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Originally Posted by Glice

Not everyone has something to contradict everything.

Prick.

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Originally Posted by Glice

Prick.

Cunt off, twatwaste.

ah ah ha ah !!!

A good super group : Audioslave ?
No, I'm kiddin'.

All super groups suck.

The end.

Crosby, Stills and Nash ?

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

ohh man, the music i like doesn't count because millions of people don't like it!!!!

OHH MY GAWD WHAT AM I GONNA DU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It counts MORE. That's the indie way.

but it is NOT a supergroup.

Cream is considered a supergroup isn't it?
I thought I remembered them being referred to as one

In reference to that Wu-Tang thread, the Wu are super super group.

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

Yona Kit: Jim O'Rourke, KK Null, Darin Gray of the Dazzling Killmen, and Thymme Jones of Cheer Accident. These guys were basically like a skin graft all star team, if anyone hasnt heard them i suggest they do so right away, really agressive, super intricate math rock.

I forgot to add that this band is fuckin brilliant.

gwar is one of the best most unrecognized bands around.

and i'm not kidding.

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Originally Posted by pokkeherrie

All super groups suck.

The end.

That's pretty much what I keep thinking.

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

if you are just dudes in other bands that formed a new band, that is just a BAND, not a supergroup.

a suprgroup is so titled because, due to the supposed worth of the individual famous artists involved, everyone expects something transcendent from the supergroup, something even greater than the sum of their parts.

kurt cobain's clothes are more "famous" than King Buzzo. hell, courtney love is more famous than everyone in fatomas put together.

Fame is NOT relative. the more people know you the more famous you are. it is as simple as that, and easily quantifiable.

there ahve been a lot of supergroups that amounted to flat out shit.

one that did not, and I am not a fan of eitrher the or their previous bands, is crosby stills and Nash (and later young, whom I do admire and listen to).
crosby was in The Byrds
Stephen Stills was in Traffic
Grahma Nash was in The Hollies
(neil Young was also in Buffalo Springfield)

The backbeat band is as close to an indie/alternative supergroup as there ever has been, with key members from REM, Sonic Youth, Afghan Whigs, Soul Asylum.

if the criteria were otherwise then any band is a supergroup, since most musicians have been in countless previous bands before they hit it big.

I sort of agree except the people in the bands don't have to be famous themselves, just the bands they are from (I'm just basing this on how I've seen the stupid term used in the media to begin with). The ultimate example is Asia who were tauted as the "first supergroup of the '80s". Nobody in that band was a household name, they just played in top-selling FM prog rock groups. Based upon that successful marketing and some stupid ass videos of a gymnast on MTV they got a huge string of hits with songs that nobody in their right mind would have listened to if it weren't for the "suprergroup" label.

So yeah, real supergroups tend to suck by definition. I do think there is an indie scene equivalent, like the Halo Benders when you have two demi-famous guys getting together and performing caricatures of themselves. I even like the results in that instance. Obviously it isn't a bound for the arenas real supergroup, but in their little world it has an instant popularity quotient.

The ultimate "alternative" real supergroup would be Temple of the Dog, who I would rather not even know existed.

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Originally Posted by acdc518

Cream is considered a supergroup isn't it?
I thought I remembered them being referred to as one

I'm pretty sure they're a supergroup.

I forgot about the horrid temple of the dog!

The Good The Bad and The Queen didn't suck completley
Blur, The Clash, The Verve and that drummer (who is fuckingnamazing idontcarewhatyousay)

there. Supergroup. Dont suck completley

how is mudhoney a supergroup?

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Originally Posted by SonicBebs

The Good The Bad and The Queen didn't suck completley
Blur, The Clash, The Verve and that drummer (who is fuckingnamazing idontcarewhatyousay)

there. Supergroup. Dont suck completley

Tony Allen [Fela Kuti], and yes! You're entirely right.

*Edit - except it's possible that Blur & the Verve are only supermassive in the UK, and Fela only well-known to Afro-heads.

the good the bad and the queen are incredibly boring.

has anyone mentioned holy molar yet?
or even the holy smokes????????

line-up includes members of Hella, Pinback, The Advantage and The Flying Luttenbachers

Are the Gorillaz a super group? Damon Albarn and at one point at least Miho Hatori from Cibo Matto. I don't know about the others, though. Or how about that one group with Thom Yorke, that did that song about some rabbit or something? Unkle! (I just looked it up on another browser). They apparently had DJ Shadow, and Mike D from the Beastie Boys at some point, too. But I think I may be getting "super group" and "group with lots of famous guest appearances that sometimes turn into semi-extended stays" confused. And what if some of the members are from famous groups, but not others? Where do you draw the line?

Ooh! Dusty Trails! Josephine Wiggs (Breeders) and Vivian Trimble (Luscious Jackson). They most definitely did not suck (though their sophisticated blend of mellow, sound-track style instrumentals and French pop sensibilities may not be everyone's cup of tea here. But it's great for listening to while lounging by the pool).

would team sleep count? (hella,deftones...)

from what i understood of the UNKLE project was that it was James Lavelle calling the shots and taking the credit & DJ Shadow putting in the work, everyone else involved were just guest vocalists.

The supergroup that sarramkrop, Glice, demonrail666 and I will be setting up soon. Proposed group name: Cunt.

blind faith
praxis
plastic ono band
the highwaymen

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

The supergroup that sarramkrop, Glice, demonrail666 and I will be setting up soon. Proposed group name: Cunt.

And when we get sick of them and kick them out of the band because of their antics we can re-name ourselves Anal Cunt and and suggest they call themselves Selfish Cunt.

erm, that name has already been taken i reckon!

Both of them have been taken already.

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

The supergroup that sarramkrop, Glice, demonrail666 and I will be setting up soon. Proposed group name: Cunt.

So long as I get to play the triangle this time. you always hog the fuckin' triangle. Cunt!

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

how is mudhoney a supergroup?

Yeah.. other than Mark Arm I think Mudhoney was most of the other member's first band that was worth mentioning.

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

So long as I get to play the triangle this time. you always hog the fuckin' triangle. Cunt!

Yeah, well if you're gonna take that attitude, I want my 0.5 watt guitar amp back! (Oh, hang on, it was yours in the first place.)

mimicry is the sincerest form of mimicry

the travelling willbury's are good.

"The 150 Murderous Passions", featuring the virtuoso skills of Messr William Bennett and Steve Stapleton.

And who could forget the immortal supergroup Flying Testicle, featuring the multifarious talents of Merzbow and Masonna?

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

What's the name of that super group that featured a group of japanese noise musicians - including Merzbow and Masonna - who all took their names from famous japanese doctors? I remember posting something on the rare records thread by them.

sarram - was it Sponge "Relation Between a Production of Images and the Flesh in a State of Consciousness", featuring Mr and Mrs Hijokaidan, Masonna and Merzbow?

i don't care what anyone says -- they all SUCK SHIT (for the most part).

rob is right about all the members having to have been very famous and successful of their own accord before banding together to make atrocious ear-bleeding racket.

the ones who didn't blow:
cream
CSNY
plastic ono band

and there you have it.