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Superconductor (band)

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Formed soon after Newman finished high school, the band included guitarists Sean Elliot, Pat Hogue, Scott Gubbels, Brian Gillard and Warren Westling, bassists Mike Kerley and Mike Rohaly, and drummer Keith Parry. They released the single "The Most Popular Man in the World" in 1991 and the EP
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in 1992. In 1993 Superconductor released their full length debut album
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The band toured to support the album as an opening act for
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Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995
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Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider,
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Index

Vancouver
British Columbia
alternative rock
Boner Records
Carl Newman
Vancouver
British Columbia
Carl Newman
Guided by Voices
Zumpano
8-track tape
The New Pornographers




Vancouver Sun
"New Pornographers frontman Carl Newman catches us up"
A.Side TV
Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995
ECW Press
ISBN
978-1-55022-992-9
"Superconductor"
Trouser Press
"Superconductor Hit Songs for Girls"


"The New Pornographers: Together Forever"
Exclaim!

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