Super Mazembe started in 1969 in Likasi, near Lubumbashi, DRC as Super Vox. On tour in neighbouring Zambia during 1970, the band met Nashil Pichen Kazembe, a diehard supporter of one of Zaire’s top football clubs and TP Mzembe, who impressed on the band to change its name to Mazembe (Lingala, meaning bulldozer, suggesting their music had the same earthmoving effect).
Super Mazembe ilianzishwa mwaka 1969 katika mji wa Likasi karibu na mji wa Lubumbashi, bendi ilihamia Nairobi mwaka 1974, ambapo bendi nyingi kutoka Congo zilikuwepo Tanzania. Walifanikiwa kuteka mashabiki kwa kiasi kikubwa zaidi.