Stephen Thomas Erlewine, senior critic of AllMusic, wrote, "At no point does this band make sense. Music critics were negative of the album. The album charted at No. 101 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The self-titled debut album was released on November 21, 2006. Songwriter/performer Butch Walker was hired to produce the band's first album. This was especially evident on the band's MySpace page, which identifies the band as Rock Star Supernova and not Supernova. įollowing the litigation, all promotional material generally bore the name "Rock Star Supernova" on it. First, the original Supernova must post bond, the amount of which has yet to be determined by the court. The decision bars the CBS-created rockers from touring, recording and selling merchandise as "Supernova" once the order takes effect.
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The injunction keeps the producers of Rock Star: Supernova - which concluded September 13 as a television show, but will continue as a recording, touring, and merchandise entity for some time to follow - from "performing rock and roll music, or recording, or selling rock and roll music recordings under the same, pending a trial of this action on its merits, or until otherwise ordered by the court." On September 12, 2006, San Diego Judge John Houston ruled in favor of the original Supernova, granting their request for a preliminary injunction. Lee, Newsted and Clarke were dropped as defendants in late August at the request of the original Supernova's lawyers. One of their primary pieces of evidence was a message from Butch Walker on the social networking website MySpace, in which he notes that the defendants had been informed of the existence of a prior band of the same name, but decided to proceed anyway.
The California band sought both compensatory and punitive damages, as well as trademark protection of the "Supernova" name, the destruction of all Rock Star materials bearing the name "Supernova", and clarifying statements made on the show. On June 26, 2006, the latter band filed a federal lawsuit against Mark Burnett Productions, Rockstar Entertainment, CBS, Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, and Gilby Clarke.
The band was originally formed as "Supernova", but the legality of the use of that name was called into question by another band of the same name: Supernova, a pop punk trio from California founded in 1989. On September 13, 2006, Lukas Rossi was crowned the winner. Votes were cast via the Rock Star website. The show began online on the Rock Star website on MSN on Monday, July 3 with an Internet exclusive weekly episode and premiered on CBS on July 5, 2006. Rock Star Supernova band members Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted and Gilby Clarke formed the basis of the second season of the Rock Star television program on CBS in the quest to find a lead singer.