Bio

Groove Generation are a Funk/Soul Collective from Wellington, New Zealand.

With powerhouse drumming, tight grooves and funky jams, Groove Generation are bound to get you up and dancing.
Groove Generation recently received success as Winners of the Wellington Final of the Smokefreerockquest music competition. Opening for bands such as Autozamm, and playing their own original material, Groove Generation are generating a strong base of fans from all around New Zealand.

Singer Wallace Gollan has been described as having a mature sultry tone, and she is backed by a band of tight musicians, featuring screaming saxophone and wailing guitar. The band has been playing together since 2006 in various incarnations and members of the band have played at the botanical gardens ‘ASB Gardens Magic’ series, and the New Plymouth ‘Festival of the lights’ in 2007. With a sound similar to a mix of Sly and the Family Stone, The New Power Generation and Jamiroquai, Groove Generation is a band with a versatile, exciting new sound.

Band Members:
Wallace Gollan (vocals)
Christian Bringzen (guitar)
Leon Philipsen (bass)
Chris Wratt (drums)
Andrew Bruce (fender rhodes, keyboards)
Jimmy Garden (tenor saxophone, flute)
Michael Costeloe (trumpet)