Lyte Funky Ones

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LFO
Origin United States
Genre(s) Pop/Funk
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 1997-2003
Label(s) Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Arista Records (1998-2003)
Members
Rich Cronin
Devin Lima
Brad Fischetti

Lyte Funky Ones (LFO) was an American three-man pop group consisting of Rich Cronin, Devin Lima (born Harold Lima), and Brad Fischetti. Before Devin Lima joined the group in 1999, the third member was Brian Gillis, known as "Brizz", who was with the group from its start in 1995. The band is best known for their hit song "Summer Girls".

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[edit] History

[edit] Origins

In 1995, in Boston, Massachusetts, Rich Cronin met Brian Gillis,[citation needed] known as Brizz. Brizz convinced Rich to start a group with him, so Rich and Brian moved to Orlando and met with Lou Pearlman who asked aspiring model and long-time friend Derek Bugley, a Pilates Instructor in downtown Boston, if he wanted to join the group, to which he agreed.[citation needed]

Their biggest single, "The Way You Like It", was produced by Chris Cate better known for all the BSB and 'N Sync hits. They also had another hit called "If I Can't Have You", which missed the top 10, reaching #11 on the UK charts. In 1999, Brizz was frustrated with the lack of progress that the group had made so he left to pursue a solo career, which lead him to multiple college tours and a job in the music industry with a radio promotion position in Florida with BMG.

[edit] Their success

After Brizz left, Bugley and Cronin still wanted to continue to pursue their dreams of making it big, so they headed back to the United States and had an open audition. Devin Lima or Dumas, an employee of a hardware store at the time, was chosen in place of Brizz. Dumas decided that the group should discontinue being called Lyte Funky Ones and use the name LFO exclusively instead.[citation needed]

Still signed with Trans Continental and now with Arista Records, LFO recorded some songs in former New Kids on the Block singer Danny Wood's basement. Wood had been a long-time friend of original member Brian Gillis. Among the songs LFO had recorded in an attempt to make a demo was a song called "Summer Girls". This song would change their lives, and give LFO their path to success. As well as the basement in Boston, the Newport House continued to serve as a recording studio as well as a party haven.

The song was leaked to a friend at a radio station[citation needed] and was so catchy, LFO made it to the Billboard Hot 100. "Summer Girls" made its way to the Top 10. z100, a major Clear Channel radio station located in New York, also helped their popularity.

Their debut album, LFO, sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide, and scored two Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Summer Girls" and "Girl on TV". In 1999, "Summer Girls" was nominated for a Billboard Music Award for Top Selling Single of the Year; the song sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. The song itself contained numerous non sequiturs, such as "You're the best girl that I ever did see/the great Larry Bird, jersey 33" and "Fell deep in love, but now we ain't speakin'/Michael J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton". This album featured many vocals from original member Brizz. The label loved the original versions of the records so much that they left all of the vocals from Brizz including leads on "If I Can't Have You".

The year 2000 was a busy year for LFO, featuring nonstop tours performing at over 230 concerts that year. They also served as opening act for Britney Spears and co-headlined Nickelodeon's All That Music & More summer tour. They also found success in the UK at the same time when "Girl on TV" entered the UK chart at #6. In 2000, the band won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Group of the Year. Play Along Toys made dolls of the group in 2001.

They appeared on The Amanda Show as guest stars, singing a song while Amanda swayed her body in the background with the show's famous 'dancing lobsters' (actors in lobster costumes which appear most prominently in the Judge Trudy spinoff of Judge Judy). At the end LFO described Amanda as 'the most beautiful girl in the world'. The episode has been repeated on Nickelodeon since its creation.

[edit] After LFO

In an attempt to form a pop group without having it labeled as a boy band, Rich Cronin founded Bad Mood Mike in 2003.[citation needed] The project failed, as it had never produced an album, and ended after a few months.

As of July 19, 2003, they are on an indefinite hiatus so that the members can work on other projects.[citation needed] Part of the hiatus was due to the fact that Devin and Brad wanted LFO to not have a boy band image,[citation needed] which is shown by their change of looks throughout 2001.

Devin Lima along with his new band, The Cadbury Diesel is set to release their debut record, Mozart Popart in July 2008.[citation needed]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album UK US
1999 "Can't Have You" LFO 54 70
1999 "(Sex U Up) The Way You Like It" ' - -
1999 "Summer Girls" LFO 16 3
1999 "Girl on TV" LFO 6 10
2000 "I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight" LFO - 61
2000 "West Side Story" LFO - 84
2001 "Every Other Time" Life Is Good 24 44
2002 "Life Is Good" Life Is Good - -

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