supergroup

A (usually) rock band made up of popular and established artists. Oten assembled for a single project and usually heavily hyped, drawing on the combined popularity of the individual artists.

May or may not be successful

See also: synergy, eric clapton

Damn Yankees
Velvet Revolver
Foreigner
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Audioslave
Cream
Yardbirds
Band Aid
The Firm(the rock and hip-hop ones)

by henry lynn February 22, 2005

Supergroup

Class of '99 - Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros, The Panic Channel), and Martyn LeNoble (Porno For Pyros, Jane's Addiction)

Class of '99. Now that's what I call a supergroup!

by Rosko Damon October 09, 2006

Supergroup

A bunch of old famous musicians who used to make good music with their famous bands forming another band. Based on the popularity of their old bands. Usually this band makes music that is mediocre at best and just jam on stage for a bunch of other old people who liked their old bands. While not always bad these bands tend to make music that sounds outdated.

SupergroupCream Asia Damn Yankees Crosby, Stills Nash, and Young Bad Company The Firm Temple of the Dog Audioslave Velvet Revolver Heaven and Hell Chickenfoot The Dead Weather Them Crooked Vultures

by Slash Clapton Dio Page February 10, 2010

world's number one supergroup

The best band in life, Led Zeppelin is often called the number one supergroup.

ignoramus: whats led zeppelin?
coolguy: the world's number one supergroup dumbass

by iluvcheeseandcrackers11 June 12, 2009