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In the late 1960s, the term '''supergroup''' was coined to describe "a [[rock music]] group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups."<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861717037/supergroup.html supergroup definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.yourdictionary.com/supergroup supergroup - Definition at the #1 Online Dictionary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Supergroups tend to be short-lived, often lasting only for an album or two. Additionally, supergroups are often formed as [[side project]]s that are not intended to be permanent. |
In the late 1960s, the term '''supergroup''' was coined to describe "a [[rock music]] group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups."<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861717037/supergroup.html supergroup definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.yourdictionary.com/supergroup supergroup - Definition at the #1 Online Dictionary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Supergroups tend to be short-lived, often lasting only for an album or two. Additionally, supergroups are often formed as [[side project]]s that are not intended to be permanent. |
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Some of the most well-known supergroups include: 1960s groups [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] and [[Blind Faith]]; 1970s groups [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[Cactus (band)|Cactus]] and [[Bad Company (band)|Bad Company]]; the 1980s & 1990s groups [[The Firm (band)|The Firm]], The [[Traveling Wilburys]], [[Don Dokken]], [[Asia (band)|Asia]], [[Power Station (band)|Power Station]], [[ |
Some of the most well-known supergroups include: 1960s groups [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] and [[Blind Faith]]; 1970s groups [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[Cactus (band)|Cactus]] and [[Bad Company (band)|Bad Company]]; the 1980s & 1990s groups [[The Firm (band)|The Firm]], The [[Traveling Wilburys]], [[Don Dokken]], [[Asia (band)|Asia]], [[Power Station (band)|Power Station]], [[Temple of the Dog]], and[[Mad Season]]; and the 2000s-era bands [[A Perfect Circle]], [[Velvet Revolver]], [[Audioslave]], and [[Zwan]] as well as the country music collaboration [[The Highwaymen (country supergroup)|The Highwaymen]]. It is not a rigidly defined category and it can be applied subjectively. |
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In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups."[1][2] Supergroups tend to be short-lived, often lasting only for an album or two. Additionally, supergroups are often formed as side projects that are not intended to be permanent.
Some of the most well-known supergroups include: 1960s groups Cream, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Blind Faith; 1970s groups Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Cactus and Bad Company; the 1980s & 1990s groups The Firm, The Traveling Wilburys, Don Dokken, Asia, Power Station, Temple of the Dog, andMad Season; and the 2000s-era bands A Perfect Circle, Velvet Revolver, Audioslave, and Zwan as well as the country music collaboration The Highwaymen. It is not a rigidly defined category and it can be applied subjectively.
History
The term took its name from the 1968 album Super Session with Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, and Stephen Stills. The coalition of Crosby, Stills, and Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young) is another early example, given the success of their prior bands (The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Hollies respectively). In jazz, notable artists often play together, but the term is rarely used. Music writers have also applied the term to groups that sold huge numbers of albums and headlined massive concerts regardless of the previous fame of their individual members, such as the band Led Zeppelin, wherein only Jimmy Page was well known at the time the group formed. The term is also used to describe existing bands whose members achieved individual fame after the band's founding, such as Pink Floyd, Queen, Genesis and Yes.
There are also instances in which an existing band added a prominent new member or members, where the resulting group might have been considered a supergroup had it not kept its original band name, such as Van Halen after recruiting Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone, and The Eagles after hiring Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit. In the 1990s, the term began being used to describe Hip Hop collectives. By the 2000s, the term was tending to become a vague marketing term.
Criticism
In 1974, a Time magazine article entitled "Return of a Supergroup" quipped that the supergroup was a "potent but short-lived rock phenomenon" which was an "amalgam formed by the talented malcontents of other bands." The article acknowledged that groups such as Cream and Blind Faith "played enormous arenas and made megabucks, and sometimes megamusic", with the performances "fueled by dueling egos." However, while this "musical infighting built up the excitement...it also made breakups inevitable." [3]
Chris DeVille's 2008 article "Super or blooper?", which is subtitled "Supergroups: So much promise, so often squandered", notes that "when well-known rockers get together in new configurations, they're guaranteed lots of attention, but these ego summits rarely bear fruit as fresh as what made these guys famous in the first place."[4] DeVille praises supergroups such as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Fantômas (a post-Faith No More supergroup); and Velvet Revolver. However, he rates a number of other projects as "bloopers", including Blind Faith, the country supergroup The Highwaymen (which included Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson); The Traveling Wilburys (it must be noted that the Wilburys were seriously affected by the death of member Roy Orbison shortly after releasing their first album); Audioslave; Zwan; Eyes Adrift; and The Good, the Bad & the Queen.
Notable groups
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This list is of each band's founding line-up, and members who joined within a year of founding.
This list contains only groups which have performed more than a single song or live show together.
Project supergroups
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These were often one-show or one album projects, though some played more than one show, because all or most members were involved in other bands or groups.
Charity supergroups
These are usually one-shot projects, organized to create a charity record to raise money or awareness for a cause or charity. Notable examples are Band Aid ("Do They Know It's Christmas?"), USA for Africa ("We are the World") and Northern Lights ("Tears Are Not Enough").
Other supergroups
- Richard Patrick (Filter), Robert DeLeo & brother Dean DeLeo (both of Stone Temple Pilots), Ray Luzier (David Lee Roth, various others).
- Graham Bonnet (Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Impellitteri), Yngwie Malmsteen, Gary Shea (New England), and Jan Uvena (Alice Cooper). Malmsteen was later replaced by Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth).
- Power trio formed by guitarist Jeff Beck with Vanilla Fudge's Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice.
- Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, and Ben Lee.
- Gothic/alternative rock band consisting of Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit, Big Dumb Face, Eat the Day), Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails), Josh Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv), and Josh Freese (The Vandals, A Perfect Circle)
- Death metal supergroup consisting of Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity); Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström (Katatonia); Martin Axenrot (now Opeth) (former members: Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy).
- Simon Townshend (The Who), Bruce Foxton (The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers), Mark Brzezicki (The Cult, Procol Harum, Big Country) and Bruce Watson (Big Country).
- Layne Staley (Alice in Chains); Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine); Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction); Martyn LeNoble (Porno for Pyros)
- Les Claypool and Brian Mantia (Primus); Buckethead (Guns N' Roses); Bernie Worrell (Parliament/Funkadelic)
- Bobby Blotzer (Ratt), Michael Schenker (Scorpions, UFO, Michael Schenker Group), Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns), Share Pedersen (Vixen), and Richard Black (Shark Island). The band released one album in 1991.
- A folk supergroup of Richard Shindell, Dar Williams, and Lucy Kaplansky
- cEvin Key & Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy, with Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly/Delerium.
- A quartet of prominent industrial musicians; Chris Connelly, Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble and Geordie Walker.
- Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion); Gore Verbinski (Little Kings); Dean Opseth (Medicine); Josh Freese (The Vandals)
- Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of Doubledrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud, and Will Hunt of Skrape.
- David Lee Roth (ex-Van Halen), Steve Vai (of Frank Zappa, Whitesnake, Alcatrazz), Billy Sheehan (of Talas, Niacin), and Gregg Bissionette (of Joe Satriani). Later, Vai and Sheehan were replaced by Jason Becker (of Cacophony) and Paul Baron.
- Redman, Erick Sermon, and Keith Murray
- Made up of John Lennon (The Beatles), Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones), Eric Clapton, Ivry Gitlis, Yoko Ono and Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience). Performed 2 songs on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
- Bernard Sumner of New Order and Johnny Marr of The Smiths, with one or both members of the Pet Shop Boys on certain tracks; and one member of Kraftwerk on even rarer occasions.
- Brendan Kelly (guitar and vocals) and Neil Hennessy (drums) of The Lawrence Arms, Dan Andriano (bass) of Alkaline Trio, and former Rise Against member Todd Mohney (guitar).
- Mike Patton (Faith No More); Buzz Osborne (The Melvins), Dave Lombardo (Slayer) and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle)
- A multinational supergroup whose greatest his Led Zeppelin cover Stairway to Heaven.
- Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth): Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore): Mark Ibold (Pavement): Yoshimi P-We (Boredoms)
- Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and various other guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Robert Fripp, Eric Johnson, and John Petrucci
- While recording the group's final album, "Kiss Me Deadly," the band at one point included former Sex Pistols members Paul Cook and Steve Jones. However, the two left after recording one track, and the group was joined by Terry Chimes, formerly of The Clash (whom is formally credited on drums)
- Project led by Anton Fier, with varying personnel that has included Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Michael Stipe, John Lydon, Syd Straw, Richard Thompson, Jack Bruce, and many others.
- Formed by guitarists Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Steve Howe (Yes and Asia).
- A Paisley Underground tour de force that consisted of Steve Wynn of Dream Syndicate, Stephen McCarthy of The Long Ryders and Brian Harvey and Johnny Hott of House of Freaks.
- Dan the Automator and Prince Paul with various guest artist.
- Pop-rock collaboration between Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator and partner Janet English of Spiderbait. The original name of the band was to be "The Shits", but was renamed for "commercial reasons".
- HARP
- Folk group taking its name from the initials of Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger. The latter two were in The Weavers.
- Formed by Toby Morse, Freddy Cricien, David Kennedy, Hoya and Mackie James.
- Composed of Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan
- Steve Marriott (The Small Faces); Peter Frampton (The Herd); Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth); and Jerry Shirley
- John Myung (Dream Theater), Ty Tabor (King's X), Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs, and previously played with Derek Sherinian as Platypus)
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones), Bernie Worrell (Parliament, Funkadelic), Sarah Dash (Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles), Ivan Neville (The Neville Brothers, solo), Steve Jordan (Stevie Wonder, The Blues Brothers), Charley Drayton, Waddy Wachtel
- Phil Lewis (Girl), Tracii Guns (Guns N' Roses), Steve Riley (W.A.S.P.), Kelly Nickels (Faster Pussycat), Mick Cripps (Faster Pussycat)
- Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins); Kelley Deal (The Breeders); Jimmy Flemion (The Frogs); Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
- Latin American supergroup
- The Lost Dogs
- Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Toné!), Dawn Robinson (En Vogue), Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest)
- Members included Mike Rutherford (Genesis); Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze); Paul Young (Sad Café).
- Eric Martin (415), Paul Gilbert (Racer X), Billy Sheehan (Talas, Niacin), Pat Torpey (Impellitteri), and Richie Kotzen.
- Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), and Chris Thile, Sean Watkins and Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), who were joined by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Pete Thomas (many bands including The Attractions). This may have been a one-shot tour.
- John Zorn: Joey Baron: Fred Frith (Henry Cow): Bill Frisell: Wayne Horvitz: Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms)
- Greg Hawkes and Elliot Easton of The Cars, Todd Rundgren of Utopia and solo, Prairie Prince of The Tubes.
- The No WTO Combo
- Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
- John Cafiero (The Misfits), Jerry Only (The Misfits), Dez Cadena (Black Flag, The Misfits), Marky Ramone (The Ramones, The Misfits, The Voidoids), Ivan Julian (The Isley Brothers, The Foundations, The Voidoids), Daniel Johnston
- Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Kevin Moore, (Chroma Key), Sean Malone (Gordian Knot, Cynic), and Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree).
- The industrial supergroup. Martin Atkins (Ministry), Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Steve Albini, Nivek Ogre (OhGr, Skinny Puppy).
- Bootsy Collins (Parliament/Funkadelic), Brian Mantia (Primus), Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Bernie Worrell (Parliament/Funkadelic) and others.
- Britpop Masters Gary Mounfield (Stone Roses), Bobby Gillespie (The Jesus and Mary Chain), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine), Martin Duffy (The Charlatans).
- A supergroup consisting of members of Psychopathic Records taking on various aliases. Current members include Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope (Insane Clown Posse), Jamie Madrox, Monoxide Child (Twiztid), and Blaze Ya Dead Homie.
- David Allan Coe; Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell (Pantera and Damageplan); and Rex Brown (Pantera).
- The Rising Sons
- Named after the notable song 'House of the Rising Sun': Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Kevin Kelly (later in The Byrds), and (briefly) Ed Cassidy (later in Spirit). Their one album was recorded in 1965... and then shelved... to be released in 1992! Cooder was also in the two-album band Little Village and would later hit paydirt by organizing "The Buena Vista Social Club" album.
- A celebration of Roadrunner Records' 25th anniversary, featuring music written by Joey Jordison (Slipknot and Murderdolls), Matt Heafy (Trivium), Dino Cazares (Fear Factory) and Robb Flynn (Machine Head), and performed by a multitude of guest musicians.
- Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses, Jason Newsted of Metallica and Voivod, Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe and Methods of Mayhem, and Lukas Rossi, winner of Rock Star: Supernova
- Members of XTC, The Pop Group and Gang of Four
- Formed by Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom and Roope Latvala of Stone together with former Dimmu Borgir keyboardist Kimberly Goss.
- Classical guitarist John Williams, with other classical performers
- Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes), Daniel Bejar (Destroyer and The New Pornographers; Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown).
- Reported collaborative project of Trent Reznor, Danny Lohner, and Charlie Clouser (Nine Inch Nails), Maynard James Keenan (Tool), Atticus Ross (12 Rounds), and many others. Existed for 8 years, but disbanded without releasing any music.
- The Tear Garden
- All members of Skinny Puppy and The Legendary Pink Dots.
- Involves members from 19 bands including: Killing Joke, Funeral for a Friend, Hundred Reasons, Sikth, Fightstar, Pitchshifter, Earthtone9, Carcass, Napalm Death, Send More Paramedics, Therapy?, Hiding Place, Amen, Murder One, Charger, The Ghost of a Thousand, New Model Army, 36 Crazyfists.
- Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle); Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard); Kevin Rutmanis (The Cows, The Melvins); John Stanier (Helmet, The Mark of Cain).
- Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater); Pete Trewavas (Marillion); Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings); Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard).
- Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Travis Barker of Blink-182 and Rob Aston.
- Side project fusion supergroup. Consists of renowned banjo player Béla Fleck, legendary bassist Stanley Clarke (Return to Forever), and violin virtuoso Jean-Luc Ponty. Toured in 2005 but have yet to record an album.
- Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols , Rat Scabies of The Damned, Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols and Rich Kids, Steve New of The Rich Kids.
- The Vital Tech Tones
- Fusion side project supergroup. Consisted of bassist Victor Wooten (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones), guitarist Scott Henderson (Tribal Tech), and drummer Steve Smith (Vital Information/ Journey). Made 2 albums but never appeared live.
- Consisting of Nic Cester (Jet), Chris Cheney (The Living End), Kram (Spiderbait), Davey Lane (You Am I/The Pictures) & Pat Bourke (Dallas Crane), and featuring guest vocals from Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) and Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon).
- Rock/country/pop duo consisting of Michelle Branch noted American country/pop/rock artist and songwriter and Jessica Harp, one of Branch's backup singers and friends who released an independent album "Preface" in 2002.
- Jazz fusion supergroup consisting of guitarist John McLaughlin, keyboardist Chick Corea, (both veterans of Miles Davis electric band as well as founder members of The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever, respectively), saxaphonist Kenny Garrett (also a veteran of Miles Davis electric band), bassist Christian McBride and Frank Zappa alumni Vinnie Colaiuta on drums. Drummer Brian Blade is also a member of the Five Peace Band for some live performances.
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References
- ^ supergroup definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
- ^ supergroup - Definition at the #1 Online Dictionary
- ^ Return of a Supergroup - TIME
- ^ Columbus Alive
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See also
- List of grunge supergroups
- List of progressive rock supergroups
- Superstar: a term applied to some celebrities