Mrs. Robinson (band)

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Mrs. Robinson


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = London, England
Genre = pop
Years_active = 2004-
Label = Believe Records
URL = [http://www.mrsrobinsonofficial.com/ www.mrsrobinsonofficial.com]
Current_members = Tanya Robinson (2004-)
Shereen Guerin (2004-)
Paula-Jade Cremin (2006-)
Charlotte Gaskell (2004 - 2005)
Former_members = Charlotte Gaskell (2004 - 2005)

Mrs. Robinson is a girl pop group from London, England. The band consists of three members, Tanya Robinson, Shereen Guerin and Paula-Jade Cremin.

History

The band was founded in mid-2004, when de-facto leader Tanya Robinson met media personality Darryn Lyons at an FHM party. Tanya initially expressed interest in singing career and with Darryn's experience in the media and connections he decided to take a risk and took on the role of manager. After many recordings it was soon realised that despite the fact that Tanya did have a good voice, it wasn't considered strong enough to launch a solo career, so the idea of forming a girl group arose.

Tanya quickly brought in Shereen Guerin, an acquaintance of hers on the modelling cicuit and the two held auditions and then recruited Charlotte Gaskell, who would later take on the role of lead singer. The band along with Darryn came up with the idea of calling the band Twisted Sisterz.

After a year of recording, performing and rehearsing, cracks began to show in the band's lineup, resulting in lead singer Charlotte Gaskell being fired by the band's manager Darryn Lyons. With Charlotte gone the band needed a new lead singer, and through one of the producers of their album Paula-Jade Cremin was hired, though it wasn't without scepticism, as many on the band's management thought that she was to shy and inexperienced compared to Tanya and Sheree. However manager Darryn Lyons took another risk and hired Paula-Jade.

However they soon found hardcore American heavy metal band Twisted Sister threatened to sue the band if they didn't change their name from the chosen Twisted Sisterz to a new name, manger Lyons commented on his TV series Paparazzi as ridiculous, saying "We're called Twisted Sisterz with a "z", plus we've got three incredibly hot babes, they're five or six ugly bastards."

But the cost of being sued was too great and the name was changed to Mrs. Robinson. Paparazzi was also used to promote the song "I'm A Little Obsessed" as the band's first single. Under the new name they also released the album "Obsessed". Most critics were rather harsh on the album, describing it as completely manufactured and shallow. Many compared the record to albums by other girl groups such as All Saints and the Spice Girls and was also described as funky, power-pop and rocky.

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

* [http://www.mrsrobinsonofficial.com/ Mrs. Robinson Official Site]