No Mercy is a trio of American singers who were originally brought together in Germany by producer
Frank Farian.
The group consists of
Bronx-born Marty Cintron and twin brothers Ariel and Gabriel Hernández, who hailed from
Miami.
Career
1995–1997: ''My Promise''
In 1995 the group released their single "Missing" which was a
cover version of
Everything but the Girl's 1994 hit. No Mercy released their debut album ''
My Promise
''My Promise'' is the debut album by the German-based trio No Mercy, released in 1996. It is the group's most successful album and contains all of their international hits: "Missing", " Where Do You Go", " When I Die", " Please Don't Go" and "Ki ...
'' on October 21, 1996.
''My Promise'' was the original title chosen by the trio's German record company,
Hansa
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*Hansa (shopping centre), in Turku, Finland
*Hansa-Park, a German attraction park
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, BMG.
The album was released in the U.S. only a week later under the self title ''No Mercy'' on October 29, 1996.
The album, however, was released in most areas of the world with its original title ''My Promise'', including Australia where it received two times platinum sales accreditation. ''My Promise'' which became a top-5 album in countries like Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, produced two internationally popular singles, including "
Where Do You Go" and "When I Die", the first being a
cover
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of
La Bouche's "Where Do You Go" from 1995. This was followed by the single "Please Don't Go", which entered the top 5 in Austria and the U.K.
The trio released a re-worked version of the band
Exile
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's number one song from 1978, "
Kiss You All Over
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", which was a moderate success on the charts but still managed to enter the top 20 in Austria, the Netherlands and the UK.
1998–1999: ''More''
No Mercy's second album, ''More'', which was released in Germany on October 12, 1998,
included singles such as "Hello How Are You", "
More than a Feeling
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" (originally recorded by
Boston) and "
Tu Amor" (originally by
Jon B.
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Early life
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and raised in Altadena, ...
, and later covered also by
RBD
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). Although ''More'' was not as successful as its predecessor, it still managed to achieve success in the GSA region (Germany, Switzerland, Austria), peaking at No.7, No.9, No.9 respectively.
2000–present: Singles and current status
In 2002, a single, "
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" featuring guitarist
Al Di Meola
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, was released to gauge support for No Mercy's third album. The record producer decided instead to rework the songs for solo artist
Daniel Lopes
Daniel Lopes (born 12 November 1976) is a German-Brazilian singer and songwriter. He came to fame as a contestant on the debut season of the television series '' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German ''Idol'' series adaptation.
Early ...
' debut album, ''Shine On'', in 2003. The band would guest feature in that album, on the track "Summer Angel".
In October 2007, No Mercy released their third album, ''Day By Day'', under a new Australian-based independent record label, Show No Mercy Entertainment Pty Ltd, and via
iTunes
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.
On December 16, 2011 No Mercy released the single "Shed My Skin" featuring Stan Kolev via
iTunes
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.
Guitarist and lead vocalist Marty Cintron performs in Europe under the No Mercy name.
In popular culture
No Mercy's version of the
La Bouche song "
Where Do You Go" (Ocean Drive Mix) was featured in the 1998 American comedy film ''
A Night at the Roxbury
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''.
A No Mercy song was also used on the ABC-TV series ''
Lois and Clark
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''.
Discography
Studio albums
North American releases
Compilation albums
Singles
See also
*
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
External links
nomercymusic.comOfficial website
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American dance music groups
American pop music groups
American boy bands
Arista Records artists
American Eurodance groups
Musical groups from Miami
Musical groups established in 1996
Hispanic and Latino American musicians