Traction

"Supergroove's debut album still rocks as well today as ever it did... one of the finest debut's in New Zealand history - period!

The songs featured on "Traction" cover a broad spectrum of styles, fused together into a blend of funk-fuelled rock, but what with having the highly talented Che-Fu in the group at the time, that's no real wonder. Che has since gone on to have a major "solo" career in the ever-expanding field of hip-hop, and is a highly regarded singer / performer.

Yes, the mid nineties was an exciting place to be for the fertile alternative music scene that was circling the globe at the time, and New Zealand was certainly no exception to this. We had such stalwarts as the Hallelujah Picassos and The Headless Chickens, and also a new breed of alt-pop-rockers like Head Like a Hole, Darcy Clay, and of course Supergroove. The 'Groove in particular though contained within it's ranks superb musicianship, plus fantastic songwriting and arranging abilities, which were seemingly beyond the various members years - they were all teenagers at the time!

Although Supergroove sadly disintegrated after their protracted sophomore effort, "Backspacer", "Traction" will always be remembered for such catchy pop wonders as "Can't Get Enough", "Gotta Know", "Scorpio Girls", and their best (IMHO), "Sitting Inside Your Head" - definitely a piece of classic Kiwiana!!"
-MARTY

Biography :-
Supergroove burst on to the Auckland live scene at the dawn of the '90s after gestating in their high school music room as the 'Low Down Dirty Blues Band'.

Responsible for a string of what have gone on to become classic Kiwi anthems, Supergroove generated a staggering 6 Top 10 hits throughout the '90s. Amongst them the gold singles 'Scorpio Girls' and 'Sitting Inside My Head', platinum-selling 'Can't Get Enough' and 'You Gotta Know', live standouts 'Next Time', 'You Freak Me' and 'Here Comes The Supergroove', and many more.

Their kiwi-style hip-hop funk rock songs proved to be very popular - the Supergroove debut album 'Traction', released in 1994, shipped Platinum and debuted at #1 on the National Album Charts, holding on to the top spot for over a month. 'Traction' remained in the Top 15 for over 3 months and has now sold well over 5 times platinum.

Supergroove toured the world in 1995 to support the International release of 'Traction', playing shows in South Africa, England, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia (where 'Traction' went Gold), Singapore, India, Australia, New York and Los Angeles.

They then returned to earn Platinum Sales for their follow-up 'Tractor EP' and Gold sales and a #2 debut for their second album 'Backspacer' (which spawned the top 10 single 'If I Had My Way' and follow up '5th Wheel').

The group disbanded in 1997, following the departure of key member, Che-Fu, but not before their phenomenal recording career had seen them sell close to 200,000 albums worldwide.