- Damage (British band)
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Damage Genres R&B Years active 1996–2001, 2010 Past members Jade Jones
Andrez Harriott
Coreé Richards
Rahsaan J Bromfield
Noel SimpsonDamage were a British R&B boy band who achieved success in the 1990s with eleven hit singles, including four Top 10 successes in the UK Singles Chart.[1]
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Biography
Led by Andrez Mcleod, Damage were one of several urban R&B outfits who capitalised on Mark Morrison's international breakthrough during the mid 1990s. The quintet was formed at school at the beginning of the decade when Mcleod, Jade Jones, Coreé Richards, Rahsaan J. Bromfield and Noel Simpson were all teenagers. They sent a demo tape of a cover version of the Jackson Five song "Anything" to Jazz Summers of Big Life Records in Early 1995. Although, Summers was impressed by the quality of their singing and harmonies, he waited eighteen months before issuing their first record. Even though it charted outside the Top 40 it achieved excellent reviews and Damage were born.
They made quick inroads into the UK Singles Chart and the second single "Love II Love" reached number 12 while the follow-up "Forever" was a number 6 hit during the Christmas period.[1] "Forever" was also notable for being both the first song that Steve Mac and Wayne Hector wrote together, and the song that caught the ear of Simon Cowell and effectively led to Mac becoming the chief songwriter-producer for Cowell's subsequent projects.[2]
Their debut album Forever followed in the Spring of 1997, along with two further UK Top 10 singles - "Love Guaranteed" and a cover version of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight", the latter reaching number 3.[1] The quintet subsequently embarked on an extensive touring schedule while negotiating a new recording contract following the collapse of Big Life. Jones remained in the media spotlight through his long-term romance with Spice Girl Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton of the Spice Girls, a popular girl band. Damage returned to the UK music scene in Spring 2001 with their Cooltempo Records' début album, Since You've Been Gone.
In 2001, they decided to call it a day, citing musical differences as the reason for their break up.
Coreé Richards has new projects ongoing with One Time Records owner Felix Milton.
Andrez Harriott and Jade Jones now perform in their band, CherryBlackStone.
Damage performed at Party in the Park in Leeds, on 25 July 2010.
Discography
Albums
- 1997: Forever
- 2001: Since You've Been Gone
Singles
Year Single Chart positions[3] Album UK 1996 "Anything" 68 Forever "Love II Love" 12 "Forever" 6 1997 "Love Guaranteed" 7 "Wonderful Tonight" 3 "Love Lady" 33 2000 "Ghetto Romance" 7 Since You've Been Gone "Rumours" 22 2001 "Still Be Lovin' You" 11 "So What If I?" 12 "After the Love Has Gone" 42 References
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 138. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Interview With Steve Mac". HitQuarters. 12 April 2010. http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Steve_Mac_Interview.html. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ Billboard.com
External links
Categories:- British rhythm and blues musical groups
- British boy bands
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