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abcdefz
11-01-2006, 12:41 PM
...I'm wondering what manufactured bands have actually turned out to produce some good stuff.

By "manufactured" I'm thinking of some group that was put together more by a manager or whatever than by musicians. Yeah, some musicians surely put groups together picking different people for a "look" or something rather than for just musical talent, but with that sort of criteria, every Beatles "tribute" band out there would wind up on this list.

So anyway...


Procol Harum
The Sex Pistols
The Monkees


...um.... um.....
Junker
11-01-2006, 02:00 PM
New Kids On The Block
Jitters
11-01-2006, 02:40 PM
I guess the Sex Pistols count so I'm going to nominate them.
Guy Incognito
11-01-2006, 03:25 PM
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Procol Harum



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:confused: put together by who? I thought they were a band band
abcdefz
11-01-2006, 03:35 PM
:confused: put together by who? I thought they were a band band


"Whiter Shade of Pale" was a studio hit, and the record company put together a band to record an entire album to capitalize on it.

Hard to believe, because PH was quality for a while, there. (y)
monkey
11-01-2006, 03:39 PM
i <3 the monkees. especially peter tork.
abcdefz
11-01-2006, 03:40 PM
My bad:

I just read the history I thought I remembered. The record company didn't, finally, put the band together; the songwriters did.

They had recorded the song, and when it hit #1 in Britain and became succesful in the States, the record company urged Terry Reid to get a group together to tour and record an album.

So scratch Procol Harum from this. Sorry. :o
TimDoolan
11-01-2006, 03:42 PM
*nsucks
Documad
11-01-2006, 07:04 PM
I used to be a member of the Partridge Family Fan Club! <3
I still have the special flimsy 7" they sent me. :)


It sounds like you're not looking for supergroups, but it's my belief that supergroups were the most harmful trend in the history of rock music.
DroppinScience
11-02-2006, 01:05 AM
It sounds like you're not looking for supergroups, but it's my belief that supergroups were the most harmful trend in the history of rock music.

Examples of "supergroups" gone wrong?

All I can think of is Velvet Revolver *puke*

I'm open to the idea if it's executed well. The "supergroups" (to put the term quite loosely) can work with lots of underground groups.
Mr Films
11-02-2006, 03:56 AM
Audioslave
Justin
11-02-2006, 04:30 AM
3rd bass
MC Moot
11-02-2006, 02:27 PM
uhhhh...the Bay City Rollers;) .....and on the opposite end of the spectrum Traveling wilbury's and The Highwaymen
DroppinScience
11-02-2006, 06:07 PM
Audioslave

Oh yeah, OF COURSE! I guess I'm inclined to think that the "supergroup" concept has a better chance of working if it's more members from various smaller groups to join together to form a new groups.

Such as The Raconteurs (well, Jack White's from a big band, but I never heard of those other guys' band before).