Supergroup (bands)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe music groups comprising members of great proficiency who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. 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 example.

Other supergroups

• Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - a strange case, because although all of the musicians were famous and respected, they were largely (but not entirely) so because of their earlier achievements together in Yes.
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Beck Bogert Appice - power trio formed by guitarist Jeff Beck with Vanilla Fudge's Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice
• Bloodbath - Death Metal supergroup consisting of Dan Swanö of Edge of Sanity, Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth plus members of Hypocrisy, amongst others.
• Brakes - The band is made up from Eamon Hamilton of British Sea Power, Tom and Alex White of Electric Soft Parade and Marc Beatty from The Tenderfoot.
• Bruderschaft - European futurepop supergroup consisting of DJ Rexx Arkana, Ronan Harris of VNV Nation, Sebastian Komor of Icon of Coil, Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk and Joakim Montelius of Covenant.
• Burden Brothers - Vaden Lewis (Toadies), Taz Bentley (Reverend Horton Heat, Tenderloin, Izzy Stradlin's band, Loaded), Casey Orr (GWAR, Ministry, Speedealer, Rigor Mortis, Blohole, The Hellions), Casey Hess (Doosu), Corey Rozzoni (Clumsy); (former members: Mark Hughes (Baboon), Mike Rudnicki (Baboon), and Zach Blair (GWAR, Hagfish)
• Cry Cry Cry - a folk supergroup of Richard Shindell, Dar Williams, and Lucy Kaplansky
• Cyberaktif - cEvin Key & Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy, with Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly/Delerium.
• The Damage Manual - A quartet of prominent industrial musicians; Chris Connelly, Martin Atkins, Jah Wobble and Geordie Walker.
• Def Squad - Redman, Erick Sermon & Keith Murray
• Dirty Mac - Made up of John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Ivry Gitlis, Yoko Ono and Mitch Mitchell. Performed 2 songs on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
• Down - Band formed from members of Pantera, Corrosion of Conformity and Eyehategod.
• DPG-Unit - group formed by 50 Cent's G-Unit and Snoop Dogg's Dogg Pound.
• Electronic - 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.
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Emerson, Lake & Powell
• Eyes Adrift - Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets, Bud Gaugh of Sublime
• Far Corporation - A multinational supergroup whose greatest his Led Zeppelin cover Stairway to Heaven.
• The Firm (1980s rock music supergroup) - Jimmy Page; Paul Rodgers; Chris Slade.
• The Firm (1990s hip hop supergroup) - Nas; Cormega; Foxy Brown; AZ (rapper); Nature.
• G3 - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen, among other guitarists
• The Glove - a side-project for The Cure's Robert Smith and Siouxsie & the Banshees's Steven Severin.
• Go.
• Golden State Warriors - Ras Kass, Xzibit & Saafir
• GTR - formed by guitarists Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Steve Howe (Yes and Asia).
• Hazen Street - formed by Toby Morse, Freddy Cricien, David Kennedy, Hoya and Mackie James.
• The Heartbreakers - composed of Richard Hell, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan
• The Horsemen - Ras Kass, Canibus, Killah Priest & Kurupt
• Jeff Beck Group - Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Mick Waller, Nicky Hopkins
• The Jones Gang - Kenny Jones (The Faces/The Who), Rick Willis (Foreigner, Robert Hart (Bad Company)
• L.A. Guns - Phil Lewis (Girl), Tracii Guns (Guns 'N Roses), Steve Riley (W.A.S.P.), Kelly Nickels (Faster Pussycat), Mick Cripps (Faster Pussycat)
• Liquid Tension Experiment - Tony Levin, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess.
• Mad Season - Layne Staley of Alice in Chains and Mike McCready guitarist for Pearl Jam.
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Spike Slawson, Fat Mike of NOFX, Joey Cape and Dave Raun of Lagwagon, and Chris Shiflett of No Use for a Name
• Misery Index - Jason Netherton, Sparky Voyles and Kevin Talley of Dying Fetus. Has since gone through line-up changes.
• Mutual Admiration Society - Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), and Chris Thile, Sean Watkins and Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), who were joined by John Paul Jones (Led Zepellin) and Pete Thomas (many bands including The Attractions). This may have been a one-shot tour.
• Neurotic Outsiders - Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of Guns n' Roses, and John Taylor of Duran Duran
• The New Pornographers - Carl Newman of Zumpano, Neko Case, Dan Bejar of Destroyer, John Collins of The Evaporators and others
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Nick Cave and Mick Harvey (of the Birthday Party), Barry Adamson (of Magazine), Blixa Bargeld (of Einstürzende Neubauten), Tomas Wylder (of Die Haut), Kid Congo Powers (of The Cramps and The Gun Club), solo artist Hugo Race, Conway Savage (of the Coral Snakes), Martyn P. Casey (of The Triffids), Jim Sclavunos (of The Vanity Set), and Warren Ellis (of the Dirty Three). Something of an alternative supergroup.
• The No WTO Combo - Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
• OSI - Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Kevin Moore (Chroma Key), Sean Malone (Gordian Knot) and Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree).
• Various artists on Perfect Day.
• Pigface - The industrial supergroup. Martin Atkins, Trent Reznor, Jello Biafra, Steve Albini, Nivek Ogre, members of KMFDM and The Orb, plus countless others.
• Planet X - Virgil Donati, Tony MacAlpine and Derek Sherinian.
• Sabina y Paez - Popular latin rockers Joaquin Sabina and Fito Paez released together the album "Enemigos Íntimos" ("Intimate Enemies") in 1998.
• The Reindeer Section - 27-strong Scottish indie rock supergroup featuring (amongst others) members from Snow Patrol, Belle & Sebastian, Idlewild (band), Mogwai, Arab Strap (band) and Teenage Fanclub.
• Shandie's Addiction - Tom Morello, Billy Gould, Brad Wilk and Maynard James Keenan
• Sinergy - Formed by Alexei Laiho of Children of Bodom and Roope Latvala of Stone together with former Dimmu Borgir keyboardist Kimberly Goss.
• Sky - classical guitarist John Williams, with other classical performers
• The Tear Garden - All members of Skinny Puppy and The Legendary Pink Dots.
• Temple Of The Dog - A one-album group, put together as a tribute to Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, featuring members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. The hit single "Hunger Strike" came as a result of this album.
• The Thorns - Matthew Sweet, Shawn Mullins and Pete Droge.
• Tomahawk - Duane Denison of The Jesus Lizard, Mike Patton of Faith No More and Fantômas, Kevin Rutmanis of The Cows, John Stanier of Helmet and The Mark of Cain.
• TransAtlantic - Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas.
• Transplants - Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Travis Barker of Blink-182 and Rob Aston.
• Yes - who began as a mere group but became a true supergroup with the members Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White.
• The Wrights - featuring members of Jet, The Living End, Grinspoon, Powderfinger, Spiderbait, You Am I & Dallas Crane.
• Zwan - formed by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin of The Smashing Pumpkins.

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