And this is why we love John
21st nite of September
Everybody say “Happy Birthday Chak!”
Skin, Bones and 50 Years
If you had asked me to blog about Merdeka on 31st Aug, I’d have just balked at how cliché that would’ve been. Not that I’m putting down the significance of our country turning youthful 50, cos if it matters, I did my share of contemplation and have vowed to become a better Malaysian. There you are, happy? On the other hand, this isn’t really an entry about Merdeka per se.
I was at a friend’s place on Merdeka eve for dinner, good company, merlot, single malt whiskey, and lotsa beer. As a background to the evening, we had Foo Fighters’ Skin & Bones DVD playing. Now this was a DVD that I bought awhile back, played it once on my crappy TV with cracked speakers and never bothered again. But now, I was watching it again in all its HD & 5.1 goodness. And I figured, there couldn’t have been a better concert to pick to celebrate the country’s 50 years. Check out the DVD and tell me that the acoustic versions of stuff like “My Hero”, “Next Year” and “See You” don’t bring out images of role models, new beginnings and festivities in good ol’ rocked out fashion.
“Times Like These” and “Best of You” came up about 20 minutes after the stroke of midnight when we were done singing “Negaraku” at the top of our lungs on a balcony at the highest point in PJ, catching fireworks from 7 different places. (yup, I could still count!) Now those songs brought old memory racing back in my head (or was it the single malt?), and left me with a weird sense of optimism and hope that things are gonna be okay. And why not? I looked around me and all the major cultures of
No Action So Far
My precious Epiphone Les Paul Custom is not seeing much action. Not even a scratch.
Since I got it in June, only played it in the studio once, and once for the AF gig. We’ve been having a hard time recently just trying to get together for practice.
But tomorrow, my baby’s going to see some action again. Hehehe…
The Making Of Superbar’s EP
Since we’re on a low budget and cant afford the lights and camera, we’ll just give you the action. Prepare yourself for the making of Superbar’s top hits album, aka our first EP, aka “Someone Open The Door and Let Me Outta Here”
These are all photos that didn’t make it to our EP cover.
I think this picture’s so cool.. but we had to remove it when a government rep complained that we were ripping off the image of Central Market / Puduraya maestros.
Do I really have to tell you why this pic didn’t make it?
We were rejected from Malaysian Idol. Background music: “I’m going home….to the place where I belong..”
Chak: “Ah… this feels good!”
Superbar’s official car, the Superbaru..
“Eh bang, rokok ade?” - government said we were portraying a vivid impression of Malaysian youth. They preferred a picture of us in the library or chasing butterflies in the garden. But since this is Visit Malaysia Year 2007, and we didn’t want to lie, this one had to go.
Chak: That was awesome. Was it good for you?
Suren: Erm, ok lah can also. I’ve had better..
Perfect music for all occasions
That’s how the first online review of “Someone open a door and let me outta here!” by Mr. Spanky went. We’ve been passing copies around through friends & friends of friends and we’ve heard some good comments so far.
Disclaimer: Mr Spanky is actually a dear friend of ours who has been to most of our gigs and has doubled as group’s unofficial photographer when Alan’s not around. You rock man!
Updates on the upcoming EP
The good news is we’ve got “same way i do”, “out of body” and “rollercoaster” out of the way, and they are sounding awesome! Don’t get us wrong, we’re proud of the demos recorded at Senzr Studio but this takes our sound to a whole new level.
We’re got three more tracks to go for the EP, one of which would probably be a brand new track which we’ve never performed in public before. Gotta check with Chak on that one, cos he’s the man. Anyway, its called “worth a bet” *i think*, trying to nail down a motown-ish vibe to it. The band kinda likes where the song is heading.
Anyway, i’m out.
suren for superbar
Heineken Thirst Studio
All of us, especially Chak and Sen Kiat, were bogged down with recording tracks for the upcoming Heineken Thirst Studio competition. Competition dateline was on Sunday (July 30) and we managed to submit our entry on erm…..Sunday nite. Yup, not exactly the lazy sunday we were hoping for but it does feel nice to be productive on a weekend for a change.
Anyway, these pictures were taken from Sen Kiat’s blog. He’s got this whole “world according to Sen Kiat” thingy going on. Check it out!
hurry up man, i’m starving!
where’s the Malaysian Book of Records when u need them?
dum, dee, dum, dum
Phew…done!!
Superbar will be featured on a compilation CD
The news isn’t out yet, but we thought we’ll let you guys in on a little teaser. “Out of Body” is now a done deal thanks to the production expertise of Senzr and Meng from Standing Wave Studios, Subang. We’ll be included in an up-coming compilation CD, which will be launched as a collaborative effort between a magazine, a telco and the world’s largest coffee chain. In line with that, you will be seeing a lot more activity happening in August in support of this.
(P.S - I think Chak might’ve spilt the beans in his myspace posting :P)
Chak’s posting on Myspace (Part 2)
A continuation…
“The Aftermath of Troubadours (kudos and ringtones)
Current mood: 
bouncy
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
In my last entry, I mentioned that I was looking forward more to the Troubadours acoustic gig rather than our rock-out Central Market one.
Guess what?
That one gig netted us two blog entries (from other people la), a radio interview and more than a few fans. Since then, we’ve also played at alliance francaise (i think that spelling is wrong) and one of our songs (Out of Body) is about to be featured on the KLUE decibel 02 CD.
It’s sponsored by DiGi so we’re going to have a ringtone to accompany the compilation.
OUR FIRST RINGTONE!
Fuck the whole selling out rant… If this is what selling out means, then I’m sold!Anyhows, we’re not your typical serious rock band anyway… I think one of the most important things about being in a band (especially at our age) is to not to take it overly seriously.
We’re here to have a good time, and perhaps to share our music with a few good men and women.And that’s what we’re doing. and our grandkids will hear no end to how we got our songs into ringtones when we were kids. Ok, we’re not really kids anymore, but lets not spoil the mood of this happy entry.
Go buy our ringtones!”
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Superbar is a pop rock/power pop band based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fronted by sometime singer-songwriter Chak with lead guitarist Bala, eclectic rockers Superbar came together in 2004. Read More >> -
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