Supermax
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.
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Supermax
Manfred Werner - Tsui · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Supermax
- Born
- 1949 · Vienna.
- Died
- 2011 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- musician
- Fields
- reggae · disco · funk · rock music
- Honours
- Decoration of Merit in Silver of the State of Vienna · Amadeus Austrian Music Awards
- Languages
- English
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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.
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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.
Kurt Hauenstein bei der Verleihung der Amadeus Austrian Music Award in der Halle des Gasometer B in Wien
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• Name — Supermax • Origin — Frankfurt am Main • Years Active — 1975–2011 • Genre — * Reggae • funk • disco • rock • Label — * CBS • Universal • Ariola • WEA • Venus Records • Website — supermax.cc
Discography
• 1976: Don't Stop the Music • 1977: Lovemachine • 1977: World of Today • 1979: Fly with Me • 1980: Types of Skin • 1981: Meets the Almighty • 1983: Electricity • 1986: Something in My Heart • 1988: Just Before the Nightmare • 1990: World of Tomorrow – Hansa • 1992: Tha Max Is Gonna Kick Ya • 1993: One and All • 1995: 3 Club-CDs: Spirits of Love, Living in a World, Magnetic Rhythm • 1997: Supermax – 20th Anniversary • 1998: "YAKU" Total Immigration • 2001: Terminal 2002 • 2007: Remaxed Vol. 1 • 2007: Remaxed Vol. 2 • 2008: Supermax – Best Of • 2009: ЗЕМЛЯНЕ & SUPERMAX
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- 1.Kurt Hauenstein gestorben : ORF news vom 21. März 2011
- 2.Kleine Chronik des Wienerliedes
- 3.Betty Onore mit Hauenstein Tochter und Supermax Kalender 2012
- 4.Supermax – 1981 Südafrika Tour Band-Mitglieder
- 5.Supermax – 1983 Reggae Sunsplash Festival, Montego Bay, Jamaica – Deutsche Presse
- 6.Das Projekt Yaku
- 7.Supermax – 1997 Live in Sofia/Bulgarien
- 8.Kurt Hauenstein – 2008 Verleihung des Amadeus Austrian Music Award
- 9.Mailath-Pokorny ehrt "Rock-Pioniere". 2008-04-04.
- 10.Kurt Hauenstein erlag Herzproblemen news.ORF.at: abgerufen am 21. März 2011
- 11.Kurt Hauenstein „Supermax“ Ehrengrab auf dem Wiener Zentralfriedhof Hedwig Abraham / viennatouristguide.at : abgerufen am 28. Februar 2012
- 12.Abschied von Supermax Kurt Hauenstein wien.ORF.at: abgerufen am 1. April 2011
- 13.Chartquellen: DE AT CH
- 14.Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe: DE
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