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 Post subject: The Sad Tale Of A Brit Boy Band Member
PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:27 pm 
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True story....

~Plumber joins two rappers and a songwriter to form boy band.
~Have 15 hit singles, including a number 1, from 3 albums
~Cautioned for possession of cannabis.
~Bitter break up with soap actress girlfriend all over tabloid newspapers.
~Talks on national radio about ecstasy habit after the high profile death of a young girl who had used ecstasy.
~Group banned from airwaves.
~Apologises for comments but sacked from band.
~Convicted and fined for attacking photographer outside nightclub
~Forms new band with name suspiciously close to old band name which fails to set chart alight
~Solo career launched. No one turns up to record signing.
~Quits music industry.
~Requires plastic surgery after machete attack in nightclub.
~Second marriage collapses. Later jailed for breaching injuction taken out by his estranged wife.
~Joins television reality series, pulls out when grandmother who raised him dies 6 days into the show.
~Enters clinic for depression amid suicide attempt rumours.
~Falls out of own car while reversing crushing his entire body.
~Currently in critical condition in hospital.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 599035.stm

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:32 pm 
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How does a group get "banned" from airwaves????

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:34 pm 
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The almighty power of national radio.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:38 pm 
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Falls out of own car while reversing crushing his entire body.

That takes a bit of talent. Dude might've missed a lucrative career as an acrobat.


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Sounds like the UK version of Rob Van Winkle save the pill-popping stunt and the nightclub machete attack.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:48 pm 
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konstantinl Wrote:
The almighty power of national radio.


Just when I begin to feel that Britain is a much more liberated country than the US I hear something like this.

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Goes to show what a #1 in the UK will get you. Never 'eard of 'im nor his crappy boy band.


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That picture of him in the hat & shades is about the most retarded fucking look I've ever seen on a human being.


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