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and Osmosis Records. The group were promoted as the British equivalent of NSYNC, and rivals to manufactured boy bands such as

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and A1. The group had three successful singles: " Knockout" " Give Me a Reason" " Good 2 Go", which charted at number 8,9 & 2 (independent chart) respectively in the

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. The group parted company with their record label polydor in 2003, leaving their album, ''Heavy W8'', unreleased. In 2004, they reformed with new member Stewart Macintosh, and released a third single, "Good 2 Go", which reached number 2 UK Indie chart. McIntosh replaced Iain James Farquharson. The group appeared once in

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's children game show ''

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'' on special Christmas episode in 2003.

Members

The group was originally made up of: * David Wilcox: 2001–2003 * Iain James Farquharson, aka Sparx: 2001–2003 * Jamie Bell: 2001–2005 * Josh Barnett: 2001–2005 * Justin Scott: 2001–2005 ;New members Iain James Farquharson left the band in 2004 and was replaced by: * Stewart Macintosh: 2004–2005

After break-up

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, Little Mix and

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. He also co-wrote " Running Scared" by Eldar & Nigar. In 2013, he co-penned " Love Kills" which was performed by

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, The Belgian Voice winner, in 2013 representing

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. It qualified for the

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final placing 12th in

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. Justin Scott is now a property developer, married to

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. Stewart Macintosh (now Stewart Mac) is a recording artist, who is now writing and performing his own material.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{Authority control Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups disestablished in 2005 English boy bands English dance music groups