Superbus (band)

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Superbus is a five-piece French power pop group, formed in 1999^[1].

Superbus
Origin	France
Genre(s)	Pop rock / Power pop
Years active	1999 – present
Website	http://www.superbus.com.fr
Members
Jennifer Ayache, aka Jenn. (singer/songwriter) Patrice Focone, aka Pat. (guitar, backing vocals) Michel Giovannetti, aka Mitch. (guitar, backing vocals) François Even, aka le snob. (bass, backing vocals) Greg Jacks, (drums)

1 Origins
2 Musical style
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Origins

After a trip to the United States to perfect her English in 1999, Jennifer Ayache went looking for musicians to make a group. She met Michel Giovannetti, a guitarist, and François Even, a bassist, who already knew each other from another group, and formed a new band. They started out as a three-piece before 2 other members joined.

Those two were later replaced by Guillaume Roussé (on drums), and Patrice Focone (on guitar). Roussé quit the band in 2005 and was replaced by Greg Jacks.

The band got their name from the Latin word superbus, meaning proud, supposedly from lead singer Jennifer Ayache stumbled upon that word when browsing a Latin dictionary.

[edit] Musical style

Superbus' style is reminiscent of a vast array of bands, from No Doubt to Sum 41, via Weezer, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blink-182 and Sublime.

In 2002, Superbus released their debut album, Aéromusical. The band's second album, Pop'n'Gum, released in 2004, was produced by David Salsedo from Silmarils. In 2005 they won the Best French Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards

Superbus also made a debut in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with their song Radio Song, featured as an unlockable bonus song.

According to the Sikoras, Superbus are the founders of 'girl noise garage rock', a genre involving garage rock mixed with girl noise.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Aéromusical, March 2002 (#85 in France)
Pop’n’gum, June 2004 (rerelased in March 2005) (#26 in France)
Wow, October 2006 (#6 in France)

[edit] Singles

Tchi-Cum-Bah, October 2002
Superstar, March 2003
Into the Groove, July 2003
Monday to Sunday, December 2003
Sunshine, May 2004
Radio Song, November 2004 (available as a bonus track in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock)
Pop’n’gum, July 2005
Little Hily, September 2005
Rock à Billy, September 2006
Butterfly, March 2007 (available in the soundtrack to the video game FIFA 08)
Lola, April 2007 (Digital release)
Travel the World, September 2007
Ça mousse, March 2008