History Music / Supertramp

[[caption-width-right:320:The classic lineup, circa 1979.[[note]]'''L-to-R:''' Bob Siebenberg, Rick Davies, John Helliwell, Dougie Thompson, and Roger Hodgson.[[/note]]]]

* GratuitousPanning: Cleverly used on "Better Days", when it uses clips of speeches from the 1984 Presidential campaign; Republicans Ronald Reagan and George Bush on the right channel, Democrats Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro on the left.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with "Asylum", which ends with [[spoiler:a faint cuckoo noise]].

* OneWomanWail: The wordless vocal melody at the end of "Don't Leave Me Now", sung by Claire Diament. She would add a longer, more complicated line in a similar manner on Roger Hodgson's ballad "Only Because Of You" from his ''In The Eye Of The Storm'' solo debut two years later.
* OneWordTitle: Multiple songs including: "School" (about an AssimilationAcademy), "Dreamer" (about a MadDreamer), "Downstream", "Crazy", and "Cannonball".
* OrWasItADream: "Even In The Quietest Moments" has the singer asking this question at the end of the song.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the front cover of ''Breakfast In America''; the band originally intended for Libby the waitress to be young and sexy, but instead decided to feature a heavy-set, plain-looking middle-aged waitress (played by actress [[Film/FarewellMyLovely Kate Murtagh]]) instead, in keeping with the band's sense of humor.

* SillyLoveSongs: A couple, such as "Oh! Darling!", "Give A Little Bit", and "Downstream".

* WeUsedToBeFriends: "It's Raining Again" from "Famous Last Words". "Oh no, I'm losing a friend" indeed. [[note]] Hodgson wrote it to cheer up Rick Davies about the impending break up of their friendship, YMMV as to whether he was successful or not. [[/note]]

* ''Keith Baker'' – Percussion (did not perform on any albums)

Supertramp was a British ProgressiveRock band that was big in the TheSeventies and [[TheEighties '80s]], with such songs as "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", and "Take The Long Way Home", all three of which appeared on what is considered their greatest album, ''Breakfast in America''. Their most well-known members are singers and multi-instrumentalists Roger Hodgson, who left in 1983, and Rick Davies, who remained with the band until cancer treatment forced him to put the band on hiatus in 2015. Although Davies' treatment was successful and he started performing again in 2018, he stated that Supertramp was unlikely to return as a structured band.

!! Principal members (classic lineup in bold)

* '''Rick Davies''' -- Vocals, keyboards, harmonica, composition, saxophone

* '''Roger Hodgson''' -- Vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, cello, flute, composition

* Richard Palmer-James -- Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, balalaika

Supertramp was a British ProgressiveRock band that was big in the TheSeventies and [[TheEighties '80s]], with such songs as "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", and "Take The Long Way Home", all three of which appeared on what is considered their greatest album, ''Breakfast in America''. Their most well-known members are singers and multi-instrumentalists Roger Hodgson, who left in 1983, and Rick Davies, who remained with the band until health problems forced him to put the band on hiatus in 2015. Although Davies' health improved and he started performing again in 2018, he stated that Supertramp was unlikely to return as a structured band.

* Rick Davies -- Vocals, keyboards, harmonica, composition, saxophone
* John Helliwell -- Vocals, woodwinds, keyboards, synthesisers
* Bob Siebenberg -- Drums, percussion

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* Roger Hodgson -- Vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, cello, flute, composition
* Dougie Thomson -- Bass, backing vocals

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* IHaveManyNames: The American drummer Bob Siebenberg spelled his name "Bob C. Benberg" on the band's 1970s albums to avoid tipping off the U.K. immigration authorities that he'd overstayed his visa working with the band.

Supertramp is a British ProgressiveRock band, that was big in the TheSeventies and [[TheEighties '80s]], with such songs as "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", and "Take The Long Way Home", all three of which appeared on what is considered their greatest album, ''Breakfast in America''. Their most well-known members are singers and multi-instrumentalists Roger Hodgson (who left in 1983) and Rick Davies (still in the band).

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Supertramp is a British ProgressiveRock band, that was big in the TheSeventies and [[TheEighties '80s]], with such songs as "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", and "Take The Long Way Home", all three of which appeared on what is considered their greatest album, ''Breakfast in America''. [[FaceOfTheBand Their most well-known members]] are singers and multi-instrumentalists Roger Hodgson (who left in 1983) and Rick Davies (still in the band).

-->''Goodbye stranger, it's been nice''\

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their 1970 self-titled debut album, featuring guitarist Richard Palmer-James writing all the lyrics and handling most of the vocals, [[LeadBassist Roger Hodgson playing bass]], and no woodwinds.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "School", "Take the Long Way Home", "Fool's Overture", "Child of Vision", and "Don't Leave Me Now" are the band's most prominent long intros. Also note that the last three songs were the closing numbers on their respective albums.

* LongRunnerLineUp: From the revamp to Hodgson's exit was 11 years with the same band.

* MotifMerger: Of a sort; the cover of their compilation album ''The Very Best of Supertramp'' features items from three of their most famous albums: the grate from the cover of ''Crime of the Century'', from which emerges the hand carrying a glass of orange juice from the cover of ''Breakfast in America'', with the glass adorned with the orange umbrella from ''Crisis? What Crisis?''.

* OneWomanWail: The wordless vocal melody at the end of "Don't Leave Me Now", sung by Clair Diament. She would add a longer, more complicated line in a similar manner on Roger Hodgson's ballad "Only Because Of You" from his ''In The Eye Of The Storm'' solo debut two years later.

* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: Nevermind three chords, Rick Davies wrote "Cannonball" on ''one'' chord, just because he wanted to see if he could.

* ''Supertramp'' (1970)

Supertramp is a British ProgressiveRock band, that was big in the TheSeventies and [[TheEighties 80s]], with such songs as "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", and "Take The Long Way Home", all three of which appeared on what is considered their greatest album, ''Breakfast in America''. [[FaceOfTheBand Their most well-known members]] are singers and multi-instrumentalists Roger Hodgson (who left in 1983) and Rick Davies (still in the band).

* Rick Davies – Vocals, keyboards, harmonica, composition, saxophone
* John Helliwell – Vocals, woodwinds, keyboards, synthesisers
* Bob Siebenberg – Drums, percussion
* Carl Verheyen – Guitars, percussion, backing vocals
* Cliff Hugo – Bass
* Lee Thornburg – Trombone, trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals
* Jesse Siebenberg – Percussion, vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Gabe Dixon – Keyboards, tambourine, vocals
* Cassie Miller – Background vocals

* Roger Hodgson – Vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, cello, flute, composition
* Dougie Thomson – Bass, backing vocals
* Mark Hart [[note]]later a member of ''Music/CrowdedHouse''[[/note]] – Vocals, keyboards, guitar
* Tom Walsh – Percussion
* Kevin Currie – Percussion
* Richard Palmer-James – Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, balalaika
* Robert Millar – Percussion, harmonica
* Dave Winthrop – Woodwinds, vocals
* Frank Farrell – bass, keyboards, backing vocals

--> So roll up and see\\
How they rape the Universe\\
[[AndThatsTerrible Now they've gone from bad to worse.]]

[[caption-width-right:320:The classic lineup, circa 1979. Left to right: Bob Siebenberg, Rick Davies, John Helliwell, Dougie Thompson, Roger Hodgson.]]

->''"When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful,\\

Oh playfully watching me."''
-->--"'''The Logical Song'''"

Supertramp is a British ProgressiveRock band, that was big in the [[TheSeventies 70s]] and [[TheEighties 80s]], with such songs as "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", and "Take The Long Way Home", all three of which appeared on what is considered their greatest album, ''Breakfast in America''. [[FaceOfTheBand Their most well-known members]] are singers and multi-instrumentalists Roger Hodgson (who left in 1983) and Rick Davies (still in the band).