94XPOSED MARCH 9TH 2010

Gnarls Barkley's Danger Mouse has teamed up with the Shins' lead singer James Mercer to create a new band called Broken Bells. In honor of the newly formed super-duo, TIME takes a look previous all-star bands.

10. Broken Bells
9. The Raconteurs
Jack White is something of a supergroup floozy. The White Stripes frontman already has a group newer than The Raconteurs — The Dead Weather — but it'll be tough to match the success of that first 2006 project with co-vocalist Brendan Benson and two members of garage rockers, The Greenhornes. The Raconteurs' single, "Steady, As She Goes" was a summer radio smash, and the album, "Broken Boy Soldiers," sold some 425,000 copies.

RACONTEURS - STEADY AS SHE GOES
VELVET REVOLVER - SLITHER
 
8. Velvet Revolver
In 2004 the VH1 program Inside Out: The Rise of Velvet Revolver chronicled how former Guns N' Roses members — guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum — held auditions a year earlier in search of a lead singer for their new group. After meetings with musicians like Skid Row's Sebastian Bach and Travis Meeks of Days of the New, they finally picked former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland. The group recorded its first album Contraband in late 2003 with tracks like "Fall to Pieces" and "Set Me Free," which appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Hulk. They followed that up with 2007's Libertad, but shortly thereafter announced that Weiland would be leaving the band because of "erratic behavior" most likely tied to his ongoing struggle with drug abuse. Rumors have swirled over the past several years about who might become the new frontman, but so far, no deals have been made.
7. Child Rebel Soldier
6. Asia

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5. Broken Social Scene
4. The Highwaymen
3. The Plastic Ono Band
2. The Traveling Wilburys
The Traveling Wilburys united some of the brightest lights in music: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Formed in 1988 after the singers (and friends) spontaneously collaborated on a song to accompany "This is Love," a single from Harrison's Cloud Nine album, the supergroup recorded one album together, 1988's Grammy-winning Vol. 1. Orbison died a few months after the album's release, and the four remaining musicians reunited two years later to record their second disc, Vol. 3.

HEADSTONES - TWEETER & THE MONKEY MAN
CROSBY STILLS NASH & YOUNG - OHIO
1. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Once called the mightiest supergroup of all-time, David Crosby (of The Byrds), Stephen Stills (of Buffalo Springfield), Graham Nash (of The Hollies) and later Neil Young (also of Buffalo Springfield) came together in the late 1960s to rock — harmoniously. They threw their already famous names and talents together to form Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The two albums they produced (a self-titled debut with the original three members and Déjà Vu with Young) during their initial 15 months together "completely dominated the U.S. rock scene" of the day and still rank high in rock history today. Though their tours have shrunk in size since they played one of their very first gigs before 500,000 screaming fans at Woodstock, all four members toured together in 2006 and the original three have a tour scheduled for this summer.

Check out the full list with Descriptions of each group at http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1970620,00.html

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Brad Delp
June 25, 1951 – March 9, 2007
Brad Delp was the the unmistakable voice of Tom Scholz’s arena-rock band Boston, one of the break-out acts of the 1970s. Born in 1951, Delp was one of countless teenagers who, after witnessing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, knew that rock ‘n roll was to be his life’s calling. Delp first began working with Scholz in the latter’s 1969 band, Mother’s Milk. The group was soon renamed Boston and released its self-titled debut in 1976. With hits like “More Than A Feeling,” “Peace of Mind,” and “Foreplay/Long Time,” the album propelled the group into the international spotlight and, with over 17 million copies sold, became the biggest selling debut album in history. It still stands as one of the iconic releases of the era. It’s quick follow-up, Don’t Look Back sold an astonishing four million in just its first month, and went on to sell seven million. The group’s Third Stage followed in 1986, and in 1991, Delp left the group to form RTZ. Delp and Scholz reunited in Boston in 1994, but as would be expected, they never achieved the success of their first releases. It should be noted that Delp wrote or co-wrote several of Boston’s songs over the years. In later years, he performed in various groups or projects. On March 9, 2007, Brad Delp surprised friends and family by taking his own life when, on the eve of his wedding, he lit two charcoal barbecues in a sealed bathroom. He was 55 when he died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

BOSTON - MORE THAN A FEELING




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