Formation and Self-Titled EP (1996–2000) During the summer of 1996, Floridian high school friends Scott "Skart" Suldo on guitar/vocals and Dominic "Dom" Maresco on drums/vocals started playing together under the name 'The Supervillains'. The duo released their self-titled debut album EP in 2000.
Horseshoes and Handgrenades and Jahmerica (2002–2004) In 2002, the band released their second self-produced studio album,
Horseshoes and Handgrenades with new member Jonathan "Smally" Cestero on saxophone. Then, they released their third album,
Jahmerica in 2004 on Prairie Dawgin' Records, paying homage to their reggae roots. With members coming and going over the years, including a horn section ("Smally" on sax and new member Ricardo "Cardo" San Jose on trumpet being the longer-mainstays), the band is self-described "Florida-bred swamp reggae rockers".
Grow Yer Own and Massive (2006–2008) After touring with
Pepper, they were signed to their label, LAW Records and released their fourth album
Grow Yer Own in 2006. After the addition of bassist Dan Grundorf, the band released their fifth album,
Massive in 2008.
Postcards From Paradise and Robots EP (2011–2012) On February 8, 2011, they released their sixth album,
Postcards From Paradise on their own label, Rah Rah Rah Records. This was the first time the band worked with producer
Brett Hestla who mixed and engineered the album, as well as provided backing vocals on the single "Free". They released their first EP (and seventh album), titled
Robots on May 1, 2012, featuring songs about robots in different settings (i.e. Limbo, Purgatory or Hell).
Volume 8 (2013) The band is currently signed to
LAW Records and continue to tour and perform with other groups from the label. The Supervillains were formerly signed to Rah Rah Rah Records, with whom they released their eighth studio album
Volume 8 on April 9, 2013. The album featured many special guests including: Leilani Wolfgramm, Charlie Bender of
The Spitvalves,
Blak,
Antonee First Class, and saxophonist Jeff Richie of
The Toasters, as well as Brett Hestla who once again produced the album.
Nice Things (2017) Wanting to concentrate on programming and production, Dan Grundorf permanently handed over the reins to former Abandon the Midwest bassist B.J. Hall, the band's long-time stage/guitar-tech and tour bus driver, as well as being signed to the band's own label, Rah Rah Rah Records. With Hall on board, the band released their ninth studio album
Nice Things in 2017, back on
LAW Records. The Supervillains was one of many reggae and punk bands that was featured on
The House That Bradley Built, a tribute to
Sublime and the
Bradley Nowell family's non-profit "Bradley's House", which was released on January 15, 2021. The band covered Sublime's song "What Happened", listed on disc 2 of the deluxe edition of the album.
Drones EP (2021) On November 26, 2021, The Supervillains released their second EP,
Drones, a direct follow-up to their
Robots EP from 2012. It was recorded in a barn during the lock down of the
COVID-19 epidemic. Drummer Dom Moresco summed up the EP in one sentence, "The
Drones EP is like a 25-minute-long movie for your ears." He added, "It's meant to be listened to in its entirety, you'll laugh; you'll cry, and you'll wanna listen to it again." Also, in a two-month anticipation of the
Drones EP, the band released a stand-alone single titled, "Daisy" in ode to the
Vaudeville-era song the operating system "HAL" rebooted to in
Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. ==Tours==