10 Greatest Supergroups In Rock History

When you see the beginnings of supergroups forming, most of the time it feels like these people were thrown together by A&R men. Since some of these supergroups feel like they come together for pretty shallow reasons, you can practically see the big wigs of the music business counting their millions when they see the money roll in for these bands. Whereas most bands like this feel like they're started in an office, A Perfect Circle got started in the mind of Billy Howerdel.

Being one of the main guitar techs for Tool on their tours for albums like Aenema, Billy had his own music brewing that was almost gothic in nature. While originally envisioning a female singer for the project, vocal duties eventually ended up in the hands of Maynard James Keenan, who gave the same intensity he would give to Tool's works but with a better attention on melody than complexity.

Along the way to albums like Thirteenth Step, there have been many more all stars that have come and gone through the band as well, with James Iha adding his own lush soundscapes to Troy from Queens of the Stone Age bringing in different textures on guitar. Compared to the more stable lineups of other supergroups, the music of A Perfect Circle feels like you need to be on a certain wavelength in order to create.