Here Today... Gone To Hell!

BostonHerald.com: It's been only six months since this began, but have you thought much about the future? About next year, the next tour, the next record?

Rossi: You know, brother, you're the first to ask about the next record. I've done a thousand interviews and no one has asked about the next record. No one seems to get it. We're going to be around a long time. We're going to be a force to be reckoned with. And I'll tell you this, there's going to be a lot more of me on the next record.

Complete Interview: http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=179166&srvc=edge

I wonder who will be with him on the next record?

Anything would be an improvement over the first record...................... :D

a lot more of him on the next record? perhaps only him :hihi:

hahahaha

Keep dreamin' dude!  :rofl:

Fuck this guy...the chick should have won....this band blows...we have Gilby, Tommy and Jason disgracing Metallica, Guns and Motley all in one shot......

the album is actually quite good IMHO

any of you heard it yet? and obviously he means that he'll have a bigger influence on the writing next time around :P

Just saw them 2nite and I have to admit that they got the goods. It was a good rock show.  The only problem with this band is the overly commercial vibe that they seem to have, most likely because they have the name Rockstar Supernova which is kinda lame.  (btw I know they can't use Supernova, but they need to figure something else out)  I think they could really build it up big if the members involved decide to stick it out and build up a fan base, one that's not rooted in a tv show.

Blame that on CBS my friend.. It was known BEFORE the first episode 'supernova' had been used... And that band said they would take legal action... The show had just ended when the final judgement was ruled... By that time if they were named anything else, they'd be even more unkown than they are now!!

Unfortunately, they will be around a long time...in the bargain bins.

In all sincerity, I hope they *do* put out a second record to show that they can do as a *band,* rather than three very different rock stars who added a singer at the last minute.   I imagine the singer will have a significant input into the dynamics and sound of the band, once he has a change to actually construct the songs with them, rather than be a hired hand, which is essentially what he was on this first record.   Me, I think they *need* to do another one in order to ditch the joke status that they seem to have been tagged with, and perhaps rightfully so.

And I'm sorry, but "Supernova" is just as bad as "Rockstar: Supernova."

ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA's video for the song "Headspin" has been posted online at YouTube.com. The track comes off the group's self-titled debut album, which has sold 49,000 copies in the United States since its November 21, 2006 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Headspin" ? about ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA singer Lukas Rossi's rocky relationship with his mother ? is an original RISE ELECTRIC (Lukas' pre-SUPERNOVA band) song that Rossi wrote with guitarist Dominic Cifarelli and performed on the "Rock Star: Supernova" TV show when the contestants were asked to sing one of their originals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvDvJyi2i88

It looks like some people have been out to see them.

The following are some of the ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA / THE PANIC CHANNEL concert grosses, as reported by Billboard magazine:

Artist/Event: ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, THE PANIC CHANNEL
Venue: Bell Centre
City/State: Montreal, QUE, Canada
Date: January 23, 2007
Gross Sales: $295,227
Attendance: 5,762
Capacity: 6,733

Artist/Event: ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, THE PANIC CHANNEL
Venue: Massey Hall
City/State: Toronto, ONT, Canada
Date: January 24, 2007
Gross Sales: $202,690
Attendance: 2,702
Capacity: 2,717

Complete list: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=67245

the album did not sell well at all, but the attendance figures are not bad at all, actually-I know he's from Canada, but the us tour attendance could have been worse

I'm still not sold on the band or their music, but they seem much more like a "real band" in the video than they did throughout the show.  If they make it work, good for them...

I think their really great. Ahhh, what if Rossi could be singer for VR..

I actually really like the album...I know I am in the vast minority on this though.  I doubt we'll see another album.  They have been a bust, which is too bad, as I liked them...although I know of no one else who does...

Then VR would suck :hihi:

"hey, hey, we're the Monkees...
people say we monkey around..."
maybe this band should stick to t.v....
give them a half-hour slot on saturday morning...
...but seriously, good luck to gilby and crew.

these guys suck...they are a disgrace to all of their previous bands

i love the album and im disappointed i missed thier tour

I went to their show in Florida, not bad at all.. Tommy rules  : ok:

They can't suck any worse then they do now.  : ok:

VR already sucks  :peace:

Gig review: Rockstar Supernova

In something of a bogan explosion, Rockstar: Supernova shook the mostly full Christchurch Town Hall last night.

I only caught a few episodes of the top-rating TV show Rockstar: Supernova ? the reality show which found lead vocalist Lukas Rossi from 20,000 hopefuls ? because one reality (my own) is generally more than I can handle, but those around me were palpably hysterical with anticipation.

Featuring big names like legendary drummer Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) and bassist Johnny Colt (Black Crowes) it was worth attending this concert just to be able to say you'd been in the same room.

Opening act was the Australian who placed third on the TV show, Toby Rand and his band, Juke Kartel, who rocked. Their mostly original songs were delivered with passion and charisma.

The shining moment of their set was when Rand dragged a local teenage boy wearing an Iron Maiden T-shirt onto the stage to duet with him on a Bon Jovi-styled version of Billy Idol's Rebel Yell. The kid did good.

After a half-hour break it was time for the superstars to shine. Lee, Clarke and Colt are simply stunning musicians which makes it all the more puzzling that they have aligned themselves with Rossi ? who is almost a cardboard cutout of what he thinks a rockstar should be ? exaggerated on-stage posturing, artfully arranged ties, cliched mohawk and sunglasses (at night).

Before competing on the TV show Rossi was a cook at a Hooters restaurant and, while I hate to appear harsh, I'd hazard a guess that at this point he's a better cook than a frontman.

Their set started with their loud take on the Rolling Stones song, Let's Spend the Night Together, which signalled the unusual set list to follow. In fact I found the set list to be surreal to the point that I was pinching myself and constantly elbowing those beside me with queries such as: "This is a hair metal version of Don Henley's Boys of Summer, isn't it?" or "Am I hallucinating? Are they seriously performing a Guns N' Roses-inspired version of The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony with a four-piece string section?"

That said, their version of Bittersweet Symphony was so wrong it was blissfully right and infinitely memorable. They also performed songs off their own album, including, among others, Can't Bring Myself to Light This Fuse and Be Yourself (And 5 Other Cliches) ? ironically Rossi's best effort of the night.

Despite an arsenal of spotlights, strobes and large devices shooting confetti it seems that reality for this supernova is implosion for eventually a truly successful foray into reality requires something real that Rossi hasn't quite found yet.

The highlight of my night was getting hit in the head with Lee's drumstick when he tossed it into the audience. Congrats to the 182cm tall bogan who had the foresight to elbow me out of the way in my stunned state.

The night ended as bizarrely as it began with one encore, a cover of Prince's Purple Rain, before the house lights came on and reality was back.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4002980a1860.html

Sounds kinda lame.

I just picked up the album today-Tommy wrote most of the songs, Gilby wrote some-along with Butch Walker-the album is ok, nothing special-a letdown, but if you pick up Tommy Lee's solo stuff and Gilby's solo stuff, it just sounds like Lucas singing those type of songs-I like Gilby, and liked a lot of his solo stuff, but it just dosen't work for me with this for some reason

stop trying to make this into another VR vs GNR thread cuz im very tempted to insult you, which would lead to a ruined thread