Superbugger

Superbugger dropped out the side of New Zealand 'supergroup' The Stumps after bass player Stephen Clover (seht) injured his back and was unable to make band practices. James Kirk (Black Boned Angel/Sandoz Lab Technicians) and Antony Milton (Nether Dawn/Mrtyu) decided to get together for a practice anyway and something miraculous happened after Antony discovered that with the discreet use of a home-made bass enhancer pedal he was able to play super heavy bass lines on guitar simultaneously with high end squall. (Needless to say a ridiculously large loud amp was also a key component..) Another difference with The Stumps is that Superbugger is far more riff oriented than the drone-rock- in fact its perhaps as much a ultra-distorted heavy psychedelic boogie rockband as anything. Also the 'songs' - the pieces with words- sound far more formulated, which is weird because they were spontaneous improvisations as well.. James's drumming provides all the punctuation and is as stunning as usual. Listening back to a shoddy recording of this practice room jam James and Antony were astounded at how good it sounded and decided that rather than a depleted Stumps they actually had a whole new band. With Antony having recently picked up a 'superbug' infection whilst in hospital it was deemed appropriate to name this duo Superbugger.