“Killer” is the new album from Super Bob and if you haven’t heard of this band, pull your head from whatever rock it’s under and open you ears. I'm not so cheesy and cliche' to say that the album "Killer" is killer (chirp, chirp) because it's honestly better than cliche's can say.

How can I prove that? Well, why would I come out of hiatus to write an article on an awful album?

I opened up for Super Bob on one of their stints in Jacksonville a few years ago. I remember watching them and saying to my buddy “these guys a fu****g awesome”. Their live show is incredible and the energy they portray matches the music perfectly. It was like a wave of sound and rhythm assaulting my senses. It was incredible.

“Killer is absolutely what I would have expected from that band. Growth, yet still maintaining that energy that’s so difficult to keep when recording an album.

There’s no better opening to this album than the first track “Capt Crunch”. It symbolically lets you know that this sh** is about to go down.

Track 4, “preacher” is a little slower but that doesn’t mean it’s softer. There’s an old school break down towards the end of the track that makes you want to grab your computer screen and throw it through the window.

The album is awesome. I won’t make comparison sot other bands or albums because that’s disrespectful to this piece of incredible rock and roll. This is what was supposed to happen when rock and roll made its next evolutionary turn.

“F.T.W.”, Track 6, is a perfect example of the attitude that rock used to be about and what it’s supposed to be about. An in your face attitude and take no prisoners attack on the status quo that is rock and roll.

Bottom line? Every. Single. Song. Is. Awesome.

Do yourself a favor and go buy this album, crank it to 11, and see how many sets of speakers you can blow through before you get tired of this album. My guess? A lot.

Super Bob's newest album, Killer, has just come out and I couldn't have been more excited to listen to it! Super Bob is always a good time live, serving up hard rocking techno inspired party music. Their newest masterpiece has cranked the volume and the party attitude up to a whole new level, even for Super Bob! The song Savior is the best song on the album, it has a beat, it has attitude and it rocks. F.T.W. is something I can easily see people getting into and singing along with the band, but honestly most of the album is that way.

Killer flows very well. The songs are all seperate and interesting yet they work very well together. This is one of the few albums I could listen to in its entirety and would likely do over and over again. Super Bob has made great improvements over their previous sound with Killer, yet still keep a vibe that only they can do. Check out the album and don't miss a chance to see them live either!

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen as many tattoos and piercings on stage at one time, but I can tell you with certainty, that it’s even more rare to see a rock act deliver such a fun, engaging and energetic show.

Super Bob is a hard-working quartet out of Virginia who pour their hearts and souls into their uber-entertaining thrill-ride of an hour-long set. According to dynamic front man Matt Santoro, the hyperactive foursome rip through 250+ shows per year.

Santoro, a quiet, humble gentleman off-stage is a frenetic, active madman behind the mic. He was engaging all night and quickly bonded with the crowd. “We’re here to have a good time!” The crowd roared and he knowingly replied “We’re gonna get along fine,” and the party was on.

The band members were whirling dervishes flying across the stage, but clearly a tight, choreographed unit. Bassist Drew Recny is a theatrical performer who dishes out pristine bass riffs as he incessantly bounced around, swapping spots with Adam Smith, an entertaining guitarist with an infectious style and smile. Chris Faircloth kept the band tight on drums and is equally entertaining, doling out distinctive drums, punctuated with assorted stick tricks.

The music was industrial tinged, hard-edged dance rock, and the show was a fantastic spectacle. Highlights from the set included an electrifying “Superfly,” a song that Santoro attributed to a guy names Super Dave, a raucous version of “Freak” and a fun singalong version of “Fuck California.” Several times throughout the show, Santoro fondly mentioned local rockers Traverser who brought Super Bob to town to support their CD release party a year ago. “We were going to play one cover from Traverser, but their music is as hard as a math problem, so we’re not gonna play it.”

But they did play one cover, and it was a clear crowd favorite, as they put their own spin on an American dance classic, “Sexy And I Know It” by LMFAO. I asked Santoro why that song? “It’s the only cover we’ve ever done. My voice is kind of my voice and I have trouble singing other people’s songs, so any song that we were going to cover had to be pretty easy. It’s not hard vocally, plus we wanted to change it and that was a candidate for really being able to change. We made it a lot heavier and a lot different.”

“Covers are covers.” offered Santoro, “Why take a great song and then play that great song, because you’re probably not as good as the performers who recorded that great song? We always thought the best covers are like when Manson did “Sweet Dreams” or Limp Bizkit did “Faith.” Bands like that take a cover song, and then they make it their own unique song, and we wanted to do that.” And, they did. They made it their own, and it blended into their set fantastically.

“We have a brand new record coming out March 3rd and we just released a new video last week for a song called “Killer.” We didn’t catch “Killer” on this night, but we did hear “Captain Crunch,” another new song from their soon to be released ten song full-length. Santoro did note that they’d be adding about six new songs to their setlist in March.

The back story to the recording of the album was quite interesting. Per Santoro, “We’ve been working on it for two years because we are on the road so much. When we started, our producer lived in Pompano Beach, then be moved to Madison, Wisconsin. So now, we tour up to Madison, spend a few days in the studio, tour in the area, record for a few more days then head back out… he met us at a house in the middle of nowhere, Illinois… he met us in Myrtle at a house we rented there… we just brought him wherever we were going.” The album will be released on March 3rd, and we expect to have a review right here for you then.

The opening acts in the Maniacal Mojo production, all from the Sunshine State, were engaging in their own right. We caught hard rocking bands Breathing Theory and Before The Fire, who both delivered powerful sets. Joshua Poullion of Before The Fire tore it up on stage and literally, probably tore up his broken arm.

Our favorite local pop rock band, A Brilliant Lie delivered some excellent rock, powered by their three guitar set-up. Speaking to talented vocalist Tara Lightfoot before the show, she noted that they’ll be working on some new music in the very near future, as well. We can assure you that we’ll be all over that coverage when it happens.

But as good as the opening acts were, this night was focused on the foursome from Virginia. I’ve seen hundreds of bands over the past decade and these guys are one of the most entertaining acts I’ve come across during that time. I strongly recommended checking them out any time they’re in your area.