Rock Supergroups (Good or Bad)
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The Honeydrippers did some good stuff in the early 80's. The members were blues and R&B fans and used the band as a vehicle to go a bit further down that road than they had previously.
Here’s an interesting article I found by Googling “Is Ginger Baker an asshole?” (The first hit was an article about his son, who thought he was.)
https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/...rustrations-and-challenges-with-ginger-baker/
There's a very good documentary on Ginger called "Beware Mr. Baker." Near the end, Baker assaults the film maker - that pretty much sums him up.
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Was a big fan of Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson in high school (and still am). Went to see Asia at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby even though I didn't really like their two corporate pop hits (Heat of the Moment and Time Will Tell) and the show totally met my low expectations. The opening act was literally booed off the stage, too.
Exactly. Even bringing up any other ones is like comparing some rusty pieces of junk to pure gold.
interesting that the impetus behind their collaboration was Jimmy Page's desire to perform live the layered guitar parts of the studio albums
I saw Asia in 1981 or 1982 . . . my very first concert . . . and Chris De Bergh opened for them . . .
Yeah, and they show how badly he treats his kid in that doc too.
He really cracks that kid with the cane in the first scene.
We drove from PSU to Pittsburgh to see them. Was a very good show. Too bad they only did that one tour
Back in 2009, we were entertained to a great double bill at the Tower. The original Asia opened up for Yes. What a fantastic show. As Chris Squire said during the performance, Steve Howe is the hardest working man in rock, he starred for both bands. Carl Palmer alone is worth the price of admission.
Damn Yankees was more of a scrap-heap than a Supergroup...
If you step away from the bath-salts it becomes clear that Damn Yankees wasn’t exactly like Tom Brady hooking up with Larry Fitzgerald and Jerry Rice... more like Billy Joe Hobert getting together with Pete Metzelaars and Johnny “Lam” Jones....
Temple of the Dog really wasn't a super group at the time. Chris Cornell was the only mainstream name. No one knew who Eddie Vedder was yet.
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Was more than just Vedder; future Pearl Jam members (and former Mother Love Bone members) Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard. So, it was former MLB + Cornell with Vedder just prior to the formation of Pearl Jam. I still think it qualifies.
not sure how much this qualifies, but the 89 band "3" featured Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer, and Robert Berry. some great prog/pop rock and Palmer is phenomenal on the track "Desde La Vida" . . . I have both of their live releases, great stuff!
Eddie Vedder wasn't actually in Temple of the Dog. He provided some vocals, but that was it.
But MLB was hardly mainstream. More people knew who they were due to Temple of the Dog than on their own
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Well, is a supergroup ‘super’ because of popularity? Or because it’s a mash up of folks from different bands? Even the most popular supergroups are rarely bigger than the sum of their parts.
