Huckapoo was an American

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formed in late 2003 by Brian Lukow, co-creator of teen pop boy band

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. The group comprises Brittney Segal ("Angel Sparks"), Brittany Lahm ("Twiggy Stardom"), Lindsay Nyman ("Joey Thunders"),

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("Groovy Tuesday"), and Brooke Mori ("PJ Bardot").

History

Having managed the boy band Dream Street prior, Lukow wanted to reprise Dream Street's success and marketability through a female lens. With young females dominating the fanbase of the teen pop zeitgeist at the time, Lukow molded Huckapoo's image to the

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individuality of the

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. As a result, its group members each portray an

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. Their aliases were characters from different social groups typically found on any high school campus. *Brittney Segal: As Angel Sparks, a biker. *Brittany Lahm: As Twiggy Stardom, a preppy cheerleader. *Lindsay Nyman: As Joey Thunders, a punk. *Jordan Price: As Groovy Tuesday, a flower child hippie. *Brooke Mori: As P.J. Bardot, a hip-hop princess. While the group had recorded songs for live shows and promotion, they did not release an album. Instead, most of their recorded material have been featured on several

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compilation albums including

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. Their song "Perfectly" is on the Disney original movie soundtrack, ''

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''. In April 2006, Segal left the group and the band continued to perform as a quartet. In the following year, their songs were featured in the film ''

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'', along with their own version of " Macho Man". By 2008, the rest of the members went their separate ways.

References

External links

Huckapoo
on MySpace
Reprising the Spice Girls
''New York Times''. August 29, 2004.

''New York Times''. October 24, 2004
Who Loves Huckapoo?
''New York Magazine''. November 26, 2004. American girl groups Musical quartets Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups disestablished in 2008 American pop music groups Musical groups from New York City {{US-pop-band-stub