Cream
The Highwaymen
Asia
Velvet Revolver
a bunch of groups that never had a hit song
Bad English (sometimes)
Damn Yankees (sometimes)
Who's not on the list? The Storm. Who is on the list? Journey
!!!! Journey's made several super group lists including wikipedia's.Journey
To many, the epitome of corporate rock cheese; to others, the epitome of timeless radio favorites. Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon were vets from Santana when they clicked with Ross Valory (Steve Miller Band) and Prairie Prince (The Tubes; he was replaced by Jeff Beck, Bowie and Zappa alumnus Aynsley Dunbar). Nothing really worked until they added mega-octave singer Steve Perry - from there, the hits rolled in. Perry split in the mid-'80s for a solo career (and he's been MIA for a while now), but the band, with a continuing array of lead singers (the latest found on YouTube!) continues to this day.
MusicRadar rating 3/5
Damn Yankees
Americana bombast at its most bombastic. Loincloth enthusiast Ted Nugent alongside Tommy Shaw from Styx, Jack Blades from Night Ranger and Michael Cartellone from we-have-no-idea…even on paper, this sounds bad! The band scored a big cheese ball hit with the power ballad High Enough, and sure enough, this is where their sights were set: at the lowest common denominator. Don't Tread, a follow-up to their self-titled debut, finished them off, mercifully.
MusicRadar rating 1/5
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More on Bad English, Damn Yankees, and Neal Schon.
Interestingly, there were a few musical contrivances in the 1980's for some strange reason.
Coming back to Sammy Hagar he joined up with Journey guitarist Neal Schon, Kenny Aaronson of Foghat and Santana drummer Michael Shrieve in 1983.
Calling themselves 'Hagar, Schon, Aaronson Shrieve' or 'H.S.A.S.' for short they came up with a very good album in 'Through the Fire'.
A quality AOR collection of tunes that still sound fresh today due to strong production and excellent musicianship on songs like 'Valley of the Kings', 'Missing You', 'Top of the Rock' and an interesting guitar version of Procul Harem's 'Whiter Shade of Grey'.
The incredible fact is that it was all recorded live on stage with guitar dubs added to the mix and crowd noise removed in the studio. Definitely an album that was an exception to the rule and they should have recorded more.
As should have Bad English too who comprised John Waite on vocals with his fellow ex-Babys star Jonathan Cain.
The latter, of course, was in Journey along with guitarist Neal Schon who made up the third of the famous trio in this band.
They formed in 1988 and were joined by Ricky Phillips, also of the Babys as well as Deen Castronovo on drums and released two useful albums in 'Bad English' and 'Backlash' .
With classic songs like 'Forget Me Not', 'Price of Love’, ‘So This is Eden', 'Time Stood Still' and the No.1 ballad 'When I See You Smile', written by Diane Warren, they came up with some great Soft Rock tunes. I would give them pass marks with distinction. Not bad at all.
At the end of the decade the Damn Yankees formed and enjoyed short-lived success with guitar-legend Ted Nugent, Jack Blades from Nightranger, Tommy Shaw of Styx and Michael Carellone on drums. They had two successful albums and also hit No.3 in the U.S. with a single 'High Enough' in 1990.
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What do you think makes a super group? Did the original line up of Journey count as one even though they didn't have much success? Why has The Storm never made any of these lists? Ross, Gregg, and Steve Smith weren't enough for the world?