If you like the sound of all of your favourite musicians getting together to collaborate, then you have plenty of reasons to rejoice. Two of the music world’s biggest supergroups are set to drop albums in the coming months.
If you’re a fan of hard rock and heavy metal, you have even more reason to be happy, because the artists involved is basically a who’s who of the heavy music world, including Dave Grohl, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Alice Cooper, and AC/DC’s Brian Johnson.
First off, Teenage Time Killers, the heavy metal uber-collaboration featuring Grohl and Taylor, along with just about every other metal and punk icon you can name, have just unveiled their first single, featuring Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe.
According to Loudwire, the supergroup’s first ever album, titled Greatest Hits Vol. 1, is currently slated for a US release on 31st July, and will feature Queens of the Stone Age alumni Nick Oliveri, Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba, Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra, and more.
Meanwhile, hard rock legend Alice Cooper is cooking up his own super-collab. Speaking to Billboard just weeks before he’s set to touch down in Australia for a highly anticipated jaunt with Mötley Crüe, the shock rocker says his forthcoming covers album will be an all-star affair.
The album, a tribute to Cooper’s old drinking buddies, The Hollywood Vampires, is “done, mixed [and] ready to go” and features Johnny Depp, Paul McCartney, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, Ringo Starr’s son and The Who drummer Zak Starkey, Dave Grohl, and Brian Johnson.
“I can’t really say [what covers will be on the album] right now,” Cooper told Billboard. “But if you think of it, who were the Hollywood Vampires? John Lennon was there. Jim Morrison was an early Vampire. We had Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon of course, Harry Nilsson, Marc Bolan. Those guys were all Vampires.”
“The performers have to be dead. Or mentally dead. Or should be dead,” Cooper added. While there’s no release date set for the record, the shock rock progenitor is saying he hopes the album will be unveiled later this year.
