Supergruppe

Uttrykket supergruppe kom til seint i 1960-åra for å skildre ei musikkgruppe der bandmedlemmane alt var kjende som individuelle artistar eller frå andre band.supergroup - Definition at the #1 Online Dictionary I somme tilfelle vart eit band seinare kalla ei supergruppe om fleire av bandmedlemmane frå denne gruppa seinare vart kjende kvar for seg. Supergrupper har ofte vore kortvarige, og berre vart eit album eller to, sjølv om dette ikkje alltid er tilfelle. Dei vert stundom starta som eit sideprosjekt, og ikkje meint å vere permanent, medan andre gonger kan det verte hovudprosjektet til bandmedlemmane. 

Somme døme på dei mest kjende supergruppene er Cream, Blind Faith og Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young i 1960-åra, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Humble Pie, Cactus, Toto og Bad Company i 1970-åra, Band Aid, USA for Africa, The Firm, Traveling Wilburys, Asia, Damn Yankees, Power Station og The Highwaymen i 1980- og 1990-åra, og The Damned Things, A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, Another Animal, Damageplan, Angels & Airwaves, Chickenfoot, Zwan, Hellyeah, Child Rebel Soldier, Murderdolls, Golden Smog, Black Country Communion, Tinted Windows, The Dead Weather, Them Crooked Vultures, Liquid Tension Experiment, Seemless, Vital Tech Tones og Monsters of Folk i 2000-åra. Kategorien er derimot ikkje fast definert. 

Uttrykket kom frå albumet Super Session frå 1968 med Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield og Stephen Stills. Bandet Crosby, Stills & Nash (seinare Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) er eit anna tidleg døme, der kvar av dei hadde hatt suksess i tidlegare band (The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield og The Hollies). I 1969 kalla Rolling Stone-redaktør Jann Wenner Cream for den første supergruppa. Musikkjournalistar har òg nytta uttrykket om grupper så har seld særs mykje plater og halde massive konsertar, sjølv om dei ikkje var kjende før dei starta i bandet. Dette har vore band som Led Zeppelin, der berre Jimmy Page var kjend før bandet starta, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Genesis og Yes.

 Kjende grupper 
 Starta Band/prosjekt Medlemmar Merknadar  Referansar 1966 Cream 
 Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
 Jack Bruce   (Graham Bond Organisation, Manfred Mann)
 Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation) Album: Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels of Fire, Goodbye  1968 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 
 David Crosby (The Byrds)
 Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield)
 Graham Nash (The Hollies)

 Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield) kom med i 1969, før han slutta og sporadisk spelte med dei dei neste tiåra Album: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Déjà Vu, CSN, Daylight Again, American Dream, Live It Up, After the Storm og Looking Forward and tre konsertalbum 1969 Blind Faith 
 Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream)
 Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream)
 Steve Winwood (Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group)
 Ric Grech (Family) Album: Blind Faith Humble Pie 
 Steve Marriott (The Small Faces)
 Peter Frampton (The Herd)
 Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth)
 Clem Clempson (Colosseum)
 Jerry Shirley Albums: Humble Pie, Smokin', og andre 1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer 
 Keith Emerson (The Nice)
 Greg Lake (The Gods, King Crimson)
 Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) Album: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus, Trilogy, og fleire Ginger Baker's Air Force Ginger Baker (Cream, Graham Bond Organisation, Blind Faith)
 Steve Winwood (Traffic, Blind Faith)
 Ric Grech (Family, Blind Faith)
 Graham Bond (Graham Bond Organisation)
 Denny Laine (The Moody Blues) Album: Ginger Baker's Air Force, Ginger Baker's Air Force 2 1971 Captain Beyond 
 Rod Evans (Deep Purple)
 Larry «Rhino» Reinhardt (Iron Butterfly)
 Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly)
 Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter) Album: Captain Beyond, Sufficiently Breathless, Far Beyond a Distant Sun - Live Arlington, Texas og fleire  1973 Journey 
 Gregg Rolie (Santana)
 Neal Schon (Santana)
George Tickner (Frumious Bandersnatch)
 Ross Valory (Steve Miller Band)
 Prairie Prince (The Tubes)

 Aynsley Dunbar (The Jeff Beck Group, Frank Zappa, David Bowie) erstatta Prince i 1974 Albums Journey, Look into the Future, Next, og fleire Bad Company 
 Paul Rodgers (Free)
 Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople)
 Boz Burrell (King Crimson, solo)
 Simon Kirke (Free) Album: Bad Company, Straight Shooter, Run With the Pack og fleire 1975 Sonic's Rendezvous Band 
Fred «Sonic» Smith (MC5)
Scott Morgan (The Rationals)
Scott Asheton (The Stooges)
Gary Rassmussen(The Up) Album: Sweet Nothing (1999), City Slang (2000), Sonic's Rendezvous Band (Box Set) (2006), Masonic Temple, Detroit 1978 (2007) 1977 U.K. John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep)
 Allan Holdsworth (Igginbottom, Tempest, Soft Machine)
 Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, 801)
 Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson)

 Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa) erstatta Bruford i 1978 Album: U.K. (1978)Danger Money (1979) 1981 New Race 
Rob Younger (Radio Birdman)
Deniz Tek (Radio Birdman)
Warwick Gilbert (Radio Birdman)
Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
Dennis Thompson (MC5) Album: The First and Last 1982 Asia 
John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep)
Steve Howe (Yes)
Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Geoff Downes (The Buggles, Yes) Album: Asia, Alpha, Astra, Phoenix 1983 The Glove 
 Robert Smith (The Cure)
 Steven Severin (Siouxsie and the Banshees) Album: Blue Sunshine (1983) 1984 Hindu Love Gods 
 Warren Zevon
 Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
 Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
 Bill Berry (R.E.M.) Album: Hindu Love Gods (1990) The Firm 
Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company)
Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin)
Tony Franklin (Roy Harper)
Chris Slade (Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann's Earth Band) Album: The Firm, Mean Business Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 
 Nick Cave (The Birthday Party)
 Mick Harvey (Crime and the City Solution, The Birthday Party, etc.)
 Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten)
 Barry Adamson (Magazine)
 Hugo Race (The Wreckery, solo)
 Tomas Wylder (Die Haut) Album: For full diskografi, sjå Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1985 The Highwaymen 
 Johnny Cash
 Waylon Jennings
 Willie Nelson
 Kris Kristofferson Album: Highwayman, Highwayman 2, The Road Goes on Forever Gogmagog 
 Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden)
 Janick Gers (White Spirit, Gillan)
 Pete Willis (Def Leppard)
 Neil Murray (Colosseum II, Whitesnake, Gary Moore)
 Clive Burr (Samson, Iron Maiden, Alcatrazz) Album: I Will Be There 1988 Blue Murder 
 John Sykes (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake)
 Ray Gillen (Black Sabbath, Phenomena)
 Tony Franklin (The Firm, Jimmy Page)
 Cozy Powell (The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, The Michael Schenker Group, Whitesnake, Emerson, Lake & Powell)

 Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Ozzy Osbourne, King Kobra) erstatta Powell i 1988.
 Gillen forlet bandet kort tid etter det starta, og Sykes tok over på vokal  Album: Blue Murder, Nothin' But Trouble Traveling Wilburys 
 George Harrison  (The Beatles)
 Bob Dylan
 Tom Petty  (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
 Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move)
 Roy Orbison  Album: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 1989 Electronic 
 Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order)
 Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
Stundom i lag med:
 Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk)
 Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) Album: Electronic (1991)
Raise the Pressure (1996)
Twisted Tenderness (1999)Temple of the Dog Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
 Stone Gossard (Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam)
 Jeff Ament (Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam)
 Matt Cameron (Soundgarden)
 Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
 Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) 
 Album: Temple of the Dog (1990)  1994The Backbeat Band Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
 Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum)
 Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
 Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
 Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs)
 Don Fleming (Gumball) 
 Album: Backbeat soundtrack (1994) 1996Westside Connection Ice Cube
 WC
 Mack 10 
 Album: Bow Down (1996)Terrorist Threats (2003) 1998Liquid Tension Experiment Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
 John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
 Jordan Rudess (Dixie Dregs)
 Tony Levin (King Crimson) 
 Album: Liquid Tension Experiment (1999)Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)Spentaneous Combustion (2007)When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago (2009) 2001 Audioslave 
 Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, solo)
 Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Lock Up)
 Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
 Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine)  Album: Audioslave (2002), Out of Exile (2005), Revelations (2006) Oysterhead 
 Trey Anastasio (Phish)
 Les Claypool (Primus)
 Stewart Copeland (Curved Air, The Police) Album: The Grand Pecking Order (2001)2002 Velvet Revolver 
 Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
 Slash (Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit)
 Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses, Loaded, The Fartz)
 Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, Hawk, The Cult)
 Dave Kushner (Wasted Youth, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded)  Album: Contraband (2004), Libertad (2007) 2006 Heaven and Hell 
 Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Rick Derringer, Dio, Hear 'n Aid)
 Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath, GZR)
 Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath, Elf, Rainbow, Dio, Hear 'n Aid)
 Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Rock Aid Armenia)  Album: Live from Radio City Music Hall (2007), The Devil You Know  (2009)2007 Child Rebel Soldier Kanye West
 Lupe Fiasco
 Pharrell Williams 2008 Apparatjik Guy Berryman (Coldplay)
 Jonas Bjerre (Mew)
 Magne Furuholmen (a-ha)
 Martin Terefe Album: We Are Here, 2010 2009 Them Crooked Vultures 
 Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
 John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
 Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) Album: Them Crooked Vultures, 2009 Atoms for Peace Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
 Flea (The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 Nigel Godrich (produsent for Radiohead)
 Joey Waronker (spelt trommer for m.a. R.E.M, Beck og Smashing Pumpkins
 Mauro Refosco (David Byrne og Forro in the Dark) Album: TBA

 Prosjekt 
Desse var ofte prosjekt for ein enkelt konsert eller eitt enkelt album, sjølv om somme har spelt meir enn ein konsert. 

 Starta Band/prosjekt Medlemmar Merknader Referansar 1956 Million Dollar Quartet 
 Elvis Presley
 Jerry Lee Lewis
 Carl Perkins
 Johnny Cash Ei improviser innspeling som seinare vart gjeven ut som ei samling på 47 songar. Utan Presley kom gruppa saman i 1982 (The Survivors Live) og 1986 (Class of '55). 1966 Eric Clapton's Powerhouse Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream)
 Paul Jones (Manfred Mann)
 Jack Bruce (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann, Graham Bond Organisation, Cream)
 Steve Winwood (The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic)
 Pete York (The Spencer Davis Group)
 Ben Palmer (tilknytt Clapton) Bandet gav ikkje ut nokre album og dei spelte berre inn tre singlar for Elektra-samlinga What's Shakin'. 1967 The Super Super Blues Band Bo Diddley
 Muddy Waters
 Little Walter
 Howlin' Wolf Album: Super Blues, The Super Super Blues Band 1968 The Dirty Mac John Lennon (The Beatles)
 Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream)
 Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
 Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) Dei spelte berre ein gong, på The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. 1969 The Plastic Ono Band 
 John Lennon (The Beatles)
 Yoko Ono
 Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, The Dirty Mac, Blind Faith)
 George Harrison (The Beatles)
 Klaus Voormann (Manfred Mann)
 Alan White (seinare  Yes)
 Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
 Keith Moon (The Who) Album: Live Peace in Toronto 1969, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, Sometime In New York City 1979 The Greedies Paul Cook (The Sex Pistols, The Professionals)
 Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
 Steve Jones (The Sex Pistols, The Professionals, solo)
 Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy, solo) Opphavleg kalla The Greedy Bastards, spelte inn julesingelen «A Merry Jingle». 1990 The Gak 
 Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
 James Hetfield (Metallica)
 Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses)
 Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)
 Slash (Guns N' Roses)
 Lars Ulrich (Metallica) Spelte to veldedige konsertar i 1990. 1994 Bruce-Baker-Moore 
 Jack Bruce (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann, Graham Bond Organisation, Cream)
 Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream, Blind Faith)
 Gary Moore (Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, solo) Album: Around the Next Dream 2004 Probot Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
 Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
 Cronos (Venom)
 Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly)
 Lemmy (Motörhead)
 Mike Dean (C.O.C.)
 Kurt Brecht (D.R.I.)
 Lee Dorrian (Cathedral, Napalm Death)
 Scott «Wino» Weinrich (Saint Vitus)
 Tom G. Warrior (Celtic Frost)
 Denis "Snake" Bélanger (Voivod)
 Eric Wagner (Trouble)
 King Diamond (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate)
 Jack Black (Tenacious D)
 Bubba Dupree (Void)
 Erol Unala (Celtic Frost) Album: Probot
 Med Dave Grohl på nesten alle instrument, i lag med favorittartistane hans frå heavy metal eller punk på kvart spor.  2006 Tipton, Entwistle & Powell 
 Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest, solo)
 John Entwistle (The Who, solo)
 Cozy Powell (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Michael Schenker Group, solo) Album: Edge of the World. Albumet kom ut i 2006, men vart spelt inn i 1990-åra. Unnamed Band 
 Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, solo)
 Tony Allen (Fela Kuti, solo)
 Paul Simonon (The Clash, Havana 3am)
 Simon Tong (The Verve, The Shining) Album: The Good, the Bad & the Queen

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