Super Groups that Dont Suck...
 

Supergroups are often very lame, lets discuss ones who are oh so un-lame...

Naked City (duh): Zorn, Eye, Bill Frissel, Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Joey Baron. Easily the most awesomest supergroup ever, definitley made way more (amazing) records than most of them

Yona Kit: Jim O'Rourke, KK Null, Darin Gray of the Dazzling Killmen, and Thymme Jones of Cheer Accident. These guys were basically like a skin graft all star team, if anyone hasnt heard them i suggest they do so right away, really agressive, super intricate math rock.

Fantomas: Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, Trevor Dunn, and ol' Buzz. Some people would argue these guys suck and directors cut is their only good record, I disaree, I like all their records, I just like how the music is so much different and weird than any of the members' main bands. I mean the drummer from Slayer is playin with these guys, who is my favorite drummer by the way.

Painkiller: Zorn, Bill Laswell, Mick Harris. People prolly dont realize how influential these guys were. I mean in 91, not many bands were mixing Grindcore and Free Jazz so seamlessly, now tons of grindcore bands have the free jazz influences.

Massacre/Skeleton Crew: Fred Frith has an incredible knack for putting a shitload of ridiculously talented musicians in a room together and somehow making it work with incredible results.


ok everybody, lets add to this list.

today i listened to the almanac singers and they are pretty amazing
woody guthrie, pete seeger a few more people including leadbelly

electric masada
i love them.
seams like zorn really knows how to make a great supergroup

Would Battles count?

Wylde Ratttz- Don Fleming, Thurston Moore, Steve Shelley,Mike Watt and Ron Asheton

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Dim Stars- Richard Hell, Thurston Moore, Steve Shelley,Don FLeming and Robert Quine

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boredoms is basically a super group if you look at all the amazing projects all their members have done separately.

to be a super group, the members have to come from super bands, not bands that you like, or bands that are innovative, but previously succesful and known acts.

a true supergruop is wone where all the members are FAMOUS,

the traveling wilbury's, for all their suck, were a supergroup.

Fatomas, is just a bunch of dudes who played in previous bands (mike patton the only "famous" one). by that definition sonic youth is a supergroup, with members of the crucifucks, Branca's guitar orchestra, The Coachmen, The Arcadians, and CKM

velvet revolver, for all their suck, are a supergroup

everyone else mentioned on here is just bands, dude. just bands.

:P

Raconteurs (sort of) I really like them, but I havent heard the new record yet.

The Backstreet Band? :D

Free Kitten - Kim, Juile, Yoshimi, Mark

the Noon and Eternity line up of To Live and Shave in LA - Tom Smith, Rat Bastard, Chris Grier, Ben Wolcott, Don Fleming, Mark Morgan, Andrew W.K., Thurston Moore

Last Exit - Sonny Sharrock, Peter Brötzmann, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell

the breeders.........

dim stars, good one, i forgot about them completley.

excuse me? fantomas?

how long till someone namedrops fugazi?

I think so.

fuga..................
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sorry i dropped it!

i dont quite get what youre saying.

last exit is amazing

My favorite that hasn't yet been mentioned would have to be Mad Season.

CSNY definitely, and Harmonia, if they count.

co-sign.