Biography
"Heaven’s Basement is dirty. It’s filthy. It’s sleazy. It’s gutter-rock by way of traditional heavy metal, and it’s straight-up awesome. From the minute the five-piece steps on stage you get the impression that this is the band of the night and do they ever prove it. The band gets down and dirty and receives a boisterous reception for its troubles. Wearing its influences on bare arms (there’s a touch of Sabbath, a smidgen of the Crüe and more than a healthy portion of Axl Rose), it’s all snarling lyrics, melting solos and pure attitude. Terrific." - Alex Hambleton, DTA Music Review - Luton '08
"The Venue's packed. Attractive girls, old-school rockers, new-era wannabe rock stars, all hoping that Heaven's Basement will be the real deal, rather than papier-mache heroes who'll crumble under the pressure of expectation. Thankfully the band deliver. The best british band of this type... Heaven's Basement have the potential to match their ambition." - Classic Rock live review
"Heaven's Basement play as if their lives depend on it. They should already be a big name - bristling riffs and jagged, riotous hooks are their poison and exceptional is not too strong a word. They shoot their songs out like desperate, last gasp bullets and leave this tiny stage to a deservedly disproportionate ovation" - Kerrang live review
Hailing from the industrial wastelands of Manchester (UK), gutter rock n' rollers Dear Superstar combine their passion for 80’s hard rock with the power and bile of modern metal.
Riding their unscrupulous and depraved rollercoaster into sold out venues across the UK and Europe, Dear Superstar have destroyed stages supporting the likes of Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Bullet For My Valentine, Hanoi Rocks and Wednesday13 – helping to build their foundations as the UK’s brightest hope for lecherous Rock N Roll.
With their unquenchable thirst for life on the road, Dear Superstar recorded their album “Heartless” with producer Romesh Dodangoda (Funeral For A Friend, Bullet for my Valentine, The Blackout, Kids in Glass Houses) to document years of touring and a graphic confession of the band's lifestyle of unbridled mayhem. This sparked a unique relationship with legendary rock independent label Demolition/DR2 Records who went on to release the album in October 2008!
Dear Superstar burst straight back onto the live circuit in 2009 supporting Papa Roach across the UK and Europe and after wowing crowds on the sold-out tour, were quickly confirmed to appear at the iconic Download Festival 2009 and Sonisphere Knebworth 2009.
With "Heartless" now available in all major record stores and a relentless touring schedule the UK’s premier rock n' roll disasters are taking no prisoners!
Links
www.heavensbasement.com
www.dearsuperstar.co.uk
www.thecraveband.com
www.myspace.com/badappetiteofficial
