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"The Asian Invasion! This Japanese band has what it takes."

The Asian Invasion! This Japanese band has what it takes.
Reviewer: The Pulse, Lucas Peerman (click for website)
Language can create barriers. Music can tear those barriers down. Or in the case of Supe's hard-driving, pulse-pounding rock sound, those barriers are ripped in two, dropped repeatedly on their heads and left in a thumb-sucking fetal position. Playing as loud and hard as it can is one of the few ways Supe (pronounced "Shoop") can communicate with its audience. That's because only two members of the band speak English, including vocalist Kihiro, who sings each of the band's songs in English with nary an accent. - The Pulse, Lucas Peerman


"Brilliantly recorded and brilliantly played with raw enthusiasm!"

Supe started life in Japan circa 1999, supporting major acts as diverse as Faster Pussycat, D.R.I., and Factory 81. Essentially a Japanese five-piece (an unusual phenomenon to say these least) the band eventually moved to California's South Bay area, where they continued to play live locally as well as cutting a 2-song demo and returning to Japan on a regular basis to appease die-hard fans. With their first EP, intense cranium rupturing riffs and aggressive post hardcore style vocals are the order of the day, bringing to mind the brutish side of Breaking Benjamin or even Hoobastank. However, as with the latter, Supe manages to combine the clinical guitar carve-up with some neatly penned tunes, mindful of melody and hook. 'Shade', 'Naked Kings' and 'Good Face' follow the same pattern of energetic crunch and aural addiction, the pace only diminishing with a welcome respite of 'The Only One'-still a heavy track by anyone else's standards, but not in the context of this offering. Brilliantly recorded and brilliantly played with the raw enthusiasm that can only be nurtured by self belief, Supe's 'Grow in the Cold' has one major drawback...with only 6 tracks, it's too short! Roll on the debut album. - Alternative Addiction/Mike Newdeck


"Nothing but hard-hitting riff mania with splendid melodies"

You know back in the old days when you bought an album from a Japanese band, you always had to deal with their accent but it's not like that at all with Supe - they sound like a true all-American band. The sound from producer Sylvia Massy Shivy is powerful. The songs from Supe are nothing but hard-hitting riff mania with splendid melodies from Kihiro not to mention the glowing and tight performance - they're coming at ya like a 5-ton tanker. It feels great being a hard rock fan when bands like Supe come along...there's not a band song on the EP! - Melodic.net/Kaj Roth


"Nothing but hard-hitting riff mania with splendid melodies"

You know back in the old days when you bought an album from a Japanese band, you always had to deal with their accent but it's not like that at all with Supe - they sound like a true all-American band. The sound from producer Sylvia Massy Shivy is powerful. The songs from Supe are nothing but hard-hitting riff mania with splendid melodies from Kihiro not to mention the glowing and tight performance - they're coming at ya like a 5-ton tanker. It feels great being a hard rock fan when bands like Supe come along...there's not a band song on the EP! - Melodic.net/Kaj Roth


Discography

Our EP is "Grow in the Cold", released in the U.S. and majorly distributed in Japan.
The first song in the EP "SHADE" has radio airplay in Los Anglese/CA, Las Cruces/New Mexico, Lubbock/ Texas, Abilene/Texas, Houston/Texas.
And of course in Japan.

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Bio

Musically, its the blend of Japanese music inspiration and the U.S. Rock music. The band was formed in year 2000, after 2 shows, the band was offered to do several opening acts for Foreign Acts that came to Japan. Some bands such as DeeDeeRamone, Faster Pussy Cats, Factory 81, D.R.I., Dislocated Styles and more. Because of so many shows with overseas bands, the band had always a vision of playing in the U.S., which is like every Japanese Bands dream to do. In 2002, the band made its first U.S. Tour (Los Angeles and San Diego). The tour was so successful to us and we felt that we can make something happen, we had repeaters come to a show at the Wisky a go go/Hollywood, we played in front of 200 kids in San Diego. That triggered all of us to move to the U.S. and in 2003, Kihiro(vo), Ari(gu) and Ryoz(dr) moved to Long Beach, California. Because of financial issues, Takeshi(gu) and Toru(ba) had to wait to relocate their homes. Therefore from 2003 to 2005, Takeshi and Toru came to the U.S. every 3months, and durring that time we made songs and did short tours around the west coast. We also had to make songs over the internet, sending mp3's back and forth over and over again.
In 2005 we met our current manager, Randy Brewer which started us to do more high level shows and booking. Thru him we contacted Sylvia Massy Shivy, our "Grow In The Cold" album producer, and in 2006 we started our EVERY WEEKEND touring. Every weekend we would have a show outside of Long Beach... San Diego, San Francisco, Bakersfield, Tempe AZ, Tucson AZ, Las Cruces NM...and so on in the west. All those work helped us to get our Performance Artist Visa, which is our current status now. In 2007, we released our album in Japan and did a 8 city SOLD OUT show (Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya...etc.). And present we are on our first U.S. National Tour, which is going AWESOME!!!!