Supergroove
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Supergroove: Karl Steven, Che Fu, Tim Stewart, Nick Atkinson, Ben Sciascia, at the NZMA Hall of Fame announcement, 16 Oct 2014. Photo supplied by NZMA.
Supergroove was named on New Year’s Eve of 1989 / 1990 after previously being known as the Low-Down Dirty Blues Band. In 1994, they released their first album Traction, which went multi-Platinum and took out the Tui for Best Album at the 1995 NZ Music Awards.
From there the group went from strength to strength with the likes of Scorpio Girls, You Gotta Know and Sitting Inside My Head rocketing to Gold certification and the classic Kiwi anthem Can’t Get Enough hitting Platinum.
Between 1994 and 1997 Supergroove picked up seven Tuis. They then disbanded in 1997 but reformed again in 2007, four years after their ‘Best Of’ compilation Postage was released which was certified Gold.
Supergroove began touring again that year and was a headline act at the 2008 Big Day Out festival. They have toured fairly regularly since.
In 2014 Supergroove was awarded the Legacy Award - which shines a light on classic Kiwi artists who have shaped the NZ music industry, meaning Supergroove join the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
- from the New Zealand Music Awards
Find out more about Supergroove on the AudioCulture website.
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Supergroove live at the Kings Arms
Legendary NZ funk/soul band Supergroove briefly re-formed in 2007 and played together for the first time in 10 years at Auckland's King's Arms. RNZ recorded the performance. Audio
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Supergroove Crosstown Revue 2008
Supergroove took to the stage at Auckland's Civic Theatre, this time with Scribe, Hollie Smith and newcomer Gin Wigmore in tow. Sam Wicks dropped in on rehearsals for their Crosstown Revue earlier in… Audio
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Rock 'n' Roll Caravan
10 Jan 2009Armed with only his horn and a Radio New Zealand recorder, Supergroove's Nick Atkinson boards the Rock'n'Roll Caravan tour as Supergroove criss-cross the country with Elemeno P to present a tour diary… Audio
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Access All Areas: The Reunion Epidemic
Trevor Reekie looks at the phenomena of bands getting back together again. Tim Stewart of the recently reformed and rejuvenated Supergroove talks to Trevor about the reunion epidemic. Audio
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Supergroove - Dr Karl Steven
It's been 20 years since Supergroove released its 1994 debut album, 'Traction', and now the band is being inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Dr Karl Steven fronts Supergroove and he… Audio
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Che Fu's lifetime achievement award
Che Fu is one of New Zealand's most successful hip hop vocalists.
In 2009 the Samoan musician received the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music.
On the 8th May 2014 he was… Audio
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On Song with Simon Sweetman - Can't Get Enough
Simon Sweetman tells the story behind the song 'Can't Get Enough' by Supergroove. Audio
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