superhero biography

Can we do it? Yes we can! Superhero have been living this out for a lot longer than its been Barack Obama's catch phrase!

Superhero have been there, done it and bought the T-Shirt....well, sold the T-Shirt!

It started when they made the crazy decision to give up the day jobs. The "stepping out of the boat" moment, which set the tone for things to come.

"It will never last" - "It's impossible" - "You can't do this in Europe".....well, that was 8 years, 4 albums, 1000+ gigs, 250,000 people, 19 countries and 5000 responses to the gospel later!! Don't tell these guys it can't be done....unless you want it done!

When the guys from Delirious announced that they were going to search for and sign a UK band, Superhero were not even considered by the media and the 'industry insiders' as even in the frame for consideration. Well, no one told Superhero about the rules, so they spent their last £400 making a demo of 4 new songs, sent it off and 6 months later were discussing terms with Fierce, getting the tour of the Delirious HQ and discussing details for their debut album release!

No one gets the hugely sought after London based producer Alan Branch to work with a Christian band, after all, he's the best we know! He's worked with U2, Primal Scream, Sinead O'Connor, Blur..etc etc. Well, guess what? They sent him a demo and he phoned the next day
"When do we start" was his response.

And what about America? Everyone wants to go there, everyone wants to tour there but how can we? Without a US label, without a manager, without a booking agent, with no records released there....It can't be done! Solution, get on a plane in Glasgow, get off in Memphis and see what happens! 80 gigs, 29 states visited a 6 week tour with Grammy nominated band DecembeRadio and Superhero find themselves about to release their first album into the US market, taking calls every week from people who want to sign them to this and sign them to that. No thanks!

So what is it that drives them on, against the odds. If you ask them they will always give you the same answer:

"We believe this is what God wants us to do, and as long as we feel this way, and for as long as people continue to hear and respond to the Gospel through what we do, we will keep moving forward....oh! and we love the challenge, the way it stretches our faith and keeps us humble, because the way we do things, it can only ever be said that God did it for us".

"All the glory to him, he is our constant"

Chronology of Superhero

1998
We started meeting in a flat in Glasgow Scotland
Played our first gigs to friends & local venues
Got our first bookings

1999
Gave up our day jobs
Played the European Festival in Germany
Signed our first record deal
Recorded our first record

2000
Signed a management deal with Gary Smith of Big Ideas, UK

2002
Signed deal with Fierce! for Marketing & Distribution

2003
Signed a publishing deal with delirious? curious!
Initial meetings with legendary producer Alan Branch
Recorded & released first CD with Fierce! titled: Superhero, produced by Alan Branch

2004
Toured with Delirious, Newsboys, Rebecca St James, Third Day
Headlined our first European Festival
Headlined our first 25 date UK Tour

2005
Wrote & Recorded new album

2006
Released New album: Fake Lunar Landing
Went to Nashville to speak with record labels, publishers etc... in the US.

2007
FIRST USA Tour which ran from April - June 2007
Toured USA with DecembeRadio, Bread of Stone, Nevertheless
Opened SH1 Management in the USA for US Bookings & Tours Information

2008
USA East Coast Tour - New York to Michigan – May
Back in the Studios – Working on our next CD Project (Shhh… don’t tell anyone)
USA Atlanta to Toronto Canada to Michigan – October

2009
Release New Album: “The Bicycle Thieves”

USA East Coast Tour - May

and this journey continues…