NSFW pic right away.

no army of anyone?

6) Asia
7) Any "all-star jam live on-stage" a la some awards show, LiveAid or something-Aid.

/Ok, maybe Asia wasn't that bad.

I'm the only one who bought the Zwan album. I got a free bowl of soup.

Asia.

Thanks for letting me know there are boobs in it. Some of us are at work, jerkoff.

Zwan was a supergroup?

What about the Traveling Wilburys?

6 posts in and no one has yet mentioned The Firm??

BSCavalier: Thanks for letting me know there are boobs in it. Some of us are at work, jerkoff.

Underage boobs, at that.

Blind Faith was pretty damn good...Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys is a great tune.

Come on, I like ASIA. They're a damn good band.

I'm going to become a music critic since I've always wanted to get paid to write a bunch of bullshiat for people to read.

Not clicking due to the NSFW-ness. But I'll add OYSTERHEAD; sounded like a great plan: bassist from Primus, Drummer from the Police. I was disappointed.

So that's how I'm gonna get fired.

Audioslave was disappointing? They were better than 99% of the crap that came out of the '90's.

I came here to say Asia, but others have that covered.

Sure, it's stretching the definition of "supergroup" a bit, but I'll toss in each and every post-Bruford incarnation of Yes.

Dancin_In_Anson: Blind Faith was pretty damn good...Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys is a great tune.

umm...wasn't that Traffic?

How DID Blind Faith get away with that? Even in 197whatever you'd think someone would say "We can't put a naked 14 year old's picture on an album cover!"

stevenr868: umm...wasn't that Traffic

You're right...Got my Winwood mixed up.

"Their first and only album was funky eclectic mix of prog rock and heavy jam riffs with former Police member Stewart Copeland whaling on the drums."

Man, that Stewart could really wield a harpoon. One of rock's underappreciated whalers, if you ask me. No narwhal was safe in his vicinity.

anyone remember GTR...
early 80's ...members of yes and genesis...and it was awful

HSAS..contraband,

Audioslave wasn't a supergroup nor is Velvet Revolver. Both were pretty much one group with a new lead singer.

The author is complaining that both band sounds like a combo of their old bands.What the hell should they sound like? That's like complaining Dylan was too whiny in the Traveling Wilburys and he should've brought something new to the table.To me, a supergroup should have each member's sound stand out, otherwise they're a regular and overpaid band.

/No supergroup was better than the Wilburys

Nine Foot Worm Creates Own Food: I'm the only one who bought the Zwan album. I got a free bowl of soup.

Wow, I have and love that album. Now I'm pissed i didn't get a bowl of soup...

tequilasundae: anyone remember GTR...
early 80's ...members of yes and genesis...and it was awful

GTR got the shortest record review in history from Musician Magazine. I reprint it here for your convenience:

GTR - SHT

tequilasundae: anyone remember GTR...

Yes, the band that inspired the famous review "TTL SHT".

HeadbangerSmurf: Come on, I like ASIA. They're a damn good band.

They actually have a new album coming out, with the original lineup. Original Asia (new window)

Another vote for Traveling Wilburys.

tequilasundae: anyone remember GTR...
early 80's ...members of yes and genesis...and it was awful

HSAS..contraband,

I am still amazed that anybody could find, let alone hire, a singer that sounds like a second rate Dennis DeYoung.

Ah, beat me to it. And more accurate to boot.

I give the article a double dose of fail. Oysterhead put out a great album, and if yo are going to base a band on how well it plays after they break up and reunite, then ever band in the history of ever sucks. All old bands that regroup do not sound as good as they used to. Led Zeppelin did not sound so hot during their last live show, but that doesn't change the fact that they were amazing. Audioslave was better then expected, and while pop rock it was better then most of it's contemporaries. I like blind faith, though not nsfw album covers. Velvet Revolver was a disapointment. Prior to it's release i figured there was no way it could suck, a great band and an amazing singer... I was wrong.

mekkab: But I'll add OYSTERHEAD; sounded like a great plan: bassist from Primus, Drummer from the Police. I was disappointed.

It was a great plan, until Anastasio got involved. He can pretty well put the suck into anything he touches (IMO).

182: Audioslave was disappointing? They were better than 99% of the crap that came out of the '90's.

...that got tons of airplay on ClearChannel-owned corporate radio.

theurge14: Zwan was a supergroup?

What about the Traveling Wilburys?

I liked the Wilburys, I dont think they ever thought they were trying to do anything special. Just a bunch of guys getting together to jam, who happened to be superstars. They never claimed to be anything more than an acoustic simply for fun project.

Blind Faith? They released an awesome album. Although the US version had a much more tame cover to say the least. I can't believe that is on the list.

Dylan & The Dead made hippies shower and get real jobs.

-1 for no West Coast Avengers

unremarkable asterisk: mekkab: But I'll add OYSTERHEAD; sounded like a great plan: bassist from Primus, Drummer from the Police. I was disappointed.

It was a great plan, until Anastasio got involved. He can pretty well put the suck into anything he touches (IMO).

Ooooh!! You're going to piss off someone who hasn't showered in a week w/a trust fund w/that kind of talk!!!

I liked the wilburys. That first album is a good.

Damn Yankees was pretty abysmal. Agree re: Audioslave, they were no more a supergroup than Sammy Hagar fronted Van Halen.

Best supergroup evar imho is Foo Fighters - Nirvana & Sunny Day Real Estate, at least early on.

Dorf11: Dylan & The Dead made hippies shower and get real jobs.

That wasn't so much a supergroup. They just backed him for a tour, and it was a damn fine one.

I came in expecting Tapeworm and left disappointed.

/Zwan was good, but -nowhere- near the sum of their parts.

Mike and the Mechanics.

I remember when my then-girlfriend got tickets for my birthday to see The Firm in '85. I had to smile and pretend I was excited. Then I figured oh well, at least I finally get to see Page live. What a snooze fest. I don't think anyone stood up the whole time.

Chequered Past---Steve Jones, Michael Des Barres and assorted Blondies......

I came for the Audioslave and Velvet Revolver, and I'm glad I wasn't disappointed.

jj325: Chequered Past---Steve Jones, Michael Des Barres and assorted Blondies......

I see your Chequered Past and raise you the Power Station. When Robert Palmer can't save your group, you're farked.

Dirty Mac!

/ducks

Can someone post the link for those of us at work who don't want to risk looking at NSFW pics?

(that should be list, not link)

The Glass Dragon: that should be list

5) Blind Faith This sounded really great on paper but the end result was nothing significant. Composed of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech, Blind Faith's legacy didn't come from the music that was created. Their legacy has been attached to its album cover featuring a young nude girl. Although the album reached number one in the US and the UK, the band (especially Clapton) felt the jamming was sub par. Part of the problem was that they didn't have enough music to play live and resorted to playing Cream and Dave Clark Five songs which was the exact opposite of intentions they started out with. Eventually the band fizzled and Clapton went on to create Derrick and the Dominoes and Winwood regrouping Traffic.

4) Audioslave Rage Against the Machine breaking up was a gut shot to most of the alternative community. So upon hearing the idea of Rage teaming up with Chris Cornell most rock fans were dying to hear the outcome. Although the first album showed promise Audioslave ended up sounding like two tired rock forces trying to recapture what it was that made them successful. Chris Cornell needed Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd just as much as Rage needed Zach de la Rocha and the end result was mixed at best. Instead of creating a new rock sound like their previous bands did before, they tried to mix the genres that separated them. Which of course lead them back to where they started.

3) Oysterhead Jam fans embraced the oddball album of "The Grand Pecking Order" and after the hiatus of Phish and Primus Trey Anastasio and Les Claypool seemed like a nice fit. Their first and only album was funky eclectic mix of prog rock and heavy jam riffs with former Police member Stewart Copeland whaling on the drums. But after a short tour the band split up only to reunite in 2006 at Bonnaroo. The reunion was not their best by any means and Trey seemed rusty with the material. Oysterhead was a fun experiment while it lasted but the end results made listeners crave the moment they first hear the material for the first time. Rehashing the material again only made us realize that like many of Les' experiments Oysterhead's day in the sun was over but the flash of light it emitted was fun while it lasted.

2) Velvet RevolverThis the only band I know of that actually sounds as bloated and high strung as its guitarist and lead singer. Riding on the wave of their previous success in Guns and Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver is the type or rock music that parodies itself by clinging desperately to previous rock and roll images. Although the group has taken a different approach with their second album Libertad the band basically came back around to where the two separate groups left off. With a lead singer addicted to drugs going into rehab and canceling shows across the world and hope of a new album. What little expectations that were left have been officially shattered.

1) Zwan Can you name one good thing about this band? It's okay. No one can. This band couldn't even get their feet off the ground to do anything except make their album "Mary Star of the Sea". With Billy Corgan leading members of Slint, Chavez, and A Perfect Circle the band couldn't even finish a tour and cancelled the majority of their European tour. The only good thing that came out of Zwan was when you went back home and blew the dust off your old Smashing Pumpkins records. Corgan has called their album "Lies upon lies..." which makes me feel better that he actually knows how most of the world views the band. Thank goodness that's all over with.

Zebra
Kingdom Come
Power Station

three I can rememeber that come to mind immediately

Supergroups never last...too much ego.

The Raconteurs - Wouldn't call them a "super-group" but a damn fine collabortion.

Rev. Skarekroe: How DID Blind Faith get away with that? Even in 197whatever you'd think someone would say "We can't put a naked 14 year old's picture on an album cover!"

It was back in the time when many people were open minded and thinking human nudity was not terrible. I don't know if that photo is really "art," but it isn't sexual. Also, if memory serves, underage nude photos weren't illegal until the mid-70s. I don't remember the details but they covered it in a documentary of that girl who did porn at 15. (I forget her name.) Before, they just charged people under general obscenity laws.

As for disappointing groups; Emerson, Lake and Powell.

ASIA was disappointing to me too. They made perfectly acceptable pop music. But that is not what I, and other prog rock fans, were expecting from looking at the names of the musicians.