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[Kaladin]

http://www.guitarworld.com/20-greatest-supergroups-all-time#slide-0

20. Chickenfoot
19. Blue Murder
18. Damn Yankees
17. Them Crooked Vultures
16. Black Country Communion
15. Oysterhead
14. The Highwaymen
13. Mr. Big
12. Down
11. Temple of the Dog
10. A Perfect Circle
09. Asia
08. The Firm
07. Blind Faith
06. Audioslave
05. Velvet Revolver
04. Traveling Wilburys
03. Bad Company
02. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
01. Cream

I'd place The Highwaymen higher on the list and I don't know if groups like Black Country Communion, Them Crooked Vultures and Chickenfoot have done enough to be on there.

 

[sparky2112]

*Maybe* Transatlantic is too 'niche', but still, without them, the list is fail.

 

[Kaladin]

*Maybe* Transatlantic is too 'niche', but still, without them, the list is fail.

I'd swap them out for Chickenfoot.

 

[archnemesis]

Cream is awesome! Too bad Head Wound City are too niche to fit on a top 20 list.

 

[Dicer]

Mr. Big!?!?!?!

REALLY?

 

[zomaha]

Never realized Bad Company was a supergroup.

 

[TheLastCandle]

Demons and Wizards, motherfuckers!

Mr. Big!?!?!?!

REALLY?

It's Guitar World, and Paul Gilbert is in Mr. Big. Kind of goes without saying.

 

[wenis]

Why is Asia so high?

A Perfect Circle is right where I would put them though and I can't really argue about Cream, that seem's kinda right.

 

[Sleepy]

The first Down album is amazing...the rest, not so much.

Also, is APC really a supergroup? Howerwel was a guitar tech, Freese wasa session drummer, Paz?...Maynard was the the star, really.

 

[Mortrialus]

Needs more Return to Forever.

 

[Kaladin]

The list will have to be altered later this year when Storm Corrosion finally gets released.

 

[Hot Coldman]

18. Damn Yankees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs4v-zexx8M#t=2m18s

TCV should be higher and Audioslave should be lower.

 

[Sleepy]

The list will have to be altered later this year when Storm Corrosion finally gets released.

I remember hearing about this...I hate Porcupine Tree, though.

 

[teruterubozu]

If they're gonna include crap like Dam Yankees they should also include abominations like GTR (Steve Howe & Steve Hackett) and Hagar, Schon, Aarson and Shrieve (Sammy Hagar & Neil Schon).

And where's Power Station?

 

[acheron_xl]

I'd put the New Pornographers on a list of musical Voltrons, but I can understand why Guitar World wouldn't go near them. Not their style.

At least the Traveling Wilburys were high on the list. I don't think it will ever be possible to assemble a group with more legends than that again.

 

[RobotNinjaHornets]

Joke (but totally true) post: House Boat should be #1

Srs post: No Foo Fighters surprises me

 

[Chris R]

At least they got #1 right.

 

[Fusebox]

All Chickenfoot needed to do to justify their spot on the list was form the band, their lineup is ridiculously talented. Music is pretty average though.

 

[Hot Coldman]

All Chickenfoot needed to do to justify their spot on the list was form the band, their lineup is ridiculously talented. Music is pretty average though.

That's the problem with most supergroups, the music just isn't there. It's also why I love TCV, because that album is easily on par with the average Foo/QOTSA album (if nowhere near Led Zep good, lol)

 

[Sleepy]

All Chickenfoot needed to do to justify their spot on the list was form the band, their lineup is ridiculously talented. Music is pretty average though.

Too many chefs...The reason most supergroups are shit.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Ctrl + F Asia

Awesome.

 

[teruterubozu]

I hate how Cream is always considered a supergroup. I know Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce came from the Graham Bond Organization, but come on, it was a really obscure jazz-fusion-rock group.

 

[Brimstone]

Paul Gilbert is a monster guitar player and Billy Sheehan is a widley respected bass player, so it is easy to see Mr. Big there. That accoustic song they did was a massive hit for them, plus they had other hits like Green Tinted Sixties Mind and the drill song (where one time live the drill got caught in Paul Gilberts hair playing live if I recall correctly).

 

[Hot Coldman]

Too many chefs...The reason most supergroups are shit.

Eh, it's probably less that and more that they treat it as a jam session with their buddies where the final product isn't of much importance.

I hate how Cream is always considered a supergroup. I know Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce came from the Graham Bond Organization, but come on, it was a really obscure jazz-fusion-rock group.

The phrase 'supergroup' gets thrown around a hell of a lot. For example: New Pornographers are a supergroup, apparently, but outside of Neko Case... really? Those guys were known before hand? Whatever you say, crazy people

 

[infiniteloop]

no Dirty Mac?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Mac

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Mr. Big!?!?!?!

REALLY?

Mr. Big is awesome

 

[fu3lfr3nzy]

The list will have to be altered later this year when Storm Corrosion finally gets released.

I remember a year or two ago when Mike Portnoy was suppose to join the project but got snubbed last minute :lol

Spoiler

I still want a collaboration between the three of them in the future damnit!

 

[HarryHengst]

*Maybe* Transatlantic is too 'niche', but still, without them, the list is fail.

Nobody cares about boring songs that last 20 minutes.

 

[Sleepy]

Eh, it's probably less that and more that they treat it as a jam session with their buddies where the final product isn't of much importance.

Never really thought of it like that. I just figure too many ideas as everyone is a competent/great musician, so they shove every idea they have into it.

 

[Kaladin]

I remember a year or two ago when Mike Portnoy was suppose to join the project but got snubbed last minute :lol

Spoiler

I still want a collaboration between the three of them in the future damnit!

I don't think Portnoy would have added much to what Storm Corrosion became.

 

[AppleSmack]

Out of all those, I'm only a fan of Velvet Revolver. Haven't even heard of most of them.

 

[blackflag]

Scrolling to #1....Cream....list validated.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Where the hell is Emerson Lake & Palmer? That was one of the original supergroups! Argh.

What a disappointment.

 

[Invisible_Insane]

All Chickenfoot needed to do to justify their spot on the list was form the band, their lineup is ridiculously talented. Music is pretty average though.

Chickenfoot was one of the most thoroughly disappointing albums of the last decade. It was completely unremarkable.

I'm glad to see Them Crooked Vultures on the list, that album is awesome.

 

[MiniDitka]

If they're gonna include crap like Dam Yankees they should also include abominations like GTR (Steve Howe & Steve Hackett) and Hagar, Schon, Aarson and Shrieve (Sammy Hagar & Neil Schon).And where's Power Station?

They made a pretty kick ass album!

Whiter shade of pale -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpw_Hx-ABrM

 

[fu3lfr3nzy]

I don't think Portnoy would have added much to what Storm Corrosion became.

Definitely (same response Åkerfeldt gave actually)

But yeah, post Storm Corrosion, maybe MP can finally join

 

[castlegar]

Temple of the Dog lower than Audioslave? Uh.

 

[Hex]

Demons and Wizards, motherfuckers!

It's Guitar World, and Paul Gilbert is in Mr. Big. Kind of goes without saying.

The winnar!

 

[Baggatoast]

No?

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Bloodbath?