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[edit] Yet Another AMG Copyvio
(Sigh) Yet another music article that has to be removed and begun from scratch because it was ripped off from the All Music Guide. See the link Here's the old article, 75%+ of which matches word-for-word the AMG bio:
Supergrass is an indie rock and Britpop band from Oxford, UK. Currently the band consists of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes, Danny Goffey, and Mick Quinn. Like many other British bands of the '90s, Supergrass' musical roots lie in the infectiously catchy punk-pop of the Buzzcocks and the Jam, as well as the post-punk pop of Madness, the traditional Mod Rock of the Kinks and Small Faces and the glam-rock of T. Rex.
[edit] Biography
Emerging from Oxford (and to a certain extent Wheatley Park School)in the early 1990s Supergrass were formed out of the ashes of indie underage underachievers The Jennifers. While most other people their age were in bed at a sensible time in their jim-jams Supergrass members Gaz and Danny were becoming faces on the Oxford indie music scene.
Perhaps because of their age — two of the trio were still in their teens when they recorded their debut single — the band also brings in elements of decidedly unhip groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. With youthful enthusiasm, Supergrass tied all of their influences together in new surprising ways, where a Buzzcocks riff could slam into three-part harmonies out of "Crocodile Rock," or have a galloping music hall rhythm stutter like the best moments of the Who, including traits from the common pop-punk era, characterized with fast, three-chord guitar based and catchy tunes, found in then-contemporaries blink-182 and Green Day.
The band released their first single, the semiautobiographical "Caught by the Fuzz," in the summer of 1994 on the indie label Backbeat; Parlophone signed them and reissued the single in the fall of the year. "Caught by the Fuzz" generated a significant amount of buzz, including praise from Blur and Elastica. "Mansize Rooster," the group's second single, was released in the spring of 1995. It reached the top 20 in the UK Singles Chart, as did "Lenny," which was released right before their debut album, I Should Coco.
I Should Coco (1995) was warmly greeted in U.K. and debuted at the Top Ten. The band's popularity continued to grow, leading to the number two double A-sided single, "Alright"/"Time". After staying in Top Three for a month, the single pushed the album to number one. I Should Coco was released in the U.S. three months later. A buzz began to build there as "Caught by the Fuzz" began receiving MTV and radio play. The acclaimed In It for the Money followed in 1997, and in 1999 the band issued their eponymous third LP, Supergrass, which received a belated American release the following spring.
Three years later the band resurfaced with the acclaimed Life on Other Planets, which gathered very positive reviews and was received warmly in both sides of the Atlantic.
The band's fifth album, Road to Rouen, was released in August, 2005 after a tough period for the band. Goffey had been targeted by the tabloid newspapers for a sex scandal and the Coombes brothers lost their mother. The album is less poppy and more mature and gained mainly favourable reviews although some critics could not accept the change in sound. The first track, "Tales of Endurance", deals with the commercial faliure of last single, "Kiss of Life" (#23). Supporting single "St. Petersburg" only beat it by one place, reaching #22 in the UK chart.
[edit] Tritones / Richard III
"The chord progression as featured in Richard III was banned by the Catholic church in the 16th Century for being "satanic".
I'd prefer to replace this with a link to the page on Tritones, if anything. The song only features a tritone in one chord progression. --Ritchie333 15:18, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Alternative Rock
I don't think Supergrass are an alternative rock band. A lot of their output is very mainstream, hence their chart success. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AaronRosenthal (talk • contribs) 11:26, 19 January 2007 (UTC).
