Some bands are in rock ‘n’ roll to make a whole lotta money. The Supersuckers are looking more for a whole bunch of fun. The Seattle-based band has built a strong cult following in its 19-year history, mostly from its trademark twangy garage-punk sound but also due in no small part to its punkish wackiness that combines lowbrow and quirk. Guitarist Rontrose Heathman said there was nothing oblique about the band’s approach to its music.

We’re not channeling Thelonious Monk, we’re just playing our music, Heathman said in a telephone interview from his Seattle home. The band moved to the Northwest in 1989 from its native Tucson just a few ticks ahead of the grunge explosion. Always more a no-apologies party band, the Supersuckers were inaccurately bunched with the flannel-and-angst crowd. In one of its many musical about-faces, the 1997 CD Must’ve Been High fused thumping honky-tonk with a sneering punk ethos.

The album featured a cameo by Willie Nelson. Story continues below Special to The Press-Enterprise The Supersuckers perform at Incahoots on Sunday. The grunge tag finally went away but the Supersuckers were promptly stuck with a cowpunk designation that still holds. Though country is an important part of the band’s sound, Heathman says it’s primarily a rock band. . Given its versatility, selling the band is difficult and commercial radio airplay is out of the question.

The band has taken matters into its own hands by forming its own label, Mid-Fi Records. It has been difficult to market us — we just do what we do, said Heathman.