European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 scene stars and stripes june 2007 radio Friendly rockers Bowling for soup amazed at the age Range of their fans o d u d c c i 0 0 to i c c o when pop Punk band Bowling for soup started in Wichita in it was As a bar playing to frontman Jaret Reddick and even when the band got signed by Jive records in its releases still were for Rock radio because our audience was predominantly Rock Reddick these the band is far better known for its radio Friendly hits such As girl All the bad Guys want and High school never but Reddick says its the not the who have that what weve always been weve sort of been that band that everybody can he says in a Telephone interview from a tour bus in were the band that 16yearold kids can but your Little sister can like it and your mom will like Reddick says the shift started when the bands song Punk Rock a spoof on teens being different to fit somehow became successful on radio which is geared to the tween More people seemed to get the the trend continued with their 2002 album drunk enough to dance and its girl All the bad Guys which got a grammy award and by the time the band released a hangover you dont deserve in they were a certified with a top 40 the Reddick was that discs a song about a Mother who stuck in her Rocker Mode from 20 years 1985 really bridged that whole thing he kids got kids were into they thought the song was about their the moms got it be that song is about College dudes got it cause they thought it was funny that we Nam checked All the bands that dressed up like Mot Ley Crue in the but i think that its just a great and it just came at a perfect time for with Reddick both sort of worlds sort of meshed together into what our audience is now i just our age bracket is absolutely amazing As far As what our demographic its i mean we have grandparents that come that bring their Gran kids to shows that know All the freaking words to All the Reddick says the band Doest have to work too much on its we Are just who we he were just Normal Guys who were very Lucky to get out of a Small Texas town and go out and make people and so very Early on we decided were not going to change the world musically we want to write songs and travel around and get free Beer and have the bands latest the great Burrito extortion released in also broke into the billboard top 100 and had the hit High school never but the album also contained a song its second when we die that critics have called Bowling for soups attempt at being As it Speaks about the Pitfalls of a father and sons Reddick says maybe its critics who Are too the thing about Bowling for soup you go Back and listen to All of our we have serious songs on All of them theres always a love song or a song about my brother that int funny and is in no Way meant to be he the reason Why when we die has made people try to put some sort of stamp on it is because we re 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