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Mick Jagger Spawns New Super Group 'Super Heavy'
Saturday, 21 May 2011 Written by Elliott Batte
Mick Jagger Spawns New Super Group 'Super Heavy'

Rolling Stones frontman has formed a new rock super group – appropriately named Super Heavy.

Jagger will be performing alongside Dave Stewart, Joss Stone and Damian Marley in an all-star team of legendary musicians, which will have music fans worldwide anticipating their new sounds for months to come.

Also included in the super group is AR Rahman, composer of the award-winning scores from films like Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours.

Speaking to NME, Jagger told of how the band came into being.

"The four of us got together and thought we'd go into a studio and throw some things around, see what would happen, if we'd have fun.

"We didn't know what kind of music we'd make. We knew it would be a laugh, because we all got on. But you can have a laugh and nothing comes out, y'know.”

He then continued, speaking about the sort of music that fans can expect from the A-Lister-infused band.

"We've got some more reggae songs, some rock, some ballads, some soul music. We've got one song in Urdu, I managed to do one line in Urdu, only one! It's not world music per se, a Womad festival kind of thing. It's a much more accessible style, a lot of dancey things.

"We'd all leap in with our ideas, getting excited about one another. We're four vocalists, we've never worked like that before. It's great because the whole burden's not on you, and that made it fun. There are a lot of different musical styles, maybe even some we've invented.

"If you're a Rolling Stones fan there's definitely stuff you can relate to. Other stuff that you can't relate to so much, maybe if you listen you'll enjoy it. I don't think it's so far off the beaten track that you can't understand it.

"If people really like it, we will. If they don't like it we won't! We haven't planned to do a tour or anything, but if people really like it maybe we will. We'd love to get together and play some of it live.”

With this idea of Super Heavy hitting the road and playing out, Stones fans may be forced to wait a little longer for a tour – but with Super Heavy touring instead, will they really care? Keep posted on Stereoboard for future Super Heavy tour information.
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