# 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.
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, 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 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.

## Reunion

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.

## Members

Current
* Che Ness – vocals (1989–1995, 2007-present)
* Karl Steven – vocals, keyboards, harmonica (1989–1997, 2007-present)
* Ben Sciascia – guitar (1989–1997, 2007-present)
* Joe Lonie – bass (1989–1997, 2007-present)
* Tim Stewart – trumpet (1989–1995, 2007-present)
* Nick Atkinson – saxophone (1989–1997, 2007-present), keyboards (1995–1997)
* Ian Jones – drums (1994-1997, 2007-present)
Former
* Paul Russell – drums (1989–1994)

### Timeline
## Discography
### Albums

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

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Title | NZ | 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 | Traction |
| 1994 | "Can't Get Enough" | 1 | 32 | NZ: Platinum | Traction |
| 1994 | "Sitting Inside My Head" | 6 | — | NZ: Gold | Traction |
| 1996 | "If I Had My Way" | 7 | — | | Backspacer |
| 1996 | "5th Wheel" | — | — | | Backspacer |
| 2003 | "For Whatever Remix" | — | — | | Postage |

## Awards
### New Zealand Music Awards

| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 1994 | Malcolm Welsford – "You Gotta Know" | Best Engineer | Nominated |
| 1995 | Traction | Album of the Year | Won |
| 1995 | "Can't Get Enough" | Single of the Year | Nominated |
| 1995 | Supergroove | Best Group | Won |
| 1995 | Jo Fischer and Matt Noonan – "Can't Get Enough" | Best Video | Won |
| 1995 | Karl Steven & Malcolm Welsford – Traction | Best Producer | Won |
| 1995 | Malcolm Welsford – Traction | Best Engineer | Won |
| 1996 | Supergroove | International Achievement | Nominated |
| 1996 | Sigi Spath and Jo Fisher – "You Gotta Know" | Best Video | Won |
| 1997 | Sigi Spath and Joe Lonie – "If I Had My Way" | Best Video | Won |
| 1997 | Malcolm Welsford and Karl Steven – Backspacer | Best Producer | Won |
| 1997 | Malcolm Welsford – Backspacer | Best Engineer | Nominated |
| 2014 | Supergroove | Legacy Award | Awarded |