I loved, LOVED Rockstar INXS last summer. I wonder if this season will be as good….
March 16, 2006
CBS’s ROCK STAR (working title) TO SELECT LEAD SINGER FOR THE NEW BAND — SUPERNOVA — FORMED BY DRUMMER TOMMY LEE Motley Crüe WITH BASSIST JASON NEWSTED Metallica AND GUITARIST GILBY CLARKE Guns N’ Roses
New Lead Singer To Be Chosen From 16 Hopefuls When The Second Edition Of CBS’s ROCK STAR Returns Summer 2006
New Album To Be Produced By Butch Walker (Rolling Stone Magazine’s 2005 “Hot Producer Of The Year”)
CBS and Mark Burnett Productions announced today that legendary musicians from some of the biggest American rock bands have joined forces to form a new band, Supernova, and will use CBS’s ROCK STAR (working title) as the competition to determine the new lead singer.
Supernova will feature drummer Tommy Lee (Motley Crüe), Jason Newsted (Metallica) and Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses). The second edition of CBS’s ROCK STAR will premiere on the Network this summer.
After the winning singer is selected on CBS’s ROCK STAR, Supernova will record an original album, to be co-written and produced by Butch Walker (hit songwriter/producer for Avril Lavigne Pink that will be released in the fall before the band embarks on a world tour starting in early 2007.
“I’ve toured with both Gilby and Jason. They’re incredible musicians and I’ve always wanted to play with them,” said Tommy Lee. “Starting a new band with old friends on worldwide television is going to be a blast, and we’re going to pull out all the stops to find the most charismatic and musically talented lead singer to front Supernova. I love breaking the rules.”
Bassist Jason Newsted added, “This is a fantastic opportunity for me to play with guys I’ve respected for a long time. It gives us a chance to be innovators. This is a new thing. It’s never been done before. We’re going to break new ground musically and on television. The anticipation is building in me Lead guitarist and co-writer Gilby Clarke proclaimed, “Rock n’ Roll is so alive and I’m so excited to be a part of CBS’s ROCK STAR. This is television history. Where else can you raid three historic bands to form one great band I can’t wait for the summer to begin.”
Butch Walker will join the project as co-writer and producer of the new album. Working with the dudes from Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crüe, and Metallica sounds like nothing but trouble, so I’m in! I’m looking forward to whoever the new lead singer is going to be so the guys can start corrupting their mind..!”
Dave Navarro and Brooke Burke will return as hosts, with Burke returning to the stage for introductions and Navarro returning to the judges’ couch for input and evaluations. “Last year, doing ROCK STAR: INXS was the greatest summer job of my life,” Navarro affirmed. “This year, I’m on the couch with my friends Tommy Lee, Gilby Clarke and Jason Newsted as they choose Supernova’s lead singer.”
