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Fantasy supergroup

The B Sides

By Melissa Horal · June 29, 2026 · 251 views

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Will this fantasy supergroup into reality. Manifestation is less likely if any members are deceased.
The B Sides album cover

Tired of living in the shadows, this group of lesser known halves come together to form one supergroup of background support

Badges

  • Alpha Tester

Past reigns

  • Gnome Approved — Held Jul 2026 – Aug 2026 at 4 / 5

The lineup6 members

Not all members are living.

  • Art Garfunkel

    member of Simon & Garfunkel & Tico & The Triumphs, formerly of Tom & Jerry

    • background vocals
    • accordion

  • John Oates

    member of Humanity Chorus & Daryl Hall & John Oates

    • background vocals
    • acoustic guitar

  • Sonny Bono

    Died 1998

    member of Caesar & Cleo, Sonny & Cher, & Little Tootsie

    • background vocals
    • tambourine

  • Andrew Ridgeley

    member of Wham!

    • background vocals
    • guitar

  • DJ Jazzy Jeff

    member of A Touch of Jazz, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, & Bunch of Dope DJs

    • background vocals
    • turntable

  • Ike Turner

    Died 2007

    member of Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm, & Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats

    • background vocals
    • keyboard

The sound

How the lineup's genres blend — each bar's width is that genre's share of the members' tags.

  • Pop3
  • Pop Soul3
  • Pop Rock2
  • Folk Pop2
  • Rock2
  • Rock and Roll2
  • Folk Rock1
  • Hip Hop1
  • other (17)17

The DNA

The real bands behind the lineup — shared bands link the members. Hover to trace a connection.

Ike & Tina TurnerIke Turner & the Kings of RhythmJackie Brenston & His Delta CatsThe Ike Turner BandA Touch of JazzDJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh PrinceBunch of Dope DJsBeats by Dre BandThe Stop the Violence MovementWham!Simon & GarfunkelTico & The TriumphsTom & JerryCaesar & CleoSonny & CherLittle TootsieHale & The HushabyesHumanity ChorusDaryl Hall & John OatesArt GarfunkelJohn OatesSonny BonoAndrew RidgeleyDJ Jazzy JeffIke Turner

The reviews

Three imagined takes on the debut album.

Bowling Gnome
A supergroup of sidemen finally steps into the spotlight with surprising grace. From Garfunkel's accordion on "Never the Lead" to Ike's keys anchoring the groove, these veterans prove credibility doesn't fade—it compounds. ★★★★
Monohardcandy
I braced for the supergroup curse but these guys actually understand what made them essential in the first place: knowing when to step back. The tambourine work alone should quiet every skeptic, but it won't.
Toneutensil
Layered vocal harmonies suggest post-Laurel Canyon sophistication, yet the production leans toward dated hi-fi warmth rather than risk. Competent and safe, occasionally transcendent, never essential. 6.2

All publications and reviews herein are AI-generated fiction. Any resemblance to real outlets is parody.

The imaginary session

Multivyrse believes in ethical training data and compensating human musicians fairly. This is intended as a sketch. This group can't realistically happen now, but here's what it might have sounded like.

Open Suno and switch to Advanced, then paste each block below into the control it names. They're in the same order as Suno's panel, so you can work straight down both.

Lyrics

Set More Options → Lyrics to Write, then paste this. It is the song's shape, not its words — one voice per section, and Suno writes the words itself.

[RAP VERSE: deadpan male rap 1 | steady confident delivery | no singing]

[CHORUS: smooth male baritone 2 | warm rounded belting]

[RAP VERSE: deadpan male rap 1 | punchy syncopated delivery | no singing]

[CHORUS: smooth male baritone 2 | warm rounded belting]

[BRIDGE: husky male baritone 3 | gritty impassioned shouting]

[CHORUS: reedy male tenor 4 | tender pleading falsetto]

[CHORUS: silky British male tenor 5 | soaring joyful swoop]

Styles

The sound of this lineup. 779 characters.

Pop Soul | Pop Rock | Pop | early 1960s | vinyl | bittersweet, warm, hopeful, wistful longing | deadpan male rap 1: laid-back tags, old-school boom-bap | smooth male baritone 2: warm chest tone, straight vibrato | husky male baritone 3: gruff shouted edges, throaty growl | reedy male tenor 4: thin plaintive timbre, light vibrato | silky British male tenor 5: clean bright timbre | raspy male tenor 6: gravelly texture, wide vibrato | one voice per section, never both at once | tape-saturated drums, close vocal doubling on hooks, warm mono-leaning stereo image, live room ambience | accordion: bellows-shaken chords | acoustic guitar: fingerpicked | tambourine: tight backbeat shake | guitar: strummed downstrokes | turntable: subtle scratch | keyboard: pounded triplet chords

More Options

Exclude styles

Paste this one.

autotune, glossy modern pop sheen, singsong flow

Set these

Suno defaults both sliders to 50%. These suit this lineup better.

Vocal Gender
Male
Lyrics
Write
Weirdness
30%
Style Influence
70%

Song Title

A title for one imagined track.

Second String Serenade

That's everything. Hit Generate in Suno and listen.

This prompt is AI-generated and describes a sound, not a person. It names no real artists. Multivyrse is not affiliated with Suno.

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