SuperHeavy was a one-off supergroup project consisting of

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, Dave Stewart,

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, and Damian Marley. Stone and Stewart have collaborated in the past with Jagger. Jagger said of the band, "We wanted a convergence of different musical styles... We were always overlapping styles, but they were nevertheless separate". Jagger wanted SuperHeavy to showcase different musical styles, with music ranging from

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History

The existence of SuperHeavy was secret until May 2011.

, English musician and the lead vocalist of rock band

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, announced its formation on 20 May 2011. SuperHeavy was Dave Stewart's idea. Inspired by the sounds washing into his home in St Ann's Bay,

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, Stewart urged Jagger to fuse their sound with that of Indian orchestras. Stewart and Jagger had mutual liking for Indian orchestrations; thus,

was added to the supergroup. The name of the band is said to be inspired by

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. In early 2009, Jagger, Rahman, Stewart,

and Damian Marley experimented at

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, trying to "write songs which had meaning", during which they recorded 29 songs in 10 days. SuperHeavy is rounded out by Marley's rhythm section of bassist/composer

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and drummer Courtney Diedrick along with a longtime Stewart collaborator, rock violinist Ann Marie Calhoun. The group began recording their self-titled debut album in early 2009 at a studio in Los Angeles. The album was previewed at Jim Henson Studios, Los Angeles, on 30 June 2011. The band played eight of the recorded songs at the event. Their debut single, "Miracle Worker", released on 6 July 2011, received mostly positive reviews. Mick Jagger sings in

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on " Satyameva Jayathe" ("truth alone triumphs"), the second single, released on 9 August 2011. Composed by Rahman, the song also features Stewart, Stone and Marley.

Members

– vocals, guitar & harmonica * Damian Marley – vocals & programming *

– vocals *

– vocals, piano, synthesizers, Continuum Fingerboard, drum programming * Dave Stewart – lead guitar

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Other charted songs

References

External links

* (now offline) {{Authority control British rock music groups Musical groups established in 2011 Mick Jagger Rock music supergroups 2011 establishments in California