The band members were still at high school when they started and they had energy to burn, so when Supergroove found commercial radio wouldn’t play their music, they simply booked more shows and reached out to their audience directly. They were rewarded with a string of hits and a debut album, Traction (1994), which stayed at the top of the charts for a month, eventually selling over 70,000 units.
Ben Sciascia began working with Stuart Broughton on graphics for the group during 1994 and later took over sole responsibility for this aspect of their marketing, designing both the group’s posters and their album covers.
When Karl Steven quit Supergroove, BMG NZ released a press release stating that he’d had a mental breakdown and he had to field a number of concerned phone calls from friends and family who’d read about it in the press.
Karl Steven - vocals, harmonica
Joe Lonie - bass
Nick Atkinson - saxophone, keyboards
Ben Sciascia - guitar
Tim Stewart - trumpet
Paul Russell - drums
Ian Jones - drums
BMG
Video production bio on Joe Lonie at Flying Fish
Live at the Kings Arms 2007 on Radio New Zealand
NZ Herald story on Supergroove to mark their 2014 induction into NZ Music Hall Of Fame