The Supernaturals
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Indie rock, Britpop, power pop |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboard, bass, drums |
| Years active | 1993–2002, 2012–present |
| Labels | Parlophone, Food, Koch |
| Associated acts | The Hussy's |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | James McColl Derek McManus Mark Guthrie Gavin Crawford David Currie/ David Michelle |
| Past members | Alan Tilston Ken McAlpine Steve Jeffrey Sean Guthrie Paul Malcolm |
The Supernaturals are a 5-piece guitar-based indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Fronted by singer-songwriter James McColl, they signed to Parlophone in 1996, and had a string of singles which were taken from their three albums and four EPs. Other members included Mark Guthrie, Derek McManus, Gavin Crawford and Ken McAlpine. The band's best known songs ("Smile" and "I Wasn't Built To Get Up") were featured prominently in a series of television advertisements. In total they scored five Top 40 entries in the UK Singles Chart.
The band was formed in 1991 by Derek McManus (guitar), James McColl (guitar/vocals) , Gavin Crawford (drums) and Mark Guthrie (bass). Their first cassette release was "Big 7" in 1992 followed by "Dark Star" in early 1993. The band toured extensively around Scotland, selling copies of "Big 7" and "Dark Star" and built a good fan base. Ken McAlpine joined the band in early 1994 on keyboards with Sean Guthrie and Steve Jeffrey sitting in as his replacement on keyboards occasionally. The band often played long sets and featured many impromptu cover versions of songs by bands such as The Move, The Replacements and The Monkees. They released the CD album "Sitting in the Sun" in 1994 and played at the Sound City Festival in Glasgow with the Trashcan Sinatra in April 1994. They followed this up with "Let it Bleat" in 1995. Gavin Crawford (drums) left the band in 1995 to be replaced by Alan Tilston. By mid 1995 The Supernaturals played unsigned at the Phoenix Festival and T in the Park.
In 1995 The Supernaturals came to the attention of Andy Ross of Food Records and they were signed to Food/EMI in November 1995. They spent early 1996 recording their debut album with producer Pete Smith and played gigs supporting Dodgy (on their Big Top Tour), Tina Turner, Sleeper, Menswear, The Bluetones and Ash. The band's second release on Food, "Lazy Lover" was supported by a large UK tour with Silversun and Grasshow in the Autumn of 1996. The band's next release "Day Before Yesterday's Man" was in January 1997 and the band toured with the Boo Radleys and Gene. They re -released "Smile" in April 1997 and their debut album "It doesn't matter anymore" was released in May 1997. The song "Smile" was a success in Japan with the album staying on the charts in Japan for 12 weeks. The band toured Europe and the UK with Robbie Williams in Autumn 1997.
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