Hardcore Superstar
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Hardcore Superstar is a hard rock
band from Gothenburg
, Sweden
. The band was formed in 1997 and continue on today. Hardcore Superstar have had several #1 hit singles, and Grammy wins in Sweden.
" and spawned three #1 hits for the band on the Sweden
music charts; "Someone Special", "Liberation" and "Have You Been Around", respectively.
The band toured Europe
and Japan
in support of the album, and a promotional video which accompanied the single "Liberation", was nominated for a Swedish Grammy.
", this album had a more laid back feel than its predecessor. It featured the singles "Shame" and "Mother's Love". A bonus track released in Japan, featured a guest appearance by Hanoi Rocks
frontman Michael Monroe
.
After touring in support of this album, they recorded a single with Gothenburg punk rock
band LOK
. The single was titled; "Staden Göteborg" (which translated as "The City of Gothenburg"). During the summer of this year, they opened up for Aussie hard rock
legends AC/DC
at a packed Ullevi Stadium. Following this, Hardcore Superstar toured in Italy
with AC/DC and Motörhead.
During the summer of 2003, the band released a single which was a preview for their new album, the single was titled "Honey Tongue" and it reached #3 on the Swedish singles chart. The album itself followed in August 2003, and was titled "No Regrets". The following year Hardcore Superstar toured Europe
and the United States
in support of the album.
In Sweden the band were in the national news, because guitarist Thomas Silver had gotten into a fight with Aftonbladet
journalist Fredrik Virtanen
, at the Swedish Consulate in New York
. After returning from the United States the band decided to take an indefinite break after playing non-stop for over six years.
sound more comparable to their earlier works. They released a self-titled album "Hardcore Superstar" in 2005, it featured the Swedish hit singles; "We Don't Celebrate Sundays", "Wild Boys", "My Good Reputation" and "Bag On Your Head".
This also saw them nominated for a Grammy in Sweden once more. They have been on all major national TV and radio shows in Sweden; and toured Japan
with the Babylon Bombs. They also played a major festival date in Stockholm
during December 2006.
In late January, it was announced on the band's official website that guitarist, Thomas Silver, would be leaving the band as he had "lost his fire and inspiration". Vic Zino, from Crazy Lixx, replaced him temporarily during the world tour, but it was later confirmed that Vic is a permanent member of the band.
On the German version of the Bang Your Head 2008 Festival site, the band are confirmed as one of the headliners, although their logo is not listed anywhere on the English version of the same festivals website. Because the flight of the band has been cancelled, Hardcore Superstar were not able to perform at this festival.
The seventh album by Hardcore Superstar was released worldwide in early June 2009.
The single "Beg For It" was released in stores on 15 April and it was included in the May issue of the Swedish "Close-Up Magazine". The single sold gold in Sweden.
Drummer Adde is one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars
by Paul Miles to be published by Omnibus Press in July 2010.
11/8-2010 they played the songs "Here Comes That Sick Bitch Again", "Last Call" and "Sadistic Girls". It was the first time they played any material from the album.
"Split Your Lip
" was released on November 26, 2010. The first single was a double A-side featuring both "Moonshine" and "Guestlist".
Hardcore Superstar will play at this year´s Sweden Rock. The dates are: June 8–11, 2011
On October 26 they will release of "best of" record entitled ”The Party Ain’t Over ’Til We Say So”.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band from Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The band was formed in 1997 and continue on today. Hardcore Superstar have had several #1 hit singles, and Grammy wins in Sweden.
Bad Sneakers and a Piña Colada
With Music for Nations, Hardcore Superstar released their first worldwide album, and what they consider their "official debut". It contained re-recordings of the songs from "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" along with some new tracks. The album was titled "Bad Sneakers and a Piña ColadaBad Sneakers and a Piña Colada
Bad Sneakers and a Piña Colada is the second full-length album by Swedish sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar, released by the Music of Nations record label. It was the first album to be released internationally and usually considered the first full-length album in general...
" and spawned three #1 hits for the band on the Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
music charts; "Someone Special", "Liberation" and "Have You Been Around", respectively.
The band toured Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in support of the album, and a promotional video which accompanied the single "Liberation", was nominated for a Swedish Grammy.
Thank You and No Regrets
In 2001 the band followed up with "Thank You (For Letting Us Be Ourselves)Thank You (For Letting Us Be Ourselves)
Thank You is the third full-length album by Swedish sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar, released by the Music of Nations record label...
", this album had a more laid back feel than its predecessor. It featured the singles "Shame" and "Mother's Love". A bonus track released in Japan, featured a guest appearance by Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
frontman Michael Monroe
Michael Monroe
Matti Antero Kristian Fagerholm , best known by his stage name, Michael Monroe, is a Finnish rock musician, and multi-instrumentalist who rose to fame as the vocalist for the glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, and has served as the frontman for all-star side projects, such as Demolition 23...
.
After touring in support of this album, they recorded a single with Gothenburg punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band LOK
LOK
LOK was a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2002.-Members:*Martin Westerstrand *Johan Reivén *Daniel Cordero *Thomas Brandt -History:...
. The single was titled; "Staden Göteborg" (which translated as "The City of Gothenburg"). During the summer of this year, they opened up for Aussie hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
legends AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
at a packed Ullevi Stadium. Following this, Hardcore Superstar toured in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
with AC/DC and Motörhead.
During the summer of 2003, the band released a single which was a preview for their new album, the single was titled "Honey Tongue" and it reached #3 on the Swedish singles chart. The album itself followed in August 2003, and was titled "No Regrets". The following year Hardcore Superstar toured Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in support of the album.
In Sweden the band were in the national news, because guitarist Thomas Silver had gotten into a fight with Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet is a Swedish tabloid founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830 during the modernization of Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. Aftonbladet is owned by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and Norwegian media group Schibsted, and its editorial page...
journalist Fredrik Virtanen
Fredrik Virtanen
Karl Fredrik Virtanen is a Sweden-Finnish journalist for the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet and the host for the talk show Studio Virtanen on Swedish TV8...
, at the Swedish Consulate in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. After returning from the United States the band decided to take an indefinite break after playing non-stop for over six years.
Return: Hardcore Superstar
Hardcore Superstar re-signed with Gain Records; the company with whom they released their debut with in 1998. The band returned rejuvenated, with a hard rockHard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
sound more comparable to their earlier works. They released a self-titled album "Hardcore Superstar" in 2005, it featured the Swedish hit singles; "We Don't Celebrate Sundays", "Wild Boys", "My Good Reputation" and "Bag On Your Head".
This also saw them nominated for a Grammy in Sweden once more. They have been on all major national TV and radio shows in Sweden; and toured Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
with the Babylon Bombs. They also played a major festival date in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
during December 2006.
Dreamin' in a Casket
The band's fifth album was released in November 2007. Originally, it was meant to include the single "Bastards," but due to the success it achieved in the singles charts it was shelved. The album was praised in the Swedish newspapers and was titled by many as "Album of the Year." Dreamin' in a Casket contains a more heavy guitar riff-based sound and includes more noticeable drumming. The band toured around Europe and Japan, and ended their "Mentally Damaged Tour" in their home country of Sweden.In late January, it was announced on the band's official website that guitarist, Thomas Silver, would be leaving the band as he had "lost his fire and inspiration". Vic Zino, from Crazy Lixx, replaced him temporarily during the world tour, but it was later confirmed that Vic is a permanent member of the band.
On the German version of the Bang Your Head 2008 Festival site, the band are confirmed as one of the headliners, although their logo is not listed anywhere on the English version of the same festivals website. Because the flight of the band has been cancelled, Hardcore Superstar were not able to perform at this festival.
Beg For It
In March, the world's biggest heavy metal-label "Nuclear Blast" announced the signing of Hardcore Superstar.The seventh album by Hardcore Superstar was released worldwide in early June 2009.
The single "Beg For It" was released in stores on 15 April and it was included in the May issue of the Swedish "Close-Up Magazine". The single sold gold in Sweden.
Drummer Adde is one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars
Sex tips from rock stars
Sex Tips from Rock Stars: In Their Own Words is a book by Paul Miles that quotes answers from twenty three rock stars to many questions on a broad range of sexual topics...
by Paul Miles to be published by Omnibus Press in July 2010.
Split Your Lip
Shortly after the Beg For It tour of the UK, Hardcore Superstar announced that they are planning to release a new album, as the tour had proved to trigger their creative minds, and as a result, new material was being recorded. On April 12, 2010, they announced four song titles from their upcoming album; Last Call, Sick as a Dog, Won't Be Bullied and Sadistic Girls. On May 19, 2010, the band released the titles of four more songs from their upcoming album, being; Lowlife, Beat On the Bully, Party Ain't Over ´til I Say So and Here Comes That Sick Bitch Again. On August 9, the title of the album was released as well as a tentative release date set for January 2011. When the band performed a free show in their hometown GothenburgGothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
11/8-2010 they played the songs "Here Comes That Sick Bitch Again", "Last Call" and "Sadistic Girls". It was the first time they played any material from the album.
"Split Your Lip
Split Your Lip
Split Your Lip is the eighth studio album from Hardcore Superstar. The album was released in Sweden on 26 November 2010, and in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2010.- Track listing :# "Sadistic Girls" - 4:06# "Guestlist" - 4:02...
" was released on November 26, 2010. The first single was a double A-side featuring both "Moonshine" and "Guestlist".
Hardcore Superstar will play at this year´s Sweden Rock. The dates are: June 8–11, 2011
On October 26 they will release of "best of" record entitled ”The Party Ain’t Over ’Til We Say So”.
Members
- Joakim "Jocke" Berg - vocals (1997–present)
- Martin Sandvik - bass (1997–present)
- Vic Zino - guitar (2008–present)
- Magnus "Adde" Andreasson - drums (1999–present)
Former Members
- Thomas Silver- guitar (1997–2008)
- Mika Vainio - drums (1997–1999)
Albums
- It's Only Rock'n'RollIt's Only Rock'n'RollIt's Only Rock'n'Roll is the first full-length album by Swedish glam rock band Hardcore Superstar. It was released only in Sweden. Many songs were re-recorded in the following album, Bad Sneakers and a Piña Colada.- Track listing :...
- (1997) - Bad Sneakers and a Piña ColadaBad Sneakers and a Piña ColadaBad Sneakers and a Piña Colada is the second full-length album by Swedish sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar, released by the Music of Nations record label. It was the first album to be released internationally and usually considered the first full-length album in general...
- (2000) - Thank You (For Letting Us Be Ourselves)Thank You (For Letting Us Be Ourselves)Thank You is the third full-length album by Swedish sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar, released by the Music of Nations record label...
- (2001) - No RegretsNo Regrets (Hardcore Superstar album)No Regrets is the fourth full-length album by Swedish sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar, released by the Music of Nations record label.-Track listing:# "Wall Of Complaint" - 2:23# "No Regrets" - 2:53# "Breakout" - 2:28# "Soul Of Sweetness" - 3:16...
- (2003) Limited edition version also released in JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. - Hardcore SuperstarHardcore Superstar (album)Hardcore Superstar is the fifth studio album released in November 2005 by Swedish Sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar on the record label Gain...
- (2005) - Dreamin' in a CasketDreamin' in a CasketDreamin' in a Casket is the sixth full-length album by Swedish sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar, released by the Gain Records record label.- Track listing :# "Need No Company" – 5:21# "Medicate Me" – 3:30# "Dreamin' In A Casket" – 4:15...
- (2007) - Beg For ItBeg for ItBeg For It is the seventh studio album from Hardcore Superstar. The album was released in Sweden on 3 June 2009, and in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2009. Hardcore Superstar released the album for streaming on their MySpace website on 27 May 2009...
- (2009) - Split Your LipSplit Your LipSplit Your Lip is the eighth studio album from Hardcore Superstar. The album was released in Sweden on 26 November 2010, and in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2010.- Track listing :# "Sadistic Girls" - 4:06# "Guestlist" - 4:02...
(2010)
Compilation albums
- We Don't Celebrate Sundays: The Best from 1997-2009 - (2009)
- The Party Ain't Over 'Til We Say So... - (2011)
Singles
- Hello/Goodbye - (1998)
- Someone Special - (1999) Re-released in 2000.
- Have You Been Around - (2000)
- Liberation - (2000)
- Shame - (2001)
- Staden Göteborg - (2001)
- Mother's Love/Significant Other - (2002)
- Honey Tongue - (2003)
- Still I'm Glad - (2003)
- Wild Boys - (2005)
- We Don't Celebrate SundaysWe Don't Celebrate SundaysWe Don't Celebrate Sundays is the first single by Swedish Sleaze rock band Hardcore Superstar from their 2005 self titled album Hardcore Superstar....
- (2006) - Bastards - (2007) (Gold)
- Beg for It - (2009) (Gold)
- Moonshine/Guestlist - (2010)
DVDs
- Live at Sticky FingersLive at Sticky FingersLive at Sticky Fingers is a live DVD by the Swedish street metal band Hardcore Superstar. It was recorded 25 March 2006 at Sticky Figers, Gothenburg, Sweden and was the first date on the bands tour to support their new selftitled album Hardcore Superstar.Setlist:#Kick On the Upperclass#We Don't...
- (2006) - Sweden Rock 2007 - (2007) (Limited Fan Edition)