manytickets you want, or whatever.
So yeah, jump on and it'spretty reasonably priced.
I think it's about $45 orsomething and we try to keep it
down fairly low Enough that wecan tour at the same time and
get you know the production andeveryone around.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
Yes, and the full list of dates are there as well.
Awesome.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Of course you know I was the number one ticket holder
, bought my ticket on day one,so bought my ticket on day one,
so I can see you down the frontof the bridgeway.
Oh, fantastic, Good on you.
You're a legend.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
We've spoken a few times before.
What can I ask, stu?
I haven't asked you before.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
You've always come up with very good ones.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I've got 10 quick ones now.
Oh, okay, are you game?
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yep, no worries, I'm game.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Favourite song of all time.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Favourite song of all time, all Along Watchtower.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Favourite recording band of all time.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Oh, I would probably say the Rolling Stones.
Best live band you've ever seen, oh that would be a toss-up
between the Stones and perhapsIn Excess yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
The most influential artist on your career, oh it
would have to be Kiss.
Alive or dead.
Who would you most like tocollaborate with, given the
chance?
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Oh well, you know, I'd have to say Jimi Hendrix
would have to be in there,definitely yes, what piece of
advice have you received thathas been invaluable to you?
I think just, you know, alwaysstrive for the best, whatever
you can afford, and in fact thatwas Tim Ferriss who said that
to me.
Yeah, yeah, always strive forthe best and whatever you can
afford, the best money you canafford, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
From InXS Correct Good advice.
Favourite song to perform rightnow.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
No, I would say Starlight.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
What would you say has been the most challenging
thing of your career so far?
Speaker 2 (13:12):
I would say the good question, just the lack of sleep
.
That's the most challengingthing there is.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Dealing with sleep deprivation.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Oh shit, yeah, yeah, crazy.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And lastly, number 10 , a Super Jesus song that you
wish more people heard.
I won't use the word underrated, but yeah, I know what you're
saying.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah, I think some of the early on tracks from Eight
Step Rail or perhaps on Sumo,some of the other deeper cuts
are quite good.
Something like Sink or HoneyRide is a great song.
Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yeah Well that was good.
That didn't hurt, did it?
Speaker 2 (13:55):
No, that didn't hurt at all, that was a good one.
You are listening to StillRocking it, the podcast with
Cheryl.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
Lee.
We're going to play that songnow, one that doesn't get enough
airplay Honey Rider from theSumo album.
And then we're back to talk toStewie about his boy band.
His carousel with its paintedsilver shell shines deep.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
You know, I've got the Filthy Animals coming up.
Oh, of course, yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
That's at the Clovey, is it?
Speaker 2 (14:32):
Correct?
August the 2nd?
I think, yeah, that's at theClovey, is it Correct?
August the 2nd?
I think, yeah, yeah, august the2nd.
And good players Like great funto be around One of those bands
where you go.
You know KJ from the originalDragons, you know you're playing
April Sun in Cuba or whatever.
He's the guy that was theoriginal recording.
Wow, wow, wow, I know.
(14:52):
And Rain, you know the songRain, like he's the drummer and
you look across and then there'sDave Leslie from Baby Animals
and he wrote all those fantasticsongs also.
So I'm just sort of likesitting there going, wow, what's
a schmuck like me doing here?
You know it's great.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
It's like a super group.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah, it's really good fun, really good fun.
It's all great classics ofsongs.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Who was I talking to the other day?
Richard Champion, but he's notcoming to Adelaide, though, is
he?
Speaker 2 (15:23):
We've got Danny from the Poor and Pete from.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Oh, Pete Robinson.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Yes From Electric Mary.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
Electric Mary and Russell Morris.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
That's right, good work.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I've got tickets to Electric Mary because they're
doing their last hurrah.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
They are at the Gov, is that right?
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's soon, isn't it?
Yeah, any day now.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Yeah, so just playing with people, that for me with
the animal band, it's just goodfun and it's a nice sidestep for
me with the Super Jesus sort ofthing and then doing something
like that for fun as well it's agreat Change is as good as a
holiday, don't they say?
They reckon yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
It doesn't sound like you're getting much of a
holiday right now.
That's it.
I hope you can get a bit ofsleep before heading back
interstate.
I'll look forward to seeing youup front at the Bridgeway,
possibly at the front at thebridgeway, possibly at the front
at clovey as well.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
All the best thank you, I appreciate it.
Go have an easy time I will, Iwill, absolutely definitely.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
All right, thank you bye for now, still rocking the
podcast with that radio chick,cheryl lee.
Let's have a song from stew'sother band, his boy band, his
super group, the Filthy AnimalsCatch them at the Clovey.
Here they are with the originaldrummer of the original Dragon,
with Rain You're with CherylLee, that radio chick.
(16:52):
Thank you so much for joiningme on the Still Rocking it
podcast.
Hope to catch you again nexttime.
Get out when you can supportAussie music and I'll see you
down the front.
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