Thursday, July 22, 2010

Color Me Sadd

Authorities say one of the singers from the 1990s R&B group Color Me Badd was arrested in Hawaii following a fight with his wife. And you thought you'd never hear that group's name again...

Honolulu police say Bryan Abrams was arrested after getting into an argument with his wife and throwing her across the room. Abrams was arrested on suspicion of harassment, and later released. For unknown reasons, Color Me Badd performed a concert in Honolulu last Saturday. Abrams was one of the founding members of the Oklahoma-based quartet.
He wasn't the George Michaels looking one. Or the Wesley Snipes looking one. Or the Kenny G looking one. Don't pretend you can't remember their songs "I Wanna Sex You Up" and "I Adore Mi Amore".

After Epic Records shockingly decided not to renew the band's recording deal, Color Me Badd officially disbanded in May 2000. Since then, one of them married a former American Idol contestant, another released a solo album that features contemporary hip-hop/rap material with gospel and soul music (ugh), and one lives in Cincinnati, Ohio and works for a local insurance company - like it matters if I told you the names...

Many recall the unexpected tragedy of 2001, when Bryan Abrams released a solo album entitled "Welcome to Me" (no thank you). Further grief came in 2007, when Abrams participated in the VH1 reality show "Mission: Man Band", though I swear is a gay pron title. And for your historical round up, three quarters of the band reunited for the "DirecTV Gameshow: Rock and a Hardplace" hosted by Meatloaf. I'm not making that up, but it sounds so ridiculous, you'd have to question it.

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