'Supergroups' that Worked.....and those that didn't....?

Cream, ELP worked.

Blind Faith didn't.

Crosby Stills Nash & Young were always better when Neil Young was in the band.

Most recently I thought that SuperHeavy worked well?

Transatlantic Worked

Agree with BigH, both ELP and Cream worked.  Blind Faith did not.

MDS 

I enjoyed Them Crooked Vultures, and the 2LP set is even better than the CD. 

I quite liked Oasis.

Didn't like the Three Tenors.

Oasis would never qualify, before or since, as a Supergroup,

They were shite, though.

Mary Hopkin is shite. Are you joking. One on the best folk singers Britain has produced. 

Cream were great for the most part - Bad Company were great on their first album and live. In terms of the prog end - yawn but i'm minded towards some King Crimson - do they  count?

........ and I listen to Blind Faith an awful lot more than Cream.

Nowt so queer as folk (The Albion Band)

I agree Adam. Blind Faith were in part where Eric wanted to Cream to end up i.e. Steve Winwood in the band but Steve wasn't inclined to step into the cauldron that was Baker/Bruce!!!

I think Blind Faith are not as revered as Cream solely for the fact they weren't around for long but their album is superb.

As regards Blind Faith I believe Steve was keen to play with Eric and vica versa.

it was Ginger who forced himself in as Steve was keen but Eric, how shall I say it, was not so keen.

Around this time Jimi Hendrix was playing with Steve and some of his Traffic mates.  

Mitch is reported to have said that Jimi wanted Steve in his post Experience band....now that would have been a supergroup!

Richard

Supergroups that were lesser than the sum of the parts of couse should include:

Asia

The Firm

Totally agree Ron. Also didn't Stevie Winwood and others from Traffic play some part on Jimi's Electric Ladyland album?

Yeah, Steve played Voodo Chile with Jimi on Electric Ladyland with Mitch and Jack Cassidy.

i have seen Steve play it on his recent tours a few times and also with Eric.

Also Dave Mason and Chris Wood, both of Traffic, are on various Hendrix live albums.

Only guy from the 60's Traffic I have not heard play with Hendrix is Jim Capaldi...unless anyone knows different?

Richard

For a supergroup fail try the G3 (Malsteem, Satriani and Vai) version of Red House. All inflections of the original are lost under a welter of 300 bpm thin toned guitar shred. I have seen people in a redneck bar do better versions. 

Don't agree. Though Young played with them live from the outset, the first CSN LP is a gem and Deja Vu is half-crap.

Manassas was a low-key supergroup and initially quite brilliant.

I agree with you Dave about the CSN/CSNY studio albums but when they played together live they did gel well, especially on the electric sets. I've always felt the studio albums were largely made up of individual tracks of the individual member that sound very similar to tracks on their solo albums' e.g. 'Helpless' would have sounded right at home on 'After The Gold Rush' etc. Apart from the harmonies they were a group of individuals. I love the music though.

And yet...  CSN (the album) is another gem. 

Strat,

Didn't you mean to type - "Unlike most Bad Company fans, who feel they were great on their first or maybe second albums, I believe they actually got it right with their brilliant third, Run With............ "

There, now that seems to read MUCH BETTER  

I'm sure I read that before somewhere. G