Supermax was a project of the Austria

Austria

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n musician and producer

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, Kurt Hauenstein, best known for "Love Machine", a 1977 German #4 single

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, that peaked at #6 in Switzerland, #9 in Austria and #96 in US

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The members of the band were Hauenstein, Hans Ochs (guitar), Ken Taylor (bass guitar), Lothar Krell (keyboards), Peter Koch (drums) and the singers Cee Cee Cobb and Jean Graham. In 1981, Supermax toured as the first mixed-race band through South Africa

South Africa

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. 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.

Discography

• 1976: Don't Stop the Music
• 1977: World of Today
  World of Today
  World of Today was the second album to be released by Supermax. It was released in 1977 and included the track Love Machine, which charted in Germany , Switzerland , Austria , and the U.S...
  
  
• 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