Chicago's Superchick decide to call it a day

THE GROUP Superchick from Chicago, Illinois, whose music down the years covered such styles as rock, dance, R&B and rap, have called it a day. The band released the successful albums 'Karaoke Superstars' (2001), 'Last One Picked' (2002), 'Beauty From Pain' (2005) and 'Rock What You Got' (2008) and lost their drummer Chase Lovelace to cancer earlier this year. Wrote songwriter/producer Max Hsu, "Superchick is closing a chapter. The people you've seen on stage are taking a curtain bow. It's time to go exploring again. Everyone has new stories to write: Tricia has another solo record coming out, Dave is touring with Audio Adrenaline, Melissa started Rosebuds East, Matt is busy being a realtor/songwriter/daddy daycare and I've got plenty of projects to finish up, including a ThumpMonks record years in the making. There are five brand new Superchick songs we will release into the wild soon. When he first started chemo, our drummer Chase called me to say, 'Don't finish the record without me; I'm coming back in the fall.' We managed to get a couple studio sessions with him and some of Chase's rhythmic creativity lives on in these songs. They are the last words in a sentence that was brought to a full stop by Chase's passing. These new songs are dedicated to his fighting optimism. They are some of the best we've done and I hope they honour his memory."