Amoeba Music

By Oliver Hall

Superchunk’s noisy, slightly damaged pop-punk has inspired numerous imitators around the world.  In spite of Mac and Laura’s universalist pogo-dancing, the music press has promoted a strong identification of Superchunk’s sound with its hometown, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  Superchunk won its audience by touring and recording constantly during its first ten years, and the band’s older fans tend to admire its work ethic as much as its music.

Mac McCaughan was an undergraduate at Columbia University who had played in the Chapel Hill hardcore band A Number of Things, and he took his junior year off to return to North Carolina and play in the Slushpuppies and... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Alternative/Indie

City Of Origin:

Chapel Hill, ,North Carolina United States

Formed Date:

1989