Cherry Poppin' Daddies Articles and Interviews


  • Eugene's Best -- April 6, 1989
  • Band Name Starts Controversy -- April 18, 1989
  • The Baddest Daddy -- August 9, 1990
  • Bad Daddies Fight Bad Reputation -- October 4, 1990
  • The Daddies are Poppin' Up from the Underground -- March 15, 1991
  • Pop Go the Daddies as Dean Smiles -- December 10-12, 1993
  • LA Weekly -- February 4-10, 1994
  • Daddies at DNA -- March 10, 1994
  • Reviews -- March 1994
  • Rockin' and Rollin' for a Good Cause -- April 6, 1994
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- May 1994
  • 20 Below: Favorites -- June 27, 1994
  • "Kids on the Street" reviews -- February 19, 1996
  • Band on the Run -- February 19, 1996
  • Poppin' Off -- December 5, 1996
  • Cover Story: The Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- August 13, 1997
  • Meet the Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- September 19, 1997
  • In Music We Trust -- 1997
  • Swing -- 1997/1998
  • Pop Your Cherry! -- 1998
  • SKAbpickers Zine -- 1998(?)
  • An Evening with the Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- 1998
  • Tangents Magazine interview -- 1998
  • Interview by Pete and Lisa of X-tra magazine -- 1998
  • Zoot Suit Riot -- 1998
  • 40's Jump Sound Isn't Only Trick in Group's Bag -- 1998
  • Universal Studios Chat Log -- March 17, 1998 (...heh...log...)
  • The Zoot Still Fits: Two Neo-Swing Hits -- April 7, 1998
  • Honolulu Star-Bulletin -- April 30, 1998
  • Chat-A-Log: Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- May 6, 1998
  • The Lord of the Swing Craze -- May 8 ,1998
  • Cover Story: Cherry Poppin' Daddies - No Mercy for Swine -- May 13, 1998
  • Totally LA Interview -- 1998
  • SPINonline Presents: Stephen Perry of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- June 16, 1998
  • Cherries on Top -- June 25, 1998
  • Interview by Clayton Hollifield -- July 7, 1998
  • Daddies Put the Cherry On Top of the Warped Tour -- July 17, 1998
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies Will Blow Your Mind -- July 28, 1998
  • The Zoot Suit Rioters' Steve Perry Checks in from St. Louis -- July 30, 1998
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- August 5, 1998
  • Interview with Steve -- 1998
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies Swing Back -- late summer-ish, 1998
  • The New Swing Thing -- 1998
  • Go Daddy-O -- fall 1998
  • Suddenly Famous Swing Kings are Far More Than Flavor of the Month -- September 6, 1998
  • Daddies Fine When Swing's the Thing, but Ska is Not -- November 29, 1998
  • Poppin' Off -- December 1, 1998
  • Daddies' Night -- December 24, 1998
  • Daddies Know Best -- late 1998(?)
  • Guitar Player Magazine -- 1999(?)
  • Amazon.com -- 1999(?)
  • Oregon's Sugar Daddies -- 1999
  • For the Record -- January 1999
  • Not Exactly Ulysses, but Cherry Poppin' Daddies Entertain Anyway -- February 20, 1999
  • AMC About the Movies: Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- April 1999
  • There's a Zoot Suit Riot Goin' On -- April 1999
  • Daddies' Day -- April 9, 1999
  • From The Tiger at Clemson -- April 9, 1999
  • Up Close and Personal with Daddies Front Man -- April 11, 1999
  • Daily News -- April 15, 1999
  • An Interview with Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- summer 1999
  • Volcano Magazine -- 1999/2000
  • Five Minutes with Steve Perry -- 2000
  • Steve Perry of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- 2000
  • Soul Daddies: Hometown Boys Play the Celebration Sunday -- September 14, 2000
  • Riotous Homecoming -- September 15, 2000
  • Daddies Bring it Home, Close Out Hot Festival -- September 18, 2000
  • Band Name Crude -- September 2000
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies: Soul Caddy -- September 2000
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies Review -- October 3, 2000
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies Unleash Their Soul Caddy -- October 16, 2000
  • Punk Poppin' Daddies -- October 23, 2000
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- November 2000
  • Listen Up, They've Got Something to Say -- November 2000
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies Fuse Caribbean Pop and Folk in Their Latest Release -- November 2, 2000
  • A Not So Cheery Cherry Daddy -- November 7, 2000
  • The Sandpoint, Idaho Interview -- August 2, 2002 (EXCLUSIVE TO DADDYWORLD)

    BONUS TIDBITS:

  • Once Around the Fountain, Then Into the Grave -- Official Press Bio, 1993
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies -- Member Biographies, 1993
  • Jason Moss's Warped Tour Journal -- 1998