Supergroup Awesomeness ain’t just for the first-tier all-stars. Whoever said the lesser-known jazz and funk musicians of our generation can’t have some fun, too?

The unheralded but probably pretty fucking awesome Fully Loaded resurfaced for a show out in San Francisco recently, and now they’re taking their “six shots of deadly funk” on the road. The band, formed by saxomophonist Cochemea “Cheme” Gastelum, features GBA’s Chris Stillwell on bass, Will Bernard on guitar, Chuck Prada on percussion, Anthony Farrell on keys and perpetual free-agent Adam Deitch on the kit. The potential for nastiness is on its way eastward…

Let’s take a quick listen to Fully Loaded rip a mean Bidi Man, a song written by Chris Stillwell and made famous by those lovable Greyboy Allstars.

• Read on after the jump for full(y loaded) tour dates
• All tickets for these shows are available at boomboomtickets.com

Seriously, where was I when the Fantastic 4 formed and decided to melt faces on a temporary but supernaturally unbelievable basis? Although it’s a recently established league of musical justice, I have no recollection of these guys even existing. I guess they properly practiced Rule #1 of being superheroic in public: be neither seen, nor heard. Or does that only pertain to ninja turtle street gangs?

The point of this post is simple: My roommate this weekend played this short-lived outfit’s sweet version of Fire Eater from 2004 in Chicago, and it’s so ridiculously money that you’ll shake your head in disappointment that they don’t tour.

This particular track features the Fantastic 4 with a special guest: It’s Eric Krasno, Robert Walter, Cheme Gastelum, and free-agent drummer Adam Deitch, with Jake Cinninger on guitar and Krasno moving to the Fender Rhodes. Sickness.

• Click here to listen to the rest of 12/17/04 at the Subterranean