Johnny Depp Has Helped Form A New Supergroup - But What Other Superbands Are Out There?
What do Johnny Deep and Alice Cooper have in common? The desire to create a very exciting new supergroup it would seem. Eclectic actor Depp has joined forces with rock stars Alice Copper, Joe Perry, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum to form The Hollywood Vampires - a collaboration announced at the beginning of this year that will debut with two live Los Angeles gigs in September and perform Rock in Rio in Brazil later in the same month.
Under McBusted at that event, the six-piece played Busted’s Air Hostess and McFly’s Shine a Light and by November of the same year, the novelty six-piece had become a permanent fixture.
Since the new line-up, the boys have enjoyed a sell-out 34 show nationwide tour, going on the road with One Direction in Demark and a number of 2015 summer appearances.
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However, the longevity of the McSupergroup was called into question when Tom Fletcher of McFly said: "McBusted was an opportunity to have fun without knowing where it would take us but McFly is for life.
"We want to make album number six."
American rock supergroup, Audioslave, permeated our ear drums with great music from 2001 to 2007.
The band was made up of former Soundgarden lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and former Rage Against The Machine members, Tom Morello, Tim Cummerford and Brad Wilk.
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Initially dubbed as a basic combination of Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine, by the band’s second album it was clear that they had a distinct, individual identity of their own - blending 1970s hard rock with 1990s alternative rock.
However, despite three albums, three Grammy nominations and becoming the first American rock band to perform an open air concert in Cuba, it seems this supergroup did not disband on a super friendly note.
Chris Cornell released a statement that said he was leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical difference" and that was the end of that.
The Raconteurs
Whether you know them as The Raconteurs or The Saboteurs if you’re in Australia, most people know this one of Jack White’s many offshoots as a band that is definitely worth listening out for.
The group comprises Jack White of the former White Stripes and the current Dead Weather, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence of the Greenhornes, Blanche and The Dead Weather and Patrick Keeler also of The Greenhornes.
The band began in 2005 with Steady, As She Goes and tried to denounce the concept of the ‘Supergroup’, claiming that they were simply a new band made up of old friends.
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The band - super or no - released two albums, Broken Boy Soldiers and Consolers Of The Lonely but since 2011, they have been on a hiatus that Brendan Benson suggested could be a split explaining that a new Raconteurs album is "off the table".
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver were anything but velvety with a super collaboration that created hard rock with former Guns ‘N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagen and Matt Sorum alongside Dave Kushner of punk band Wasted Youth. Original vocalist Scoot Weiland, formerly of Stone Temple, left the band in 2008 with critics suggesting that the band’s disconnect with Scott’s style was one of their downfalls.
However, with Scott the band achieved commercial success with their album Contraband and won a Grammy award for Slither for Best Hard Rock Performance.
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They released Libertad in 2007 but when Weiland left a year later to reform with Stone Temple, Velvet Revolver was unable put anything new out, asking their fans for time to go through whatever creative process was necessary to replace Weiland.