Supergroup Edit Meaning

1.

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)

2.

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!

See tom morello, alice in chains, rage against the machine, awesome