SPINspy: Hey everybody...We're going to be chatting with the Cherry Poppin' Daddies in just a few minutes... They are on tour right now and will be out as headliners on the Warped Tour this summer....

Stephen Perry is on the phone right now, so let's get started! Welcome Stephen! The first question will come from me.... Where are you calling from tonight?

Stephen Perry: I'm on my couch in Eugene, Oregon, looking out my window at the sun. It's still sunny here right now.

SPINspy: Do you have a show tonight?

Stephen Perry: Nope -- I'm off. This is probably about the only day I'll have off this year, just about.

SPINspy: KrisPimp6:
Question: Hey your guys rock! I'm gonna check you guys out at Warped Tour... Can't Wait. Hey do you have any advise for a 12 year old male that wants to be a ska star just like you. Thanks Alot.. Brandon Locher

Stephen Perry: I think that the secret is to not try and be anything. Do your own thing -- that's what we did. When everybody else is trying to copy somebody else, you stick out more by being yourself.

Question: Where did you come up with the name for your band?

Stephen Perry: Well, a friend of ours suggested it after we needed a name for our first show and we didn't have one. We thought it swung but it was funnyand ridiculous at the same time. We thought our career would last two shows so we didn't think we'd have that name for long. Being young we didn't expect anyone to be upset by it.

SPINspy: AFitchJCr:
Question: What was the worst thing you ever did as a kid, and did you get grounded?

Stephen Perry: You know, I wasn't that bad. My parents both worked so I was a free-roaming kid. I did whatever I wanted -- no supervision. So I never got grounded but it taught me a lot about the world -- about how people are -- because I met people I would have not met if I had not been one of those dirty kids who pokes his head in the back of restaurants. I found out early about people's vices and virtues.

SPINspy: Eclips575:
Question: What bands do you enjoy most that you are playin with at warped? By the way i can't wait to see ya again...

Stephen Perry: This bill is just super-awesome. I like nearly every band: Bad Religion, Rancid, Rev. Horton Heat, Hep Cat, and Ozomatli...

SPINspy: K2senateS:
Question: Do you guys have your own catalog of stuff or zine? and how can I get to a fan club for you guys?

Stephen Perry: I think there might be one on the Web page. There's upcoming stuff there.

SPINspy: What's the web address?

Stephen Perry: Daddies@bitech.com

SPINspy: Cgifer420:
Question: I remember when you guys were in Ashland playing with 5th Business on my birthday just a while ago, then I heard you on the radio! Do you think your fame is going too fast to last?

Stephen Perry: It's not something I'm really too concerned about. We're doing the same thing we've been doing for 10 years. It just happens that people are starting to play some of our songs on the radio now.

SPINspy: You said that you didn't think your name would cause a ruckus...What's the worst reaction you've gotten from anyone?

Stephen Perry: I'm not very well liked in my hometown. People throw sh*t at me sometime. There are bumper stickers in Eugene that say "If you're not offended, you're not paying attention." There's a general feeling of "I don't like Steven Perry." It's good in a way. It makes the couch in my apartment seem all the more soft. No reason to go outside....

SPINspy: Well, we like you.

SPINspy: Swingvig:
Question: How did you guys discover swing?

Stephen Perry: There's no real cause and effect relationship. I just slowly came to it over the years after listening to a lot of punk rock. I was in record stores a lot and I gravitated toward the jazz section. When I go to a record store, when I get my purchases, I usually get a comment from the cash register about how bizarre the combinations of music I buy are.

SPINspy: GavinCraz:
Question: I just saw your show in Tucson and you guys were great!! Do you ever get nervous before a show??

Stephen Perry: I don't get nervous that often but when I do, I generally have a good show. Sometimes I try to make myself nervous -- like going on stage naked.

SPINspy: Flowndur:
Question: Where can i get some of those rad zoot suits for cheap price???

Stephen Perry: One thing you can do is, if you're a little guy like me, you can buy a gigantic suit and take it in a little and peg the cuffs and the crotch will hang low. You kind of taper the coat in at the waist also. This is a double-breasted suit. That's about as cheap as you can do it. But I've seen them off the rack for about 150. If you're a true dandy price is no obstacle.

SPINspy: Hotwax23:
Question: Steve, what color would your ideal zoot suit be?

Stephen Perry: I have a really weird -- God, what color is that? I have a turquoise and chartreuse Zoot and the coat is turquoise velvet. It's 2,000 degrees to wear it. It's a pretty natty suit.

SPINspy: SisterCEB:
Question: who do u look up to? Stephen Perry: Being 5' 8", I look up to most people. Really smart people -- the intelligentsia, scientists, people who do actual things rather than us vermin in the arts.

SPINspy: Wick400:
Question: what is a zoot suit riot??

Stephen Perry: In 1943 there was a clash between US military men and Latino American Zoot Suit wearing fellows called Pachuco's. And it went on for 6 days and it was called the Zoot Suit riots. You can go to the library and take out a book on it.

SPINspy: JSchilche:
Question: You're a big fan of Cab, who else would you recommend in that style of music?

SPINspy: That's Cab Calloway for our younger fans...

Stephen Perry: Louis Armstrong, Hotlips Page... There are so many wonderful people... Fletcher Henderson, and Jimmy Lunsford, and Duke Ellington. There's enough music in those suggestions to keep you going your whole life. Ellington is the way, the truth and the light.

SPINspy: CAB18:
Question: What inspires you to write your songs?

Stephen Perry: I'm starting to think that it was growing up in Binghamton, NY. Stuff I saw sank into me there as a kid.It seems like I'm trying to work something out that happened to me as a kid.I can't exactly say how, but it's starting to dawn on me.

SPINspy: MPhan1234:
Question: Do you collect Beanie Babies?

Stephen Perry: I'm staring at this thing I have -- I call it my beef boy... Let me explain. I think it's some sort of odd dog toy... It is a side of beef with eyes. You can squeeze it. He has hands and feet made out of fat. I'm quite fond of beef boy -- especially right now. It's just the damn beef boy.

SPINspy: Untwisted:
Question: what exactly is a zoot suit?

Stephen Perry: It's a long draping double or single-breasted suit made with too much material, so the crotch hangs low. Sometimes there is a long watch fob that hangs down past your knee.

SPINspy: Fob=chain.

Stephen Perry: Actually, they look really hip. They look totally beef.

SPINspy: ALYNN33:
Question: How do you feel about the growing popularity of Swing right now?

Stephen Perry: I think it's great. It brings this kind of music to a mass audience that wouldn't have otherwise heard that kind of music. It's like Disney. We're bringing joy to millions. People get to dance with each other for a change instead of the alienating humping-the-air dance people are doing now. You all know what I'm talking about -- you're probably doing it right now. When you dance with somebody else and have to respond to their body movements, it's much more... beef, isn't it?

SPINspy: SBbassoon:
Question: NEED AND EXTRA TENOR SAXES?? I KNOW 2 VERY TALENTED YOUNG LADIES THAT WOULD LOVE TO PLAY

Stephen Perry: Sometimes we do recordings with an entire big band...but no, not right now.

SPINspy: Another stalker question from Rewd girl:
Question: i will be at the kroq weenie roast this saturday...is there any chance I can meet steve perry? because im totally obsessed with him...hes a god

Stephen Perry: Uh oh. The obligitory stalker question. I don't know. I'll be there.

SPINspy: TRiXiEx18:
Question: I love the video for "Zoot suit riot"! But the whole thing with the moose head and vamp chick and all that kinda freaked me out. What was the point of that whole thing? It still kicked though...hehe

Stephen Perry: I was trying to get some of the Latino Day of the Dead imagery in there. And I'm a big fan of Lois Bunel.

SPINspy: I'm not sure this is for you, but we'll see if you're up to the Loveline challenge CAMEYER:
Question: Is it normal for a man of 55 to have no interest in sex anymore. We've been married 13 years and it seems the more I try - the less he wants.

Stephen Perry: Lady, have you heard of Viagra? I'm singularly the worst person to ask about this. I'm Mr. Writing-Songs-Shy-Boy. I plead the 5th. I do have a crush on someone but I'm not telling who it is... I'll give you this hint. She's a girl.

SPINspy: Final question is a deep one from Dubhcat7:
Question: why do you think the swing culture is making such an impact on This generation of music listeners? =) I'm only 19 and I LOVE you guys!

Stephen Perry: That's a very complicated question. I think the easy answer is that it's really good music. But why so many people are embracing it right now is kind of beyond me. Swing dancing definitely has something to do with it. Probably, Beef Boy has something to do with it to. He has telepathic abilities to influence people. He changes expression slightly and worlds collide.

SPINspy: Steven Perry, it was awesome chatting with you this evening. Congratulations on the gold album. And please keep it real with Beef Boy and your Zoot Suit Riot. We'll look for you on the Warped Tour this summer and with the tour journals from the tour....

Stephen Perry: One final note: by the end of the year, I will reveal my secret Crush. 3 clues: She's a girl; She lives in the Unites States; and she has brown hair. That's as far as I'll go right now.

SPINspy: Beef Girl! Stephen Perry: I told you -- I'm not going further... Just come read the Spin Online Tour Journals and all will be revealed.

SPINspy: Bye Beef Boy and Stephen Perry!