What is it about the Internet that just invites the snark? Instead of leaving well enough alone and maintaining its focus on True Blood and fashion, New York's Vulture blog decided to vent a little aggression bashing the likes of Slaughterhouse (composed of Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, Royce Da 5'9" and Joe Budden), Tinted Windows (Taylor Hanson, Bun E. Carlos, James Iha, and Adam Schlesinger), and Power Station (the two Taylors from Duran Duran, drummer Tony Thompson, and Robert Palmer) as the medal podium of unimpressive "supergroups." While none of the bands on the list exactly changed the landscape of music, none of them are really horrible either. It should also be noted that very few bands represent themselves as supergroups. Most of the bands on the list are comprised of musicians merely looking to catch a break or continue making music after the dissolution of their original groups. A better target might be supergroups who sold themselves as such, like CSNY or We Are the World. In other words, leave Taylor Hanson alone! [New York Magazine]

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interesting. didn't the person who wrote this post also used to write for prefix? also, that slaughterhouse album was a bit disappointing, but maybe because I had such high expectations for it.