History
World famous in New Zealand for their debut album Traction released in 1994. The Band toured the world in support of Traction in 1995 spending most of the year in Australia, Asia & Europe. Two band members, Tim Stewart and Che Fu were fired in 1996 upon the band's return to New Zealand and the band then released their second album Backspacer. Supergroove completely disbanded in 1997 soon after appearing on Holmes.
Supergroove released a best of compilation called 'Postage' in 2003 and reformed to support Crowded House on the New Zealand leg of their tour in 2007.
Band Members
Notable former members include Che Ness, aka Che Fu, now with a successful solo career, Joe Lonie, a music video producer, and Paul Russell, who moved on to start the New Zealand band Eight (who recently split), and who still studio drums with Che Fu and Brooke Fraser. Two other ex-members, Tim Stewart (trumpet) and Ben Sciascia (guitar) formed a new band in late 2005 called Svelte. Ian Jones recently joined upcoming Sydney band, Lost Valentinos on drums. Nick Atkinson (sax) recently reformed his Jazz Quartet, Foghorn. Karl Steven (vocals) has completed a PhD in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy at Cambridge University and recently started a new group called The Drab Doo-Riffs.
Discography
1994: Traction
1995: Tractor (EP)
1995: Great Mixes (Remix Album)
1996: Backspacer
2003: Postage (Best Of)
Singles
Here Comes The Supergroove
You Gotta Know
Scorpio Girls
Can't Get Enough
Sitting Inside My Head
U Freak Me
Next Time
If I Had My Way
5th Wheel
For Whatever Reason Remix
More
Jan 1990
