Supagroup Are Set To 'Get Wasted' Gearing Up For The Release Of Rules On May 10, 2005

“These boys are the first band I’ve had open for me since Guns N’ Roses to get a standing ovation every night. It takes charisma to make it in rock and roll, and these kids have it in spades.”
-- Alice Cooper

New Orleans, LA – Alcohol-drenched and swanky as all hell, hard rock’s party mongers SUPAGROUP are gearing up to release their second album Rules on Foodchain Records on May 10, 2005. Produced, recorded and mixed by Kevin “Caveman” Shirley (The Darkness, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden) and mastered by George Marino (Cro-Mags, Metallica) at Avatar Studios in NYC, Rules takes over where their self-titled debut left off, adding more sex, drugs and rock n’ roll than is legal in pretty much all fifty States.

“I wanted to make it old school and record everything live,” says Benji Lee (lead guitars/backing vocals) of the album. “It sounds like the four of us playing together live, which is what any good band should be trying to capture on tape anyway. No studio trickery.” The band absorbed all the vibes and creative energy they could glean from recording in Avatar, formerly Tony Bongoivi’s Power Station where Bob Dylan and David Bowie have done their best work. In a solid show of solidarity and respect, Kevin Shirley let Benji use one of Malcolm Young’s Gibson Les Paul Juniors, as well as Joe Perry’s Fender Strat on the record. Adds his brother Chris Lee (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), “I wanted this record to tell the story of the life we've been living… with a few exaggerations of course.”

Recalling AC/DC, Van Halen, the Ramones, and Aerosmith in their heyday while putting a thoroughly modern spin on it, Rules is pure, unadulterated super-charged stadium rock at its finest. From the head-banging “Bastard” to the party-starter “Hot Times” to the anthemic drinking song “Let’s Go (Get Wasted)”, Supagroup turn the amps up to eleven... and leave it there. The leadoff single “It Takes Balls” hearkens all things back in black while giving Steven Tyler a run for his daughters.

Formed in 1996 in Anchorage, Alaska by its two figureheads, brothers Chris and Benji, they moved to New Orleans and augmented the band in 1998 with the additions of Leif Swift on Bass and Michael Brueggen on drums. Touring with the likes of Fu Manchu, Queens of the Stoneage, Supersuckers and Drive-By Truckers, Supagroup built a healthy fanbase before releasing 2003’s self-titled album for Foodchain. They will be hitting the road far and wide in 2005, including a stop in at SXSW in Austin, so stay tuned for tour dates!

“The main theme of the record is the rejection of real life, its responsibilities, and especially its rules,” concludes Chris. “We write our own rules.” Adds Benji, “I have boner just thinking about it.”

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