Supergroove is a New Zealand

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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. Supergroove's first release was the single ''Here Comes the Supergroove'', which wasn't added to either of their original albums. Supergroove released two albums of original content – '' Traction'', from which four singles were taken, and ''

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'', which yielded two singles. Between the two they recorded the EP ''Tractor'', and put out an EP of remixes, '' GreatMixes''. Prior to Supergroove's second album Backspacer, singer Che Fu and trumpeter Tim Stewart were fired from the band.https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/41008/Che-Fu-fired-up-and-ready-to-Supergroove, "I didn't leave the band I was asked to resign. I was kind of fired from the band," The band then entirely split up in 1997 over creative differences. Seven years after the group split a 'Best Of' compilation, ''

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'', was released.

Performance

* In 1990 Supergroove were the support act for

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. * Saturday, 15 January 1994, Supergroove played at Mountain Rock III,

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Solo careers

Notable former members include Che Ness, aka

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, now with a successful solo career, Paul Russell, who still studio drums with Che Fu and

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. Two other ex-members, Tim Stewart (trumpet) and Ben Sciascia (guitar) formed a new band in late 2005 called Svelte with Tim on Lead vocals and Bass. Ian Jones joined upcoming Sydney band

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on drums.

Reunion

Despite what was widely considered to be a less than amicable break up, Supergroove supported Crowded House for the three shows of their October 2007 New Zealand tour. This reunion included Che Fu, Jo Lonie, Tim Stewart, Ben Sciascia, Ian Jones, Nick Atkinson and Karl Steven. Supergroove continued in 2007 on a summer tour, playing alongside popular New Zealand bands such as

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and were one of the headline Kiwi acts of the

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2008 in Auckland. The band featured in the

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's 2008 orientation weeks. Supergroove played at the Groove in the Park 2010 festival held on New Zealand's

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(6 February), at the Western Springs in Auckland. Supergroove also played at the Homegrown Festival in Wellington on 14 March 2009. In February 2015, Supergroove reunited to play in all shows of The Winery Tour – 12 shows at various vineyards around New Zealand. http://thewinerytour.co.nz

Members

Current members * Che Ness – vocals * Karl Steven – vocals, keyboards, harmonica http://www.sciascia.co.nz/files/3914/0909/7151/supergroove-14.jpg * Ben Sciascia – guitar * Joe Lonie – bass * Tim Stewart – trumpet * Nick Atkinson – saxophone , keyboards * Ian Jones – drums Former members * Paul Russell – drums

Timeline

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Awards

New Zealand Music Awards

! Ref , - , align="center" , 1994 , Malcolm Welsford – "You Gotta Know" , Best Engineer , , align="center" , , - , align="center" rowspan="6" , 1995 , ''Traction'' , Album of the Year , , align="center" rowspan="6" , , - , "Can't Get Enough" , Single of the Year , , - , 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 , , - , align="center" rowspan="2" , 1996 , Supergroove , International Achievement , , rowspan="2" align="center" , , - , Sigi Spath and Jo Fisher – "You Gotta Know" , Best Video , , - , rowspan="3" align="center" , 1997 , Sigi Spath and Joe Lonie – "If I Had My Way" , Best Video , , align="center" rowspan="3" , , - , Malcolm Welsford and Karl Steven – ''Backspacer'' , Best Producer , , - , Malcolm Welsford – ''Backspacer'' , Best Engineer , , - , align="center" , 2014 , Supergroove , Legacy Award , , align="center" ,

References

External links

AudioCulture profile
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