AboutAngie Hung Expertise Melanie C (aka Sporty Spice). I can answer things like: -who her idols are
-what kind of music she likes -details of her first solo album -her sexual
preferences -how she likes to relax -why she likes fame -her and the future
of the Spice Girls. I also have contact with a woman on their management
team, so I have access to information that others may not have access to.
Experience Oh, see my Madonna profile for this one.
Question Was there someone called Steve who used to manage the Spice Girls and a band called Five? What is his full name?
Answer Hi Gary,
There was a guy named Bob Herbert who helped bring the Spice Girls together as a group and was the manager of 5ive. He died in a car accident in 1999.
Here's an article about it:
The man who originally put together the Spice Girls has died in a car accident. Bob Herbert, 57, who was the current manager of boy band Five, was killed instantly when his car crashed on Monday in heavy rain. The Spice Girls said in a statement: "We were all shocked and saddened to hear the News & Forum Rules. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family. We know he will be sadly missed." Police said the accident happened at 1540 BST on Monday on the main road through Windsor Great Park, Berkshire. It appeared that Herbert, who was driving a red MGF sports car, lost control in heavy rain. The car spun and was struck by another car, forcing the vehicle to leave the carriageway and to collide with a wooden fence. Herbert had to be cut from his car by fire and rescue teams, and was taken to Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, by air ambulance. However, he was pronounced dead on arrival. The 73-year-old man driving the other car, a silver-coloured Toyota Corolla, suffered chest injuries which are not thought to be serious, but his 70-year-old wife sustained serious spinal injuries. Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident to come forward. News & Forum Rulespaper ad led to stardom Together with his son Chris, Bob Herbert placed the 1993 advertisement in The Stage News & Forum Rulespaper which brought the Spice Girls together. The group - then Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Victoria Adams, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell - were originally known as Touch and lived together in a house in Maidenhead, Berkshire when the Herberts managed them. However, by 1996 the group had changed their name and dispensed with the Herberts' services. They signed with Annie Lennox's manager Simon Fuller, and had their first hit with the number one single Wannabe in July 1996. However, the Herberts were not discouraged from their pop career, and achieved success in their own right with boy band Five last year. Bob Herbert also helped to form 1980s pop sensations Bros. Simon Cowell, Five's A&R man at RCA, said: "Bob Herbert worked closely with many people here in the past two years. Everyone here respected him greatly, and he was always the perfect gentleman. "He will be missed by all of us as a colleague, and more importantly, as a friend." Five are on a promotional tour in South America at present. As well as his son Chris, he is survived by his wife Ann and his daughter Nicky.
and then there is Simon Fuller, who managed the Spice Girls and managed 5ive, here is an article about him:
Who exactly are the boys of 5ive? Their names are (L to R in pic) Abs Breen, Sean Conlon, Scott Robinson, Rich Neville, and J Brown. All five answered an open audition for a new group, and they met while lining up to perform. Alone, they weren't much; together, they were much more than anyone expected. Simon Fuller, creator of the Spice Girls and S Club 7, signed them onto BMG, and the five guys worked with producers Denniz PoP and Max Martin to create their first hit, "Slam Dunk Da Funk." They continued to enter the charts with songs such as "Until the Time Is Through," "Everybody Get Up," "When the Lights Go Out," and "Got the Feelin'." The first single that was released off of "Invincible" was a new, fresher sound of 5ive, a work entitled "If Ya Gettin' Down." The second single was "Keep On Movin'," a song that shot straight to No.1. Their third single "Don't Wanna Let You Go" is set to be released in March, and fans are anxious for it to move along.
