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The TLC network said Wednesday that it has ordered Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas specials focusing on its seven-year-old breakout star, Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson. The series airs its 10th and final episode of its debut season on Wednesday.
TLC has also ordered additional episodes of the series to air next spring.
And Supersuckers have some high praise, from Motörhead's Lemmy himself.Originally from Tucson, Ariz., the band was formed in 1988 with energetic frontman Eddie Spaghetti on vocals and bass, Dan "Thunder" Bolton and Rontrose Heathman on guitar and Dancing Eagle on drums (Scott Churilla is their current drummer). After conquering the southwest music scene, they decided to move to Seattle, Wash., in 1989 just as the grunge scene was starting to explode and quickly rose up the ranks. They have released eight albums over their illustrious career, first with the label Interscope, then moving to Koch, and lastly, forming their own recording company known as Mid-Fi Recordings. However, it is a hunger for the road and playing in front of live audiences that have kept the band going for all these years. They have been called one of the "best live bands on the planet" by various music magazines, and after 20 years, they still continue to hit the live music scene. The list of bands they have toured with over the years runs like a "who's who of rock-n-roll" and includes bands such as Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Social Distortion, The Ramones, White Zombie, Bad Religion, Motorhead and Mudhoney, just to name a few. They also have played various Farm Aid festivals, Woodstock 2000, Reading/Leeds Festival and backed Willie Nelson on the Jay Leno Show. Eddie Veder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, is such a big fan he had them play his 40th birthday party . . . so if they are good enough for Eddie, they are definitely worthy of Laredo.
(Lemmy) probably said it best, "If you don't like the Supersuckers, you don't like Rock-n-Roll."It's the band's first visit to Laredo. Here's a little preview of what's in store for concertgoers:
