Best supergroup

Mahavishnu Orchestra is the only one that does what it says on the tin.

the breeders win

cream and c, s, n & y can battle it out for a distant second place

No Pentangle no credibility.

Derek and the Dominos

IS anyone actually going to (non-ironically) vote for Audioslave?

No New Pornographers?

The Wilburys, obviously.

is anyone actually going TO (non-ironically) vote for Audioslave?

:)

new pornographers is a quintessental example of a supergroup, yes, but matt or anyone else who compiles a list like this is always going to miss out on something.

Plastic Ono band, no contest, at least among the groups I've heard on that list. Can't say I've heard Mahavishnu, though I've had someone with great music taste recommend them to me.

But yea, AOR supergroups for the most part tend to be pretty lame.

I’ve tried to make this bands who seem to have been formed for the express intention of pooling fanbases rather than for artistic reasons.

Was that the case with the New Pornographers though? To me Audioslave is the quintessental example of a supergroup - formed by management and lawyers as a marriage of convenience between marketable assets.

Take a look through the list on wikipedia, there's some doozies on there.

I'm tempted to say Asia because they probably have the best song of any band on this list, but the best band is probably Blind Faith. I have a weak spot for Stevie Winwood...it's one of the few things my wife and I have in common.

Mahavishnu Orchestra is the best example of great musicians getting together and ROCKING THE FUCK OUT while still being good on this list BY FAR.

No PentangleOctober Faction no credibility.

They dispersed the fanbases.

WHITHER MINUTEFLAG?

Down??? Damn Yankees? Good god that shit sucks.

I'm going Mahavishnu

I still wish the rhythm section of the Beatles would form a supergroup with the rhythm-section-less Who.

Platic Ono Band hands down - altho is it really a supergroup when everyone involved was essentially from one band...?

Power Station

The Firm!

Temple of the Dog? : )

Whither the Tony Williams Lifetime (the lineup on Turn It Over)?

Sheesh, they could leave Mahavishnu with numerous weeping sores without half-trying.

but then Tony Williams ruins it by singing

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al kooper's version of "season of the witch" is bithchen

but i vote for blind faith

I’ve tried to make this bands who seem to have been formed for the express intention of pooling fanbases rather than for artistic reasons.

Blind Faith, yes (although I would argue that it wouldn't have to be either/or in their case), but Cream? Baker and Bruce were definitely exceptional and probably well-known in certain circles in the early 60s but I doubt the fanbase of the Graham Bond Organization was formidable enough to be raison d'etre behind Clapton's recruitment of the two.

In such a setting, I am voting for ELP.

The Raconteurs are missing in the poll btw.

Also, what made Plastic Ono Band a "supergroup" while Wings weren't?

TEH JASS COMPUZERS ORCHESTRE

If you put Cream in this list, shouldn't Zep be included? Did Baker and Bruce have appreciable fanbases as such?

I just put Cream in there because I wanted, in some miniscule way, to belittle Eric Clapton by including 2 of his bands. Bloomfield / Kooper / Stills should have been included, yes. I really want to hear Tipton, Entwistle & Powell.

Clapton of the 60s is way different than the Clapton of today. The Clapton of the 60s quit the Yardbirds because they were too pop ffs. I'd be inclined to think that he wasn't being completely mercenary back then.

Once aprick, always a prick. But yeah you're probably right.

Say what you will, but Clapton was a bad motherfucker back then. Sure, he's gone on to such simp as "Change the World" and "My Father's Eyes," but he was some heavy, heavy shit with Cream. SWLABR? Tales of Brave Ulysses? WHITE ROOM?!?!?!?!

Cream. Some others good, none as good.

Whither the Tony Williams Lifetime (the lineup on Turn It Over)?

Sheesh, they could leave Mahavishnu with numerous weeping sores without half-trying.

The Tony Williams Lifetimeis indeed incredible, and Tony is my favorite drummer ever, but I have to respectfully disagree. I'm not sure which qualities you're basing that assessment on, but to sincerely make the argument that Lifetime somehow leaves Billy Cobham-era Mahavishnu cowering in the corner is pretty laughable. Personal taste is personal taste, but . . .
Lifetime and Mahavishnu, for me, are fusion/jazz-rock beasts (pardon me) of a somewhat different nature, though both were intense; however, I haven't heard a band that I think is more startling (at times) than The Mahavishnu Orchestra (obviously, "intense" is not the only thing of worth with those groups -- just one parallel). Like, when the full band plays (the part that seems to be) the head, in jazz terms, of "Dream" from The Lost Trident Sessions, the combination of finesse and power is almost frightening to me. Various bars that The Mahavishnu Orchestra raised have been raised again and again, but I've really never heard another band that combines the aforementioned elements in such a devastating way. But that's me.

Still, I have a hard time voting for Mahavishnu over The Breeders, to name one, so I won't.

And I, too, must say I disagree with the pooling fanbases criterion, considering some of the groups included in the poll.

Think of Mahavishnu as the token jazz entry.

no humble pie,no new pornographers i mean,come on...

Totally Down. Best thing Phil Anselmo has ever been involved in, and if it isn't the best thing for the rest of the members, it's only because their main projects are so damn good (except for Crowbar).

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What? No Band Aid? ;)

the answer can be found here
BEST BLIND FAITH ALBUM

dude, UK = Yes/King Crimson/Roxy Music = proto-Asia = the winner

WHAT? NO MAD SEASON?

derek and the dominoes

The Faces

No GTR, no credibility!

THE BREEDERS in a fucking HEARTBEAT!

General Public?

I just put Cream in there because I wanted, in some miniscule way, to belittle Eric Clapton by including 2 of his bands.

But wait: There's 3 of his bands up there! He was part of the original Plastic Ono (quote unquote) Band. Clapton & Lennon in a single band is really the only reason they'd be considered a supergroup in the first place. And he only played on the one (live) album, and that album is easily the least super of any record bearing the POB moniker, I'm overlooking it entirely. So, another easy for Mahavishnu here, altho there's certainly quite a few bands up there that have done worthwhile work.

[And I really don't wanna compare Lifetime with Mahavishnu: Love 'em both, and think they sound virtually nothing alike.]

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wtf who are the 8 insane CSN&Y fans

Damn Yankees 5
Asia 4

YES!!!!!!!

As it should be.

Geir Hongro gets to vote 11 times?! Disappointing showing for The Highwaymen there. Poor old Tabla Beat Science.

Geir Hongro gets to vote 11 times?!

Nope. ELP only got two votes. :)

If not for them, I would have picked the Wilburys though. Which would have meant they'd have won.

travelling wilburys? wha?

In what sense is CSNY a supergroup? Three of them suck.

suck on a crack pipe, fer shure
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oh, crap
anyways, as much of a colossal douche crosby can be, dude was peaking creatively right before he joined CSN(Y)
still need to get If Only I Could Remember My Name

CSNY released two great albums by the turn of those two decades.

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