ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA's ROSSI Puts His Stamp On Group's Debut

November 13, 2006

Karen Bliss of JAM! Music recently conducted an interview with ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA vocalist Lukas Rossi and Rossi's publisher, president Mike McCarty of EMI Music Publishing Canada. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

On ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA's self-titled debut, due Nov. 21 on Burnett/Epic/Sony BMG Music:

Rossi: "The coolest thing about this record is it wasn't meant to be a karaoke f***ing record."

"It was awesome. It was so refreshing to know there was a lot of room for creativity. I added melodies, lyrics, couple of chords here and there on different songs. Out of 11 songs, I wrote five, including 'Headspin'."

On one of the album's songs, the sweeping ballad "Can't Bring Myself To Light This Fuse", complete with strings:

"(It's) about wanting to end something, but lighting the fuse. You still want to keep it, with a girl, or anybody in your life. It kind of moved me. I didn't even write the lyrics, but it was crazy cool, kind of reminded me about my life."

On signing Rossi to EMI Music Publishing Canada and convincing him to audition for "Rock Star" in Vancouver earlier this year:

McCarty: "What happened is when it looked like RISE ELECTRIC [Rossi's band] had either broken up or was teetering, that was at the time of the 'Rock Star' auditions and we (EMI Music Publishing Canada) had made the decision that we wanted as many of our unsigned people as possible to try out for all the TV shows. We didn't care if musicians didn't take them seriously. To us, these shows are the new paradigm.

"TV is a very powerful medium. You become famous on TV and then you make a record. Too many musicians are resistant to it because they think it's cheesy. Look at Kelly Clarkson. She has completely gone beyond Idol. It's going to be a footnote in her career. If Lukas has a career beyond SUPERNOVA, it's up to him. The door is open and it's up to him to step through it. It's the same with all the winners of all these shows.

"Unwittingly, everything Lukas has done his whole life has prepared him for this moment in the spotlight. I think he was born to be a rock star and I think he's absolutely the right person for it and I think it's a great opportunity for him. The whole album was not finished and there was definitely opportunity for him to do a fair bit of writing on it."

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