And it’s not like they had a successful debut and then their sophomore tanked, killing their career (like was common back then), but their sophomore was a massive success, topping the charts and selling millions of copies and spawning two #1 hits.
And after that they never recorded another studio album.
Why?
“She Drives Me Crazy” is such a classic pop song. It just takes you back in time when you hear it.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 22, 2022 2:47 AM |
They had no charisma and mechanical music. They had a couple of good songs and that was it OP. Some bands have only a short shelf life.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 22, 2022 12:49 AM |
People thought they were another Milli Vanilli.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 22, 2022 12:53 AM |
R1 that doesn’t explain them not making more music while they were still on top… they just stopped making music. They didn’t “expire”, which I mention in my OP b
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 22, 2022 12:56 AM |
I always hated them, their sound, and their looks (especially the lead singer).
Similar to my feelings about that Australian band with the bald giant lead singer...Midnight Oil, or something like that?
Oh, and Thin Lizzy.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 22, 2022 12:59 AM |
[quote]why was their career so short lived?
Didn't you hear about Natalie, OP?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 22, 2022 1:01 AM |
Actually they did "expire" R4. They had a short shelf life and they ran their course then it was over. It's not exactly a super mystery.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 22, 2022 1:03 AM |
R7 but they didn’t. Expiring would require releasing more music. Without more music you don’t know if they expired.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 22, 2022 1:10 AM |
I think a lot of decent to good pop-rock bands couldn't stand out as grunge, rap, and pop country became the top sellers in the early 90s. It must have been a shock. Guitar based pop-rock was a staple for 40 year in the music industry.
I guess it is the same as a saxophonist losing work as young people moved from jazz to rock in the 1950s.
If I were in a rock band with a major deal, I would assume things will wind down within 4 years or 2 albums, then try producing.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 22, 2022 1:11 AM |
Their music certainly wasn’t rock.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 22, 2022 1:12 AM |
General Public, The Beat, FYC; it was a lot of bands. Seems like, collectively, they all had good music careers.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 22, 2022 1:13 AM |
Are you Janbot R8? You certainly sound like Janbot.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 22, 2022 1:14 AM |
What happened to their lead singer? He was in a movie or two and seemed on the brink of "happening"......
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 22, 2022 1:15 AM |
Roland Gift today…or, 2020.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 22, 2022 1:34 AM |
The two white guys in FYC were in the English Beat previously and had already had a pretty good career.
Roland Gift had lots of charisma and a distinctive voice but you still need someone to give you good songs (or you did then, at least), and anyway he didn't seem that interested.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 22, 2022 1:39 AM |
Their best song is Ever Fallen In Love from the Raw and the Cooked.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 22, 2022 1:40 AM |
R16, this is the original:
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 22, 2022 1:44 AM |
Oh my goodness !!! A colored cannibal singing group !!! Good Heavens !!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 22, 2022 2:12 AM |
I was having a blast living with a bunch of roommates in London in 1989 and we had the FYC cassette tape and played it over and over endlessly. So they always remind me of happy times.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 22, 2022 2:16 AM |
My freshman year in college, 1989–Fine Young Cannibals, Edie Brickell, Siouxsie & The Banshees, 10,000 Maniacs, Stone Roses..good times!
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 22, 2022 2:26 AM |
That lead singer was sexy
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 22, 2022 2:27 AM |
They wouldn’t fuck for tracks.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 22, 2022 2:29 AM |
My mom loved them. Then she died
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 22, 2022 2:30 AM |
They failed because they had an ugly name.
Too many people remembered the Mau Mau Killings and this—
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 22, 2022 2:33 AM |
Did She Drive You Crazy, r23?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 22, 2022 2:38 AM |
I'm Not the Man I Used to Be.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 22, 2022 2:41 AM |
What was so "fine" about these young cannibals?
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 22, 2022 2:47 AM |
