Superstar were a Scottish
guitar
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band
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*Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
* Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
founded in 1991.
History
The band was formed in 1991 by Joe McAlinden, a former member of
The Groovy Little Numbers
The Groovy Little Numbers were an indie pop band from Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland centred on former member of The Boy Hairdressers, and future BMX Bandits and Superstar member Joe McAlinden.
History
Formed in the mid-1980s, multi-instru ...
and the
BMX Bandits, who also
arranged
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strings
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for the band
Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989. The group were founded by Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), all of whom shared ...
.
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 1015-6] They first appeared on
Creation Records
Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...
in 1992 with the album ''Greatest Hits vol. 1'', which was followed by the
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
album ''Superstar''
on 28 June 1994. The band regrouped in 1996 and Jim McCulloch, formerly of the
Soup Dragons
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and the original line-up of the
BMX Bandits,
joined on lead guitar.
[ They signed a deal with the Camp Fabulous ]label
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, who issued the ''18 Carat'' album in 1997.UK Singles Chart
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,covered
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by Rod Stewart
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on ''When We Were the New Boys
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''.
Discography
Albums
*'' Greatest Hits Volume 1'' (UK Creation Records) 1992
*''Superstar'' (US Capitol) 1994
*''18 Carat
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'' (UK Camp Fabulous) 1997
*''Palm Tree
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'' (UK Camp Fabulous) 1998
*''Phat Dat
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* Huỳnh Tấn Phát (1913–1989), South Vietnamese politician and revolutionary
* Lâm Văn Phát (1920–1998), Vietnamese army officer
* Phat Wilson (1895–1970), Canadian amateur ice hockey player
* Richard Temple ...
'' (UK Camp Fabulous) 2000
*''Six More Songs
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Peop ...
'' (UK Camp Fabulous) 2000
EPs
*''Every Day I Fall Apart EP'' (UK Camp Fabulous) 1997
*''Superstar Vs Alan Warner EP'', 1998 (a collaboration with author Alan Warner
Alan Warner (born 1964) is a Scottish novelist who grew up in Connel, near Oban. His notable novels include '' Morvern Callar'' and ''The Sopranos'' – the latter being the inspiration for the play '' Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour'' and its ...
)
Singles
*"Breathing Space" (1997), Camp Fabulous - UK No. 66
*"Superstar" (1998), Camp Fabulous - UK No. 49
*"I Love Love" (2000), Camp Fabulous
*"Every Day I Fall Apart" (1997), Camp Fabulous
Line-ups
1992
*McAlinden, Nellie Grant, Raymond Prior[
]
1996
*McAlinden, Jim McCulloch, drummer Quentin McAfee and bass player Alan Hutchison[
]
References
External links
Joe McAlinden's websiteGreen Peppers - McCulloch's new band1998 interview with McAlinden
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Creation Records artists
Scottish rock music groups
Musical groups from Glasgow