“Sons of Anarchy” Creator Kurt Sutter On the Cult Biker Show

Watching “Sons of Anarchy,” a drama on the FX network about a Northern California biker gang, is like mainlining testosterone. Every episode builds to cathartic violence, and the cast of criminally-minded bikers preen and tussle like an animal herd. Life in the “Sons” club is epic melodrama; series creator Kurt Sutter based the show’s ever-shifting relationship between a son (Charlie Hunnam), a mother (Katey Sagal) and a step-father (Ron Perlman) loosely on “Hamlet.”

A basic-cable hit, “Sons” is beating out some network shows in its Tuesday time slot, but unlike other cable sensations like “Mad Men” or “The Shield,” a series that Sutter wrote for,  it has yet to break into the popular consciousness. There have been no Emmy nominations for the cast, no fashion spreads in GQ. Like its unwashed biker protagonists, the show may be too rough-around-the-edges for mainstream audiences.

As the second season winds down (the finale airs tomorrow night), Speakeasy talked with Kurt Sutter about the cult series. Read the interview and watch a clip from the show after the jump.