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Rock Star Supernova was a
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-formed
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consisting of drummer
Tommy Lee Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical ...
, bassist
Jason Newsted Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American musician who was the bassist of heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001. He first performed with thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam from 1981 to 1986 before joining Metallica to su ...
, guitarist
Gilby Clarke Gilbert J. "Gilby" Clarke (born August 17, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He had a 3-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour ...
, and singer
Lukas Rossi Lukas Rossi (born December 21, 1976) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. He was the winner of the CBS Television reality series '' Rock Star: Supernova'' – a televised audition contest to become lead singer of the hard rock supergroup '' ...
. The band was formed during the second season of the '' Rock Star'' reality television series, which was titled '' Rock Star: Supernova''.


History

Rock Star Supernova band members Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted and Gilby Clarke formed the basis of the second season of the '' Rock Star'' television program on
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in the quest to find a lead singer. The show began online on the Rock Star website on
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on Monday, July 3 with an Internet exclusive weekly episode and premiered on
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on July 5, 2006. Votes were cast via the Rock Star website. On September 13, 2006,
Lukas Rossi Lukas Rossi (born December 21, 1976) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. He was the winner of the CBS Television reality series '' Rock Star: Supernova'' – a televised audition contest to become lead singer of the hard rock supergroup '' ...
was crowned the winner.


Name issue

The band was originally formed as "Supernova", but the legality of the use of that name was called into question by another band of the same name:
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, a
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trio from California founded in 1989. On June 26, 2006, the latter band filed a federal lawsuit against
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Productions, Rockstar Entertainment,
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, Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, and Gilby Clarke. The California band sought both compensatory and
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, as well as
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protection of the "Supernova" name, the destruction of all Rock Star materials bearing the name "Supernova", and clarifying statements made on the show. One of their primary pieces of evidence was a message from Butch Walker on the social networking website MySpace, in which he notes that the defendants had been informed of the existence of a prior band of the same name, but decided to proceed anyway. Lee, Newsted and Clarke were dropped as defendants in late August at the request of the original Supernova's lawyers. On September 12, 2006, San Diego Judge John Houston ruled in favor of the original Supernova, granting their request for a preliminary injunction. The injunction keeps the producers of ''Rock Star: Supernova'' — which concluded September 13 as a television show, but will continue as a recording, touring, and merchandise entity for some time to follow — from "performing rock and roll music, or recording, or selling rock and roll music recordings under the same
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pending a trial of this action on its merits, or until otherwise ordered by the court." The decision bars the CBS-created rockers from touring, recording and selling merchandise as "Supernova" once the order takes effect. First, the original Supernova must post bond, the amount of which has yet to be determined by the court. Following the litigation, all promotional material generally bore the name "Rock Star Supernova" on it. This was especially evident on the band's MySpace page, which identifies the band as Rock Star Supernova and not Supernova.


Debut album

Songwriter/performer
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was hired to produce the band's first album. The self-titled debut album was released on November 21, 2006. The album charted at No. 101 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 4 on the
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. Music critics were negative of the album.
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, senior critic of
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, wrote, "At no point does this band make sense ... it's gloriously bad, the kind of music that can only result when three talented musicians are contractually obligated to work with a wannabe singer who would be a laughing stock on a local level." Christian Hoard of ''
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'' thought the album had a few bright spots, "but most of the tunes feel tired, if not retrograde: Opener 'It's On' could have come from Collective Soul, the ballads suck, and there are some dark, sub-Alice in Chains bangers." Despite the criticism, the album achieved platinum in Canada and sold moderately well on iTunes. The band's first video, "
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" was recorded in early October, and was released in January 2007. On October 23, 2006,
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was injured while attempting to catch a falling bass amp head. The accident resulted in a torn anterior labrum in his left shoulder and a
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and
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tear in the right. He was scheduled for immediate surgery, and underwent a lengthy rehab process. While Newsted recovered, former
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bassist
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served as a temporary replacement and was with the band on its national television debut on ''
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'' on November 21. The band went on tour with supporting acts
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(the runner-up on ''Rock Star: Supernova''),
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(the band of Australian ''Rock Star: Supernova'' contestant
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) and
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. In January 2007
Gilby Clarke Gilbert J. "Gilby" Clarke (born August 17, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He had a 3-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour ...
released a best-of album featuring tracks from all of his solo albums as well as two songs from the Col. Parker project and a re-recording of the song "Black", featuring vocals by ''Rock Star: Supernova'' runner-up
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. On April 12, 2007, it was rumoured that Clarke had quit the band. It was subsequently confirmed, though, that he was still part of Rock Star Supernova. In June 2007, Rossi released "The Love and Lust EP", a recording of four acoustic tracks. He toured the U.S. and Canada during the summer of 2007. In April 2008, Rossi did an interview with ''LiveVideo.com'' in which he said "all that's not for me so I officially quit." He quit because the band members all started doing their own thing, such as DJing. This upset him, as he went through the audition process for one tour. Although on May 28, 2008 Rock Star Supernova reunited for the television series '' Battleground Earth''.


Discography


Album


Singles


Band members

*
Gilby Clarke Gilbert J. "Gilby" Clarke (born August 17, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He had a 3-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour ...
 – lead guitar (2006–2008) *
Tommy Lee Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical ...
 – drums (2006–2008) *
Jason Newsted Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American musician who was the bassist of heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001. He first performed with thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam from 1981 to 1986 before joining Metallica to su ...
 – bass (2006–2007) *
Lukas Rossi Lukas Rossi (born December 21, 1976) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. He was the winner of the CBS Television reality series '' Rock Star: Supernova'' – a televised audition contest to become lead singer of the hard rock supergroup '' ...
 – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2006–2008) *
Johnny Colt Johnny Colt (born Charles Brandt; May 1, 1966) is an American bass guitar player who formerly played with the southern rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Black Crowes. Music career From 1989 he was the original bassist for The Black Crowes which ...
 – bass (2007–2008)


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rock Star Supernova Musical groups established in 2006 American hard rock musical groups Rock music supergroups Musical groups disestablished in 2008