He and best band pal Flava formed a songwriting and production team called Mojam. The group's split spelled the end of Oliver's music career as he pursued a new profession in corporate banking. Critics' main complaint was that Blazin' Squad posed as the next threat on the garage scene, but were actually more like East 17, the Nineties boy band who hailed from the nearby ends of Walthamstow. He's now the kind of bloke you'd see in trendy wine bars using the Clarendon filter on Instagram to show off hisPinot. Actually known as Stuart Baker, the spiked hair has now been replaced with soft, brunette locks.
They released a single, "All Night Long", in August 2006, however, it only peaked at #54, which resulted in their record deal being scrapped and a further disbandment. They then stormed the charts with their debut single Crossroads - which reached number one in 2002. Eating their greens? At home he hashis own record label but occasionally performs on stage with other bands, andspecialises in electronic and house jams. Well, it seems the band's bucket of hair gel has long been abandoned, the gold bling taken to the charity shop and the sick rhymes swapped for blue collar jobs. Sams also taken part in some Blazin Squad reunion tours. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Blazin' Squad did consist of Marcel (MC Plat'num), Stuart (MC Reepa), Sam (MC Spike-E) & Chris (MC Melo-D). However, he's not given up on music altogether. According to social media, the pair enjoy nothing more than jetting off on exotic holidays abroad. Reepa, or Stuart Baker as he's known to colleagues these days, was an original Blazin' Squad member. After spending some time with the experts, the inking was updated to a more spectacular tribute to their efforts - complete with a smoking microphone. In July 2006, Rocky-B, Reepa, Spike-E and Melo-D made an announcement that they were going to reform as Blazin' Squad, and record and release a new album under Peach Records. Admittedly, only half of them scraped the Top 40, but the group also landed seven Top 10 hits in three years. Blazin Squad released two albums in their original line-up (Picture: PA) In 2005, members Kenzie, Flava and Strider formed Friday Hill and released two singles - Baby Goodbye and One More Night. Kenzie arrives at the UK Premiere of new animated film "Valiant" at the Odeon West End on March 20, 2005. After bandmate Marcel's stint on Love Island, Oliver was invited to appear on E4 show Tattoo Fixers where he hoped to update the inking on his left bicep. Blazin' Squad's popularity had a brief resurgence in 2017 all thanks to Marcel's appearance in one of the most popular series of Love Island to date. We're assuming that Freek came to a career Crossroads at some point, because his time in Blazin' Squad was actually followed by working in banking, wearing waistcoats and sipping on red wine in Instagram pictures. Alongside James, Mustafa has penned some massive hits as part of their duo. While continuing to do pretty well in the music industry, Flava is one of the Blazin' boys who tends to keep out of the spotlight himself, and is seemingly impossible to track down on social media, but he hasn't changed much from the '00s. Last month he revealed he and girlfriend Mia Marley are expecting a baby boy - a little brother for their British bulldog Dre. A live recording of a concert in Liverpool was released on DVD for Christmas 2003 but failed to achieve any commercial success. Although he keeps his personal life on the down-low, Strider has ditched his trademark hair gel and shaved eyebrow and is now a married man with a baby. He now has a. Since then he has continued to appear on television and radio shows, including appearing on Celebrity Come Dine With Me last year. The limited UK success of Crossroads, a number byUS hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, gave them inspiration to do a loose cover. The group had six top ten hits, including "Crossroads", a cover version of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony original. Lee's trademark spiky blonde hair made him stand out from the group. Having lived it large in the early 2000s with the boys, Tommy now prefers the quiet life and has pretty much dropped off the radar. The singer is now married and has a baby. The boyband/hip-hop collective, made up of 10 fresh-faced teens, went straight in at No.1 with their debut single, a cover of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's Crossroads, exactly 20 years ago today (August 31). The most office-based of the lot is Reepa,who works as a media manager at the BBC. Probably what it says on the tin tbh. Its no surprise that Blazin Squads only DJ is still active in the music career as he still works as a DJ. While he and Flava had their biggest hit co-writing and co-producing Sam Smith and Naughty Boy's hit La La La. Chris McKeckney was a major player in the Blazin Squad reunion tour two years ago. Even though the releases were issued as underground white labels, "Standard Flow" sold enough copies to chart as Blazin' Squad's first Top 100 chart entry, peaking at number 78 on the chart of 17 August 2002 with three weeks in the countdown. There's too many to tag but you know who you are. He has been pretty quiet of late since his solo career, dubbed the Lee Bailey Project, failed to hit the big time. They had hits including Baby Goodbye and One More Night Alone, but they were dropped from the label the following year after their album Times Like These peaked at number 67 on the UK Albums Chart. Since the good ol' days, Strider has gone on to even bigger and better things than Blazin' Squad. Unlike many of his ex-bandmates, DJ Tommy has completely shunned the showbiz life.
Who were Love Island star Marcel Somerville's old group Blazin Squad Hooray. From Blazin' Squad, that's where. He is still involved in the music industry, however, as he works as a DJ. Most have kept a finger in the musical pie, from artist management (Freek, formerly a corporate banker) and songwriting (Flava and Strider) or DJing (Tommy-B). He was vocal about supporting his pal Marcel when he appeared on the third series of Love Island and proudly declares his membership with the 00s boyband in his Twitter bio. Strider and Flava real names Mus Omer and James Murray have now formed a songwriting duo called Mojam. Stuart has now ditched the gelled hair and shaved eyebrows of his youth in favour of a grown-out locks and designer stubble. Marcel, 36, is engaged to Rebecca Vieira and they have a beautiful baby boy together called Roman. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The man sacrificed his adolescence to the slings and arrows of the pop industry's outrageous fortune only to wind up as an unrecognisable and, seemingly, unfanciable contestant on ITV2's dating reality television show, Love Island. In a previous interview with Manchester Evening News he said: "I might have a solo career or start to write. This single was the first to reach the UK Top 40, and debuted in the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart of 31 August 2002. Now or Never, released in November 2003,lived up to the latter half of its title and rendered the band in tatters after poor sales. After the short-lived comeback in 2009, Freek known as Oliver Georgiou to family and friends founded his own music management company. He has since returned to the industry but now works as a band manager instead. The ten members all met through secondary school and came together through a shared love of music. The Blazin' Squad star often shares his love for Arsenal FC across his social media, and has more recently been sharing how he has been feeling during lockdown. All 10 bandmates met up for drinks once Marcel, now 36, returned to the real world. THEY burst onto the music scene with baggy clothes, excessive hair gel and a crew that would put the biggest Stateside rapper's entourage to shame.
Remember Blazin Squad? Here's what they look like now - The Scottish Sun The trio released their debut single, "Baby Goodbye" in October 2005. After the band split, Krazy, real name Lee Bailey, along with Strider, Flava, Kenzie, and Rocky B announced that they would be reuniting. Where is Reepa now? The 31-year-old faced controversy after he allegedly cheated on Gaby Allen while the pair were on holiday together in Mexico. Like Marcel, he also had a stint on a reality show in 2017 - E4's Tattoo Fixers. He is now in a new relationship and welcomed his first child called Roman at the end of January. The former Blazin' Squad member has stayed in media, but a different kind; he is now a media manager at the BBC. In his free time he enjoys cycling and enjoying ice creams on a hot day. Blazin' Squad had six top 10 singles and a number one single Credit: . He was part of a supergroup called 5th Story, compiled while he was appearing on ITV's Big Reunion. The Crossroads hitmakers have announced a headline show at KOKO London on 26 November 2017 with seven members of the original line-up returning. What ever happened to the Blazin' Squad boys? We caught up with Marcel over the summer, but where are the rest these days? What Blazin' Squad look like now: here's what the 10-piece boyband did next 1 The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal on season 3 2 Call the Midwife star breaks down season 12 finale 3 Angela Bassett. Where are the Sabrina the Teenage Witch cast now? They reunited briefly in 2011 and represented Great Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany, where they came in 11th place with their song, I Can, and they've done other reunion shows too.
Blazin' Squad - where are they now? - Cosmopolitan The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. This content is imported from YouTube. Friendship goals. Their break up turned bitter when he in turn accused her of cheating with Towie star Dan Osborne, a claim she's fiercelydenied. Although he didnt win the show in 2017, he was one of the finalists along with his co-star and ex-girlfriend Gabby Allen. Many members appear to enjoy a variety of careers, ranging from underwear line designer (Kenzie) to D-list celebrity personal trainer (also Kenzie). If you watch reality TV, theres a chance you already know what Marcel has been up to since the band split.
CBBC Newsround | MUSIC | Who are Blazin' Squad? Since the good ol' days, Strider has gone on to even bigger and better things than Blazin' Squad (if that's actually possible).
All Night Long (msica do Blazin 'Squad) - All Night Long (Blazin Their comeback single Let's Start Again only peaked at number 51 on the UK Singles Chart and the band went their separate ways soon after. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Kenzie now shares his luxury lifestyle, wearing designer clothes, and jet setting to Dubai, whilst supporting a rock hard pair of abs. While he's back to being close with the boys these days, he also previously performed as a solo act called The Lee Bailey Project. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. In 2005 the Chingford lad came second on Celebrity Big Brother aged 19, and made headlines that same year when he began dating former glamour model Jodie Marsh, 43. Even the BBC gave them one star for their debut album. Na pocztku zesp skada si z 10 czonkw o pseudonimach: Reepa, Krazy, Kenzie, Flava, Tommy-B, Spike-e, Strider, Rocky-B, Freek i Melo-D. Caa dziesitka pochodzi z Walthamstow, miejscowoci pooonej na poudnie od Londynu. More recently in 2013, he gave the pop game another shot by teaming up with Adam Rickitt, Gareth Gates, Dane Bowers and Kavana for ITV2's The Big Reunion for new manband 5th Story. Rocky B is now widely known for his appearance on ITV's Love Island and his romance with Liverpudlian Gabby Allen.
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Blazin' Squad now - unrecognisable transformations, glamour models and Blazin' Squad also had a number two single, the really quite rude chat-up banger Flip Reverse, in 2003. And are they getting back together? As you may have noticed from the past and present picture comparison, Krazy literally looks exactly the same as he did back in the day. With the facial hair and jawline structure came a very sensible and grown up job, too. Find yourself among people of a certain age today and chances are they'll be able to sing the chorus of Crossroads. The album was released to general critical censure.[6][7]. Now a father-of-two, he splits his time between London and New York.
Where are the Blazin' Squad lads these days? | Metro News Did they meet at the Crossroads after their breakup? The optical illusion will leave you stumped as it's asking people to spot the ghost hiding inside the room.
Where Blazin' Squad stars are now - The Irish Sun In a complete Flip Reverse, Oliver Georgiou went into banking after the group disbanded. The singer is still close to his band mates, and offered a lot of support for Marcel when he appeared on Love Island. The baby faced member of Blazin Squad travels the UK as a DJ. He's also now a father to two daughters, Wynter and Wyllow. He's eating ice cream in his Twitter picture though, so he must also enjoy some occasional dessert based snacking. MC Freek, Rocky B, Melo-d, Reepa, Krazy, Spike-e, Flava . After Blazin' Squad's popularity dwindled, Strider and his best band pal Flava went on to form their own songwriting and production company. Their catchy tunes including Flip Reverse and number one song Crossroads were dancefloor staples in nightclubs across the country. Ollie, or Freek as he was known in his Blazin' Squad days, embarked on a major career change after leaving the music industry and launched a career in corporate banking.
From Chingford to Love Island: the rise and fall of Blazin' Squad Unlike many of his former bandmembers, Lee retreated from the limelight after Blazin' Squad ended. And the Love Island gang were often caught singing Crossroads in between their dating dramas. He and best band pal Flava formed a songwriting/production team called Mojam, which has been impressively successful. Blazin' Squad biography and history on AllMusic including birthday, best songs, existing and new album information, and more. She introduced me to new pleasures and all kinds of different positions.". ), but we haven't heard a peep from them on the chart since 2009. He and partner Bayley Hatson share a daughter. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Digital Spy participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Arsenal fan Sam Foulkes now works in the import and export industry, while re-teaming with some of his bandmates for the odd Blazin' Squad show. Strictly's Karen Hauer teases future judging role, Creed 3 star talks building intimacy with co-star, EastEnders reveals big twist in Eve and Suki story, Emmerdale star shares future of Paddy's dark story, Sims 4 Growing Together 28% off in pre-order deal. The cast of Bridget Jones's Diary then & now. The single fared slightly better than the previous single but could only peak at #51 on the UK Singles Chart. Although he doesnt seem to use his Twitter account much, he supported Marcel when he was in Love Island. Keeping well? Since the Squad broke up, he's also appeared with some of his old bandmates in nightclubs. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. As well as becoming a music mogul writing tracks for the likes of Leona Lewis, Emeli Sande and Professor Green, Strider also now has a wife and a cute baby son too. Weighty Plates Records 2002, cat no: PLATE 01T, Weighty Plates Records 2002, cat no: PLATE 02T, Weighty Plates Records 2002, cat no: PLATE 03T, Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 22:17, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Hip hop group Blazin' Squad to count down New Year chimes at Preston's Bongo's Bingo", "Standard flow | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company", "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company", "The Games silver medallist and pop star reveals how the reality show turned his life around", "Die ganze Musik im Internet: German Charts Albums", "Die ganze Musik im Internet Charts German Singles", "irishcharts.com Discography Blazin' Squad", "Blazin' Squad | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company", 2009 Interview & Feature on Music.Virgin.Com, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blazin%27_Squad&oldid=1141605543, Chris McKeckney AKA "Melo-D" (20022004, 2006), Stuart Baker AKA "Reepa" (20022004, 2006), Sam Foulkes AKA "Spike-E" (20022004, 2006), James Murray AKA "Flava" (20022004, 20052006, 2009), Mustafa Omer AKA "Strider" (20022004, 20052006, 2009), This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 22:17. These days he works as a DJ, but absolutely loves a bit of cycling in his spare time. But, he is also a father to daughters Wynter and Wyllow with girlfriend Frankie Evans. The former Blazin' Squad member has stayed in media, but a different kind; he is now a media manager at the BBC. Viewers have been taking the Mickey out of him for constantly mentioning that he was in Blazin' Squad. Where are the original Loose Women hosts now? In his day job, he's a media manager at the BBC.
Where are Blazin' Squad band members now - The Mirror There were 10 of them in total, but most have stepped away from the limelight, Get all the latest gossip from the villa straight to your inbox with our Love Island newsletter. The hair gel loving lads resurfaced in the spotlight when Marcel Somerville, aka Rocky B, went into the Love Island villa and was at the centre of reality romance. But thanks to the unexpected arrival of Marcel aka Rocky B on 2017's Love Island - and his constant need to subtly mention his prestigious musical past - the squad is back in our lives in a big way, and we've rediscovered the need to Flip Reverse things every now and again.
Blazin' Squad - Wikiwand What's more, they're doing pretty well for themselves. Immediately after his time in the group, Marcel Somerville had a run of reality show stints on CelebAir, The Games and The Weakest Link and he's back on reality telly now as a cast member on Love Island. He keeps out of the limelight for but after Marcel's stint on Love Island, Oliver was invited to appear on E4 show Tattoo Fixers to get the ink on his left bicep updated. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes.
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Blazin' Squad - Wikipedia When they started, they had an average age of 16 and were known by a string of ridiculous nicknames:Kenzie (James McKenzie), Freek (Oliver Georgiou), Melo-d (Chris McKeckney), Reepa (Stuart Baker), Krazy (Lee Bailey), Spike-e (Sam Foulkes), Flava (James Murray), Tommy-B (Tom Beasley), Plat'num (Marcel Sommerville)andStrider (Mustafa Omer). Ten teenagers from Chingford who enjoyed a brief, but indeed blazing, time in the limelight in the early Noughties. James Murray stayed close with his bandmate Mustafa Omer and performed together as MoJam.
All Night Long (Blazin 'Squad -laulu) - All Night Long (Blazin' Squad Some of still in the biz, while others lead quieter lives. Back in The Squad's glory days, Olivier got the date of his band's first number one and the date they signed their record contract on his arm. "We Just Be Dreamin'" reached number three in July 2003, and "Flip Reverse", which was co-written by former member Liam D'Souza reached number two in November. Despite his career change, he has shared pictures with the other Squad members and proudly declares his membership in the noughties boyband. Jamie McKenzie is now a very sculpted personal trainer, Marcel Sommervile welcomed his first child earlier this year, Freek carried his love of music through to his work as a band manager, Strider now runs a successful songwriting company, James Murray ( pictured) and his old bandmate worked on Naughty Boy and Sam Smith's huge hit La La La, Sam Foulkes has partaken in a few Blazin' Squad reunions since they split, Chris now has platinum blond hair and works as an engineer, Lee Bailey has retreated from the limelight, DJ Tommy B: he's still working as DJ these days.