these musicians are the cream of the
crop welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten supergroup for this list we’ve
chosen super groups that consist of
musicians from famous bands or who have
been famous in their own right and then
have created at least one critically or
commercially successful full-length
album together we’ve excluded super
groups that have come together for
one-time projects like a show single jam
session etc number 10 The Raconteurs
smash it all hello what do you get when
you put Jack White of the white stripes
and the dead whether with Brendan Benson
and two members of the green horns on a
stage an incredible fusion of
alternative garage and blues rock that
only the rock on terra’s can deliver
with two grammy-nominated top ten albums
already under their belts this band is
certainly steady as she goes
number nine them crooked vultures
combine the unique vocals and guitar
skills of Queens of the Stone Age it’s
Josh Homme II versatile bass playing of
Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and the
explosive drumming of ex Nirvana member
and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl and you get
the riff heavy hard rock of them crooked
vultures
they only have one album to their name
but this top 20 effort bagged them a
Grammy and thousands of fans
number eight Velvet Revolver fellow
pieces
Haring Scott Weiland’s varied singing
style and showmanship with slashes
precise guitar skills Velvet Revolver
brought together some of the best
musicians from Stone Temple Pilots Guns
& Roses and wasted youth
gun
after slithering their way to the top of
the charts with their debut the band won
a Grammy and had another top five album
before Weiland got out the door and they
went on hiatus
number seven bad company comprising
musicians from free King Crimson and
matza cripple bad company was the first
been signed to Led Zeppelin swan song
label
soon they were packing stadiums thanks
to their simple rock and roll sound
and Paul Rodgers bluesy singing style
even after Rogers left to join the firm
they stayed popular with ex Ted Nugent
singer Brian Powell and even today they
still roll classic rock radio
number six Audioslave
after Soundgarden and Temple of the dog
Chris Cornell found his multiple octave
range being enhanced by the unmistakable
guitar solos a rage against the machines
Tom Morello
completed by two other former rage
members audioslave’s blend of hard and
alternative rock earned them three
Grammy nods and three top ten albums
number five the highwayman
there Rob rock-and-roll sensibility made
each of these men a country superstar in
his own right but as the highwayman
Johnny Cash Willie Nelson Waylon
Jennings and Kris Kristofferson proved
they could make beautiful music as a
group too
these leaders of outlaw country produced
a number one country debut and a
grammy-nominated sophomore effort they
continued their fight against the
slickly produced nashville sound with
their third and final album in 1995 all
over
why what I am
number four Emerson Lake and Palmer in
ELP the nicest Keith Emerson and King
Crimson’s Greg Lake brought together
their previous band’s interest in jazz
and classic music with the rock
influences of the crazy world of Arthur
Brown’s Carl Palmer
though they made their mark on
progressive rock with the concept album
Tarkus it was their elaborate skate
shows that really cemented their
popularity this band also allowed them
to find successful other acts like Asia
number three Crosby Stills Nash and
young
by meshing complex vocal harmonies and
genres like folk country and acoustic
CSNY brought out the musical best of
former members of the Byrds Buffalo
Springfield and The Hollies in fashion
David Crosby Stephen Stills Graham Nash
and later Neil Young earned five top ten
records together personal tensions and
successful solo careers did little to
tarnish the reputation or to quell their
desire to store which they still do on
occasion
just look
number two the Traveling Wilburys
outside Zin
few musicians can turn a one-off b-side
project into a Grammy winning triple
platinum effort but George Harrison Bob
Dylan Roy Orbison Tom Petty and the
Electric Light orchestras Josh Lynn did
just that with the Traveling Wilburys
and even used pseudonyms instead of
their real names on the album
everybody’s got somebody today
and despite Orbison’s death in 1988 the
remaining members continued their
mainstream success with a top 20 album
two years later
number one creep
wait
the first successful supergroup cream
united fast bluesy guitars from The
Yardbirds Eric Clapton unforgettable
bass from Jack Bruce of the Graham bond
organisation and Ginger Baker’s
flamboyant jazz inspired drums
though all members found success before
and after cream was crucial to 60s music
their psychedelic rock earned them four
top 40 records and the first
platinum-selling double album while
their incomparable skill helped them
inspire all supergroups thereafter
the girl looks fine dude which is your
favorite supergroup be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com for more entertaining
top 10 list
crop welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten supergroup for this list we’ve
chosen super groups that consist of
musicians from famous bands or who have
been famous in their own right and then
have created at least one critically or
commercially successful full-length
album together we’ve excluded super
groups that have come together for
one-time projects like a show single jam
session etc number 10 The Raconteurs
smash it all hello what do you get when
you put Jack White of the white stripes
and the dead whether with Brendan Benson
and two members of the green horns on a
stage an incredible fusion of
alternative garage and blues rock that
only the rock on terra’s can deliver
with two grammy-nominated top ten albums
already under their belts this band is
certainly steady as she goes
number nine them crooked vultures
combine the unique vocals and guitar
skills of Queens of the Stone Age it’s
Josh Homme II versatile bass playing of
Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and the
explosive drumming of ex Nirvana member
and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl and you get
the riff heavy hard rock of them crooked
vultures
they only have one album to their name
but this top 20 effort bagged them a
Grammy and thousands of fans
number eight Velvet Revolver fellow
pieces
Haring Scott Weiland’s varied singing
style and showmanship with slashes
precise guitar skills Velvet Revolver
brought together some of the best
musicians from Stone Temple Pilots Guns
& Roses and wasted youth
gun
after slithering their way to the top of
the charts with their debut the band won
a Grammy and had another top five album
before Weiland got out the door and they
went on hiatus
number seven bad company comprising
musicians from free King Crimson and
matza cripple bad company was the first
been signed to Led Zeppelin swan song
label
soon they were packing stadiums thanks
to their simple rock and roll sound
and Paul Rodgers bluesy singing style
even after Rogers left to join the firm
they stayed popular with ex Ted Nugent
singer Brian Powell and even today they
still roll classic rock radio
number six Audioslave
after Soundgarden and Temple of the dog
Chris Cornell found his multiple octave
range being enhanced by the unmistakable
guitar solos a rage against the machines
Tom Morello
completed by two other former rage
members audioslave’s blend of hard and
alternative rock earned them three
Grammy nods and three top ten albums
number five the highwayman
there Rob rock-and-roll sensibility made
each of these men a country superstar in
his own right but as the highwayman
Johnny Cash Willie Nelson Waylon
Jennings and Kris Kristofferson proved
they could make beautiful music as a
group too
these leaders of outlaw country produced
a number one country debut and a
grammy-nominated sophomore effort they
continued their fight against the
slickly produced nashville sound with
their third and final album in 1995 all
over
why what I am
number four Emerson Lake and Palmer in
ELP the nicest Keith Emerson and King
Crimson’s Greg Lake brought together
their previous band’s interest in jazz
and classic music with the rock
influences of the crazy world of Arthur
Brown’s Carl Palmer
though they made their mark on
progressive rock with the concept album
Tarkus it was their elaborate skate
shows that really cemented their
popularity this band also allowed them
to find successful other acts like Asia
number three Crosby Stills Nash and
young
by meshing complex vocal harmonies and
genres like folk country and acoustic
CSNY brought out the musical best of
former members of the Byrds Buffalo
Springfield and The Hollies in fashion
David Crosby Stephen Stills Graham Nash
and later Neil Young earned five top ten
records together personal tensions and
successful solo careers did little to
tarnish the reputation or to quell their
desire to store which they still do on
occasion
just look
number two the Traveling Wilburys
outside Zin
few musicians can turn a one-off b-side
project into a Grammy winning triple
platinum effort but George Harrison Bob
Dylan Roy Orbison Tom Petty and the
Electric Light orchestras Josh Lynn did
just that with the Traveling Wilburys
and even used pseudonyms instead of
their real names on the album
everybody’s got somebody today
and despite Orbison’s death in 1988 the
remaining members continued their
mainstream success with a top 20 album
two years later
number one creep
wait
the first successful supergroup cream
united fast bluesy guitars from The
Yardbirds Eric Clapton unforgettable
bass from Jack Bruce of the Graham bond
organisation and Ginger Baker’s
flamboyant jazz inspired drums
though all members found success before
and after cream was crucial to 60s music
their psychedelic rock earned them four
top 40 records and the first
platinum-selling double album while
their incomparable skill helped them
inspire all supergroups thereafter
the girl looks fine dude which is your
favorite supergroup be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com for more entertaining
top 10 list
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