Genre: Pop/Rock
Members: Tricia Brock (vocals), Melissa Brock (vocals, guitar), Dave Ghazarian (guitar), Brandon Estelle (drums), Matt Dally (bass), Max Hsu (turntables, keys, programming)
For fans of: No Doubt, Black-Eyed Peas, Avril Lavigne, The Go-Go's
Label: Inpop Records

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Superchick is living up to its name. Its first four albums have combined for 700,000 copies sold, more than 70 film, television and videogame song placements, and five No. 1 singles. But for a band inspired to empower its listeners, its new album does more than walk the talk … it rocks the talk!

"We've always encouraged people to go nuts with their gifts and abilities, but on this album we personally did that ourselves," says Matt of the band's latest sonic stunner, Rock What You Got. "There was an instance where Dave did a 100 different guitar takes of one riff 'til his fingers bled, and Tricia kept singing until her voice gave out. On this album we just went for it!"

Rock What You Got infuses a "rock-o-tronic" sound—an electropunk mash-up of slashing guitars, pulsing keyboards and grit-pop vocals—with enough innovative production to make Tony Stark jealous. In music and message, it's the "Last One Picked" hitting a Sid Crosby slapshot; it's "Beauty From Pain" tears turning a beast into a prince; it's "Karaoke Superstars" turning Average Daves into American idols. It's the musical realization that you can't just believe in your gifts; you need to rock 'em.

"I told the band, 'Everything we do, I want it to be more,'" says Max, who also produced. "If we are going to be rock, let's be more rock. If we are going to be punk, let's be more punk. If we are going to touch metal, let's really do metal. I just wanted to fire all the barrels."

In fact, the album is loaded enough for three lead singles at different radio formats. The CHR power ballad "Hold" offers a cloud of pianos, violins and electric guitars over which the girls cry out, "I need a hand to hold, to hold me from the edge." The stirring AC confessional "Crawl (Carry Me Through)" takes a softer yet no less dramatic approach in its prayer for strength, and "Hey Hey" is a rock rallying call with fiery guitar chords, defiant attitude and female gang vocals that challenge, "Why kiss the feet of the people who kick you?"

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