Superdrag
| Superdrag | |
|---|---|
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, power pop, post-grunge, indie rock |
| Years active | 1992–2003, 2007–2010 |
| Labels | Elektra, Darla, Arena Rock, Vagrant |
| Website | superdrag |
| Past members |
John Davis Tom Pappas Don Coffey, Jr. Brandon Fisher Sam Powers Mic Harrison William Tyler |
Superdrag was an American alternative rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The band had a hit with its 1996 single "Sucked Out" off their album Regretfully Yours, for which a video clip was broadcast regularly on MTV. The original lineup reunited in 2007, releasing their last album in 2009.
Superdrag formed in the early 1990s when Knoxville guitar player Brandon Fisher began dating the cousin of John Davis. Davis, a bit younger than Fisher, began playing the drums in Brandon's band, The Used (posthumously renamed The Used to Be for a 2003 rerelease, and not to be confused with the Utah-based emo band), along with Tom Pappas, also Davis's senior by a couple of years.
After a relatively unsuccessful stint under that arrangement, a friend of the band named Don Coffey Jr. overheard Davis play a few songs he had written on the guitar and began playing drums with them. Soon after, Pappas switched from his guitarist role to become the band's bass player, Fisher resumed on the lead guitar, and Superdrag was born.
The band released three vinyl singles and their first CD EP, The Fabulous 8-Track Sound of Superdrag in 1995, and after having one of their A-sides ("Señorita") on a CMJ comp, soon released their first proper full-length, Regretfully Yours in 1996 after attracting the attention of Elektra Records. Their first single, "Sucked Out," was played frequently on MTV and the radio, but it would be their only mainstream hit; as a result, they were soon classified as a one-hit wonder. The video clip to the single "Destination Ursa Major" on the same album was Superdrag's second and last video to make it to television.
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