MALDEN, Mass. — Two members of Grassachusetts and Stink Witch are reportedly forming a three-man supergroup with roadie Brit Charrington on bass, leading some fans to question the supergroup designation altogether.
“Sure, the other two guys are legends. But I’ve done some pretty notable work myself. I was a touring member of GWAR for a whole summer. I know it just looked like a horny lobster on stage, but I promise that was me sweating through the foam,” said Charrington. “I also did a bit of session work on an unreleased Bongzilla album. Oh, and I even played the tambourine for Mastodon once. They did ask me to play from behind the stage, but if you can find any of those live recordings, you can hear me loud and clear.”
Jayden Briggs, fan of both Grassachusetts and Stink Witch, remains skeptical.
“I’m just not buying it. When I think of supergroups, I think of heavy hitters like Chickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle. Who the fuck is this Brett Charringuard guy?” asked Briggs. “Why can’t they get someone respectable? I don’t mean to be rude, like, I’m sure Bront Charizard is good or whatever. But at least get someone I know or have literally heard of in passing. Like, just off the top of my head, maybe Michael Anthony.”
Music historian Easton Hilbert agrees that the term supergroup is starting to get a bit fuzzy for his liking.
“It’s rare to find a group like boygenius that is equally respected across all members. More often than not, you have to compromise a little. Or a lot, if you’re the Hollywood Vampires and you accidentally invite Johnny Depp on stage once,” said Gilbert. “But this is too much. Taking two famous guys and adding a rando on bass is absolutely foul play. And while we’re at it, I don’t think you should be able to do the Audioslave thing either. That’s just Rage with a different vocalist. If that was Van Halen, they’d just call them Van Halen.”
In related news, Sebastian Bach announced he’s reforming Damnocracy with Jason Bonham’s nephew on drums and a former contestant from Rock of Love on guitar.