Supergroups That Should Have Been But Never Were

Unfortunately Harari Teenage Riot and Hatari Teenage Riot both never recorded again after their disastrous legal battles finally concluded in 2024.

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Black Plaid Sabbath

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Minutemen At Work

LCD Sound System Of A Down

General Public Image Limited

The Liz Phairport Convention

Richard and Linda Thompson Twins

And (totally cheating because the second half is a song not a band), the amazing Annie Clark/Richard Thompson team-up:

St. Vincent Black Lightning

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Imagine Dragonforce
Demons and Wizzard

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The Rollins Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

No further explanation needed.

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Bee Gees 52.

Buddy Holly & The Alien Ant Farm

The Counting Birds, Eagles, Crows, and A flock of Seagulls.

Snoop Doggy Cat Power.

Arctic Gorillas.

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Arcade Fiery Furnaces

I think And They Will Know Us By The Trail Of Our Dead Milkmen opened for them.

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Only for part of the tour. The Dead Kennedys Can Dance filled in for the rest.

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Einstürzende Ebb.

I saw them when Nitzer Neubaten opened for them!

Also, this thread needs to point out the hip hop super groups:

MC 900 Foot Jesus & Mary Chain

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Extra props for these!!

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And just because it sounds like it describes the essential problem of the last 40 years of rock music (and I say this as someone who liked Led Zeppelin): Scraping Zeppelin Off The Wheel.

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The Jesus, Peter, Paul and Mary Chain

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Fallout Boy George Micheal Jackson Five

Am I doing this right?

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…and if you want to hear a couple suportmantgreaoups, you might enjoy Demi Adejuyigbe (of fake Will Smith soundtrack raps fame; I prefer his Morrissey), e.g.

Please check his full oaeuovre for he is the best.

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Camper van Morrison

System 7 of a Down

Frankie Valli Goes To Hollywood

Frank Sinatra and the Mothers of Invention

I’m going to split that one

RuPaul Elstak
Paul McCarthy

Now, how do we get a Lenin and McCarthy collaboration?

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A new thread on politician/musician portmanteaux?

Simon Bolivar & Garfunkel?

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Cheeky fellas beat us to it…

Careful @DukeTrout , that’s how you get the Andrew Jackson Five.

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I SO want to do a 'shoop of Andrew Jackson, with a 'fro, on a $5 bill now…with the added benefit of making room on the $20 for Harriet Tubman!

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Huey Lewis and the NewSchool Review.

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