Tinted Windows: Your New Favorite Supergroup?
The concept of a supergroup is often a dodgy proposition. Sure in the mid-to-late '60s, when the term was first coined, there was Cream, Blind Faith, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. But since then, a supergroup is rarely greater than the sum of its parts.
Remember the Firm (both the mid-'80s Paul Rodgers-Jimmy Page combo and the late-'90s hip-hop posse featuring Nas and Foxy Brown)? Didn't think so. How about the Babys-meet-Journey outfit Bad English or the spawn of the Meat Puppets, Nirvana, and Sublime known as Eyes Adrift?
Sure there are better super groupings, including the Raconteurs, but then there is a long-list of the ill fated, such as Rage Against Soundgarden, also known as Audioslave, and the STP-greased Guns N' Roses refugees in Velvet Revolver.
All this supergroup introspection was inspired by the announcement last week that Hanson's Taylor Hanson, former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Fountains Of Wayne and Ivy mainstay Adam Schlesinger, and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos have gotten together and formed Tinted Windows.
You can check out a few snippets of the band performing by clicking on the amusing video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ethkT...layer_embedded
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02-26-2009 08:00 PM #1Eater of Fine Cupcakes
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New Supergroup??
Last edited by benson111; 02-26-2009 at 08:16 PM.
Originally Posted by Der_Lex
No, it's not ok to basically troll a thread like this. He can go be a jerk somewhere else for a while.
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02-26-2009 08:12 PM #2Washed Up
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Don't forget Chickenfoot.
among dreams we're best friends/while in life we float apart
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02-26-2009 08:41 PM #3Prog-nosticator
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The Firm was the only time Page didn't bore me
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02-26-2009 08:50 PM #4Headliner
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Does Sunn O))) & BORIS count as a supergroup?
If so, then holy ****.
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02-26-2009 08:50 PM #5Eater of Fine Cupcakes
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I was partial to Power Station myself.
Originally Posted by Der_Lex
No, it's not ok to basically troll a thread like this. He can go be a jerk somewhere else for a while.
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02-26-2009 09:52 PM #6
I'm a Mr. Big man myself.
DLC wanted:
Kiss, Mr.Big, Queensryche, Firehouse, Stryper, Winger, Quiet Riot, and More Rush!
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02-26-2009 10:26 PM #7Rising Star
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As far as supergroups go, it doesn't get much bigger than The Travelling Wilburys, although I'm partial to Temple of the Dog and Down.
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."
-John Lennon
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02-26-2009 11:55 PM #8
Temple of the Dog was prolly the last brilliant supergroup I can think of, although Velvet Revolver did quite well (not a fan though)
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02-27-2009 12:28 AM #9Headliner
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Temple of the Dog and Probot come to mind.
"Gwen Stefani 1969-2009
Murdered by Afterstasis, who said "I Killed this *****, she had it coming. I know how to ****ing spell bananas." -Quinarvy
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02-27-2009 01:30 AM #10Rising Star
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Probot wasn't a supergroup, just Dave Grohl and a bunch of awesome guest musicians. Now this is a supergroup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4_YxaKu4I"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."
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