Superstar were a Scottish rock
band
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founded in 1991.
History
The band was formed in 1991 by Joe McAlinden, a former member of
The Groovy Little Numbers and the
BMX Bandits, who also
arranged
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strings for the band
Teenage Fanclub
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.
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , pp. 1015–6] They first appeared on
Creation Records
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in 1992 with the album ''Greatest Hits vol. 1'', which was followed by the
Capitol Records
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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.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'' (1992), Creation Records
*''Superstar'' (1994), Capitol
*''18 Carat'' (1997), Camp Fabulous
*''Palm Tree'' (1998), Camp Fabulous
*''Phat Dat'' (2000), Camp Fabulous
*''Six More Songs'' (2000), Camp Fabulous
EPs
*''Every Day I Fall Apart EP'' (1997), Camp Fabulous
*''Superstar vs Alan Warner EP'' (1998) (a collaboration with author Alan Warner)
Singles
* "Could It Be You" (1994), Superstar Records
*"Breathing Space" (1997), Camp Fabulous – UK No. 66
*"Every Day I Fall Apart" (1997), Camp Fabulous
*"Superstar" (1998), Camp Fabulous – UK No. 49
*"I Love Love" (2000), 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
Alternative rock groups from Glasgow
Musical groups established in 1991
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
Capitol Records artists