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It's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's Superchick! With a slew of spins on MTV and mainstream shows, Superchick is reaching an audience they have set out to reach. FamilyChristian.com spoke with three members of the band about their mission as a group and the attitude of spreading a different kind of message to the world.

"America has become a toxic environment for kids to grow up in…the only role models are beautiful, thin and sexually active. We've created a culture where being good looking is valued more than being good." Enter Superchick. The band, made up of two girls and five guys, desires to "make the world safe to be ordinary. We're taking biblical truths and putting them in a very relevant context for the kids…including non-Christians. Our heart breaks for these kids—especially the 13 and 14-year-old girls who have learned that there's a very direct equation between being sexual and getting attention. We're trying to show them there's another way."

Sonically, the group describes themselves as "just your average girl-fronted, pop-punk, hip-hop, disco-funk, garage band with something to say and pyro to prove it." Relevant music with a relevant message, Karaoke Superstar resonates not only with the youth group set, but with mainstream media outlets as well. MTV featured "TV Land' on the casting special and first episode of the new Real World season. "Karaoke Superstar" will be featured in Sony Pictures' The Glass House, releasing in September. "Get Up" was featured on the WB show, Jack and Jill, and "One Girl Revolution" was included on ESPN's Winter X Games. Superchick is a welcome voice of truth in a cacophony of American media lies. Recently, band founder Max Hsu, along with sisters Tricia (lead singer) and Melissa (guitar) Brock, talked with FamilyChristian.com about what it means to be a Superchick.

FamilyChristian.com: Why don't you take a moment to introduce each other to our readers?

Max: This is Melissa. She's pretty crazy.

Melissa: I have known Tricia ever since her birth on July 7, 1979 because she's my sister and she is one of the most amazing people in the world.

Tricia: Max [is] the writer and creator and keeper-together of our band. He likes to call himself "the band mom." [He is] the brain behind Superchick.

FamilyChristian.com: Why are you choosing to be a band mom? Shouldn't the correct term be "band dad"?

Max: Band mom sounds less threatening? I don't know. You know how your mom always [says], "Don't forget to wear your shoes 'cause it's cold out"? That's sort of my mentality.

FamilyChristian.com: How did you come up with the name Superchick?

Max: There was this kid we were chatting with online and her screen name was Superchick11. I thought it was the coolest name I'd ever seen for a band so I asked her if we could have it and she said, "Sure." I think she thought I was joking. Actually the original name of the band is Superchick11, but the 11 has been dropped somewhere along the line.

FamilyChristian.com: What does Superchick mean?

Max: Superchick is a gender neutral term and it just refers to a state in which you stop caring what other people think and you don't let their negative opinions affect you. You just go and do what you're supposed to do. We believe that God has a path of greatness for everyone. Everyone is meant to be something amazing and special. We feel like so many people are just entirely missing out on what they're supposed to be because they [think], "I could never do something like that." The band is an experiment in that sense. We were just a bunch of normal kids trying to do something amazing.

FamilyChristian.com: Who do you consider your musical influences?

Tricia: We all like a little bit of everything. I love the Dixie Chicks and SheDaisy. We all like a little bit of this and a little bit of that. We've got some rap—not my favorite but the guys like it and we like things they don't like.

Melissa: We range anywhere from jazz to hip-hop hardcore.

FamilyChristian.com: If you were to write a review for Karaoke Superstar, how would you describe it?

Melissa: "Karaoke Superstar" is actually my favorite song. I would describe it as our theme song. It sums it all up because it talks about getting to that state where you really don't care what people think around you. Like when you're in your car and a cheesy Chicago song comes on and you're singing at the top of your lungs. Then you look over next to you and somebody's laughing at you and you [think], "I don't care. I'm going to sing anyway." That's what we think a Superchick is, when you get to that point where you just really don't care [about what people think] and all of your life reflects it.

FamilyChristian.com: Lyrically, your songs are kind of tongue-in-cheek, similar to a band like All Star United. Do you have some shared history?

Max: Ian [Eskelin of All Star United] and I went to school together. We were in bands together all the way up until when we split and I did Church of Rhythm and he did All Star. Actually, one of All Star's guitarists has joined sort our writing collective, the group of people that create with us.

FamilyChristian.com: The song "Barlow Girls" addresses the topic of purity and waiting to date. What kind of response have you gotten to this song?

Melissa: It's been the favorite song, pretty much. And not just on the Christian side either. It's been cool to see that people are latching on to that.

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Tricia: The way the world is right now, you're encouraged to do anything but stay pure and not date and stay innocent for as long as you can. I know how hard it is because, at one point, I was a 19-year-old who had never dated and kept myself completely pure. People didn't think that was a great thing. There was not really anyone out there saying to me, "Good job. Stick with it." Most people were like, "Are you crazy? Why? Look at him, he's cute. What is your deal?" I had a really strong belief in what God had put in my heart about it.

We met three sisters [and] their last name is Barlow. We were really impressed with the level of innocence and virtue in their lives. They were like 15, 17 and 19 or somewhere around there when we met them. None of them date. It's not an issue for them. They're just waiting until they get older. God [is leading] them not to date around constantly and have that be the focus of their lives. They're using their lives for God right now and they're growing in Him and they're building a good foundation for their lives.

We just want to encourage that because I know how good it was for me, having that time with just me and God. I think so many people don't even want to date, don't even want to get into those things but it's like for guys, you're a loser if you don't have a girlfriend to go out with this weekend. Or for girls, it's like never having anybody to get you roses. They miss the romantic side of it so they get pressured into it. We're just encouraging girls [that] if you are out there living your life for God and you're waiting, then that's awesome. There's five guys in our band that think that's really cool. We want that name to stick. We want that to be something that girls work towards, not "goddess" or whatever [is on] all the shirts that they wear. Be a Barlow Girl!

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