Editing Supergroup (music) (section)

==Criticism of the expression==
The very definition of a ''supergroup'' hinges on the members already having been "successful". This itself is a subjective term, though metrics such as career earnings, records sold, number of commercial hit songs written and musician longevity can all be used to establish the objective success of a musical band and its individual members.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=10 August 2016 |title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Supergroups |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-supergroups-105530/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113044434/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-supergroups-105530/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lester |first=Paul |date=25 June 2008 |title=Why supergroups are rarely more than the sum of their parts |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/jun/25/whysupergroupsarerarelymor |access-date=13 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113050811/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/jun/25/whysupergroupsarerarelymor |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tyler Golsen in ''[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]'' writes that "Today, the term “supergroup” has something of a negative connotation. It usually signifies a short-term vanity project that attempts to profit off members’ reputations with their past works".<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2023 |title=10 forgotten modern supergroups |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-forgotten-modern-supergroups/ |access-date= |website=[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]] |language=en-US |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113163059/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-forgotten-modern-supergroups/ |url-status=live |first = Tyler |last=Golsen}}</ref>

In 1974, a ''[[Time (magazine)|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". The article acknowledged that groups such as Cream and Blind Faith "played enormous arenas and made megabucks, and sometimes megamusic", with the performances "fueled by dueling egos". However, while this "musical infighting built up the excitement&nbsp;... it also made breakups inevitable."<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879436,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228134147/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879436,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 December 2007 | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | title=Music: Return of a Supergroup | date=5 August 1974 | access-date=24 May 2010}}</ref>