Group

Supermax

From: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Active: 1976–2011
Rating: ★ 3 (2 votes)
Releases: 47

disco
electro-disco
funk
reggae

About

Supermax was a project of Austrian musician and producer Kurt Hauenstein (1949–2011), best known for the 1979 hit "It Ain't Easy", and "Lovemachine", a 1977 German #4 single, that peaked at #6 in Switzerland, #9 in Austria and #96 in US.

The first members of the band were Kurt Hauenstein (Mini Moog, vocals), Hans Ochs (guitar), Ken Taylor (bass guitar), Lothar Krell (keyboards), Peter Koch (percussion), Jürgen Zöller (drums) and the singers Cee Cee Cobb and Jean Graham. After Ken Taylor left the band in 1979, Kurt Hauenstein returned to his original music instrument, the bass guitar. Later, Bernadet Onore Eben and Jessica Hauenstein, the daughter of Kurt Hauenstein, joined the group as backing vocal singers. From 2006 Raimund Bretterbauer joined as his Sound Engineer and Co Producer.
In 1981, Supermax toured as the first mixed-race band through South Africa for 21 gigs. Despite warnings and death threats, Supermax finished the tour, but this made some countries refuse permits for entry, and consequently the group was black-listed by some political organizations.
In 1983, Supermax was invited to play as special guest from Europe at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

From Supermax (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Kurt Hauenstein 1976–1979, 1979–now · original member lead vocals, Moog, bass guitar
Cee Cee Cobb 1976–now background vocals
Jean Graham 1976–now background vocals
Peter Koch 1976–now percussion
Lothar Krell 1976–now keyboard
Hans Ochs 1976–now guitar
Amalia now background vocals
Cynthia Arrich now background vocals
Gary Barnacle now saxophone
Patricia Bey now background vocals
Rudolf Biber now guitar
Helmut Bibl now guitar
David Bronner now keyboard
Dorretta Carter now background vocals
Bob Conti now percussion
Curt Cress now membranophone
Johan Daansen now guitar
Terry Davis now
Bernadet Onore Eben now background vocals
Christian Eigner now membranophone
Horst G. Fellner now membranophone
Karl Fian now saxophone, trumpet
Daniel Ford now percussion
Karin Friedl now background vocals
Tracy Ganser now background vocals
Freda Goodlett now background vocals
Manolo Guerra now guitar
Andy Haderer now saxophone, trumpet
Nadine Holloway now background vocals
Brad Howell now membranophone
Thomas Jauer now guitar
Kate Johnson now background vocals
Christian Kolonovits now keyboard
Hannes Kottek now saxophone, trumpet
Bernhard Locker now guitar
Susanne Loeser now membranophone
Larry London now lead vocals
Rainer Marz now guitar
Harry Metzger now membranophone
Victoria Miles now background vocals
Robby Musenbichler now guitar
Sonja Nebenführ now background vocals
Zwetan Nedialkov now guitar
Hartmut Pfannmüller now drums (drum set)
Karl Ratzer now guitar
Teples Reynolds now background vocals
Linda Rocco now background vocals
Явор Русинов now keyboard
Cynthia Sarraga now background vocals
Thomas Schmitt-Zijnen now keyboard
Thomas Schneider now membranophone
Richard Schönherz now keyboard
Linda Sharrock now background vocals
Edison Tadeu Da Silva now percussion
Kosio Stojanov now keyboard
Reinhard Stranzinger now guitar
Ali Tersch now membranophone
Gerhard Warnung now guitar
Hannes Wildner now guitar
Precious Wilson now background vocals
Stefan Zaradic now keyboard
Jürgen Zöller 1976 · former drums (drum set)
Ken Taylor 1976–1979 · former bass guitar
Willi Schneider 1987–1990 · former keyboard
Taliesin 2006–2009 · former keyboard