10 Best Supergroups In Hard Rock And Metal

6. Audioslave

The mid portion of the '90s was not really the greatest time to be a rock fan. Though pop punk and the seeds of nu metal were making out okay, the entire alternative revolution started to abruptly die at this point, with only the wannabes like Bush and what would later become Creed making their way to the top of the charts. Despite looking like it couldn't make its way into the future, the grunge wave did find itself on stable ground with the help of the rap rock revolution.

Once the toxic anarchy of Rage Against the Machine started to disintegrate after disagreements with Zack de la Rocha, the instrumentalists of the band quickly shacked up with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, who put his howls all over the makings of Audioslave. While it's easy to pick out the different pieces of both bands in albums like the self titled and Revelations, Audioslave always seemed to have their own unique identity, as if they were bringing the '90s rock explosion into the realm of classic rock theatrics.

That doesn't mean we've turned down the intensity though, with Cornell's screams and Morello's raw audio chaos being present across songs like Cochise and Like a Stone so well. After years of being the weird extensions of rock and roll, Audioslave marked the moment where the alternative nation's songwriters got a little bit more introspective.