What they say is absolutely true: There is no rest for the weary.
After 400 shows supporting their 2006 debut national release “Grow Yer Own” on LAW Records, The Supervillains spent the first part of 2008 recording their sophomore release on LAW, titled MASSIVE. Recorded at Orlando’s Fighting Records Studios under the guidance of producer James Wisner (Justin Timberlake, Slightly Stoopid) the album was dropped nationally in October 2008 and has received impressive reviews across the country thusfar, Since the release of “Massive”, the Supervillains have been on the road pounding the pavement from Seattle to the Virgin Islands getting the word out to the streets that this album is FOR REAL.
To promote the album, the ‘Villains direct-supported good friends PEPPER (who also founded LAW) for the innaugural LAW Records Tour, selling out 40+ shows nationwide in the midst of a recession. After the LAW Tour, the band routed back from the west coast direct-supporting Slightly Stoopid for the first 3 weeks of February (all shows sold out) and landing safe in sound back in their hometown of Orlando, Florida.
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Now that “Massive” has been introduced to the world and has had time to marinate with the fans, the Supervillains are heading out to headline their own tour supporting the new album. Tentatively scheduled from May 4- June 15th, the band will be bringing it’s intense reggae-punk sound to theatres around the country.. With the support of their longtime sponsor Jagermeister, the band will be hooking up with Pepper and Pennywise for the Northeast leg of the Jagermeister Musictour (DC to Boston) from May 13-17.
After a couple of one-off dates with Pepper, the Supervillains will continue to push every market and put on one of the best live shows in America. Be on the look-out for full-band acoustic sets in local record stores and reports from the road by drummer/vocalist Dom Maresco on his infamous weekly video segment “The Cocktail Blog”, where he calls it as he sees it (sensitive types need not apply). As LAW Records CEO, Yesod Williams (drummist for Pepper) likes to say about his boys the Supervillains: “Things are getting MASSIVE these days.” Massive indeed.
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