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supergroup

Noun

Meaning

Any group composed of other groups.
(mathematics) The group to which a subgroup belongs.

(music) A group of musicians, each a star of another band (especially in rock music).

(physics) A generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry.

(telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.

(geology) A sequence of groups of formations that compose a coherent unit.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group. Peter Hook

Although the supergroup was never formed, Page remembered the phrase and later adapted it as the name of his new band.sfn The Beatles became friends with Moon, leading to occasional collaborations. Source: Internet

After the break-up of King Crimson in 1974, various plans for a supergroup involving bassist John Wetton had been mooted, including the abortive British Bulldog project with Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman in 1976. Source: Internet

Also more recently hard rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures have been playing a song based primarily using a mandolin. Source: Internet

Featuring members of the Shivas, VHS, and Marion Walker, the Pacific Northwest supergroup is debuting their premier, self-titled album through Seattle-based label Casino Trash Records. Source: Internet

Criticism In 1974, a Time magazine article titled "Return of a Supergroup" quipped that the supergroup was a "potent but short-lived rock phenomenon" which was an "amalgam formed by the talented malcontents of other bands." Source: Internet

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