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Annoying Supergroup
On a lazy Friday afternoon in the office, colleagues and I were trying to come up with a supergroup made up of annoying, sanctimonious, pompous individuals who inspire as much hatred and loathing as love and affection (this was inspired by my assertion that Bono is, without doubt, the most irritating person in rock).
This is what we came up with:
Lead singer - Bono
Keyboards and backup vocals - Chris Martin
Bass - Sting (or Nicky Wire if Sting's in the middle of a tantric shag)
We then hit a brick wall for drums and guitar.
There was some support for Phil Collins on the drum stool, and some for Eric Clapton on guitar.
However, I'm not 100% convinced by either suggestion.
Any suggestions for completing the lineup?
And any ideas for a name for the supergroup.
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Lead Guitar
Matt Bellamy from Muse
Backing Vox
Sinead and Dolores
Lay off Sinead
sunshine, she's a marvel.
Muse
In Bellamy's world he'd be on guitar, bass, drums and lead vocals.
We might perhaps
put Matt Bellamy in a studio or on a stage with Stephen Stills and let them fight it out?
Don Henley on drums?
Hey, there's a good playground argument...
"Who'd win a fight between..."
I reckon Stills is a bit old and slow now, he's got the weight but I'd give Bellamy the speed. Having said that, one good punch would have Bellamy out for the count
Drums
Ringo - shall we write and tell him?
Mick Hucknall & Jay Kay
gotta be in there somewhere. The knock Bonio into a cocked hat in the annoying stage.
And am I the only person who finds Paul McCartney irritating (and increasingly so).
Macca could be in there....
There was a LOT of support for Macca at first...he was the first name that sprang to mind for bass duties. Definitely someone who's public affection seems to have dwindled in recent years.
Band name: OFCOL
(Oh, For Crying Out Loud)
I'd also suggest Ringo on drums and Brian May on lead guitar.
Not sure Jay Kay is...
sanctimonious and pompous though.
Annoying maybe but I suspect that's just because he's so obviously VERY rich and visibly enjoys flaunting it :-)
He always seems like a likeable chap (albeit an annoyingly rich one)
You might be on your own in that thought
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/just-when-you-think-you-have-someo...
Nooooo...
I agree with Commoner in that thread when he wrote:
"he has a few quid in the bank, a garage full of very nice cars, a posh pad and he had Denise Van Outen for a while...I would be happily be called a few names for those career benefits...."
My self satisfied supergroup would be
Gene Simmons on bass
Eddie Vedder on vocals
Clapton on guitar (for proof that God is dead)
Kelly Jones on rhythm guitar
The Collins on drums
Flea on Trumpet
And they would be called The Smugglers
We need to get Morrissey in there somewhere
Other than Bonio they come no smugger
Band name
UTwats
What could we call them tho'
Roger Hodgson,
Rick Davies,
Dougie Thomson, John Anthony Helliwell and
Bob Siebenberg?
No no no...
That's an annoying Supertramp, not an annoying Supergroup
Silly me....
Supergroup expects talent. Doh!
Hang on...
We forgot Johnny 'Better than Dylan already' Borrell from Razor-f**cking-light. He'd piss off the Dalai Lama. Possibly already has.
For me it would have to be ...
Mick Hucknell - lead vocals and general smarming
Yngwie Malmsteen - lead guitar and ego
Chris Martin - Keyboards, guitar, backing vocals and macrobiotic Fairtrade decaf coffee
Jools Holland - inappropriate and unnecessary boogie-woogie piano
Mani - bass guitar and annoying grinning
Phil (rehabilitation or no rehabilitation) Collins - drums
Bez - bez
Bez is a really good Bez...
surely this group needs a crap Bez with an inflated sense of self-importance.
Back to Mickey Finn again! :-)
Never said he wasn't any good at it...
...just the level of smug self-importance and assumed cosmic singificance that jigging about at the back seems to have left him with! Perfectly qualified!
Richie Blackmore and Roger Taylor
Richie on guitar in full medieval gear and Roger Taylor (Queen) on drums to be able to claim a songwriting credit by rewriting one of his two songs again
To finish it off
Drums - Lars Ulrich
Guitar - Pete Docherty
Band Name - I second Vulpes 'UTwats'
"annoying, sanctimonious, pompous"
If there's a space on bass, shouldn't we be contacting Roger Waters?
No no no
If the criteria is smug and self satisfied it must be Gordon Sting on bass. And Stephen Fry on fruity comments from the side. Not sure about Clapton though. He always comes across as quite a modest cove to me.
I'd find room for Bono's fellow superstitionist
Nick Cave.
They could be called Jesus Christ (I leave it up to individual members of the Word massive as to how this is intoned, but would remind them of Alan Partridge's Sunday Bloody Sunday).
What about this for a name?
The Unfortunately Named Kuntz Brothers
I saw that phrase in a film name about a genuine pair of producers, and have always wanted to use it somewhere.
Hell on Earth
Bryan Adams on lead vocals
Cher on backing vocals and the odd duetty bit
Brian May on lead guitar
That chap from Level 42 on bass
Phil Collins on drums ( can`t really think of any drummers I don´t like )
Bez and Morrissey on "dancing around and looking like a twat"