Damage

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Damage were a British R&B boy band who achieved success in the 1990s with eleven hit singles, including four Top 10 successes in the UK Singles Chart.

Biography

Led by Andrez Harriott, Damage were one of several urban R&B outfits who capitalised on Mark Morrison's international breakthrough during the mid 1990s. The quintet was formed at school at the beginning of the decade when Harriott, Jade Jones, Core? Richards, Rahsaan J Bromfield and Noel Simpson were all teenagers. They sent a demo tape of a cover version of the Jackson Five song "Anything" to Jazz Summers of Big Life Records in early 1995. Although Summers was impressed by the quality of their singing and harmonies, he waited eighteen months before issuing their first record. Even though it charted outside the Top 40 it achieved excellent reviews and Damage were born.

They made quick inroads into the UK Singles Chart and the second single "Love II Love" reached number 12 while the follow-up "Forever" was a number 6 hit during the Christmas period. Damage also supported Boyzone at their Wembley Stadium performance in 1996.

Their debut album 'Forever' followed in the spring of 1997, along with two further UK Top 10 singles - "Love Guaranteed" and a cover version of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight", the latter reaching number 3. The quintet subsequently embarked on an extensive touring schedule while negotiating a new recording contract following the collapse of Big Life. Jones remained in the media spotlight through his long-term romance with Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls. Damage returned to the UK music scene in spring 2001 with their Cooltempo Records' d?but album, Since You've Been Gone.

Core? Richards has solo projects ongoing with Felix Milton and One Time Records, Andrez Harriott and Jade Jones now perform in their band, CherryBlackStone.

In 2001, they decided to call it a day, citing musical differences as the reason for their break up.