![]() ![]() Who were they: Impossibly pretty four-piece boy band, led by Nathan Moore, who found their way on the bedroom walls of teenage girls everywhere in the very late 80s thanks to the success of singles The Harder I Try and He Ain’t No Competition. Although as one of the few bands of the era who haven’t even made so much as a murmur in that direction we can’t say we’re holding out much hope. Likelihood of reforming: Come on boys, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. ![]() Meanwhile Wikipedia tells us that former band member Anthony Critchlow runs a bespoke lighting business while Marcus Vere has produced a series of pre-school DVDs about tractors and diggers. Where are they now: Lead singer Richard Darbyshire has done rather well for himself post-box as a producer and songwriting coach. Follow-ups Blow The House Down and Scales Of Justice failed to ascend similar heights, although they did manage one more top five hit – the epic 1989 ballad Room In Your Heart, before splitting for good in 1990. And the fact that it made no sense whatsoever (we can only assume it was some kind of metaphor for the human condition) didn’t stop it from soaring into the top five in 1987. ![]() Who were they: One of the many attractive boy bands who flooded the market in the late 80s, this trio distuinguished themselves by actually calling their first single – wait for it – Living In A Box. As long as Ben promises to do those weird bendy ‘drunk-dad-at-a-wedding’ dance moves again. Likelihood of reforming: Call us cynical but we could definitely envisage this one happening. Ben Whatever-His-Name-Is still tours as a one-man band in 80s revival shows and has a big following on MySpace. Where are they now: Got back together for a performance on the National Lottery in the early part of the 2000s, weirdly enough. Career trajectory probably wasn’t helped by Smash Hits magazine’s insistence on referring to the lead singer as Ben Vol-Au-Vent Parrot on all possible occasions. Scored a brief string of hits – including Down To Earth and Ordinary Day – and summoned up brief levels of shrieky teen hysteria before disappearing, re-emerging as plain old Curiosity in the early 90s. Who were they: Four-piece boy band who emerged at around the same time as Bros (and were similarly short-lived), led by beret-wearing Londoner Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (a man you just know would have starred in Made In Chelsea had it existed in 1988). Likelihood of reforming: We can’t see it ourselves… Otherwise they’re just filed in the box marked ‘interesting oddity’. ![]() Where are they now: Lead singer Martin Degville still performs under the Sigue Sigue Sputnik name, or variants of it. A brief revival of fortunes in 1988 saw them working with Stock, Aitken and Waterman of all people. Who were they: Mid-80s post-punk popsters who were tipped to be the next biggest thing in the world ever- but crashed and burned rather dramatically following their ace top three hit Love Missile F1-11, after it transpired their hair was a lot more interesting than their music. Likelihood of reforming: Give ’em a chance, they only just broke up. Where are they now: Back in Norway, curiously enough. And Morten co-hosted the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo! What’s not to love? Many, many more hits – including an actual Bond theme, The Living Daylights – followed, not to mention several reunions before they finally called it a day in 2011. Who were they: Norwegian pop cuties who became global megastars off the back of 1985 hit Take On Me – aided by an oh-so-clever animated video in which lead singer Morten Harket played a swoony comic book man who came to life (gasp!). Likelihood of reforming: Well they’ve done it once before, who’s to say they wouldn’t give it another go? Not quite what we were after, we want the original band back! Where are they now: Score is still touring under the Flock Of Seagulls name but the rest of the band have long since gone their separate ways following a brief reunion in 2004. Although lead singer Mike Score’s infamous haircut (later parodied to winning effect in Adam Sandler comedy The Wedding Singer) made him look a bit like one. There were no actual seagulls in the band. Who were they: Mid-80s New Wavers best known for the rather good 1982 hit Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You). ![]()
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