Line #31 Music/Superchick


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superchick_01_1158.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Max, Matt, Tricia, Dave and Melissa.]]
3	Superchick (or [[MyspeldRokband Superchic[k]]]) is an American ChristianRock band formed in 1999. They strive to be positive female role models, without needing to tell you to [[RealWomenDontWearDresses stop being feminine]] or glamorizing [[DoesNotLikeMen misandry]] in their music.
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5	The group has released four studio albums, and two remix albums, over the course of nine years. They disbanded while working on album number seven, which has been modified to be their final effort, with a release date of October 2013.
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7	Notable Members Include:
8	* Max Hsu (DJ, Keyboards)
9	* [[Music/TriciaBrock Tricia Baumhardt]] ([[TheMaidenNameDebate née Brock]]) (Lead Vocals)
10	* Matt Dally (Bass, Vocals)
11	* Dave Ghazarian (Guitar, Keyboards)
12	* Melissa Brock (Rhythm Guitar, Harmony Vocals)
13	* Brandon Estelle (Drums)
14	* Chase Lovelace (Drums)
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17	Discography
18	* ''Karaoke Superstars'' (2001)
19	* ''Last One Picked'' (2002)
20	* ''Regeneration'' (2003)
21	* ''Beauty from Pain'' (2005)
22	** ''[[UpdatedReRelease Beauty from Pain 1.1]]'' (2006)
23	* ''Rock What You Got'' (2008)
24	* ''Reinvention'' (2010)
25	* ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Recollection]]'' (2013)
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27	!! Superchick provide examples of the following tropes:
28	[[AC:Musician Tropes]]
29	* BandOfRelatives: The Brock sisters.
30	* GenderBlenderName: The band as a whole, but a special mention to Max being the founder.
31	* GirlGroup: Subverted. They have a feminine name, female vocalist and write about empowerment. Now look at the rest of the band.
32	* IronicName: While the vocalist is female, you would typically expect a band with the name Super''chick'' to have more girls in it.
33	* LeadBassist: Downplayed. While other members rank higher, Matt is still a prominent vocalist in the group in addition to being the bassist.
34	* MyspeldRokband: Although the later albums just put the logo (a silhouette shaped like a "K") in the brackets instead. [[note]]All of the CD labels still use this on the name at least, making the trope still apply.[[/note]]
35	* OnlyOneName: After [[TheMaidenNameDebate getting married]], Tricia dropped her last name entirely for solo works.
36	* PregnantBadass: Tricia performed on tour with a very noticeable baby bump.
37	* SloganYellingMegaphoneGuy: Their mascot/Tricia.
38	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: When Melissa left their final tour in 2012.
39	* SuddenNameChange: The band were originally '''[=Superchick11=]''', but changed to '''Superchic''' and then finally '''Superchic[k]''' once they released an album, but downplay the brackets for Googleability.
40	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Tricia and Melissa.
41	* {{Xenafication}}: Melissa did not know how to play an instrument when joining the band.
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43	[[AC:Music Tropes]]
44	* AmazonBrigade: "So Beautiful".
45	--> "When every girl can see her beauty we will be an army."
46	* AudienceParticipationSong: "Hey Hey".
47	* AuthorCatchphrase: After the song of the same name on their debut album, "One Girl Revolution" (or some variant of) tends to pop up once an album.
48	--> "Some days it's hard to be a one girl revolution." - One and Lonely from ''Last One Picked''
49	--> "I'm gonna make a one girl stand." - Me Against the World from ''Regeneration''
50	--> "Revolutions start when someone crosses the line." - Cross the Line from ''Rock What You Got''
51	* BuffySpeak: "Breathe" uses the line "each breath breathed..." on more than one occasion.
52	* CaptainObvious: "Bowling Ball".
53	--> "You need that boy like a bowling ball dropped on your head. Which means not at all."
54	* CasanovaWannabe: Matt's lines in "Wonder (If She'll Get It)" come off like this.
55	--> "What's up, my name is Matt. I lost my phone number. Can I have yours?"
56	* CerebusSyndrome: While not too drastic, the first two albums were still a bit more cheerful than the later ones.
57	* ChristianRock
58	* ConceptAlbum: ''Last One Picked'' is about not fitting in during high school.
59	* ContinuityNod: Aside from AuthorCatchphrase above, "Hope" also contains one.
60	--> "I learned to stand in the rain."
61	* DeceptivelySillyTitle: Their remixes usually have humorous names like "[[WatchThePaintJob Dropped Chevy Mix]]," "Space Monkey [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE Lab Mix]]," "[[RedPillBluePill Red Pill Mix]]," "[[SummerBlockbuster Box Office Blockbuster Mix]]," "[[Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Vampires Vs Cheerleaders Mix]]" and "[[WillTheyOrWontThey Teens Falling In/Out Of Love Mix]]." They, more often than not, have almost nothing to do with the actual song.
62	* {{Determinator}}: "One More".
63	** "Stand in the Rain"
64	* FakeGuestStar: Oddly ''Reinvention'' features three band members getting their own, separate credits. Matt and Tricia are billed as main artists on "Let it Roll" and "With You", with the former going as far as to being credited as "Matt Dally featuring Superchick". The "Karaoke Superstars" remix is also credited as "Superchick featuring [=ThumpMonks=]". [=ThumpMonks=] being Max's other project.
65	* GenreShift: Tricia's solo music sounds nothing like what she performed with the band. Fans were surprised that ''The Road'' was actually a worship album, and while ''Radiate'' does have a similar writing style to Superchick, it is a 100% pop album.
66	* GreatestHitsAlbum: Their seventh album was repurposed into this after only five tracks were completed.
67	* IAmWhatIAm: "Real". Name dropped in the opening line no less.
68	* LikeParentLikeSpouse: "Barlow Girls".
69	--> "All the boys in the band want a Valentine from a Barlow girl. The boys think they're the bomb. 'Cause they remind them of their mom."
70	* LoveBeforeFirstSight: "Wonder (If She'll Get It)" is about a girl who constantly falls for this trope.
71	* NonAppearingTitle: "Courage". Partial example for "Wonder (If She'll Get It)".
72	* TheNotRemix: The ''Beauty from Pain 1.1'' versions of "We Live" and "Anthem" differ slightly from the originals. "Stories (Down to the Bottom)" also has two different mixes. The Superchick mix on ''Beauty from Pain'', and the Music/TobyMac mix on his album ''Welcome to Diverse City''.
73	%%zce* OneWomanArmy: "One Girl Revolution" is this and a BadassBoast.
74	* OneWomanSong: "Song 4 Tricia (Princes and Frogs)".
75	* PepTalkSong: Half of the songs in their library.
76	* RearrangeTheSong: ''Regeneration'' took songs from their first two albums and made them DarkerAndEdgier.
77	* RereleaseTheSong: "One Girl Revolution (Battle Mix)" was put on the re-release of ''Beauty from Pain'' after debuting on the previous album.
78	* RockstarSong: Inverted with "Karaoke Superstars" and "Rock Stars".
79	* SingerNamedrop: "One Girl Revolution". Also used in the intro for "Karaoke Superstars".
80	--> "If all you see is how I look, you miss the Superchick within."
81	* SopranoAndGravel: "We Live".
82	* StayInTheKitchen: "Me Against the World".
83	--> "They said don't try to change the world. You're just a girl."
84	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: "Princes and Frogs" is obviously not sung by Tricia.
85	* StudioChatter: "Song 4 Tricia (Princes and Frogs)" and "Dave Ghazarian: Guitar Hero".
86	* TextlessAlbumCover: ''Karaoke Superstars''.
87	* TitleTrack: "Karaoke Superstars", "Beauty From Pain" and "Rock What You Got".
88	* UnlikelyHero: "Hero".
89	* AWildRapperAppears: Most of Matt's vocals. However, Tricia gets to do it on "Sunshine".
90	* XtremeKoolLetterz: "Song 4 Tricia (Princes and Frogs)".
91	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Super Trouper" is about urging a friend to stop settling for the easy things in life and stop being afraid to take risks, and start living up to his or her potential.
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93	[[AC:Music Video Tropes]]
94	* GroundShatteringLanding: The entire band uses WireFu jumps in the "Cross the Line" video, but Tricia is the only one who actually lands this way.
95	* HighSchoolDance: The premise of the "Barlow Girls" music video.
96	* WondrousLadiesRoom: Averted in the "Barlow Girls" music video. Although the (male) guitarist doesn't seem to mind it in there.

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