Supergroove

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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.

HistoryEdit

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

Prior to Supergroove's second album Backspacer, singer Che Fu and trumpeter Tim Stewart were fired from the band.<ref name="chefired">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Solo careersEdit

Notable former members include Che Ness, aka 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<ref>[1] </ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

ReunionsEdit

Supergroove continued in 2007 on a summer tour, playing alongside popular New Zealand bands such as Atlas, Elemeno P, The Feelers<ref>[2] </ref> and were one of the headline Kiwi acts of the Big Day Out 2008 in Auckland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band featured in the University of Otago's, the University of Canterbury's and the University of Waikato's 2008 orientation weeks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/supergroove-the-phenomenon-tour-starts-with-two-shows-in-rotorua/IWYERWMEZNG25C7LZ3YHPFK72M/</ref> Support from the public was so strong that several extra nights had to be added.<ref>https://nzmusic.org.nz/music-industry-news/supergroove-the-phenomenon-tour-new-dates-added/</ref>

MembersEdit

Current

Che Ness – vocals Template:Small<ref name="chefired" />
Karl Steven – vocals, keyboards, harmonica Template:Small<ref name="sciasciaconz">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Ben Sciascia – guitar Template:Small
Joe Lonie – bass Template:Small
Tim Stewart – trumpet Template:Small<ref name="allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Nick Atkinson – saxophone Template:Small, keyboards Template:Small<ref name="allmusic" />
Ian Jones – drums Template:Small

Former

Paul Russell – drums Template:Small

TimelineEdit

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DiscographyEdit

AlbumsEdit

Year	Album	Peak chart positions		Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Album	NZ <ref name=nz>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Certifications (sales thresholds)	AUS <ref name="aus">Australian (ARIA) chart peaks" Top 50 peaks: {{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }} Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Template:Cite Ryan "You Gotta Know": {{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.</ref>
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	—

EPsEdit

Year	Album	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Album	NZ <ref name=nz/>	Certifications (sales thresholds)
citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Tractor	2	NZ: Platinum
1996	GreatMixes Label: BMG 74321 30851 2	34

SinglesEdit

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

AwardsEdit

New Zealand Music AwardsEdit

Template:Awards table ! Ref |- | align="center" | 1994 | Malcolm Welsford – "You Gotta Know" | Best Engineer | Template:Nom | align="center" | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | align="center" rowspan="6" | 1995 | Traction | Album of the Year | Template:Won | align="center" rowspan="6" | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | "Can't Get Enough" | Single of the Year | Template:Nom |- | Supergroove | Best Group | Template:Won |- | Jo Fischer and Matt Noonan – "Can't Get Enough" | Best Video | Template:Won |- | Karl Steven & Malcolm Welsford – Traction | Best Producer | Template:Won |- | Malcolm Welsford – Traction | Best Engineer | Template:Won |- | align="center" rowspan="2" | 1996 | Supergroove | International Achievement | Template:Nom | rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | Sigi Spath and Jo Fisher – "You Gotta Know" | Best Video | Template:Won |- | rowspan="3" align="center" | 1997 | Sigi Spath and Joe Lonie – "If I Had My Way" | Best Video | Template:Won | align="center" rowspan="3" | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- | Malcolm Welsford and Karl Steven – Backspacer | Best Producer | Template:Won |- | Malcolm Welsford – Backspacer | Best Engineer | Template:Nom |- | align="center" | 2014 | Supergroove | Legacy Award | Template:Yes2 | align="center" | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |}

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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