S Club 7 were presented to the world by impresario Simon Fuller – looking to repeat his success with the Spice Girls – as a fully formed pop package: four girls, three boys, singing, dancing, acting.

“I honestly was very unsure,” he says. “That got me down.”, He was told it would be at odds with “the alchemy”, he says sarcastically, imitating a showbiz suit: “‘We have picked certain people to do certain roles.’ I can only assume that mine was to answer questions in interviews. “That is nine times out of 10 the way it goes.”. 48 in UK and it was described by music critics as "polished", "well constructed" and "better than other ex boy and girl band" albums, citing the O'Meara "strong voice"[9][10] In November the label began planning the second single but executives and O'Meara disagreed over the choice – between "To Ease Your Pain", "Wish I was Over You" or "Relentless" – and she left the label.

I was seven in 1998, and there really was no party like an S Club Party. They performed a reunion tour, Bring It All Back 2015, in May 2015. “Yeah, but like I say. “The other guys know I’m up for doing it, but I don’t know what’s happening.”, A manager had approached him about it but was “rude and offensive” – typical, he says, of his experience of the industry.

In January 2008, O'Meara said she was "well on the way to recovery from the aftermath of the Big Brother controversy" and she had rediscovered her passion for rescuing animals and horses. In January 2007, O'Meara appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. [5], Between 2003 and 2005 O'Meara became addicted to gambling and had some problems with her spine at that time.

I was never asked to show, in the audition process, my singing, my ability to dance – my ability for anything, other than talking.”, And not much talking, at that. For even more, visit our Guide to Horror ... if you dare. Skua was stop-start and never signed to a record label. Available for everyone, funded by readers. It will be great – it will be bliss – to one day not have to, but it’s part of it, and I totally accept that.”, In July, Stevens teased a reunion on the Lorraine Kelly show to mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album but Cattermole seems to think it unlikely. Previously, we showed you what S Club 7 look like now.Now it's the Juniors' turn. He leaps on the word. Watch the video. S Club 7 had never not been successful, but this was the first time they had come close to having street cred. Other members of S Club 7 had been chosen from thousands of applicants at “cattle calls”, what we think of today as X Factor-style; Cattermole never even auditioned. [citation needed] The album peaked at No.

Share this page: ... - "Never Had a Dream Come True" by S Club 7 (2018) ... (performer: "Never Had A Dream Come True", "S Club Party", "Bring It All Back") Between 1998 and 2002, the group scored three more No 1s – as well as hits in Europe, Australasia and the US – and recorded four albums.

In an appearance on Loose Women that some criticised as exploitative, Cattermole said that he owed some £30,000 in taxes and more in legal fees. The X Factor finalists: who are you rooting for? Cattermole? “We did everything ourselves, as far as I can remember, from laundry to food preparation.”, And mostly to make other people money. As we’re wrapping up, I tell Cattermole that I still associate their music with the optimism of the millennium.

The actual thing that people were buying into came from us. The public got to know Jo O’Meara, Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jon Lee, Tina Barrett, Rachel Stevens and Cattermole playing versions of themselves on their CBBC series, Miami 7, about a British pop group trying to break America.

“There was no management in that. No one in the group resented him for leaving – but no one asked him to stay. It was a new, more sophisticated sound for the group, more Billie Jean than bubblegum (in fact Michael Jackson was given a co-writing credit). All rights reserved. Reports at the time said they had been secretly dating for six months, necessitating their on-screen kiss, but Cattermole says that was not the case – it did not happen organically.

Ze werkten ook aan een WWF-project 'sclub wild'. Paul Cattermole found stardom with 90s pop kids S Club 7, but says being in the band brought him only pain and poverty, Tue 10 Sep 2019 13.30 EDT For the past year and a half Cattermole has lived in Swanage, in Dorset, where his family are based; he has been working odd jobs, most recently as manager of a community radio station. 1999: Members of UK band S Club 7 in Sydney. Jon was the joker. Cattermole says he got on with McIntosh (his closest friend) and Lee and Spearritt (“the nucleus” of the group) in particular. I guess because there ain't no party like an S Club party, am I right? It’s been over 15 years since S Club 7’s debut single ‘Bring It All Back’ went straight to number one and now, the band are back in action. “Enthusiastic.” (And liked guacamole.)

S Club 7.

O'Meara was born in Romford,[3] London, to parents Dave and Barbara. [6] She returned to the studio to record a new material, focused on pop rock style and produced by Richard Carpenter, and planned to release as debut single "Taxi Cab", "Lovely" or "Don't Wanna Let You Down", featured Lee Ryan, but failed to sign with a record label and the project was postponed.

[13] On 12 November 2008 a bottle was thrown during their performance in Bradford. There were four more TV series and, in 2001, a spin-off group: S Club Juniors.

Once in the group, he never had to sing. “Top of the Pops magazine, Smash Hits, all this sort of stuff was massive: ‘So Paul, what’s your favourite colour?’” He puts his face in his hands in mock desperation. We have wanted to be perceived as cool since the very beginning, and you’ve given it to us, but then you’ve taken it away.”. She grew up in Collier Row, a suburban housing estate in the north of Romford in the London Borough of Havering. O'Meara was a member of S Club 7, a group who rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, Miami 7, in 1999.They enjoyed considerable success during the five years they were together, including chart-topping singles in the UK and hits in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the United States. The extent of Cattermole’s money troubles came to light last year after he was found to be selling his Brit award on eBay for a reported £60,000. “It had got to the point where things were being handled so badly, I had to go.”. “The Monkees for the next generation” was one comparison. In March 2002, Cattermole announced that he was leaving S Club 7, ostensibly to pursue his old band, now named Skua and doing nu-metal. Brad Pitt and Keira Knightley both scored early roles in scary movies. [3], O'Meara was a member of S Club 7, a group who rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, Miami 7, in 1999. It struck O'Meara, leaving her with a cut to the head requiring hospital treatment. You might remember the G-funk jam S Club Party, my personal favourite, in which – as Tina did her dance and Jon looked for romance – Paul was getting down on the floor while Hannah screamed out for more. She also appeared on stage with them performing the song. For all the No 1s, the world tours, the multi-million-pound merchandising and endorsement deals – including one with Pepsi – S Club 7 saw very little of their success in monetary terms. “I’ve been asked so many times, ‘Were you sitting by the phone, just waiting?’ But when they did phone me up and offer it to me – ‘Hi, we’re so pleased to …’ – I remember putting the phone down and going: ‘I don’t know if I want to do that.’ I turned to my friends and said: ‘If I do this, my life is never going to be the same again.’”. Met de groep scoorde ze 10 top-5 hits in het Verenigd Koninkrijk en werkte ze mee aan vier televisieseries: Miami 7, LA 7, Hollywood 7 en Viva S Club.

We created that sort of fun energy on our own, despite the pressure they put on us.”, Cattermole had very nearly not joined S Club 7.