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Tour goes on without southern rocker Bice Thursday, September 01, 2005 By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If there had been a vote on who was Least Likely to Leave the "American Idols Live" tour, Bo Bice probably would have won. He was the road warrior who had spent 12 years playing and touring with his own Southern rock bands. Mike Warning No Bo Bice with "American Idols Live' tour. Click photo for larger image. By comparison, this would be a breeze. But first he broke his foot during a performance July 31 in New Hampshire, then he fell ill at the Las Vegas show Aug. 18, forcing him to undergo surgery last week to repair "a kink in his intestines." Now, Bice is off for the first of the tour, leaving Constantine Maroulis as the lone male performer. Bice, the Southern rocker from Helena, Ala., knocked off Maroulis on his way to becoming the "Idol" runner-up. The 29-year-old is a veteran of the bands Purge and Blue Suede Nickel and, despite his "Idol" fling, still considers himself the frontman for Sugar Money. He's now signed to RCA and working on his major-label debut. We talked to him after the foot thing and before the intestinal thing. What kind of progress are you making on your record? The record is going to have lots of different sides of me, as far as the original music that I write for it, and we have some incredible songwriters who stepped up and have thrown some things into the ring that we're looking at. I think it's going to be quite a wide range of styles without people going, "OK, what's this guy all about?" A little bit of older-sounding stuff, a little bit of newer stuff. Some Southern rock, some Alice in Chains-y metal, some really groovy, almost Stevie Ray Vaughan or Jimi Hendrix-sounding stuff. A nice little mix of stuff. Did you see yourself getting this far when you got into "Idol"? I always dreamed about this; that's why I worked so hard my entire life. I kind of gave up on the whole dream of this about a year or two ago, in terms of the bright lights and big crowds, and was happy just to be a songwriter and singer and playing with my bands and playing at church. This is truly a dream come true, but I didn't expect it to happen with this avenue of "American Idol." I've been beating the streets for 12 years trying to make a living in this business, the last thing I thought I was ever going to do was make it with some pop show. They've really treated us well and given us a launching pad for a great career, and I'm grateful to them. Do you think that "pop show" gives you credibility with the rock audience? I think the credibility thing is really something I overstepped a while ago. Personally, I feel that way because I don't worry about it all that much. Never worried about it before. If you look at some of the people I call friends now -- Scott Ian from Anthrax has become a good friend of mine. The guys from Skynyrd, I talk to them, and Gavin DeGraw. As far as being taken seriously as a legitimate songwriter and singer and guitar player and piano player and harmonica and bass, I feel like I've been taken seriously. I feel that people see that what I am is a legitimate musician. I just happened to get a break on a show that isn't known for music; it's known for pop singing. I think that's cool. I think people like Constantine, Nikko [Smith] and myself probably wouldn't have gotten a chance on this earlier, so it's really cool, man. I think you said earlier that you were happy as the runner-up. Could you explain that? Yeah, I'm a songwriter. That's my first love, and it's not really much of an option when you make it to that spot. It's just better for me to be out there doing the music that I love and having a bit more control over it. So you feel like you have creative control on this record? By no means is Bo out here on his own. There are people that I answer to just like anybody else. I feel like having experience in this business, being older -- I'm 30 this year, man -- having been through a couple of raw deals that didn't go so well, record wise. I was the guy who was lucky enough to have been in three raw deals and didn't end up signing anything away. It would have kept me out of this contest. So, it's just a blessing, and I think at the end of the day, it's about making music that you love and you find someone you can share a vision of what your music is about. Everybody has to make compromises at times. You have to be willing to compromise but stand firm to the things you believe in. What was it like that night that you got to play with Skynyrd? I met Rickey Medlocke back in '96 when he was in Blackfoot. I played a gig with them when I was in Purge, which are the guys from Sugar Money. Tell everybody about sugarmoney.net; folks can e-mail us there. So, I got to meet him in Birmingham, but when the whole band was in L.A., just to meet them was a lifelong dream. I was one of those guys who owns every album and boxed set, knows their history. I really think that was the shining moment for me throughout all this. Are you still part of your band? Oh, yeah, sure. Sugar Money is my band. Those are my brothers. We're not just a band. Friends are friends, but we're a family. These guys have been in a band with me for 12 years. That's the way it will continue to be, no matter what happens. Have they been supportive of the Idol thing? Oh, yeah, they've been extremely supportive. Has this all changed your life in a good way? Is it all upsides to this? I had everything I wanted before this contest: a great family and a beautiful wife. I've got everything I could ever want, so it's all up from here. If God continues to bless me in this industry, then this will happen. If he's got me going down another road, then that's what it will be, man. For now, this is what we're doing and I'm just going to stick to it.
Tour goes on without southern rocker Bice Thursday, September 01, 2005 By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette If there had been a vote on who was Least Likely to Leave the "American Idols Live" tour, Bo Bice probably would have won. He was the road warrior who had spent 12 years playing and touring with his own Southern rock bands. Mike Warning No Bo Bice with "American Idols Live' tour. Click photo for larger image. By comparison, this would be a breeze. But first he broke his foot during a performance July 31 in New Hampshire, then he fell ill at the Las Vegas show Aug. 18, forcing him to undergo surgery last week to repair "a kink in his intestines." Now, Bice is off for the first of the tour, leaving Constantine Maroulis as the lone male performer. Bice, the Southern rocker from Helena, Ala., knocked off Maroulis on his way to becoming the "Idol" runner-up. The 29-year-old is a veteran of the bands Purge and Blue Suede Nickel and, despite his "Idol" fling, still considers himself the frontman for Sugar Money. He's now signed to RCA and working on his major-label debut. We talked to him after the foot thing and before the intestinal thing. What kind of progress are you making on your record? The record is going to have lots of different sides of me, as far as the original music that I write for it, and we have some incredible songwriters who stepped up and have thrown some things into the ring that we're looking at. I think it's going to be quite a wide range of styles without people going, "OK, what's this guy all about?" A little bit of older-sounding stuff, a little bit of newer stuff. Some Southern rock, some Alice in Chains-y metal, some really groovy, almost Stevie Ray Vaughan or Jimi Hendrix-sounding stuff. A nice little mix of stuff. Did you see yourself getting this far when you got into "Idol"? I always dreamed about this; that's why I worked so hard my entire life. I kind of gave up on the whole dream of this about a year or two ago, in terms of the bright lights and big crowds, and was happy just to be a songwriter and singer and playing with my bands and playing at church. This is truly a dream come true, but I didn't expect it to happen with this avenue of "American Idol." I've been beating the streets for 12 years trying to make a living in this business, the last thing I thought I was ever going to do was make it with some pop show. They've really treated us well and given us a launching pad for a great career, and I'm grateful to them. Do you think that "pop show" gives you credibility with the rock audience? I think the credibility thing is really something I overstepped a while ago. Personally, I feel that way because I don't worry about it all that much. Never worried about it before. If you look at some of the people I call friends now -- Scott Ian from Anthrax has become a good friend of mine. The guys from Skynyrd, I talk to them, and Gavin DeGraw. As far as being taken seriously as a legitimate songwriter and singer and guitar player and piano player and harmonica and bass, I feel like I've been taken seriously. I feel that people see that what I am is a legitimate musician. I just happened to get a break on a show that isn't known for music; it's known for pop singing. I think that's cool. I think people like Constantine, Nikko [Smith] and myself probably wouldn't have gotten a chance on this earlier, so it's really cool, man. I think you said earlier that you were happy as the runner-up. Could you explain that? Yeah, I'm a songwriter. That's my first love, and it's not really much of an option when you make it to that spot. It's just better for me to be out there doing the music that I love and having a bit more control over it. So you feel like you have creative control on this record? By no means is Bo out here on his own. There are people that I answer to just like anybody else. I feel like having experience in this business, being older -- I'm 30 this year, man -- having been through a couple of raw deals that didn't go so well, record wise. I was the guy who was lucky enough to have been in three raw deals and didn't end up signing anything away. It would have kept me out of this contest. So, it's just a blessing, and I think at the end of the day, it's about making music that you love and you find someone you can share a vision of what your music is about. Everybody has to make compromises at times. You have to be willing to compromise but stand firm to the things you believe in. What was it like that night that you got to play with Skynyrd? I met Rickey Medlocke back in '96 when he was in Blackfoot. I played a gig with them when I was in Purge, which are the guys from Sugar Money. Tell everybody about sugarmoney.net; folks can e-mail us there. So, I got to meet him in Birmingham, but when the whole band was in L.A., just to meet them was a lifelong dream. I was one of those guys who owns every album and boxed set, knows their history. I really think that was the shining moment for me throughout all this. Are you still part of your band? Oh, yeah, sure. Sugar Money is my band. Those are my brothers. We're not just a band. Friends are friends, but we're a family. These guys have been in a band with me for 12 years. That's the way it will continue to be, no matter what happens. Have they been supportive of the Idol thing? Oh, yeah, they've been extremely supportive. Has this all changed your life in a good way? Is it all upsides to this? I had everything I wanted before this contest: a great family and a beautiful wife. I've got everything I could ever want, so it's all up from here. If God continues to bless me in this industry, then this will happen. If he's got me going down another road, then that's what it will be, man. For now, this is what we're doing and I'm just going to stick to it.