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The Superjesus were a rock band from Adelaide, Australia. Their notable Australian hits include "Down Again" and "Gravity".

History
Lead singer and main song-writer Sarah McLeod (musician)|Sarah McLeod formed the band in late 1994 with guitarist Chris Tennent, drummer Paul Berryman and bass player Stuart Rudd. Tennent was McLeod's guitar teacher at the time and a veteran of the Adelaide music scene having played in various bands since the 1980s [http://www.ausmetalguide.com/a/almost_human.htm]. The band was originally called Hell's Kitchen before changing their name to The Superjesus on the eve of the 1994 Big Day Out in Adelaide.

Says Paul Berryman of the name: "It was basically just a piss-take on commonly used words in the 90s. Like The Jesus and Mary Chain, 'Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs|Jesus Built My Hot Rod', The Jesus Lizard, Jesus Jones; there's just heaps of Jesus' out there in the music world so we thought we would have that and super was kind of like a 90s catch word."

The group's debut Extended play|EP, ''Eight Step Rail'', was released in 1996. It spent a couple of months on top of the Australian Independent charts and won a couple of ARIA Awards.

All had not always been well with the band internally and in 1997 Chris Tennent temporarily left. Aaron Tokona from Wellington, New Zealand band ... read all