Musical Influences Donny Hathaway, Rage Against the Machine, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, U2, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie,

Instruments Gibson guitars, Ludwig drums, Fender basses

Albums Super 400

Press Reviews Mojo A new power-trio! Heart-cockles are well and truly warmed. There hasn't been a good rock threesome since the wonderful Kings X, but upstate New Yorkers Super 400 - two young men and, lawdy, a woman - are certainly heading in the right direction. If their creative, muso approach to heavy rock, with its tempo changes and long, almost psychedelic jams (Closer Day Bye Day clocks in at an epic 12 minutes) eerily recall the 'forementioned Kings X at times, it's because they're probably drawing on the same influences: primitive trios The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream have a lot answer for here. Elsewhere, Super 400's textured rock'n'blues sounds a lot like a modern-day Free, only a tad more brutal (Dreamboat especially), and The Black Crowes, only less stoned (the fine Hitch A Ride). One to watch......................................................................... Metroland - (live review) - ...The band are known for their extended jams (and we'll get to them presently) but were just as often concise. A prime example was 'To Rely on the Sun', which has a terrific hook and even could be called radio ready, if only radio would oblige. 'Hitch a Ride' also got immediately to the point, and though the vocals showed the pernicious influence of Soundgarden, the tune was a mean and lean highlight. The triumph of the evening, however, turned out to be the monstrous, epic treatment of 'Day Bye Day'. You know a band have wrung everything they can from a song when they ask the audience, 'we didn't overstay our welcome on that one?' No, they didn't, because they never lapsed into cliché, beat the improvisation into redundancy or ran out of energy. Chorus after chorus, they kept coming up with new ideas. Super 400 kept it interesting for the crowd, and probably more critically, for themselves. - Shawn Stone ........................................................ Guitar World - From the land of Blotto and Talas comes Super 400, discovered by Brit-rock manager Geoff Travis (the Smiths, the Cranberries, Pulp, the Strokes). The band's retro tendencies come as a relief from the current crop of slick, overproduced 'alternarock' bands. Super 400's great strength is that they actually sound like a band, with strong interplay between Kenny Hohman's rootsy guitar lines and Lori Friday's grooving, melodic bass work. Super 400 are definitely on the right track. .............................................. NYPress - (review of artists signed to Cacophone records) Perhaps the best group on the label is Super 400 - or should I say the best group formerly on the label, because by the time you read this, they will have signed to Island. It's not surprising that a major label would think it could get somewhere with these guys. On the final cut, 'Day Bye Day', they go straight into full-blown Zeppelin territory, starting with a basic, soulful, melodic tune of carved-out guitar sculptures and Bonzo-esque drums before plunging into a long, mystical-sounding jam. This is a band definitely to be watched, and this is an album that will still be opening up new discoveries months from now. ..................................................... Car Stereo Review - Voted Best New Artist of '98 - Ah, I love the sound of blistering guitar in the morning. And Afternoon. And evening. That's why I keep 'Super 400' in constant repeat mode. Guitarist/vocalist Kenny Hohman coaxes the crunch out of his well-broken-in Les Paul axe on muscular tracks like the forceful 'Do What I Like' and the epic 'Day Bye Bay', and he sings wise beyond his years, just like Paul Rodgers did during his heyday with Free and Bad Company. Who says the power trio is dead?................................................... Experience Hendrix - The groovy power pop trio from Albany NY pick up where the likes of Hendrix and Morrison left off. Super 400 mix thick bass grooves, mantra-like rhythms, and waves of distorted guitar work shaded in blues to create a sound that revives the best of a bygone era with a decidedly contemporary attitude. In 'Breathe', frontman Kenny Hohman's guitar work undulates between tranquility and vitality while he sings, 'don't want the world to be wicked, just want them to feel like we do/ like everything was groovin' and we were all old friends/ breathe out, breathe in 'cause what you do comes back again.' What the innovators of psychedelia did in the '60s has come back again as a vivid, modernized flashback. ...................................................... Marie Claire - Their bluesy, easy-riding rock invites listeners to get off their barstools and climb up onto the bar...the trio's interpretation of rock is fresh and relevant. .................................................. Tower Records TOP (UK) - Blues rockin' pipe n' slippers folk might raise a psychedelic ear to New York State trio Super 400. More jam than Hartley's in the mix, you sense that they could jam from here to the millennium, only stopping for a hamburger and the odd shot of Jack Daniel's. Luckily, they can see the trees through the Woodstock. ................................................... Total Guitar (UK) - This young American band combine Page-esque riffs (Breathe) with decidedly Hendrixy vocals (Pennies for My Love), but their album is far from derivative. They have a fresh, infectious style and are definitely worth checking out. Top stuff. (4 stars) .........................................................

Additional Info Super 400's second release is scheduled for January 2003

Location Troy, NY - USA

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