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.

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here's some supergroups:
Renowned supergroups

* Asia - Geoff Downes (Yes and Buggles), John Wetton (King Crimson and UK), Greg Lake (King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer), Steve Howe (Yes), and Carl Palmer (Emerson Lake and Palmer)
* Alter Bridge - Myles Kennedy (The Mayfield Four); Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall, Scott Phillips (all Creed).
* Audioslave - Chris Cornell (Soundgarden); Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine).
* Bad Company - Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke from Free, Mott The Hoople's Mick Ralphs, and Boz Burrell from King Crimson.
* Black Star - Mos Def; Talib Kweli.
* Blind Faith - Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker (Cream); Steve Winwood (Traffic); Rick Grech (Family).
* Captain Beyond - Rod Evans (Deep Purple); Rhino Rheinhardt and Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly); Bobby Caldwell (The Johnny Winter Band)
* Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - David Crosby (The Byrds); Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield); Graham Nash (The Hollies); Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield)
* Cream - Eric Clapton; Jack Bruce; Ginger Baker
* Damn Yankees - Ted Nugent; Jack Blades (Night Ranger) Tommy Shaw (Styx)
* David Lee Roth Band - David Lee Roth (Van Halen); Steve Vai (Frank Zappa); Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, "the Eddie Van Halen of bass"); Gregg Bissonette, (Maynard Ferguson).
* Demons and Wizards - Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian); Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth).
* Derek and the Dominos - among the members of this one-shot supergroup were Eric Clapton and Duane Allman (strictly speaking, Allman was a guest; however, the band only recorded a single album, featuring Allman.)
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Keith Emerson (The Nice); Greg Lake (King Crimson); Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster).
* The Faces - Rod Stewart; Ron Wood; Ronnie Lane; Kenney Jones; Ian McLaglan.
* Fantômas - Mike Patton; Buzz Osborne, Dave Lombardo and Trevor Dunn
* Foo Fighters - formed by Dave Grohl (Nirvana), other members including Pat Smear (The Germs, Nirvana) (1995-97), William Goldsmith (Sunny Day Real Estate) (1995-1997), Nate Mendel (Sunny Day Real Estate) (1995-present), Chris Shiflett (No Use for a Name) (1999-present), Taylor Hawkins (backing band for Alanis Morissette) (1997-present), and Franz Stahl (1997-1999)
* Gorillaz - Damon Albarn (Blur), Guests include Dan the Automator, DJ Danger Mouse, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Miho Hatori...
* The Highwaymen - Willie Nelson; Johnny Cash; Kris Kristofferson; Waylon Jennings. All members had long solo careers behind them.
* Led Zeppelin - a marginal case, because although Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were famous and respected when the band formed as The New Yardbirds, the other half of the group were relative unknowns at the time (albeit very competent unknowns). Page's original intention for the group was to include other well known musicians for the vocalist and drummers spots.
* Mike & the Mechanics - members included Mike Rutherford (Genesis); Paul Carrack (Ace, Squeeze); Paul Young (Sad Café).
* New Edition - Bobby Brown; Johnny Gill; Ralph Tresvant; Ricky Bell; Michael Bivins; Ronnie DeVoe.
* Oysterhead - Trey Anastasio; Les Claypool; Stewart Copeland.
* A Perfect Circle - formed by Billy Howerdel, the group consists of a rotation of members including Maynard James Keenan (Tool); Josh Freese (The Vandals); Troy Van Leeuwen (Failure); Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails); James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins); Jeordie White (aka Twiggy Ramirez of Marilyn Manson); Tim Alexander (Primus). Paz Lenchantin (Zwan) first gained success within this band as well.
* The Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon (The Beatles); Yoko Ono; Eric Clapton; Klaus Voorman; Alan White (who later joined Yes).
* Power Station - Robert Palmer; John Taylor and Andy Taylor (Duran Duran); Tony Thompson (Chic).
* TransAtlantic - Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater); Pete Trewavas (Marillion); Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings); Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard).
* The Traveling Wilburys - Roy Orbison; Tom Petty; George Harrison; Bob Dylan; Jeff Lynne.
* U.K. - Eddie Jobson, Terry Bozzio, John Wetton, Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth
* Velvet Revolver - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots); Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum (Guns n' Roses); Dave Kushner (Wasted Youth)
* 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.
* 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 Zeppelin) 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.
* Rockestra - large group led by Paul McCartney and featuring Pete Townshend, David Gilmour, John Paul Jones and John Bonham; recorded two tracks on the Wings album Back to the Egg.
* 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 Alexi 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.
* The Wrights - featuring members of Jet, The Living End, Grinspoon, Powderfinger, Spiderbait, You Am I & Dallas Crane.
* Yes - who began as a mere group but became a true supergroup with the members Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White.
* Zwan - formed by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin of The Smashing Pumpkins.



Who is your favorite supergroup ever?

Emerson, Lake & Palmer!
Led Zeppelin!
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers!
The Beatles!
Black Sabbath!
The Traveling Wilburys
Cream
Derek and the Dominos (Layla)
The Moody Blues
King Crimson (Early stuff)
The Byrds
CCR


And alot more........

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Edit? who's edit? ...never heard of that band......

I would have to say

Led Zeppelin

Foo fighters

Cream

and i forgot the rest but there are some good ones there.

lol

HAHA no one gets this thread...

are Velvet Revolver really a supergroup? I just heard a song by them and it's one of the most terrible things I've ever known.

I don't even know many of these groups. It's so appreciated if you post some stuffs instead of just listing their line-ups.

Maybe the Yardbirds?
I don't know.
Probably not.

No. There's already a thread for posting mp3s..Just ask people in there..I hate uploading shit.

I love you, too.

I'm able to search and download anything I want, but I just think you're doing shit, and wanna give you a suggestion... But you don't get, it's okay.

I am really weird. Just... It is just Jimmy that makes me want to know more about the Yardbirds, I only know them because of you and I wasn't really interested, I mean... I was like "Really cool.", but I didn't think about them all the time.

I think I don't like Led Zep.

Oh no, I don't like the Foo Fighters. I don't get the point. I don't think they are good. They might be able to play instruments very well, but which musician does not?

And I don't like the word supergroup. One of the terms that sound so cheesy.

"Indie supergroup Track"
It said that on the cover of NME and I loved it so much I had to write it down somewhere. It's just so bad.

I like the wrights...
evie eviiiiie evie let your hair hang down

Oasis Well, supergroup, who needs the term anyway. It just makes me hate music.

Vetiver are sort of a supergroup...

the yardbirds arent a super group

led was origionally the yardbirds yes but they only changed theyre NAME and that was after they had recieved the other half of the band

oh yes and maynard is not from tool, thats disgraceful, yes he's in the band but he's from apc thankyou

alterbridge are complete crap, its basically creed with a new lead singer who sounds exactly the same

and paz went to smashing pumpkins before she went to zwan, she just basically works with Billy Corgan in whatever band he is in at the time, and has also done some work with marilyn manson in the past i believe

But, who else, except for Jimmy was in the Yardbirds AND Led Zep?

Is that like a band with Super Powers?

Yeah, especially Led Zep, their vocals are magic.

No, I think... Bands like Led Zep, U2 or... Just bands with geniuses in them...

i dont even get why they have a seperate label

imean come on guys, theyre all bands

They have a seperate label? I didn't get that.

Yes, then half those bands listed, should not be on the list.

Err, being that Tool was formed in 1990 and APC wasn't formed until 1999, he is from Tool.

Unless you meant something else?

yeah haha i meant i like APC more than Tool

hmm the next album due is a Tool one though i believe...

I meant like why they are Labled Super Groups


imean theyre bands

why is there a different label just because the bands are comprised of members from other bands