History Trivia / Supertramp

* NoExportForYou: Their first two albums, ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Supertramp]]'' and ''Indelibly Stamped'' were not released outside of the UK initially due to being commercial failures. It was until Supertramp became more successful down the line when they were imported.

** Once the ''Crime of the Century'' was cut short once Roger Hodgson broke his hand, the band decided to instead go into the studios in L.A. to record their next album. And given Hodgson and Rick Davies hadn't even begun to think about their next album yet, a two week break was taken to add new songs to whatever unused compositions they had left... leaving the band, despite their original surfeit of time, with no time left to rehearse the new songs before having to record them. The bandmembers' girlfriends and wives also started bickering and over-influencing in a [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]] manner. The eventual album's title, ''Crisis? What Crisis?'', was even an ironic comment on the situation - as Hodgson summed up:

-->"'Crisis' means more to us than it did to other people because it was really a crisis album. We learnt how not to make an album, coming right off the road and going into the studio. We had a lot of bad luck in the studio. We really didn't enjoy making it and in the end it was kind of a patch up job."

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: "Lover Boy" is also a Music/BillyOcean song. "Oh! Darling" by Music/TheBeatles is similar in title to "Oh Darling". And on a different note, Rick Davies has the same surname as [[Music/TheKinks Ray and Dave]] but is completely unrelated. Rick is ''also'' unrelated to the author W.H. Davies whose book ''The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp'' is what the band named themselves after.

** "Free As A Bird" (the album and its title track) predates Music/TheBeatles' "comeback" single by seven years.

* TroubledProduction: Both their most successful albums were followed by things going awry.

-->"'Crisis’ means more to us than it did to other people because it was really a crisis album. We learnt how not to make an album, coming right off the road and going into the studio. We had a lot of bad luck in the studio. We really didn’t enjoy making it and in the end it was kind of a patch up job."

* NamesTheSame: "Lover Boy" is also a Music/BillyOcean song. "Oh! Darling" by Music/TheBeatles is similar in title to "Oh Darling". And on a different note, Rick Davies has the same surname as [[Music/TheKinks Ray and Dave]] but is completely unrelated. Rick is ''also'' unrelated to the author W.H. Davies whose book ''The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp'' is what the band named themselves after.
** "Don't Leave Me Now" shares a name with a Music/PinkFloyd song from ''Music/TheWall''.
** "Free As A Bird" (the album and its title track) predates Music/TheBeatles' "comeback" single by seven years.
** "Lady" (Music/{{Styx}}; Music/KennyRogers); "Two of Us" (Music/TheBeatles) and "Dreamer" (Music/OzzyOsbourne; Music/HilaryDuff) also count.
** "Take the Long Way Home" is also the name of a Music/BloodhoundGang song.

** Disney nearly hired the band to score the rock soundtrack for the movie ''Film/{{Tron}}'', but the band (which by then were breaking up) pulled out of the project. The rock soundtrack was ultimately scored by Music/{{Journey}}.

** Scott Gorham left the US in 1973 and travelled to the UK because Bob Siebenberg thought he'd be able to join the band. This didn't end up happening, and eventually after scraping some work from playing in pub bands for a few months, his visa soon due to expire, Scott eventually found some luck and joined Music/{{Thin Lizzy}} in 1974.

** Scott Gorham left the US in 1973 and travelled to the UK because Bob Siebenberg thought he'd be able to join the band. This didn't end up happening, and eventually after scraping some work from playing in pub bands for a few months, his visa soon due to expire, Scott eventually found some luck and joined [[Thin Lizzy]] in 1974.

* TroubledProduction:
** In 1974 they were touring the West Coast of North America in support of their [[GrowingTheBeard breakout album]], ''Crime of the Century'' when Hodgson broke his hand. This forced the cancellation of the remaining shows, and with nothing better to do the band went into the studios in L.A. to record their next album. They had a lot of time ... but nothing else. Hodgson and Davies hadn't even begun to think about their next album yet, and not only didn't have any overriding theme or concept for it, they hadn't even begun to write songs. Thus the band went forward with all they had: songs they hadn't used on ''Crime'', and a few leftovers from previous sessions. Given those choices, it's no surprise that everyone took two weeks off at one point so Hodgson and Davies could write some new songs ... leaving them, despite their original surfeit of time, with no time left to rehearse the new songs before having to record them. The bandmembers' wives and girlfriends were also going at on their partners' behalf, to the point that their manager says that things really were the way everyone thinks it was with the Beatles. Davies came up with the title, ''Crisis? What Crisis?'', as an ironic comment on the situation, as well as the cover-art concept. It got some good reviews, but on the whole the band was unhappy with it due to the circumstances under which they recorded it. (Hodgson, however, has since said that upon further consideration he likes it the best of all Supertramp's albums).
** A decade later there was ''..Famous Last Words...'' The band, by that time living in L.A. and enjoying the success of their previous album, ''Music/BreakfastInAmerica'', were feeling pressure to follow it up with a successful album. Vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Roger Hodgson, one of the band's leaders, was growing disenchanted with the L.A. lifestyle, the music industry and touring, and was trying to start a family with his new wife and children. He had taken up yoga, meditation, vegetarianism and spiritual soul-searching, and wanted to record the album in his home studio. The rest of the band members were not adopting Hodgson's lifestyle, and he and the band were growing apart. Hodgson also felt that as Supertramp were getting tighter and more structured in soundcheck rehearsals, they stopped jamming, and were coming up with less ideas as a result; also, it had taken the fun out of the band for him. Davies recorded his vocals at his own home studio. Davies had also fired longtime manager Dave Margereson and employed his wife Sue as manager, a move Roger was uncomfortable with in a band already over-influenced by bickering wives gunning for their husbands in a [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]] manner. When the album came out, it was criticized for (relatively) uninspired material and slick production, and sold a fraction of the amount BIA had done. Finally, Hodgson decided to leave the group in 1983 after a successful world tour.

** In 1974 they were touring the West Coast of North America in support of their [[GrowingTheBeard breakout album]], ''Crime of the Century'' when Hodgson broke his hand. This forced the cancellation of the remaining shows, and with nothing better to do the band went into the studios in L.A. to record their next album. They had a lot of time ... but nothing else. Hodgson and Davies hadn't even begun to think about their next album yet, and not only didn't have any overriding theme or concept for it, they hadn't even begun to write songs. Thus the band went forward with all they had: songs they hadn't used on ''Crime'', and a few leftovers from previous sessions. Given those choices, it's no surprise that everyone took two weeks off at one point so Hodgson and Davies could write some new songs ... leaving them, despite their original surfeit of time, with no time left to rehearse the new songs before having to record them. [[YokoOhNo The bandmembers' wives and girlfriends were also going at on their partners' behalf]], to the point that their manager says that things really were the way everyone thinks it was with the Beatles. Davies came up with the title, ''Crisis? What Crisis?'', as an ironic comment on the situation, as well as the cover-art concept. It got some good reviews, but on the whole the band was unhappy with it due to the circumstances under which they recorded it. (Hodgson, however, has since said that upon further consideration he likes it the best of all Supertramp's albums).

* FlipFlopOfGod: Hodgon's thoughts on ''Crisis? What Crisis?'' seem to polarize differently with each passing decade; sometimes he calls it a disjointed mess of an album, other times he goes as far as to say it's his favorite work he's done yet.

* NamesTheSame: "Lover Boy" is also a Music/BillyOcean song. "Oh! Darling" by Music/TheBeatles is similar in title to "Oh Darling". And on a different note, Rick Davies has the same surname as [[Music/TheKinks Ray and Dave]] but is completely unrelated. Rick is ''also'' unrelated to the author W.H. Davies whose book ''The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp'' for whom the band named themselves after.

* NamesTheSame: "Lover Boy" is also a Music/BillyOcean song. "Oh! Darling" by Music/TheBeatles is similar in title to "Oh Darling". And on a different note, Rick Davies has the same surname as [[Music/TheKinks Ray and Dave]] but is completely unrelated.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Hodgon's thoughts on ''Crisis? What Crisis?'' seem to polarize differently with each passing decade; Sometimes he calls it a disjointed mess of an album, other times he goes as far as to say it's his favorite work he's done yet.

* WorkingTitle: "Goodbye Stranger" was originally titled "Hello Stranger"