Why Do "Supergroups" Have Such Crap Names? By Clark Benson [94 more lists]
List of horribly-named Rock Supergroups. Why this trend? Do they not have access to a thesaurus? Is it because the bandmembers don't have shared-life experiences and can't agree on anything cool? Do they all just completely lack a shred of a clue living in their "rock star bubbles"? Is it because, already being rich and famous, all the bandmembers decide they can afford to waste precious branding on some inside joke (probably resulting from some coke-addled bonding session)? Do their multiple managers just throw their arms in the air and give up? It can't be a complete lack of creativity - some of these groups can still write great songs.
Who knows. The evidence is clear - Rock Supergroups have a surprisingly high instance of crap names. Vote up if you think the name is crap, to rank them from worst to just-sorta bad. Another cop-out for Supergroups is to just name them by combining band names - we will leave out bandnames like Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young or West, Bruce, and Laing since it's hard to rank them as any worse than the next one, though I don't condone this naming-convention either.
Examples of decent-to-good supergroup names, for the record: Blind Faith, Cream, The Raconteurs
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Alternative rock, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Alternative metal, Funk-rock, Post-grunge, Funk metal, Grunge music MoreLos AngelesCochise, Live EP, Live in Cuba, Revelations, Like a Stone, Be Yourself, Out of Exile, Give, Audioslave, Civilian: The Demos, Live in Cuba, Show Me How to Live, Out of Exile, Revelations, Audioslave, Civilian Demo, Doesn't Remind Me More - 3
Alternative rock, Electronic music, New Wave, Alternative dance, House music, Electronic dance music, Electronica, Madchester MoreManchesterForbidden City, Get the Message, Getting Away With It..., Electronic, Late at Night, Feel Every Beat, For You, Vivid, Second Nature, Until the End of Time, Raise the Pressure, Twisted Tenderness, For You, Disappointed, Get the Message - The Best Of, Get the Message - The Best of Electronic More“ Because they weren't really all that electronic. „ - 4
Alternative rock, Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metalRancho Santa MargaritaLibertad, Slither, Contraband, Fall to Pieces, Melody and the Tyranny, Contraband, Contraband, Bonus Material More - 5
Alternative rock, Rock music, Psychedelic rock, Neo-PsychedeliaSeattleShame, Interiors, Brad vs. Satchel, Welcome to Discovery Park, Best Friends?, 20th Century More“ Great Pearl Jam side project that many people know nothing about, partly due to their crap name „ - 6
Rock music, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rockChickenfoot IV, Chickenfoot“ I actually really like this band. In spite of them having perhaps the Worst. Bandname. Ever. „ - 7
The Firm
Rock music, Hard rock, Blues-rockMean Business, The Firm, Jimmy Page's Firm“ Maybe in the UK this is a cool band name, but in the US it couldn't be more "corporate rock". „ - 8 Rock musicHerculean, Kingdom of Doom, Live from SoHo
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Super Heavy
Rock music, Electronic music, Soul music, Reggae, Indian popSuperHeavyadded by: DaveWhitaker - 10 Rock music, Pop rockNew York CityLiving In Fear, The Power Station, Best Of: Ten Best Series
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Them Crooked Vultures
Alternative rock, Hard rockMind Eraser, No Chaser, Them Crooked Vultures +Add New Item
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