Golden Smog: Tramps, New York NY
Mark Kemp, Rolling Stone, 30 May 1996
THE PROBLEM with supergroups is that they have no center of gravity. Try finding a predominant vision in the music of rock's original supergroup, Blind Faith. Today's alternative bands face a similar dilemma, but with a twist: They're so damned democratic, nobody wants to claim the spotlight. So what do you get when alternative types form a supergroup? You get a stuporgroup — all the right slacker chops and zero star power.
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