Superstar (band)
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History
The band was formed in 1991 by Joe McAlinden, a former member of The Groovy Little NumbersThe Groovy Little Numbers
The Groovy Little Numbers were an indie pop band from Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland centred around former member of The Boy Hairdressers, and future BMX Bandits and Superstar member Joe McAlinden.-History:...
and the BMX Bandits
BMX Bandits (band)
BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day. They have shared members with other Bellshill bands Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons....
, who also arranged
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
strings for the band Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub are an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally among Blake, McGinley and Love...
. They first appeared on Creation Records
Creation Records
Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...
in 1992 with the album Greatest Hits vol. 1, which was followed in 1994 by the Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
album Superstar. The band regrouped in 1996 and Jim McCulloch, formerly of the Soup Dragons and the original line-up of the BMX Bandits
BMX Bandits (band)
BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day. They have shared members with other Bellshill bands Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons....
, joined on lead guitar. They signed a deal with the Camp Fabulous label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, who issued the 18 Carat album in 1997. Their single "Superstar" reached number 49 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, but gained a wider audience when it was covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
by Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
on When We Were the New Boys
When We Were the New Boys
When We Were the New Boys is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on May 29, 1998 . It was Stewart's eighteenth studio album and was released on Warner Bros. Records...
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Albums
- Greatest Hits Volume 1 (UK Creation Records) 1992
- Superstar (US Capitol) 1994
- 18 Carat (UK Camp Fabulous) 1997
- Palm Tree (UK Camp Fabulous) 1998
- Phat Dat (UK Camp Fabulous) 2000
- Six More Songs (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 WarnerAlan WarnerAlan Warner , a Scottish novelist, grew up in Connel, near Oban.He is the author of six novels: the acclaimed Morvern Callar , winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; These Demented Lands , winner of the Encore Award; The Sopranos , winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award; The Man...
)
Singles
- "Breathing Space" (1997), Camp Fabulous - UK #66
- "Superstar" (1998), Camp Fabulous - UK #49
- "I Love Love" (2000), Camp Fabulous
Every day i fall apart.(1997)