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Promethium
 Post subject: Supergrass breaks up.
PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:42 am 
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LONDON (Reuters) – British band Supergrass, which had hits in the 1990s with singles "Alright" and "Richard III," announced on Monday it had split.

The quartet from Oxford, with six studio albums under its belt, decided to break up "due to the 17 year itch," it said in a statement.

Supergrass, consisting of singer Gaz Coombes, Rob Coombes, Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey, will play four farewell shows in June starting in Glasgow, Scotland on June 8 and ending in Paris on June 11.

"Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years," the band said in a statement.

"We still love each other but, cliche notwithstanding, musical differences have led to us moving on and of course we all wish each other well in the future."

According to British media reports, Supergrass had been working on a seventh album in 2009, and it is not clear whether any of the new material will be released.

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That is a bummer, with the exception of the S/T and the last one (which I really didn't listen to much) they were always pretty qual...

In It For The Money is one of the best records to come out of that 90s britpop period.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:32 pm 
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This would've really sucked 10 years ago.
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This is probably for the best. They've been in a steady decline for awhile.

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this doesn't really surprise me. the hot rats thing sent up signals that they were veering away from the supergrass brand and, yeah, it's been a long career.

great live band.
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Always got them confused with Superdrag.
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discostu Wrote:
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I wanted to like em and had the first several releases, but it never grabbed me.

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ha - exactly. they had a good run.

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