Supergroups

Earlier this year my two favorite bands Saves the Day and Say Anything combined to form one entirely new band called Two Tongues. I discovered both bands years apart from one another and completely independently of their apparent friendship, which probably didn't even exist at the time. So it seemed out of sheer luck that the two would form a new "supergroup." The result was okay, not great. For me it was like adding 10 and 10 together and coming up with a sum of 8. This happens frequently with many a "supergroup," which we define as a rock group whose members are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups.

The first and possibly most successful supergroup of all time would have to be Cream (pictured above), followed by a few other successful groups(CSNY, Bad Company) many more mildly successful bands (Traveling Wilburys, Plastic Ono) and a whole heap of Supergroups that just never worked out. The best list of Supergroups is right HERE, from where else but wikipedia. Which ones did you like?

My personal favorites are the Wilburys, Mars Volta, and Dave Grohl's one-off attempt at metal, 2004's "Probot."

Here's "Handle With Care," arguably the greatest hit by the Traveling Wilburys. The band consisted of Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne (ELO), George Harrison, and Roy Orbison, which is at least 4/5 the greatest lineup of living people in 1988 that I can think of. I've always thought that Roy's vocals brought the band down (he sounded old). He died before the band recorded their second and final LP, but the album he was featured on went triple platinum, so what do I know?

	The Travelling Wilburys - Handle With Care
	Found at skreemr.com