Supergroove

Supergroove is a New Zealand funk rock music group. Their debut album Traction was released in 1994. The group disbanded in 1997 but reformed in 2007.

History The band was founded on New Year's Eve 1989/1990, having previously been named the Low-Down Dirty Blues Band.Chunn, Mike and Chunn, Jeremy. The Mechanics of Popular Music, GP Publications, 1995, .

Prior to Supergroove's second album Backspacer, singer Che Fu and trumpeter Tim Stewart were fired from the band.

Solo careers Notable former members include Che Ness, Che Fu, now with a successful solo career, Paul Russell, who still studio drums with Che Fu. Two other ex-members, Tim Stewart (trumpet) and Ben Sciascia (guitar) formed a new band in late 2005 called Svelte with Stewart on Lead vocals and Bass. Stewart went on to form Hopetoun Brown, a two-piece band, with fellow ex-Groover, Nick Atkinson - they released their first album in 2015 and also often appear together as the horn section for other performers including Tami Neilson, Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan.

Reunions

Supergroove continued in 2007 on a summer tour, playing alongside popular New Zealand bands such as Atlas, Elemeno P, The Feelers and were one of the headline Kiwi acts of the Big Day Out 2008 in Auckland. The band featured in the University of Otago's, the University of Canterbury's and the University of Waikato's 2008 orientation weeks.

Supergroove played at the Groove in the Park 2010 festival held on New Zealand's Waitangi Day (6 February), at the Western Springs in Auckland. Supergroove also played at the Homegrown Festival in Wellington on 14 March 2009.

Supergroove returned for another reunion tour in April 2025, featuring the original lineup (saxophonist Nick Atkinson, vocalists Karl Steven and Che Fu, drummer Ian Jones, bassist Joe Lonie, guitarist Ben Sciascia and trumpeter Tim Stewart). This tour started on 7 April 2025 in Rotorua and ended 27 April, with 14 shows in 9 venues. Apart from the main centres, they also had shows in Whanganui, Nelson, Invercargill and Havelock North. Troy Kingi, Rubi Du and DJ King Kapisi joined them, not so much as support as "intertwined" into the shows. Support from the public was so strong that several extra nights had to be added.

Members Current Che Ness – vocals Karl Steven – vocals, keyboards, harmonica Ben Sciascia – guitar Joe Lonie – bass Tim Stewart – trumpet Nick Atkinson – saxophone , keyboards Ian Jones – drums

Former Paul Russell – drums

Timeline

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales thresholds) NZ AUSAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks" Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "You Gotta Know": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. 1994 Traction Label: BMG Catalogue number: 74321 27954 2 1 46 NZ: Platinum 1996 Backspacer Label: RCA 2 — NZ: Gold 2003 Postage Label: BMG 10 —

EPs

Year Album Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales thresholds) NZ 1994 Tractor 2 NZ: Platinum 1996 GreatMixes Label: BMG 74321 30851 2 34

Singles

Year Title Peak chartpositions Certifications Album NZ AUS 1992 "Here Comes The Supergroove" 21 — Non-album single 1993 "You Gotta Know" 4 57 Traction "Scorpio Girls" 3 — NZ: Gold 1994 "Can't Get Enough" 1 32 NZ: Platinum "Sitting Inside My Head" 6 — NZ: Gold 1996 "If I Had My Way" 7 — Backspacer "5th Wheel" — — 2003 "For Whatever Remix" — — Postage

Awards

New Zealand Music Awards

| Supergroove | Best Group

| Jo Fischer and Matt Noonan – "Can't Get Enough" | Best Video

| Karl Steven & Malcolm Welsford – Traction | Best Producer

| Malcolm Welsford – Traction | Best Engineer

| Malcolm Welsford – Backspacer | Best Engineer

References

External links AudioCulture profile Supergroove profile at Muzic.net.nz

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