, the term 'supergroup' was coined to describe music groups composed of members who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. The term took its name from the
. The coalition of
respectively). The earliest example would be the band
were all widely respected musicians in Britain.
The term has sometimes been applied more loosely by certain music writers to groups that sold huge numbers of albums and headlined massive concerts regardless of the previous fame of their individual members, such as the band
was well known at the time the group formed. However, the term as correctly applied refers to the architecture of the group, not the achievements. "Supergroup" also generally does not encompass existing bands whose members achieved individual fame after the band's founding, though some have chosen to retroactively deem such bands (including
) to be supergroups. There are also instances in which an existing band added a prominent new member or members, where the resulting group might have been considered a supergroup had it not kept its original band name, such as
. By any standards, it is not a rigidly defined category and has become, more than anything, a marketing term.
Supergroups (of the strict definition) tend to be short-lived, often lasting only for an album or two, perhaps because of the natural conflict of
s between established stars. Additionally, supergroups are often formed as
s that are not intended to be permanent.
, although it is more common for famous artists to play together, the term is rarely used.
This list is of each band's founding line-up, and members who joined within a year of founding.
This list contains only groups which have performed more than a single song or live show together.
1960s |
|---|
| Founded | Band/project name | Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Cream |
★ Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
★ Jack Bruce (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Manfred Mann, Graham Bond Organisation)
★ Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation) | Albums: ''Fresh Cream'', ''Disraeli Gears'', ''Wheels of Fire'', and ''Goodbye''. |
| 1968 | Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) |
★ David Crosby (The Byrds)
★ Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield)
★ Graham Nash (The Hollies)----
★ Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield) joined in 1969 | Albums: ''Crosby, Stills &Nash'', ''Déjà Vu'', ''Four Way Street'', and more. |
| 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) | Albums: ''The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus'' |
| 1968 | Super Super Blues Band |
★ Bo Diddley
★ Muddy Waters
★ Little Walter
★ Howlin' Wolf | Albums: ''Super Blues'', ''Super Super Blues Band'' |
| 1969 | Blind Faith |
★ Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, The Dirty Mac)
★ Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream)
★ Steve Winwood (Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group)
★ Ric Grech (Family) | Albums: ''Blind Faith'' |
| 1969 | Humble Pie |
★ Steve Marriott (The Small Faces)
★ Peter Frampton (The Herd)
★ Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth)
★ Jerry Shirley | Albums: ''As Safe As Yesterday Is'', ''Town and Country'', ''Humble Pie'', ''Rock On'', ''Performance Rockin' the Fillmore'' |
| 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
★ Alan White (later of Yes)
★ Ringo Starr (The Beatles) | Albums: ''John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'' |
1970s |
|---|
| Founded | Band/project name | Members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
★ Keith Emerson (The Nice)
★ Greg Lake (King Crimson)
★ Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster) | Albums: ''Emerson, Lake and Palmer'', ''Tarkus'', ''Trilogy'', and more | |
| 1971 | Wings |
★ Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
★ Linda McCartney
★ Denny Laine (The Moody Blues)----Pete Townshend (of The Who), John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin), Kenney Jones (of The Small Faces and Faces, and replacement for Keith Moon of The Who), and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin) played with the band during and after Rockestra until the band's break-up in 1981. | Albums: ''Wild Life'', ''Red Rose Speedway'', ''Venus and Mars'', and more | |
| 1971 | Weather Report |
★ Joe Zawinul (Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis)
★ Wayne Shorter (Miles Davis)
★ Miroslav Vitous
★ Alphonse Mouzon (McCoy Tyner)----
★ Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine were the rhythm section during the late 1970s, many other transient members | Albums: ''Heavy Weather'', ''I Sing the Body Electric'', ''Black Market'', and more | |
| 1972 | Beck, Bogert & Appice |
★ Jeff Beck (Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group)
★ Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus)
★ Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus) | Albums: ''Beck, Bogert & Appice'', ''Live in Japan'' |
| 1973 | Mahavishnu Orchestra |
★ John McLaughlin (Miles Davis)
★ Jerry Goodman
★ Rick Laird
★ Jan Hammer
★ Billy Cobham (Miles Davis) | Albums: ''Birds of Fire'', ''The Inner Mounting Flame'', and more | |
| 1973 | Journey |
★ Gregg Rolie (Santana)
★ Neal Schon (Santana)
★ Ross Valory (Steve Miller Band)
★ Prairie Prince (The Tubes)----
★ Aynsley Dunbar (Jeff Beck, Frank Zappa, David Bowie) replaced Prince in 1974 | Albums: ''Journey'', ''Look into the Future'', ''Next'', and more |
| 1973 | Harmonia |
★ Michael Rother (Neu!, Kraftwerk)
★ Dieter Moebius (Cluster)
★ Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster)
★ Brian Eno (Solo) | Albums: ''Musik Von Harmonia'', ''Deluxe'', ''Tracks and Traces'' |
| 1973 | Bad Company |
★ Paul Rodgers (Free)
★ Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople)
★ Boz Burrell (King Crimson)
★ Simon Kirke (Free) | Albums: ''Bad Company'', ''Straight Shooter'', ''Run With the Pack'' and more. |
| 1975 | Rainbow |
★ Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
★ Ronnie James Dio (Elf)
★ Micky Lee Soule (Elf)
★ Craig Gruber (Elf)
★ Gary Driscoll (Elf) | Albums: ''Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'', ''Rising'', ''Long Live Rock 'N' Roll'', and more. |
| 1977 | UK |
★ Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music)
★ John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep)
★ Allan Holdsworth (Gong, Soft Machine)
★ Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson) | Albums: ''U.K.'', ''Danger Money'', ''Night After Night'' and more. |
1980s |
|---|
| Founded | Band/project name | Members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Adolescents |
★ Tony Cadena (Poet)
★ Steve Soto (Agent Orange)
★ Rikk Agnew (D.I., Social Distortion)
★ Frank Agnew (Social Distortion, Legal Weapon)
★ Pat Smear (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, The Germs)
★ Casey Royer (Social Distortion)
★ Derek O'Brien (D.I., Social Distortion) | Albums: ''The Adolescents'', ''Brats in Battalions'', ''Balboa Fun Zone'' and ''O.C. Confidential'' | |
| 1981 | Asia |
★ Geoff Downes (Yes, Buggles)
★ John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heep, UK,)
★ Steve Howe (Yes)
★ Carl Palmer (Emerson Lake and Palmer, Atomic Rooster) | Albums: ''Asia'', ''Alpha'', ''Astra'', and more |
| 1983 | The Glove |
★ Robert Smith (The Cure)
★ Steve Severin (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
★ Jeanette Landray
★ Andy Anderson (The Cure)
★ Martin McCarrick (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
★ Anne Stephenson (The Venomettes)
★ Ginny Hewes | Albums: ''Blue Sunshine'' |
| 1983 | Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens / Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo |
★ Simon 'Mahlathini' Nkabinde (1983 - 1999)
★ Hilda Tloubatla (Mahotella Queens; 1983 - present)
★ Juliet Mazamisa (Mahotella Queens; 1983 - 1986)
★ Ethel Mngomezulu (Mahotella Queens; 1983 - 1986)
★ Nobesuthu Mbadu (Mahotella Queens; 1983 - present)
★ Mildred Mangxola (Mahotella Queens; 1983 - present)
★ Makgona Tsohle Band (1983 - 1999) | Helped introduce South African "Mbaqanga" music to the USA and Europe.
Albums: ''Thokozile'', ''Melodi Yalla'', ''Mbaqanga'', and more |
| 1984 | Hindu Love Gods |
★ Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
★ Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
★ Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
★ Warren Zevon | Albums: ''Hindu Love Gods'' |
| 1984 | The Power Station |
★ John Taylor (Duran Duran)
★ Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
★ Robert Palmer
★ Tony Thompson (Chic) | Albums: ''The Power Station'', ''Living in Fear'', ''Best of'', '' |
| 1984 | The Firm |
★ Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company)
★ Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
★ Tony Franklin (Roy Harper)
★ Chris Slade (Uriah Heep) | Albums: ''The Firm'', ''Mean Business'' |
| 1985 | The Highwaymen |
★ Johnny Cash
★ Waylon Jennings
★ Willie Nelson
★ Kris Kristofferson | Albums: ''Highwayman'', ''Highwayman 2'', ''The Road Goes on Forever'' |
| 1985 | Deep End |
★ Pete Townshend (The Who)
★ David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
★ Jody Linscott (Elton John, Eric Clapton)
★ John 'Rabbit' Bundrick (The Who)
★ Billy Nicholls
★ Simon Phillips
★ Chucho Merchan
★ Cleveland Watkiss
★ Chyna
★ Emma Townshend | |
| 1985 | The David Lee Roth Band |
★ David Lee Roth
★ Steve Vai (left in 1989)
★ Billy Sheehan (left in 1992)
★ Gregg Bissonette (left in 1992) | Albums; ''Eat 'Em and Smile'', ''Skyscraper''Was in fact David Lee Roth's solo backing band. Noted as supergroup due to status of performers, though the lineup disintegrated to lesser known musicians in the early 1990s. |
| 1986 | GTR |
★ Steve Hackett (Genesis)
★ Steve Howe (Yes, Asia)
★ Max Bacon (Bronz)
★ Phil Spalding (Bernie Torme, Toyah, Mike Oldfield)
★ Jonathan Mover (Steve Vai) | Album: ''GTR'' |
| 1985 | Whitesnake (1985-1987 era lineup) |
★ David Coverdale (Deep Purple)
★ John Sykes (Tygers of Pan Tang)
★ Adrian Vandenberg (Teaser, Vandenberg)
★ Aynsley Dunbar (Journey, Frank Zappa, Jefferson Starship)
★ Neil Murray (Hammer, Gary Moore) | Albums: ''Whitesnake'' |
| 1988 | Traveling Wilburys |
★ Bob Dylan
★ George Harrison (The Beatles)
★ Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra)
★ Roy Orbison
★ Tom Petty (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) | Orbison died shortly after the first album was released. Albums: ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1'', ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3'' |
| 1988 | Bad English |
★ John Waite (The Babys)
★ Neal Schon (Santana, Journey)
★ Jonathan Cain (The Babys, Journey)
★ Ricky Phillips (The Babys)
★ Deen Castronovo (Journey) | Albums: ''Bad English'', ''Backlash'' |
| 1988 | Keith Richards and the X-pensive Winos |
★ Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
★ Bernie Worrell (Parliament, Funkadelic)
★ Sarah Dash (Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles)
★ Ivan Neville (The Neville Brothers, solo)
★ Steve Jordan (Stevie Wonder, The Blues Brothers)
★ Charley Drayton
★ Waddy Wachtel | Albums: ''Talk Is Cheap'', ''Main Offender'' |
| 1989 | Electronic |
★ Bernard Sumner (New Order)
★ Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
★ Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys)
★ Anne Dudley (Art of Noise)
★ David Palmer (ABC) | This lineup recorded the single Getting Away With It, Following Electronic releases would just be Sumner/Marr with occasional appearances by Tennant |
| 1989 | Damn Yankees |
★ Ted Nugent
★ Tommy Shaw (Styx)
★ Jack Blades (Night Ranger)
★ Michael Cartellone | Their power ballad "High Enough" produced the first #1 Single of Nugent's career. |
| 1989 | Golden Smog |
★ Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run)
★ Gary Louris (The Jayhawks)
★ Chris Mars (The Replacements)
★ Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum)
★ Marc Perlman (The Jayhawks)
★ Jody Stephens (Big Star)
★ Jeff Tweedy (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco) | Albums: ''On Golden Smog'', ''Down by the Old Mainstream'', ''Weird Tales'', ''Another Fine Day'', ''Blood on the Slacks'' |
1990s |
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| Founded | Band/project name | Members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Temple of the Dog |
★ Jeff Ament (Mother Love Bone, Green River)
★ Stone Gossard (Mother Love Bone, Green River)
★ Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
★ Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
★ Matt Cameron (Soundgarden)
★ Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) | Album: ''Temple of the Dog'' | |
| 1990 | The Breeders |
★ Kim Deal (Pixies)
★ Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses)
★ Josephine Wiggs (Perfect Disaster)
★ Britt Walford (Slint) - credited as Shannon Doughton | Album: ''Pod'' |
| 1991 | Contraband |
★ Michael Schenker (Scorpions, UFO, Michael Schenker Group)
★ Tracii Guns (Guns N' Roses, L.A. Guns)
★ Share Pedersen (Vixen)
★ Richard Black (Shark Island)
★ Bobby Blotzer (Ratt) | Album: ''Contraband'' |
| 1991 | Infectious Grooves |
★ Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies)
★ Dean Pleasants
★ Adam Siegel (Excel)
★ Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies)
★ Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction)
★ Josh Freese (The Vandals)
★ Brooks Wackerman (Suicidal Tendencies, Bad Religion) | Album: ''The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves'', ''Sarsippius' Ark'', ''Groove Family Cyco'', ''Mas Borracho'' |
| 1994 | Mad Season |
★ Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)
★ John Baker Saunders (The Walkabouts)
★ Barrett Martin (Skin Yard, Screaming Trees)
★ Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog)
★ Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) | Album: ''Above'' |
| 1994 | Voodoocult |
★ Phillip Boa
★ Chuck Schuldiner (Death)
★ Mille Petrozza (Kreator)
★ Waldemar Sorychta (Despair, Tiamat, Grip Inc.)
★ Dave Lombardo ((Slayer, Fantômas) | Album: ''Jesus Killing Machine'' |
| 1995 | Neurotic Outsiders |
★ Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
★ Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses)
★ Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses)
★ John Taylor (Duran Duran) | Album: ''Neurotic Outsiders'' |
| 1995 | Borknagar |
★ Andreas Hedlund aka Vintersorg (solo)
★ Øystein Brun (Molested)
★ Lars Nedland aka Lazare (Solefald)
★ Asgeir Mickelson (Spiral Architect)
★ Jan Erik Torgersen (Týr (band))
★ Simen Hestnæs aka ICS Vortex (Arcturus, Dimmu Borgir)
★ Kristoffer Rygg aka Garm (Ulver, Arcturus)
★ Jens Ryland
★ Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved)
★ Kai Lie
★ Roger Tiegs aka Infernus (Gorgoroth)
★ Erik Brødreskift aka Grim (Immortal)
★ Justin Greaves (Electric Wizard) | Album: Borknagar, The Olden Domain, The Archaic Course, Quintessence, Empiricism, Epic, Origin |
| 1995 | Down |
★ Phil Anselmo (Pantera)
★ Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity)
★ Kirk Windstein (Crowbar)
★ Rex Brown (Pantera)
★ Jimmy Bower (Crowbar, Eyehategod) | Albums: ''NOLA'', '' |
| 1995 | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes |
★ Fat Mike (NOFX)
★ Joey Cape (Lagwagon)
★ Spike Slawson ($wingin Utter$)
★ Dave Raun (Lagwagon)
★ Chris Shiflett (No Use for a Name, Foo Fighters) | Albums: Have a Ball, Are a Drag, Blow in the Wind, Take a Break, Love Their Country |
| 1995 | Firewater |
★ Tod A. (Cop Shoot Cop)
★ Duane Denison (the Jesus Lizard)
★ Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields)
★ Hahn Rowe (Foetus)
★ Jim Kimball (Laughing Hyenas)
★ David Ouimet (Motherhead Bug)
★ Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing)
★ Kurt Hoffman (Blues Explosion)
★ Jane Scarpantoni | Albums: Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire (1996) |
| 1996 | Last Hard Men |
★ Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
★ Jimmy Flemion (The Frogs)
★ Kelley Deal (The Breeders)
★ Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins) | Album: Last Hard Men |
| 1997 | War |
★ Jim Berger (Abruptum, Ophthalamia, Vondur)
★ David Parland (Dark Funeral)
★ Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy)
★ Tony Särkkä (Abruptum, Ophthalamia, Vondur)
★ David Larsson (Hypocrisy)
★ Lars Szöke (Hypocrisy) | Albums: Total War (EP), We Are War |
| 1997 | The Firm (group) |
★ Nas
★ Foxy Brown
★ AZ
★ Nature
★ Dr. Dre | Albums: The Firm |
| 1997 | The New Pornographers
("Supergroup" label rejected by the band because "none of them were known outside Canada".[1]) |
★ Dan Bejar (Destroyer, Swan Lake)
★ Kathryn Calder (Immaculate Machine)
★ Neko Case (Maow)
★ John Collins (The Evaporators)
★ Todd Fancey (Limblifter,Age of Electric)
★ Kurt Dahle (Age of Electric)
★ Carl Newman (A.C. Newman)
★ Nora O'Connor (Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire)
★ Blaine Thurier, independent filmmaker | Albums: Mass Romantic, The Electric Version, Twin Cinema, and Challengers |
| 1998 | Cry Cry Cry |
★ Dar Williams
★ Lucy Kaplansky
★ Richard Shindell | Album: ''Cry Cry Cry'' |
| 1998 | Demons & Wizards |
★ Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian)
★ Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) | Albums: ''Demons and Wizards, Touched by the Crimson King'' |
| 1998 | Liquid Tension Experiment |
★ John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
★ Jordan Rudess
★ Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
★ Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) | Albums: ''Liquid Tension Experiment'', ''Liquid Tension Experiment 2'' |
| 1998 | Fantômas |
★ Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More)
★ Buzz Osborne (The Melvins)
★ Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
★ Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle) | Albums: Fantômas (album),The Director's Cut, Millennium Monsterwork 2000,Delìrium Còrdia and Suspended Animation |
| 1998 | Zilch |
★ Hideto Matsumoto (X Japan)
★ Ray McVeigh (The Professionals)
★ Paul Raven (Killing Joke)
★ Dave Kushner (Wasted Youth,Infectious Grooves)
★ Joey Castillo (Danzig, Wasted Youth, Sugartooth)
★ Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses)
★ I.N.A. (Hide with Spread Beaver) | Albums: 3.2.1., Bastard Eyes. |
| 1998 | Eiffel 65 |
★ Jeffrey Jey (Bliss Team)
★ Maurizio Lobina (Vitanova)
★ Gabry Ponte (DJ work) | Albums: ''Europop'', ''Contact !'', ''Eiffel 65'' |
| 1999 | A Perfect Circle |
★ Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
★ Billy Howerdel
★ Paz Lenchantin
★ Tim Alexander (Primus)
★ Josh Freese (The Vandals, Infectious Grooves, Devo)
★ Troy Van Leeuwen (Failure, Queens of the Stone Age)
★ Jeordie White (Marilyn Manson)
★ Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails)
★ James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins) | Albums: ''Mer de Noms'', ''Thirteenth Step'', ''eMOTIVe'' |
| 1999 | Broken Social Scene |
★ Brendan Canning (By Divine Right, Blurtonia, Valley of the Giants, hHead, Len)
★ Kevin Drew (KC Accidental)
★ Justin Peroff (Junior Blue, DJ)
★ Charles Spearin (KC Accidental, Do Make Say Think
★ Andrew Whiteman (Apostle of Hustle, Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Que Vida)
★ Jason Collett (solo)
★ David Newfeld (producer given band credit)
★ Leslie Feist (solo, By Divine Right)
★ Emily Haines (Metric)
★ James Shaw (Metric)
★ Evan Cranley ( Stars)
★ Amy Millan ( Stars)
★ Ohad Benchetrit (Do Make Say Think)
★ Martin Davis Kinack
★ Jo-ann Goldsmith
★ Torquil Campbell ( Stars)
★ John Crossingham (Raising the Fawn)
★ Lisa Lobsinger (Reverie Sound Revue)
★ Julie Penner (The FemBots, Do Make Say Think, Hylozoists, The Weakerthans) | Albums: ''Feel Good Lost'', ''You Forgot It in People'', ''Bee Hives'', ''Broken Social Scene'' |
| 1999 | Sinergy |
★ Kimberly Goss (Dimmu Borgir)
★ Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
★ Roope Latvala (Stone, Waltari, Children of Bodom)
★ Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot)
★ Jesper Strömblad (In Flames)
★ Sharlee D'Angelo (Arch Enemy)
★ Lauri Porra (Stratovarius)
★ Tommi Lillman (To/Die/For)
★ Janne Parviainen (Waltari, Ensiferum) | Albums: ''Beware the Heavens'', ''To Hell and Back'', ''Suicide By My Side'' |
| 1999 | Tabla Beat Science |
★ Zakir Hussain
★ Trilok Gurtu
★ Talvin Singh
★ Bill Laswell
★ Ustad Sultan Khan
★ Karsh Kale
★ DJ Disk(all of solo fame) | Album: ''Tala Matrix'', ''Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove'' |
| 1999 | Transplants |
★ Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid)
★ Rob Aston (Expensive Taste)
★ Travis Barker (blink-182, +44, Expensive Taste) | Albums: ''Transplants'', ''Haunted Cities'' |
| 1999 | Planet X |
★ Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Alice Cooper)
★ Virgil Donati (Steve Vai)
★ Rufus Philpot
★ Tony MacAlpine, left in 2004 (CAB, Vinnie Moore) | Albums: ''Universe'', ''Live From Oz'', ''MoonBabies'', ''Quantum'' |
2000s |
|---|
| Founded | Band/project name | Members | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Transatlantic |
★ Neal Morse (Spock's Beard)
★ Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment)
★ Pete Trewavas (Marillion)
★ Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) | Albums: '', ''Live in America'', ''Bridge Across Forever'', ''Live in Europe'' | |
| 2000 | Avantasia |
★ Henjo Richter (Gamma Ray)
★ Jens Ludwig (Edguy)
★ Norman Meiritz
★ Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius)
★ Markus Grosskopf (Helloween)
★ Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire)
★ Eric Singer (Kiss)
★ Tobias Sammet (Edguy)
★ Frank Tischer
★ Michael Kiske (Helloween)
★ David DeFeis (Virgin Steele)
★ Ralf Zdiarstek
★ Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
★ Rob Rock (Impellitteri)
★ Oliver Hartmann (At Vance)
★ Andre Matos (Viper, Angra, Shaaman)
★ Kai Hansen (Helloween, Gamma Ray)
★ Bob Catley (Magnum) | Albums: ''The Metal Opera'', ''The Metal Opera Part II'' |
| 2000 | Oysterhead |
★ Trey Anastasio (Phish)
★ Les Claypool (Primus)
★ Stewart Copeland (The Police) | Albums: ''The Grand Pecking Order'' |
| 2000 | Bloodbath |
★ Dan Swano (Edge of Sanity, Steel, Pan.Thy.Monium, Katatonia, Nightingale)
★ Anders Nystrom (Katatonia, Diabolical Masquerade)
★ Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, Steel)
★ Jonas Renkse (Katatonia, October Tide)
★ Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Pain)
★ Martin Axenrot (Opeth, Witchery) | Albums: ''Breeding Death, Resurrection Through Carnage, Nightmares Made Flesh'' |
| 2000 | Deltron 3030 |
★ Del tha Funkee Homosapien
★ Dan the Automator
★ Kid Koala | Albums: ''Deltron 3030'' |
| 2000 | Tomahawk |
★ Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Fantômas)
★ Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard)
★ John Stanier (Helmet)
★ Kevin Rutmanis (The Cows, The Melvins) | Albums: ''Tomahawk, Mit Gas,Anonymous'' |
| 2000 | Son of Sam |
★ Davey Havok (AFI)
★ Todd Youth (Samhain)
★ London May (Tiger Army, Samhain)
★ Steve Zing (Tiger Army, Samhain, The Undead, Mourning Noise) | Albums: ''Songs from the Earth'' |
| 2001 | The Reindeer Section |
★ Ben Dumville, Lee Gorton, Sam Morris (Alfie)
★ Colin Macpherson, Malcolm Middleton, Aidan Moffat (Arab Strap)
★ William Campbell, Charlie Clarke, Neil Payne, Gareth Russell (Astrid)
★ Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Bobby Kildea (Belle & Sebastian)
★ Iain Archer (Cadet)
★ Jenny Reeve, Sarah Roberts (Eva)
★ Roddy Woomble (Idlewild)
★ John Cummings (Mogwai)
★ Colin MacIntyre (Mull Historical Society)
★ Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn (Snow Patrol)
★ Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub)
★ Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines)
★ Michael Bannister
★ Roy Kerr
★ Paul Fox
★ Marcus Mackay
★ Gill Mills
★ Stacie Sievewright | Albums: ''Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear!'' (2001)
''You Are My Joy'' (single) (2002)
''Son of Evil Reindeer'' (2002) |
| 2001 | Audioslave |
★ Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
★ Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)
★ Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
★ Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine) | Albums: ''Audioslave'', ''Out of Exile'', ''Revelations'' |
| 2001 | The Postal Service |
★ Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie)
★ Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, Figurine) | Albums: ''Give Up'' |
| 2001 | Zwan |
★ Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
★ Jimmy Chamberlin (The Smashing Pumpkins)
★ Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle)
★ Matt Sweeney (Chavez)
★ David Pajo (Slint) | Album: ''Mary Star of the Sea'' |
| 2002 | Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains |
★ Les Claypool (Primus, Oysterhead)
★ Bernie Worrell (Parliament, Funkadelic)
★ Bryan Mantia (Primus)
★ Buckethead (solo) | Album: ''The Big Eyeball in the Sky'' |
| 2003 | Battles |
★ Ian Williams (Don Caballero, Storm & Stress)
★ John Stanier (Helmet, The Mark of Cain, Tomahawk)
★ Dave Konopka
★ Tyondai Braxton (Solo) | Albums: ''Mirrored '' |
| 2003 | Velvet Revolver |
★ Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Camp Freddy)
★ Slash (Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Slash's Blues Ball)
★ Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses)
★ Matt Sorum (The Cult, Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Circus Diablo)
★ Dave Kushner (Wasted Youth) | Albums: ''Contraband'', ''Libertad'' |
| 2003 | Aina (band) |
★ Robert Hunecke-Rizzo (Luca Turilli, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot)
★ Michael Rodenberg (Luca Turilli, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot)
★ Amanda Somerville (Luca Turilli) - Maiden Voice and Oriana's Conscience
★ Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) - Talon
★ Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween) - Narrator
★ Andre Matos (ex-Shaaman, ex-Angra) - Tyran
★ Candice Night (Blackmore's Night) - ''Oria''
★ Sass Jordan - ''Oriana''
★ Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia) - ''Narrator''
★ Marco Hietala (Nightwish) - ''Syrius''
★ Sebastian Thomson - ''The Storyteller''
★ Damian Wilson - ''King Tactius'' (Ayreon, Star One, Landmarq)
★ Thomas Rettke - ''Torek (Sorvahr)'' (Kamelot)
★ Olaf Hayer - ''Baktúk'' (Luca Turilli)
★ Cinzia Rizzo - ''Opera Voice and Background Vocals' (Luca Turilli, Rhapsody, Kamelot)
★ Rannveig Sif Sigurdardoffir - ''Opera Voice'' (Kamelot)
★ Simone Simons - ''Mezzo-Soprano Voice'' (Epica)
★ Oliver Hartmann and Herbie Langhans - ''The Prophets'' (Luca Turilli, Seventh Avenue)
★ Olaf Reitmeier (Virgo) - Acoustic guitars on ''Revelations & Serendipity''
★ Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater) - Keyboard solo on ''The Siege of Aina''
★ Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, Yngwie Malmsteen, Dio) - Keyboard solo on ''Revelations''
★ T.M. Stevens - Bass on ''Son of Sorvahr''
★ Axel Naschke (Gamma Ray)- Organ on ''Son of Sorvahr''
★ Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (Nightwish, Altaria) - Guitar solo on ''Rebellion''
★ Thomas Youngblood (Kamelot, Ian Parry) - Guitar solo on ''Lalae Amêr''
★ Erik Norlander (Ayreon, Ambeon) - Keyboard solo on ''Rebellion'' | Albums: ''Days of Rising Doom'' |
| 2004 | Tak Matsumoto Group |
★ Tak Matsumoto (B'z)
★ Eric Martin (Mr. Big)
★ Jack Blades (Damn Yankees)
★ Chris Frazier (Steve Vai) | Album: ''TMG I'' |
| 2004 | The Falcon |
★ Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms)
★ Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio)
★ Todd Mohney (Rise Against)
★ Neil Hennessy (The Lawrence Arms) | Album: ''Unicornography'' |
| 2004 | The Panic Channel |
★ Steve Isaacs
★ Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
★ Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction)
★ Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction) | Album: ''(ONe)'' |
| 2004 | Scar Symmetry |
★ Christian Älvestam (Incapacity, Unmoored)
★ Henrik Ohlsson (Altered Aeon)
★ Jonas Kjellgren (Carnal Forge)
★ Per Nilsson (Altered Aeon) | Albums: ''Symmetric in Design, Pitch Black Progress'' |
| 2004 | Alter Bridge |
★ Myles Kennedy (The Mayfield Four)
★ Mark Tremonti (Creed)
★ Brian Marshall (Creed)
★ Scott Phillips (Creed) | Albums: ''One Day Remains'' |
| 2004 | Queen + Paul Rodgers |
★ Brian May, Roger Taylor (Queen)
★ Paul Rodgers (Free)
★ Danny Miranda (Blue Öyster Cult) | Album: Return of the Champions |
| 2005 (Formed) | Black Light Burns |
★ Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit, The Damning Well, Big Dumb Face)
★ Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, Puscifer)
★ Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, The Vandals)
★ Josh Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv) | Albums: ''Cruel Melody'' (released on June 5, 2007) |
| 2005 | Purple Ribbon All-Stars |
★ Big Boi (Outkast, solo, producer)
★ Cee-Lo (Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley, solo)
★ Killer Mike (solo)
★ BlackOwned C-Bone (Konkrete, solo)
★ Lil' Brotha (Konkrete, solo)
★ Supa Nate (Konkrete, solo)
★ Janelle Monáe (solo)
★ Scar (solo)
★ Bubba Sparxxx (solo)
★ Sleepy Brown (solo, producer) | Albums: ''Got That Purp'', ''Got Purp? Vol 2'' |
| 2005 | SerialPod |
★ Mike Gordon (Phish, Leo Kottke)
★ Trey Anastasio (Phish)
★ Bill Kreutzmann (The Grateful Dead)
★ | |
| 2005 | The New Cars |
★ Todd Rundgren
★ Prairie Prince (Journey, The Tubes, Jefferson Starship)
★ Kasim Sulton (Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Meat Loaf, The Tubes)
★ Atom Ellis
★ Greg Hawkes (The Cars)
★ Elliot Easton (The Cars) | |
| 2005 | +44 |
★ Travis Barker (blink-182, Box Car Racer, Transplants, The Aquabats)
★ Mark Hoppus (blink-182)
★ Shane Gallagher (The Nervous Return)
★ Craig Fairbaugh (Transplants, Mercy Killers) | Album: ''When Your Heart Stops Beating'' |
| 2005 | Angels and Airwaves |
★ Tom Delonge (blink-182, Box Car Racer)
★ David Kennedy (Box Car Racer)
★ Atom Willard (Rocket From the Crypt, The Offspring)
★ Ryan Sinn (The Distillers) | Albums: ''We Don't Need to Whisper'' ''I-Empire'' |
| 2005 | The Mob |
★ Doug Pinnick (King's X)
★ Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake)
★ Tim Drury (Whitesnake)
★ Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger) | Albums: ''The Mob'' |
| 2005 | The Wrights |
★ Nic Cester (Jet)
★ Kram (Spiderbait)
★ Chris Cheney (The Living End)
★ Davey Lane (You Am I, The Pictures)
★ Pat Bourke (Dallas Crane)
★ Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger)
★ Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon)
★ Harry Vanda (Easybeats) | Albums: ''Evie'' |
| 2005 | Dirty Pretty Things |
★ Carl Barât (The Libertines)
★ Anthony Rossomando (The Libertines)
★ Gary Powell (The Libertines)
★ Didz Hammond (The Cooper Temple Clause) | Albums: ''Waterloo to Anywhere''. |
| 2006 | Tipton, Entwistle & Powell |
★ Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest, solo)
★ John Entwistle (The Who, solo)
★ Cozy Powell (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Michael Schenker Group, solo) | Albums: ''Edge of the World''. The album was released in 2006, but was recorded in the mid-1990s. |
| 2006 | Rock Star: Supernova |
★ Lukas Rossi(Rise Electric)
★ Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe)
★ Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses)
★ Jason Newsted (Metallica) | Albums:''Rock Star Supernova '' |
| 2006 | Black President |
★ Christian Black
★ Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion)
★ Charlie Paulson (Goldfinger)
★ Jason Christopher
★ Ty Smith (Guttermouth) | |
| 2006 | Damnocracy |
★ Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
★ Ted Nugent
★ Scott Ian (Anthrax)
★ Evan Seinfeld (Biohazard)
★ Jason Bonham (Foreigner) | |
| 2006 | Army of Anyone |
★ Richard Patrick (Filter, Nine Inch Nails)
★ Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
★ Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
★ Ray Luzier (session drummer) | |
| 2006 | The Raconteurs |
★ Jack White (The White Stripes)
★ Brendan Benson (solo)
★ Patrick Keeler (The Greenhornes)
★ Jack Lawrence (The Greenhornes, Blanche) | Albums: Broken Boy Soldiers | |
| 2006 | I |
★ Abbath (Immortal)
★ Arve Isdal (Enslaved)
★ TC King (Gorgoroth)
★ Armagedda (Immortal) | Albums: Between Two Worlds |
| 2006 | Blayse |
★ Terrell Phillips (Blackstreet)
★ Marc Nelson (pre-fame member of Boyz II Men, solo artist, Az Yet)
★ Tony Grant (Az Yet)
★ Gary "Lil G" Jenkins (Silk) | Albums: Blayse (Fall 2007) |
| 2006 | Swan Lake |
★ Dan Bejar (Destroyer, The New Pornographers)
★ Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes)
★ Spencer Krug (Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes) | Albums: Beast Moans (2006) |
| 2006 | Heaven and Hell |
★ Ronnie James Dio (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio
★ Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, solo artist)
★ Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne)
★ Vinny Appice (Rick Derringer, Black Sabbath, Dio) |
★ 1980-1982 lineup of Black Sabbath
★ Previously reunited as Black Sabbath in 1992, for the album Dehumanizer |
| 2006 | |
★ Billy Sherwood (Yes, Conspiracy, Lodgic, Air Supply)
★ Alan White (Yes, Conspiracy, Plastic Ono Band)
★ Tony Kaye (Yes, David Bowie)
★ Jimmy Haun (Lodgic, Air Supply) |
★ Albums: CIRCA: 2007 |
| 2006 | The Producers |
★ Trevor Horn (Yes, The Buggles, Art of Noise)
★ Lol Crème (10cc, Art of Noise)
★ Steve Lipson (Grace Jones, Annie Lennox)
★ Chris Braide (Gary Barlow)
★ Ash Soan (Del Amitri, Faithless, Rick Wakeman) |
★ Albums: Studio 1 |
| 2006 | Another Animal |
★ Whit Crane (Ugly Kid Joe)
★ Tony Rombola (Godsmack)
★ Shannon Larkin (Godsmack)
★ Robbie Merill (Godsmack) | |
| 2006 | Future of the Left |
★ Andrew "Falco" Falkous (mclusky)
★ Kelson Mathias (Jarcrew)
★ Jack Egglestone (mclusky)
★ Hywel Evans (Jarcrew, Truckers of Husk) | Albums: Curses |
| 2007 | Hellyeah |
★ Vinnie Paul (Pantera)
★ Chad Gray (Mudvayne)
★ Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne)
★ Tom Maxwell (Nothingface)
★ Bob Zilla (Damageplan), (Hellafied Funk Crew) | Albums: Hellyeah |
| 2007 | The Good, the Bad and the Queen |
★ Damon Albarn (Blur)
★ Simon Tong (The Verve)
★ Paul Simonon (The Clash)
★ Tony Allen (Africa 70) | Albums: The Good, the Bad and the Queen |
| 2007 | Skin |
★ Gackt (Malice Mizer)
★ Miyavi (Dué le Quartz)
★ Sugizo (Luna Sea)
★ Yoshiki (X Japan) | An album is announced. |
| 2007 | Immortality |
★ Richard Ashcroft (The Verve)
★ Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
★ Dougie Payne (Travis)
★ Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) | Albums: There It Goes |
| 2007 | CRS |
★ Kanye West
★ Pharrell Williams
★ Lupe Fiasco | |
| 2007 | The Million Dollar Bashers |
★ Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
★ Tom Verlaine (Television)
★ John Medeski
★ Tony Garnier
★ Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)
★ Smokey Hormel
★ Nels Cline (Wilco) | Albums: I'm Not There 'OST' |
Charity supergroupsThese were usually one-shot projects, organized to create a charity record to raise money or awareness for a cause or charity.| Founded | Band/project name | Project co-ordinator(s) | Notes |
|---|
| 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh |
★ George Harrison
★ Ravi Shankar | concert to raise awareness of refugee problems in Bangladesh, raised funds to benefit UNICEF relief fund, released a film of the concert and an album, ''The Concert for Bangla Desh'' | | 1979 | Rockestra |
★ Paul McCartney | recorded "Let It Be", "Lucille", "Rockestra Theme", and "So Glad to See You Here" at the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, to benefit people of Cambodia suffering from Pol Pot's regime; released as a promotional EP and film | | 1983 | ARMS Charity Concert |
★ Ronnie Lane | concert at Royal Albert Hall to support multiple sclerosis research | | 1984 | Band Aid |
★ Bob Geldof
★ Midge Ure | recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" charity single for famine relief in Ethiopia | | 1985 | Northern Lights |
★ Bruce Allen | recorded the charity single "Tears Are Not Enough" for famine relief in Ethiopia | | 1985 | USA for Africa |
★ Harry Belafonte
★ Michael Jackson
★ Quincy Jones
★ Lionel Richie
★ Kenny Rogers | recorded "We Are the World" charity single for famine relief in Ethiopia | | 1985 | Hear 'n Aid |
★ Ronnie James Dio | recorded the charity single and album "Stars" for famine relief in Africa | | 1985 | Artists United Against Apartheid |
★ Steven Van Zandt | recorded the song and album "Sun City" to protest apartheid in South Africa | | 1985/1986 | Dionne and Friends |
★ Dionne Warwick
★ Gladys Knight
★ Elton John
★ Stevie Wonder | Recorded the song "That's What Friends Are For" as a charity single for the United Kingdom in 1985 and the United States in 1986 for American Foundation for AIDS Research. | | 1989 | Band Aid II |
★ Bob Geldof
★ Midge Ure | re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" charity single, also for famine relief in Ethiopia | | 1991 | Voices That Care |
★ Peter Cetera
★ David Foster
★ Linda Thompson | recorded charity single "Voices That Care" to raise the morale of U.S. troops in Operation Desert Storm and benefit the International Red Cross | | 1997 | Perfect Day |
★ Lou Reed
★ Elton John
★ Bono | recorded charity single "Perfect Day" to raise money for Children in Need a UK based charityPerfect Day#Children in Need charity single | | 2001 | All Star Tribute | | covered "What's Going On" to benefit Artists Against AIDS Worldwide | | 2004 | Band Aid 20 |
★ Bob Geldof
★ Midge Ure | re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 20th anniversary charity single, for famine relief in Ethiopia | | 2004 | Dreamtime Christmas All-Stars | | covered "Twelve Days of Christmas" | | 2005 | The North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative (NAHPI) | | an all star cast of rock artists recorded a satire of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas" named Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?, all proceeds being donated to UNICEF. | | 2005 | One World Project | | recorded the charity single "Grief Never Grows Old" to benefit 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami relief | | 2007 | The Cake Sale |
★ Dave Geraghty (Bell X1))
★ Paul Noonan (Bell X1))
★ Emm Gryner
★ Glen Hansard (The Frames))
★ Ollie Cole
★ Damien Rice
★ Conor Deasy (The Thrills)
★ Matt Lunson
★ Lisa Hannigan
★ Nina Persson (The Cardigans)
★ Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol)
★ Gemma Hayes
★ Josh Ritter
★ Neil Hannon (Divine Comedy) | Albums: The Cake Sale |
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