# Have super groups fallen out of favor or am I just out of touch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 6, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184 "2023-12-06T15:33:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/41 "2023-12-06T23:49:45Z")
That’s the first one that sprung to mind for me. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/42 "2023-12-07T00:09:06Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Supergroups don’t have to contain super guitarists, super drummers, etc. The Traveling Wilburys had Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne. None slouches as musicians, but they weren’t in the group because of their guitar chops. They were there because they were big musical stars and friends. And Roy Orbison, also RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/43 "2023-12-07T00:25:24Z")
The Dead Weather (Note: Jack White was mentioned by @RitterSport and I do see them on @Omar_Little’s list of Supergroups) ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/44 "2023-12-07T09:29:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The music the super groups play has fallen out of favor. It’s relatively common in Prog music. Also in the jazz world. Actually, one of my peripheral pleasures when I listened to jazz a lot was hunting records that brought together musicians I liked. It was always a great wow-moment when I stumbled on collaborations I had never heard of, or even thought were possible ( **Rollins-Gillepsie** , **Getz-Gillespie** , **Coltrane-Rollins** , **Miles-Monk** , etc.) I’m a bit out-of-touch of contemporary jazz, but I’m sure it still happens. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/45 "2023-12-07T14:38:17Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Get off my lawn while I go spin up the Victrola. If you try playing your CSN and Cream records on that Victor-ola, they’re gonna sound funny. aka, the Chipmunks were not a supergroup. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/46 "2023-12-07T16:13:12Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The Traveling Wilburys had Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne. And not only Roy Orbison, but they’d recruited Del Shannon, who also died. . > [@TriPolar](#): > > I am very disappointed this thread wasn’t about the Avengers and the Justice League. Well, it would’ve been if Thor could carry a tune, if Tony hadn’t spent his time inventing a Les Paul Keytar instead of learning to play the thing… and when the Hulk demanded that he get to play a twenty-minute solo on his “100 Snares” drum kit, it was all over. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/47 "2023-12-07T16:16:42Z")
Not exactly new (actually they formed more than 30 years ago), but AFAIK still active is the alt-country-rock supergroup Golden Smog. It consist of members of the Jayhawks (Gary Louris), Wilco (Jeff Tweedy), Soul Asylum (Dan Murphy and sometimes Dave Pirner), the Replacements and even Big Star’s Jody Stephens, and some guys from bands I don’t know well. As I am a fan of all these bands (saw the Jayhawks, Wilco and Soul Asylum several times live), I soon became aware of Golden Smog. They have released three full albums and some EPs, and their speciality are finely picked cover versions, though they also always have fine self-written songs on their records. In the booklet to their first full-length album “Down By The Old Mainstream”, they make fun of their status by depicting fictional record covers, one from a band “Temple Of The Smog”. I like them very much. > **[Golden Smog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Smog)** > > Golden Smog is an alternative country-rock supergroup of loosely connected musicians mostly from the Minneapolis area. At various times, members of Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Wilco, The Jayhawks, Run Westy Run, The Honeydogs and Big Star have worked with Golden Smog. Given the fluid collaborative nature of Golden Smog the lineup has often changed, but relative constants who appear on all the recordings are guitarists Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run), Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) and Gary Louris (The... Here’s their cover of the Faces’ “Glad And Sorry” (written and sung by Ronnie Lane originally). I like it better than the Faces’ original. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LklxmPb-J9w/hqdefault.jpg "Golden Smog - Glad & Sorry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LklxmPb-J9w) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/48 "2023-12-07T17:36:10Z")
That reminded me of the Golden Palominos, a sort of revolving supergroup centered on/organized by drummer Anton Fier. > **[Category:The Golden Palominos members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Golden_Palominos_members)** > > Members of the ever-changing musical collective The Golden Palominos. > The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/49 "2023-12-07T18:23:44Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > That reminded me of the Golden Palominos, a sort of revolving supergroup centered on/organized by drummer Anton Fier. > > [Category:The Golden Palominos members - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Golden_Palominos_members) Not relevant to anything in particular, but _Golden Smog_, _The Golden Palominos_, and Bill Callahan’s band _Smog_ all occupy the same set of neurons in my brain. I don’t think they particularly sound alike, but I have to relearn that fact at least a couple of times a year. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/50 "2023-12-07T21:29:24Z")
[The Highwomen?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwomen) Brandi Carlile et al started playing in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/51 "2023-12-08T14:22:42Z")
Josh Homme was mentioned earlier. Queens of the Stone Age is basically his portable supergroup. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/52 "2023-12-08T15:54:49Z")
I’d say the current version of [Mr. Bungle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bungle) is something of a supergroup, with Scott Ian & Dave Lombardo joining the line-up. And while Mike Patton was an original member, he’s much more well known for Faith No More. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/53 "2023-12-08T16:01:13Z")
Today’s supergroups are largely Korean. With BTS at the very top. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/54 "2023-12-08T16:18:43Z")
Seconding New Pornographers, who have been described as a “supergroup” > **[The New Pornographers, a 'Real' Supergroup](https://www.npr.org/2007/10/25/15630417/the-new-pornographers-a-real-supergroup)** > > Critics have been calling The New Pornographers a supergroup for years. Meredith Ochs calls the designation a misnomer, though the vibrant pop arrangements of the band's new album Challengers lead her to reconsider her nomenclature. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/55 "2023-12-08T18:47:56Z")
I’m not superknowledgeable about Korean groups, but I thought they were boy bands like other boy bands: groups of unknowns who are auditioned by a producer. BTS falls into this category. As a group BTS might be super, but they don’t fit the definition of a supergroup. Maybe someone from the ARMY will prove me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/56 "2023-12-08T21:40:41Z")
I would not call BTS a supergroup. Just a very popular boy band. But there are true recent Korean supergroups. Two that were formed not long ago by the agency SM Entertainment are [SuperM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperM), a boy band, and [Got the Beat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_the_Beat), a girl group. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/57 "2023-12-09T02:36:41Z")
Let’s not forget the Super(mediocre) Group [The Dead Daises.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Daisies) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/58 "2023-12-09T03:21:10Z")
Heh, I remembered (and looked up, it was all the way back in 2006) MTV launched a reality show called Supergroup where they did the “put people in the same house and have them act like dicks while trying to work as a team towards a capstone deadline” schtick with rockers – bringing together in this case Sebastian Bach, Jason Bonham, Scott Ian, Ted Nugent and Evan Seinfeld. Never progressed before that first series. Saw 2 eps and I can understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/59 "2023-12-09T03:51:56Z")
How many of you remember when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan secretly formed a supergroup and released an album under the name The Masked Marauders? It was 1969 if that helps. [Here’s the story](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unmasked-marauders/). ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184/60 "2023-12-09T08:03:07Z")
Actually, McCartney plays bass on a few tracks on the new Rolling Stones album. Does two songs count as a “supergroup?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-super-groups-fallen-out-of-favor-or-am-i-just-out-of-touch/994184.md?page=4)