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From the ashes of former major label acts, Superbutt was born in February 2000. Their first, ever recorded song was an AC/DC classic for a Hungarian AC/DC Tribute record titled 4,5 Volts, which was released in November 2000. Starting from April 2000 the band was active also on stage and played a fair number of big Hungarian festivals besides touring heavily around the country. With the intention of finding a good base for their music they recorded a 3 song demo (which was only available at the website) and as a finish of the year, they also shot the first Superbutt video, Lust Kills, which later was regularly played by more bigger and smaller Hungarian TV channels.
The demo recordings lived up to the bands’ expectations, and in February 2001, they signed to Warner Music Hungary. The first full-length CD, 2 Minutes For Roughing was released in May 2001 and it was followed by more intensive touring as before. Besides the usual Hungarian festivals - where Superbutt became an indispensable guest - they intorduced themselves in Austria and Germany, where they got to play the famous With Full Force festival in Leipzig.
In 2002 '2 Minutes For Roughing' album was picked up, and released in Bulgaria too by local Warner licensee Orpheus Records. Superbutt also managed to play some memorable shows, including a short 5 show tour in Hungary, Austria and Italy with Ignite, their good friends from California, and they were lucky enough to open also for Rollins Band in February in Budapest. Later that spring, Superbutt toured in Switzerland, Germany and Holland, and the band had a very active festival season through summer in Hungary crowned by headlining the Metal Hammer Main Stage of the Island Festival. By the end of August Superbutt's second video Losing My Way was ready and the band went live again in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Switzerland as well as in their home country until the end of the year.
In January 2003 Superbutt started recording their second full length album at Warner Music’s Aquarium Studio in Budapest. The material produced by Ignite’s lead singer Zoli Teglas came out in June. In July, Pioneer, the first video clip of the new album landed in the top 10 of the chart of the Hungarian Viva music television. At the same time the first album 2 Minutes For Roughing was released in France by Next Music and one of the songs of this record was featured on French Rock Sound Magazine's sampler cd in July. Meanwhile the band hasn't stopped touring. After a European round in May-June Superbutt played a lot of summer festivals including ones in the Czech Republic, Holland and of course Hungary. The fall found the band on the road again jumping and sweating on the stages of clubs in Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Hungary.
In 2004 both Superbutt albums were released in the Benelux countries by Sonic Rendezvous. Among others the band played with Enhancer in France and Clawfinger in Belgium. In April, Superbutt received the 'Best Modern Rock Band of the Year' award at Viva TV's Music Awards in Hungary. In May, The Unbeatable Eleven finally came out in Germany (Two Fat Men/Twilight) and in the UK (TFM) too. The video 'Pioneer' went into the top 20 of German Viva TV's rock/alternative chart in September. The release date of The Unbeatable Eleven in France is 25 October. Be sure to keep your ears open!