Episode 171 - The Supergroup Mixtape (Side B)

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Last week we chatted about a bunch of different supergroups and devised 5 categories that we felt all neatly fell into. If you missed it, catch up by listening here.

It occurred to us soon after recording this episode (well, it occurred to Chris, really) that perhaps there should be a 6th category for supergroups that are side projects. Ones that are not ongoing, regular projects for their members. All three of the album’s we’ve chosen could probably fall into this category too. We’ll leave that discussion for another time as we feel that perhaps side projects, and the very concept of them, deserve an episode in their own right.

Anyway, this week we talk about the three albums we’ve chosen. Are these our favourite albums by supergroups? Not completely, but they are albums we enjoy. Chris picked The Director’s Cut by Tomahawk, whilst Mark picked Take a Break by Me FIrst and the Gimme Gimmes, and Dave picked NOLA by Down. We can’t help but play to type, it seems.

We got through each band’s discography a little on this episode too, although we don’t dive too deep on them. Our albums do of course fall into more than one of the categories outlined in the previous episode but that’s ok! We also have regular guest Vicki Henry making a brief appearance to chat about Queens of the Stone Age too!

Next week, Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers…