This is a list of supergroups, music groups whose members are already successful as solo artists or as part of other groups. Usually used in the context of rock bands such as Audioslave and Chickenfoot, the term has also been applied to groups based in other musical genres such as the Three Tenors in Opera, as well as in R&B/Pop with such popular acts like Bell Biv DeVoe (BBD), LSG & TGT. The term is applied in hip-hop to collaborations such as The Firm, Westside Connection, Method Man & Redman, Kids See Ghosts, and Mount Westmore.
Supergroups are sometimes formed as side projects and thus not intended to be permanent, while other times can become the primary project of the members' careers. Charity supergroups, where prominent musicians perform or record together in support of a particular cause, have been common since the 1980s.
List of groups
Groups with numerous albums and/or live appearances This is a list of notable supergroups which have performed or recorded more than a single song/album or live shows together.
Founded Band/project name Members Notes Citations 1960 The 4 Seasons Frankie Valli (The Four Lovers, solo) Bob Gaudio (The Royal Teens) Tommy DeVito (The Four Lovers) Charles Calello
Nick Massi (The Hollywood Playboys, among othersWalter Gollender. Bim Bam Boom No. 8 (December 1972).Florio, Steve (December 28, 2000). Four Seasons member succumbs to cancer, Rollingthe Stone. Retrieved May 21, 2023.) replaced Calello from late 1960 to September 1965. Several studio albums and over 100 singles. Originally assembled from various New Jersey club groups, over the years, other notable names, including Demetri Callas (The Bad Boys and Flavor), Don Ciccone (The Critters), John Paiva (The Happenings), Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf) and session keyboardist Robby Robinson came and went as performers, with Valli the lone constant performer and Gaudio remaining as business partner. 1965 Steampacket Long John Baldry (Blues Incorporated, Cyril Davies R&BStars, Hoochie Coochie Men) Rod Stewart (The Ray Davies Quartet, Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions, Hoochie Coochie Men) Julie Driscoll (Harold Geller Group, Hoochie Coochie Men, Trinity) Brian Auger (Trinity) Vic Briggs (The Echoes, Trinity) Richard Brown (Trinity) Micky Waller (Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars, The Flee-Rekkers) Albums: Steampacket, The First Supergroup 1966 Cream Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) Jack Bruce (Graham Bond Organisation, Manfred Mann) Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation) Albums: Fresh Cream (1966), Disraeli Gears (1967), Wheels of Fire (1968), Goodbye (1969) The Soul Clan Solomon Burke Otis Redding Wilson Pickett (The Falcons, solo) Don Covay Joe Tex
Arthur Conley replaced Redding in 1967 Ben E. King (The Drifters, solo) replaced Pickett in 1967 Albums: The Soul Clan 1968 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young David Crosby (The Byrds) Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield) Graham Nash (The Hollies)
Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse) joined in 1969, then quit and rejoined sporadically over the following decades John Barbata (The Turtles) joined in late 1968, but was never a named partner Albums: Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969), Déjà Vu (1970), CSN (1977), Daylight Again (1982), American Dream (1988), Live It Up (1990), After the Storm (1994), and Looking Forward (1999), three live albums Honey Cone Edna Wright (The Blossoms) Carolyn Willis (The Girlfriends) Shelly Clark (The Ikettes) Albums: Take Me with You (1970), Sweet Replies (1971), Soulful Tapestry (1971), and Love, Peace & Soul (1972) 1969 Blind Faith Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream) Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream) Steve Winwood (Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group) Ric Grech (Family) Albums: Blind Faith (1969)King Crimson Robert Fripp (Giles, Giles and Fripp) Michael Giles (Giles, Giles and Fripp) Greg Lake Ian McDonald Peter Sinfield. Cactus Jim McCarty (The Detroit Wheels, Buddy Miles) Rusty Day (The Amboy Dukes) Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge) Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge) Ginger Baker's Air Force Ginger Baker (Cream, Graham Bond Organisation, Blind Faith) Steve Winwood (Traffic, Blind Faith) Ric Grech (Family, Blind Faith) Graham Bond (Graham Bond Organisation) Denny Laine (The Moody Blues) Albums: Ginger Baker's Air Force (1970), Ginger Baker's Air Force 2 (1970) Grand Funk Railroad Mark Farner (Terry Knight and the Pack) Don Brewer (Terry Knight and the Pack) Mel Schacher (? and the Mysterians) 13 studio albums and 9 U.S. top-40 singles. Later incarnations of the band would feature more musicians from other bands. Humble Pie Steve Marriott (Small Faces) Peter Frampton (The Herd) Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth) Clem Clempson (Colosseum) Jerry Shirley (Apostolic Intervention) Albums: Humble Pie, Smokin', and more 1970 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Keith Emerson (The Nice) Greg Lake (The Gods, King Crimson) Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) Albums: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, and more Derek and the Dominos Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream) Bobby Whitlock (Delaney and Bonnie) Carl Radle (Delaney and Bonnie) Jim Gordon (Delaney and Bonnie) Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band) Albums: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (aka "Jefferson Starship", referring only to the ad hoc lineup assembled to record Blows Against the Empire, and not the better known Jefferson Starship lineup after its 1974 and later incarnation) Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) David Crosby (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) Peter Kaukonen Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane) Harvey Brooks Joey Covington (Jefferson Airplane) Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) Graham Nash (The Hollies, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead) David Freiberg (Jefferson Airplane) Phill SawyerAlbums: Blows Against the Empire (1970), Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra (1983) 1971 Captain Beyond Rod Evans (Deep Purple) Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (Iron Butterfly) Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly) Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter) Albums: Captain Beyond, Sufficiently Breathless, Far Beyond a Distant Sun - Live Arlington, Texas and more. Locomotiv GT Tamás Barta (Syconor, Syrius, Hungária) Károly Frenreisz (Metro) József Laux (Omega) Gábor Presser (Omega) The band originally started after a ballot to choose "Hungarian dream band". 1972 ABBA Agnetha Fältskog (solo) Björn Ulvaeus (Hootenanny Singers) Benny Andersson (The Hep Stars) Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad (solo)First formed in November 1970 as Festfolk in Gothenburg. The group did not officially form until 1972, when they started recording their first album and single as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid (Frida), in Stockholm, before the band name was changed to ABBA, two years later.
Albums: Ring Ring, Waterloo, ABBA, Arrival, and more Beck, Bogert & Appice Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group) Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus) Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus) West, Bruce and Laing Leslie West (Mountain, solo) Jack Bruce (Cream, The Tony Williams Lifetime, solo) Corky Laing (David Rea, Mountain) 10cc Neil Sedaka (The Tokens, solo) Graham Gouldman (Hotlegs, The Mindbenders) Eric Stewart (The Mindbenders, Hotlegs, Doctor Father) Kevin Godley (Hotlegs, Doctor Father) Lol Creme (Hotlegs, Doctor Father)
Paul Burgess replaced Sedaka in 1973Albums credited to Sedaka solo: Solitaire, The Tra-La Days Are Over; without Sedaka, the group recorded 11 studio albums and 35 singles Eagles Don Henley (Linda Ronstadt, Shiloh) Glenn Frey (Linda Ronstadt, Longbranch Pennywhistle) Bernie Leadon (Dillard & Clark, The Flying Burrito Brothers) Randy Meisner (Poco) Joe Walsh (James Gang, Barnstorm) - Replaced Bernie Leadon in 1975With 7 studio albums, 11 compilation albums, 3 live albums, and multiple awards won, the Eagles are considered one of the most influential rock n roll groups of all time and one of the top 100 greatest groups of all time. 1973 Journey Gregg Rolie (Santana) Neal Schon (Santana) George Tickner (Frumious Bandersnatch) Ross Valory (Steve Miller Band) Prairie Prince (The Tubes)
Aynsley Dunbar (The Jeff Beck Group, Frank Zappa, David Bowie) replaced Prince in 1974 Albums: Journey, Look into the Future, Next, and more Bad Company Paul Rodgers (Free) Mick Ralphs (Mott the Hoople) Boz Burrell (King Crimson, solo) Simon Kirke (Free) Albums: Bad Company, Straight Shooter, Run With the Pack and more. 1974 Armageddon Bobby Caldwell (Johnny Winter, Captain Beyond) Louis Cennamo (Renaissance, Colosseum, Steamhammer) Martin Pugh (Steamhammer) Keith Relf (The Yardbirds, Renaissance) 1975 KGB Michael Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Electric Flag) Ric Grech (Family, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force) Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice) Barry Goldberg (Electric Flag, sessions) Ray Louis Kennedy (solo—co-writer of "Sail On, Sailor") Albums: KGB (1976), Motion (1976—without Bloomfield and Grech) Sonic's Rendezvous Band Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5) Scott Morgan (The Rationals) Scott Asheton (The Stooges) Gary Rassmussen (The Up) Albums: Sweet Nothing (1999), City Slang (2000), Sonic's Rendezvous Band (Box Set) (2006), Masonic Temple, Detroit 1978 (2007) Little River Band Glenn Shorrock (The Twilights, Axiom) Graeham Goble (Mississippi) Beeb Birtles (Zoot, Mississippi) Derek Pellicci (Mississippi) Ric Formosa Roger McLachlan Albums: Little River Band, After Hours, Diamantina Cocktail, Sleeper Catcher, First Under the Wire, Time Exposure and more
John Farnham (solo) replaced Shorrock as lead singer in 1982. 1976 Paice Ashton Lord Ian Paice (Deep Purple, Green Bullfrog) Tony Ashton (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, Family, Green Bullfrog) Jon Lord (Deep Purple) Albums: Malice in Wonderland (1977) 1977 U.K. John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep) Allan Holdsworth (Igginbottom, Tempest, Soft Machine) Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, 801) Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson)
Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa) replaced Bruford in 1978 Albums: U.K. (1978), Danger Money (1979) 1978 Serú Girán Charly García (Sui Generis, La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros) David Lebón (Pescado Rabioso, Pappo's Blues) Pedro Aznar (Alas, Madre Atómica) Oscar Moro (Los Gatos) Albums: Serú Giran, La grasa de las capitales, Bicicleta, and more. Yellow Magic Orchestra Haruomi Hosono (Happy End) Ryuichi Sakamoto (solo) Yukihiro Takahashi (Sadistic Mika Band) Albums: Yellow Magic Orchestra, Solid State Survivor, X∞Multiplies, BGM, Technodelic, Naughty Boys, Service, and Technodon 1979 Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath) Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot) Bob Daisley (Rainbow) Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep) 11 studio albums and 33 singles. "Blizzard of Ozz" was only used in preproduction; all of the music has been credited to Osbourne alone.Sky John Williams (solo) Francis Monkman (Curved Air) Herbie Flowers (Blue Mink, CCS, T. Rex) Kevin Peek (James Taylor Move, Quartet, solo) Tristan Fry (L.P.O., Fires of London, London Sinfonietta) 8 studio albums, 2 live albums, 4 compilation albums and 2 singles. 1980 The (Notorious) Cherry Bombs Rodney Crowell (Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band) Vince Gill (Pure Prairie League, solo) Emory Gordy Jr. (Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band, TCB Band) Richard Bennett (Neil Diamond) Tony Brown Larrie Londin (The Funk Brothers, TCB Band)Albums: The Notorious Cherry Bombs (2004)1981 Asia John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep) Steve Howe (Yes) Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Emerson, Lake & Palmer)