November 04, 2007
It’s been too long…
With the demise of supertones.com I bought the-oc-supertones.com to keep the band’s contributions
alive. There are a few new links, but that’s it. I’ve contacted two members of the band to see if they would like to partner up with me and offer
some exclusive MP3’s and schtuff. We’ll see how that turns out, until
then…
Syntax
January 23, 2006
message from the O.C. Supertones myspace...
"Hey guys, John and I are working on a few songs from the final show that were recorded. Although
we dont have plans on releasing a live record...we WILL put up songs from the last show from time to time. They are VERY rough
sounding because we could not afford to rent good gear. But at least they are recorded and we will let you all hear some of
them real soon."
January 12, 2006
It's been 3 months since the final show. Here's what the guys have been up to:
Mojo - speaking at youth events, you can book Mojo by emailing him at TheMorginskys@hotmail.com
Ethan - studio work, starting a label, making more music for My Red Hot Nightmare
Dan - working on making My Red Hot nightmare music
Beaty - roadie for Switchfoot in the Fall of 2005
John - playing drums for his church, recording with his band Chemical Chemical
Bret - who knows?
October 10, 2005
The OC Supertones Final Show w/ Bleach and John Davis: Show Review
My first thoughts of the show is the venue had to be way over the maximum capictity. At least 5,000
people were there. John Davis's set was incredible. Bleach was next and they were awesome despite missing Davy, Sam did great
with the vocals though. Dan sang 'Bassline' for them. He could easily front his own band. The OC Supertones were in top form.
It was a sad and exciting event. There weren't many tears shed at the end. I made sure to snatch a set list during the tech
strike. Then I snuck backstage to hang out for a while. I had (these names wont mean anything to you): Matt Morginsky, Tony
Terusa, Jason Carson, Darren Mettler, Ethan Luck, Dan Spencer, Bret Barker, Chris Beaty, John Wilson, and the '5th Beatle'
John Davis sign my Prom 05' shirt, for the symbolism of it. Ya know... graduation... the band ends... I'm cheesy.
Set List:
Adonai
Escape from Reason
Where I Find You
Grounded
Sure Shot
Go Go Go
Wilderness
OC Supertones
Jury Duty
Resolution
We Shall Overcome
Transmission
Prince of Peace
Away from You
Shepard is the Lamb
Old Guys set - Tony, Darren, and Jason played
Unknown
Grace Flood
Hallelujah
Wake Me Up On Time
Welcome Home
One Voice - cut due to time
Who Can Be Against Me
Louder Than The Mob - cut due to time
Faith of a Child
Little Man
Chase the Sun
Return of the Revolution - cut due to time
Strike Back
Rock Your Face Off - cut due to time
Unite
Hold Onto Jesus
Come Thou Fount
- two clips from the show:
http://www.ufaclan.com/sorens_files/supertones/tribute.htm
http://warzoneministries.com/Swap/litman.MOV
- Lots of pictures from the final show: http://photobucket.com/albums/a303/thejoshaquatic/OC%20Supertones%20Final%20Show/?start=0
September 8, 2005
The official message board is back up: http://www.supertones.com/superboards/index.php
August 31, 2005
from supertones.com and myspace.com
Hey everyone, tickets for the last show will go on sale this Saturday at 10:00 am Pacific Time!!
Get them while they last. This show WILL sell out. Go to www.ticketmaster.com to purchase tickets. See you there!
The final line up for the show will be just Bleach and The Supertones. We figured that were playing
2 1/2 hours, plus a set by Bleach...this is gonna be a long night.
Also, some of you may know were working with an organization called Blood Water Mission. If you
want to read about it, go to www.bloodwatermission.org. During this tour, we are raising money to build wells in villages
in central Africa. After the first five shows of this tour, we have already reached our first well!! Please go to the Blood
Water Mission site and read more details about it and see how you can help.
Here is the breakdown of how much we have raised per show...
Mt. Vernon, WA - $577
Spokane, WA - $767
Seattle, WA - $711
Livermore, CA - $639
Roseville, CA - $352
August 30, 2005
We have confirmed one of the opening bands for the final show! Our great friends in Bleach will
be getting together to play a set at the last show at Biola! Although they have been broken up for over a year now, we begged
them to play and they have agreed. We in the Supertones have grown extremely close to these guys over the years and have made
long lasting friendships with them. We hope you all are looking as forward to this as we are! One more band TBA...Ticket sales
TBA....
August 19, 2005
from supertones.com
MOJO WILL BE SPEAKING DURING OUR FAREWELL TOUR!!
Hey guys, If any of you want to hear Mojo's talk on Apologetics, he will be meeting fans out in
front of the venues each day of the tour. If you are interested in this, please meet outside of the venue 1 hour before doors
open. This is not an extra cost to the show or anything, its free.
EP NEWS...
We have mentioned a possible "Final EP" in the past. Well, it will happen. John and I are bringing
recording gear on the road and will be recording it as we travel...on the bus, hotels, venues..whatever it takes. We will
try our hardest to finish it in time for the last show but we make no promises. At the least, after we are done touring, you
will be able to get it on the site or through our merch company. Look forward to it...
Ethan
August 5, 2005
All of the final tour dates can now be found on Supertones.com
- There is a myspace page promoting the final tour, you can find it here: http://groups.myspace.com/supertonesayadios
- My friend Jonk also made a final tour page which can be found here: geocities.com/adiosamigos2005
July 21, 2005
FINALLY SOME FINAL SHOW NEWS:
"Mark those calendars, book your flights, tune up your car....our final show will be on Oct. 7th
2005 in La Mirada, Ca at Biola University. The opening line up will be announced soon. Be prepared to hear over two and a
half hours of music that night just from us! Were pulling out all the stops for this one! Hope to see you there. More info
soon...also, dont try to buy tickets yet...we will let you know when they are on sale." - Ethan Luck
- the final tour name is: The Adios Amigos Tour
- vote on the songs you think the band should play on the final tour:
http://www.supertones.com/superboards/viewtopic.php?t=2868
June 10, 2005
from the Supertones myspace bulletin:
Hey people, We are putting together our last tour ever for this fall. Also, we are working out a
time to record an EP for the last tour. Keep checking our myspace page or supertones.com for more info.
June 1, 2005
The Supertones have a Myspace account, check it out here:
http://www.myspace.com/ocsupertones
May 30, 2005
Anyone curious as to what Mojo will be up to when the band is done? Well, he will be getting into
speaking on Apologetics. Mojo is getting starting in this new venture right away. If anyone is interested in this, Mojo will
be speaking at Rocketown in Nashville, TN on June 16th and 23rd around 7:00pm. There will be a discussion time after each
talk. Also, it would be wise to attend both nights because there will be two different talks. This subject has been a passion
of Mojo's for a long time now. So please come out and have your notebooks ready, your about to get a ton of info. Lastly,
to answer a question that people will probably ask... No, he will not be playing Supertones songs...
April 12, 2005
I went to my 10th Supertones show tonight and it was AMAZING. It was a frickin' 18 song set! Ahhh!!
We hung out with the band after the show. We got pictures with all of the members so you can look forward to those being on
here soon. Dan gave me a free sticker before we left, he also called me crazy but he says that every time I see them. The
best part is that the whole show was free!
The set list:
So Great A Salvation
Where I Find You
OC Supertones
Return of the Revolution
Little Man
One Voice
Resolution
Welcome Home
Transmission
Prince of Peace
(they took a break and some dude from Road Rules spoke)
...then they came back with:
Go Go Go
Grounded
Strike Back
Jury Duty
We Shall Overcome
Adonai
Unite
Hold Onto Jesus
March 26, 2005
New interview with Mojo:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14143275&BRD=2249&PAG=461&dept_id=450612&rfi=8
- Lead singer and songwriter Matt Morginsky chalks much of the decision up to the group's high turnover
rate. Out of the current six Supertones, only three could be considered original members.
"It's hard when so many members leave," Morginsky explains. "We've had 26 members in and out. Not
all of them played on records. We feel like our music's still vital - we miss them more from a personality [standpoint]."
- The head Supertone also hinted that the band's last run of shows may bring with them the return
of some long-departed former members. "There might be a 'reunion tour' in the fall on our final run," Morginsky offers cryptically.
Edit: "The old guys are not going to be a part of the farewell tour. it was an idea thrown around
and talked about but ultimately is not doable. they will be at the final show in OC for sure tho." - John Wilson
March 14, 2005
jesusfreakhideout.com's "Faith of a Child" review:
http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/FaithOfAChild.asp
March 5, 2005
from xanga.com:
Hello all! It's been a long while since I've been on here. I didn't play the Arizona show (Joey
from Pax217 filled in for me), and I just forgot after that. But our farewell shows have officially started, finally. We have
no trumpet player right now (Bret's in Hawaii for 3 months) so we've been having fillins for this tour. The horn players from
our friends in Mariachi Vasquez played with us last week in Boulder, CO. Today we had Clint from the Wedding help us out on
a couple of songs. Here was our set.
So Great
Where I Find You
Grounded
Strike Back
OC
We Shall Overcome
Rock Your Face Off
Go Go Go
Transmission
Prince of Peace
Little Man
Welcome Home
Unite
Hold Onto Jesus
Adonai
February 21, 2005
Christianitytoday.com has a new interview with Dan that has two rather suprising notes, those being:
"As a band we went through an awful time right before the Switchfoot and Relient K tour. We found
out our manager was stealing money from us and totally misusing it, which we came to find out resulted in us owing more than
we could ever dream of."
- Dan
"We've had thoughts of maybe doing one more record and selling it on the road and the Internet."
- Dan
You can read the full interview here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/2005/supertones-0205.html
February 17, 2005
from Roper.com
"As you know were were going to do a full tour with the Supertones to celebrate
their final year as a band, but they have decided to hold off on the full tour
until the fall. We will be doing 10 dates with them in the spring, but look for
their big farewell later in the year."
February 16, 2005
Here are clips from "Faith of a Child"
http://www.chordant.com/newreleases/left.asp?item_id=334250&artist_id=67654
- I've added the "Faith of a Child" album cover to the discography
February 6, 2005
Here is the song list for the Worship album:
1. Come Thou Fount
2. Remember
3. How Deep The Father's Love
4. Here I Am To Worship
5. Blessed Assurance
6. Shepherd Is The Lamb
7. Faith Of A Child
8. Louder Than The Mob (Re-recorded version)
9. Hold On To Jesus (Re-recorded version)
10. Away From You
11. Hallelujah
February 1, 2005
I bought the new Supertones album today, it's called "Unite". I like the album cover, it folds out
in to a big picture featuring all of the instruments used in the band.
JFH review of "Unite": http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/Unite.asp
January 26, 2005
Here's some "Unite" clips that have absolutely horrible quality:
http://www.independentbands.com/cd/theorangecountysupertones/unite.html
Remember - "Adonai" and "OC Supertones" have been re-recorded.
January 25, 2005
Read a review of "Unite": http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2005/unite.html
January 24, 2005
John's comments on the worship album:
"if all goes as planned, it will only be the worship songs that dan and mojo sang, all the slow
worship-type songs from our other records, and two more of the new songs we rerecorded...a newer john-davis-piano-driven Hold
onto Jesus and a mellow reggae version of Louder Than The Mob. Hopefully none of the other songs will show up on there. They
are completely aweful."
- Footage of the Tones from Alive 2004: http://www.alive.org/alivevideos/alive2004DVDTues.wmv
January 22, 2005
Apparently BEC IS releasing the once dead Worship album...
http://www.chordant.com/newreleases/left.asp?item_id=334250&artist_id=67654
The Supertones have had a great run from their first release Adventures of the OC Surertones to
their last offering- Faith Of A Child. Celebration with worship of the Lord faithfulness to them throughout their career and
for the future. This album features great worship songs like Famous One, Enough, Here I Am To Worship and more!
Street Date: March 12, 2005
December 30, 2004
from http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=combatrock199:
I have been wanting to start my own band for a while now, that dream is finally coming together
after a long time. My new band is called "My Red Hot Nightmare" and it's good ol' punk rock stuff. I'm singing and playing
guitar....weird. It's kinda a side project for now. somthing to do for fun while the Supertones are still around. We'll see
what happens after the tones last year but, for now, we will start playing some local Cali shows. We may have our first show
ever on Jan. 24th. It's still not solid but we might be opening for Pax 217 at the Troubadour in LA. I will give more details
soon when I get the word that were playing. Also, I'm going to have a "kinda" site to go to for shows and songs until I can
put together an official site. This new band seems all of a sudden but I've been working on it for a while and I think we're
now ready to start playing. Lastly, I'm still in the Supertones. Just wanted to make that clear before I start getting emails
asking..."Are you still in the Supertones?". We're doing some demos right now that I will post very soon. so thats it...
Here's the line up of the band...
Ethan Luck- Lead Guitar/Vocals
Josh Auer - Bass/ BGV's
Zak Shultz - Guitar/ BGV's
Our drummer has yet to be determined but our good friend Dean Cooper will be playing any upcoming
shows. that is all...
December 28, 2004
From the Roper email update:
"Our friends the Supertones have decided to call it quits after 10 years
together. We are going to join them on the first leg of their farewell tour,
which will run from mid Feb. until the first week in April. This tour will be a
blast as we celebrate their 10 years as a band. The tour is being booked by
William Morris Agency in Nashville and is looking to play rooms from 500-1,000
capacity. If you know of some big youth groups that would like to bring it in
you can have them contact frank@5minutewalk.com for more info."
December 20, 2004
Hey everyone. We are finally home for the holidays. The Christmas run was awesome. The Wedding,
John Davis, and Side Walk Slam all did great. I look forward to doing more shows with these guys in the future. We had some
crazy shows. Arlington,TX was a "pull the set list out of a hat" night where a different person in the audience picked the
next song for us to play, plus some wacky antics as well in between songs. Dan and I both had family at the show, and Jerry,
formerly from Bleach, was there also.
Side Walk Slam joined us in Little Rock, AR. We played at this dirty little punk rock club behind
a pizza joint. We had a blast there. Mojo played drums for "Summer of '69" during our encore. That was a highlight...kinda.
haha. Nashville, the only show that officially had all 4 bands from the tour, went well. And our last show was in Greensboro,
NC, where our good friend Nikita Koloff, the former wrestler, came and hung out with us. We drove through a ridiculous snow
storm to get to that show, which made me, Ethan, and Bret, more than happy to come back to California to our 70 degree weather.
All of our set lists contains some version of these songs...
Greensleeves
So Great
Where I Find You
Go Go Go
Grounded
Strike Back
Joy To The World
Jury Duty
OC
Transmission
Prince of Peace
Shepherd Is The Lamb
Little Man
Welcome Home
We Shall Overcome
Unite
Hold Onto Jesus
Adonai
...except the last night, which we wanted to end on a mellow note...
Greensleeves
So Great
Where I Find You
Grounded
Strike Back
Joy To The World
OC
Transmission
Welcome Home
Little Man
Prince of Peace
Shepherd Is The Lamb
...but then we changed our minds at the last second and added...
Unite
We are now off until Jan 14 in Lubbock, TX.
John
December 14, 2004
Spring Tour Announcement:
"To start off our farewell year, we will be hitting the road with Roper for at least six weeks!
The tour is set to start sometime in mid Feb. Keep checking back because we will be announcing tour dates very soon! We hope
you can make it out to these shows when announced!." - Ethan Luck
December 12, 2004
The Rock N Roll Christmas Tour has started. John Davis is amazing. The Wedding just keeps getting
better and better. We played in their hometown last night at this little club. It was a cool show. Kevin and Cody's little
brothers have a band, The Goodnight Fight, who also played last night. They were really good...and they have a key-tar in
their band. It was also Clint's birthday yesterday. We had a little birthday bash at Cody's house before the show.
Here was our New-Metal-Friday set:
Greensleeves (What Child Is This?)
So Great
Where I Find You
Grounded
Strike Back
Joy To The World
OC Supertones
Transmission
Prince of Peace
Shepherd Is The Lamb
Welcome Home
Little Man
We Shall Overcome
Unite
Anyone who can make it to the Christmas Tour gets to hear Joy To The World that the Supertones recorded
many many years ago. It actually wasn't that long ago but it seems like it. John Davis and Kevin (the wedding) both sat in
with us.
Last Note: If John Davis ever comes through your hometown, go see him. It will be worth every penny
you spend.
December 8, 2004
from Roper's news letter:
"Happy December! Well, the Ken-ya Spare A Dollar Tour has come and gone and we wanted to thank all
of you who came out and supported Roper on their first tour. It was fun to see some old faces and make new friends. The band
is currently catching up on laundry and sleep, but can't wait to get back out on the road and play some more shows very soon.
It looks like we will be joining our friends in the Supertones on tour this Spring. You may have heard that the Supertones
are breaking up in 2005, so we wanted to join their farewell party and hang out with those guys one last time. More details
will come, so stayed tuned because wewill definitely need your help in spreading the word about the tour."
November 30, 2004
"Farewell to the O.C."
http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=3698
It's been a long, fun ride for Christian ska-rockers O.C. Supertones, but all good things have to
eventually wind to a close. In late November, the band decided, after seven albums and a million album sales, it's time to
hang things up.
"There were several reasons that factored into our decision," the band said on its Web site. "Rest
assured, however, that after much discussion and lots of prayer, we know this is the right path. Our end date is yet to be
determined, but 2005 will be the Supertones' last year together."
Their booking agent, Mark Guynn of the William Morris Agency, added that it may be a bittersweet
farewell, but it will be a lot of fun, too. Dates of their last tour are trickling in, so stay tuned. So far, the Supertones
are playing seven dates between now and March, including stops in Nashville, Tucson and Lubbock, Texas.
The So-Cal band is known for an infectious ska-punk sound as well as light-hearted and energetic
stage shows. Whatever the "end date," the Supertones are sure to be making a great last go of things in 2005.
- This site has a different list of songs listed than the official site, I kinda like this one better
even though it has 3 less songs:
http://www.independentbands.com/cd/theorangecountysupertones/unite.html
1. Supertones Strike Back
2. Unite
3. Adonai
4. Away From You
5. Return Of The Revolution
6. Who Can Be Against Me
7. Little Man
8. Grounded
9. What It Comes To
10. Where I Find You
11. Resolution
12. O.C. Supertones
13. Superfly
14. Hallelujah
15. We Shall Overcome
16. Welcome Home
17. He Will Always Be There
- Petition Tooth and Nail for a Supertones B-Sides album:
http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/tones_bsides/
- Former guitarist 'Slim' Chen is currently working on a Blues project in California, good going
Slim!
November 27, 2004
For all who care... Mojo/John/Ethan and former guitarist Slim are now regularly posting the the
Supertones message board.
Mojo recently said this:
"Hey guys, Mojo here. sorry for the radio silence. but i am not very computer savvy. but here i
am now. better late than never.just wanted to stop in and say thanks for being the site mites and for all your thoughts about
what the band has meant you andall that....i was touched. The band is sad about ending but we are very excited about
what the Lord has in store for each of us. I have a few things up my sleeve but for now I (we) want
to make this last year a fun and purposeful one. I am here for a minute (while I am watching some bball) if you'd like to
ask any questions. or you could get off the internet and go read....
thanks,
matt"
November 26, 2004
News from John Wilson (the drummer)
- The band is planning on recording Live! Vol. 2 during their final tour next fall. As for a dvd,
John would love one but they haven't decided on it yet.
- One place that they're really pushing to tour at next year is Australia.
- Finally, the only tour the band is looking at is with Roper, but they don't know yet if that's
gonna happen.
November 25, 2004
from http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=combatrock199
So today was the day that i threw up our farewell letter on our site. It was really bitter sweet
doing that. I was so bummed all day about it, but at the same time, i'm really excited to see where God takes me next...another
band, studio musician, design, taco bell...who knows? I am however writing new songs right now for a new band my friend Zak,
Nick and I are hoping to get going soon. it will be fun to finally play some kick butt punk stuff...so we'll see what happens.
i know i'm gonna sing, so we'll see what kind of mess i can make. no matter what, you will always hear music coming from me
in some way. I hope none of our fans are ticked about us breaking up. if they are, sorry. its just time. at least were not
totally done yet. we still have next year to plan. i hope we can hit every state and then some, but who knows? sometimes you
cant do everything you want. I know we will try our hardest to make this next year amzing! anyways, i'm tired. it was a long
day of reading fans thought already and thinking about it myself....that is all....
E*T*H*A*N
November 17, 2004
from www.supertones.com
THE OC SUPERTONES "UNITE"
We will be putting out our first ever "Best of" CD on 1/25/05. Mark your calendars. The CD has as
many songs as we could fit on to one CD. Here is the track listing...
1. Supertones Strike Back
2. Unite
3. Adonai (New Recording)
4. Away From You
5. Return Of The Revolution
6. Who Can Be Against Me
7. Little Man
8. Grounded
9. Old Friend
10. What It Comes To
11. Resolution
12. OC Supertones (New Recording)
13. Superfly
14. We Shall Overcome
15. Welcome Home
16. Jury Duty
17. Chase The Sun
18. Prince Of Peace
19. Unknown
20. Wilderness
*This info is subject to change and we will post changes ASAP if they happen.
thanks,
THE OC SUPERTONES
October 21, 2004
from www.supertones.com
Ethan Luck on Roper CD
Folks, Roper released his first record after Five Iron this tuesday the 19th. Ethan Luck (Supertones)
played guitar and co-wrote on some of the tracks with Reese...
1985 - Guitar/Co-Written
Say Sayonara - Co-Written
How Your Halo Fell - Guitar/Co-Written
Fire Flies - Guitar/Co-Written
In Excelsis Deo - Guitar/Co-Written
Your Still The One - Guitar Solo
Vendetta - Guitar Solo
