10 Greatest Supergroups In Rock History
Star Studded Sessions.
It's hard enough trying to find one band to actually make beautiful music together. Even if you have some of the greatest players in the world together on one stage, it's anyone's guess whether the jam session is actually going to be all that good or not. It all comes down to chemistry, and these musicians had more than enough to go around.
Which is strange considering how different some of these musicians are from each other in their previous bands. Throughout history, these supergroups have been formed by people who never really had the same kind of musical interests, and yet somehow managed to turn in absolute magic when they actually entered the studio. Hell, some of these are so big that they actually manage to eclipse the careers of some of the people involved, with people knowing them more from the supergroup than their main gig.
As is often the case with supergroups though, not all of these were meant to last forever, and a lot of these bands only managed to make the magic happen for a couple of albums before falling apart on each other. Still, if everyone's focus is intact, who knows? We might even be able to see these supergroups reunite later down the line if we play our cards right.
10. The Damned Things
Part of the challenge that comes with supergroups is trying to find just the right musicians that are able to gel together. If you don't have people with at least some kind of overarching thread, any potential that they may have will go down the drain if there's isn't that much chemistry. Even though the Damned Things' previous acts are miles apart though, everything makes sense when they're together.
Bringing in members from Every Time I Die, this band definitely have some chops for some heavy stuff, but the ones who really step up to the plate here are the members of Fall Out Boy. Though the pop punk act that we know is typically Pete Wentz' outfit, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley have some real thunder coming from their instruments, which is a shame that they are normally stifled into standard playing in their own band.
As if to put the icing on the cake though, you have Scott Ian from Anthrax, bringing his batsh*t insane rhythm guitar playing into the mix and giving the band a shot of energy. Though the actual music tends to fall into your standard sleazy rock and roll outfit, this is definitely a change of pace than what we're used to. Hell, it's refreshing to at least see all of these guys are able to earn their road stripes across two completely different styles of rock music.