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Does anyone know how to reach the current agent or former agent for Color Me Badd? (I realize they disbanded in 1999.)

― Liz Baker (Precise), Saturday, 16 September 2006 01:43 (twenty years ago)

Light a fire on the beach. Then signal them.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 16 September 2006 01:51 (twenty years ago)

I'm kinda disappointed this isn't a random revive of an unanswered thread from four years ago.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 September 2006 01:52 (twenty years ago)

Did you try THE GOOG?

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 16 September 2006 01:55 (twenty years ago)

It said "Answer hazy; ask again later."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 September 2006 02:10 (twenty years ago)

Apparently some guy named Meekahail Muhammad was their manager, if that helps, but it's a dead-end googlewise. Enjoy the recent exploits of two former members:

Hottie Tamyra Gray Marries Color Me Badd Schmoe
« on: September 06, 2006, 01:29:46 PM »

The white guy with the bad fro gets to marry this chick?!? Unbelievable.

American Idol's Tamyra Gray Gets Married

Tuesday Sep 05, 2006 4:00pm EST
By Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna
Gray and Watters
CREDIT: INF

American Idol season one finalist Tamyra Gray married Sam Watters, a songwriter and producer who was in the early '90s R&B group Color Me Badd, in Capri, Italy, on Saturday, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Gray, 27, and Watters, 36, wed before 45 guests on a cliff overlooking the ocean. The bride wore a gown by Claire Pettibone. After the ceremony, "They walked through the city and townspeople were opening their windows and cheering for them," Gray's manager, Lisa Braudé, tells PEOPLE.

The couple have been together for two years. They got engaged on Valentine's Day when Watters proposed with an antique diamond engagement ring in a platinum setting.

A fan favorite on American Idol in 2002, Gray has ventured into acting – she had a recurring role on Boston Public in 2003, appeared in the 2005 indie film The Gospel and played a waitress on NBC's Las Vegas in March. In 2004 she released an album, The Dreamer.

Since his stint with Color Me Badd, which had a hit with "I Wanna Sex You Up," Watters has worked with partner Louis Biancaniello as a writer and producer for artists including Jessica Simpson (he co-wrote her song "A Public Affair"), Celine Dion and Kelly Clarkson. He also co-wrote, produced and arranged several songs on The Dreamer.

The newlyweds are currently honeymooning in Italy.
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Bryan Abrams, a former singer with the 1990s boy band Color Me Badd, is being sued for $16,000 that his ex-wife alleges he owes in back child support.

Shon Gables, a news anchor for WCBS in New York City, filed the lawsuit and appeared in Oklahoma County District Court earlier this week with the singer’s other ex-wife, Ashly Abrams.

The 35-year-old Abrams was one of the founding members of the Oklahoma-based quartet, whose debut album, “C.B.M.,” sold more than 8 million copies. Their hits included “I Wanna Sex You Up” and “I Adore Mi Amor.”

Gables estimates she has spent $10,000 trying to recover support owed by Abrams, who now works in an Oklahoma City tire store.

Gables says Abrams long ago spent all the money he made during his Color Me Badd days: “He has nothing to show for it, except the ASCAP publishing he co-owns with other members of the group.”

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 16 September 2006 02:13 (twenty years ago)

Here's a recent picture of him:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Homeless_Woman.jpg/800px-Homeless_Woman.jpg

― Eazy-Esteban Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Saturday, 16 September 2006 02:16 (twenty years ago)

i like the brandy lookalike who was in color me badd

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 16 September 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2005/08/26/abrams.jpg
Abrams, who now works in an Oklahoma City tire store.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 16 September 2006 04:17 (twenty years ago)

I wanna sex you up (your tires i mean)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Man imagine that guy being your manager

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 September 2006 08:31 (twenty years ago)

“C.B.M.,”

Colorful Bowel Movement?

― Zwan (miccio), Saturday, 16 September 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

Abrams, who now works in an Oklahoma City tire store.

I thought Ludacris was the only one equipped to rotate all tires?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 16 September 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)

Jesus Christ on rollerblades, that is WAY to depressing to handle.

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Saturday, 16 September 2006 23:58 (twenty years ago)

wiki sez:
Kevin Thornton has just released a new solo album which features contemporary hip hop/rap material with gospel and soul music. Many songs written and produced by kevin. Kevin now lives in Hobart, Tasmania in order to be closer to his new boyfriend Shaun Anderson who is studying full-time at the University of Tasmania. Kevin has a website which you can find googling his name.

The "brandy lookalike" is gay, imagine that.

I wonder what Mark Calderon is up to. He shares a name with a famous sculptor, so google isn't much help.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:20 (twenty years ago)

What happened to the Kenny G guy?

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:32 (twenty years ago)

That's the dude that married the American Idol girl. The unaccounted for one (Mark) is the low-rent George Michael.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:34 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WF25.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Kevin, Sam, Bryan, Mark. I think.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:37 (twenty years ago)

are you sure they broke up in '99?
i could have swore it was around 95-96...whatever.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:38 (twenty years ago)

2000, sez wiki:
After Giant Records decided not to renew the band's recording deal, Color Me Badd officially disbanded in May of 2000, culminating in the release of their final album The Best Of Color Me Badd.

I think this is Mark, nowish:
http://www.sbutler.org/archives/JDST4.JPG

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:44 (twenty years ago)

Bryan "Tire Store" Abrams myspace (jeez I am bored tonight):
http://www.myspace.com/bryanabramsonline

recent looking pic:
http://myspace-309.vo.llnwd.net/00267/90/30/267730309_m.jpg

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 00:48 (twenty years ago)

Now he's the Paul Wall.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:29 (twenty years ago)

http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictures/c/o/colormebadd255782.jpg
Is it just me, or was Sam Watters (far left) the weirdest looking dude to ever be in a boy band?

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:33 (twenty years ago)

mark looks like johnny damon!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:36 (twenty years ago)

hahah shit hobart, tasmania. of all the places

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Sunday, 17 September 2006 14:07 (twenty years ago)

Hobart? No fucking way.

― Eazy-Esteban Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Sunday, 17 September 2006 14:11 (twenty years ago)

best thread ever

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Sunday, 17 September 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

I'm with that, this is amazing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 17 September 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

I'm tempted to post every CMB pic I can find.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

there's a link that goes ever out, from color me badd to temptations

― tiit (tiit), Sunday, 17 September 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the far left guy looks like Richard Edson in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, plotting to joyride in Cameron's dad's car!

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Sunday, 17 September 2006 22:42 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha totally. When he had curly hair everyone called him Kenny G, but when he straightened it he looked a million times creepier.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 22:46 (twenty years ago)

wow that album cover

― latebloomer (aka "the sun") (latebloomer), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:09 (twenty years ago)

That was the cover for their last relatively big single, actually (19 weeks on charts, peaked at #21).

They released one final album after that (not counting the best of) in 1998, with one minor hit. Here's the cover:
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000009CZF.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V62979186_.jpg

1. All The Way (Freaky Style)
2. Written On Your Face
3. Kissing You Listen Listen
4. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
5. Your Touch
6. I'll Never Love This Way Again
7. Remember When
8. I'ts Gonna Be Alright
9. Farmer's Daughter
10. All The Way Pt. 2
11. How Could This Be
12. Secret Lovers

(72 used & new available from $0.01 on Amazon)

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:32 (twenty years ago)

8. I'ts Gonna Be Alright

Haha, I sincerely hope that typo is on the actual CD cover, and not just Amazon's mistake.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:37 (twenty years ago)

8. T'ts Gonna Be Alright

― señor citizen (eman), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:52 (twenty years ago)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid203/p85a7362d67b93aa6b0906be5dbed0881/ef99569b.jpg

― señor citizen (eman), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:56 (twenty years ago)

http://www.badyear.com/images/cartoons/michelin-man.jpg

― señor citizen (eman), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:57 (twenty years ago)

http://patjohnson.com/images/music_imgs/hiphop/color_me_badd.jpg

― señor citizen (eman), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:00 (twenty years ago)

4. Love Is Stronger Than Pride

The Sade song??

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:07 (twenty years ago)

***** Good Oldies Of The 90s, July 5, 2006
Reviewer: P. Mistric (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

C.M.B. was the first concert I ever went to. I was about 19 years old and I took my younger brother with me. They came to Corpus Christi, Texas. The concert started off bad only because some bad woman behind me stole my purse, but I recovered it later in the trashcan. All she stole was my calculater and $30 in cash. Even with all that, I still enjoyed Color Me Badd. It's more like Color Me Good....sounds funny!!! Anyways, Marc Calderon and I locked eyes several times throughout the show. It was an awesome concert. Too badd, it has ended early for them. I hope they come back one day and surprise us all. This band was different and I never considered them a boy band. They were very under-rated. Great memories for me.

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― señor citizen (eman), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:08 (twenty years ago)

Is that Jamie Foxx on the right?
xx-post

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:09 (twenty years ago)

12. Secret Lovers

The Atlantic Starr song??

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:10 (twenty years ago)

Is that Jamie Foxx on the right?

They thought it would be smart to get a Jamie Foxx-alike to stay up with the times.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:11 (twenty years ago)

yeah he was their onstage hype man for a minute

― señor citizen (eman), Monday, 18 September 2006 01:12 (twenty years ago)

this is all hilariously bizarre for me. i sincerely assumed the band would have dissolved in the early 90s.

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 18 September 2006 12:52 (twenty years ago)

I completely forgot about ~~"I Adore Me Amore"~~ any song other than "I Wanna Sex You Up".

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 18 September 2006 14:07 (twenty years ago)

' i think im gonna staaaaaaaay, staaaaaay foreeeever"

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:12 (twenty years ago)

9. Farmer's Daughter

the Epic Soundtracks song?

― hank (hank s), Monday, 18 September 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)

"Thinkin' Back" was a truly underrated song. I saw them sing it a cappella on some awards show many years ago and was genuinely impressed.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 18 September 2006 16:16 (twenty years ago)

Color Me Bald

― and PappaWheelie, author of Have You Ever Been Poxy Fuled? (PappaWheelie 2), Monday, 18 September 2006 17:42 (twenty years ago)

I kind of hate Tamyra Gray now.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 18 September 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

Color Me Bald

haha! a mod should rename this thread with that.

― van igloo (van smack), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:26 (twenty years ago)

oh look, more CMB threads:
I Am The Proud Owner Of The Original Master Tape Of Color Me Badd's "We Can Do The Nasty"!!
If you found yourself with an unwanted telepathic link to Color Me Badd who insisted on appearing, magically, by your side and singing a full renditin of "I Want to Sex You Up" whenever you found yourself chatting to someone you quite fancied how on earth would you ever be able to live a happy life?
TS: Justin Timberlake vs. Color Me Badd
TV Anchor Sues Former Color Me Badd Singer, No Longer Adores Su Amor

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha, we've even had the "OMG tire store" posts before (on that last one).

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Monday, 18 September 2006 22:33 (twenty years ago)

that Sam Watters dude looks like John Cazale

http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictures/c/o/colormebadd255782.jpg http://www.glowria.fr/img/uploadpeople/4452.jpg

― darin (darin), Monday, 18 September 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

god knows why he's persisted with the same hairstyle. he was already struggling with it on the album sleeve

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:05 (twenty years ago)

he also looks like he's reaching inside his shirt for something.

― Space Gourmand (Haberdager), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:06 (twenty years ago)

trivia time!
my local station that would play this song on the Top 5 At Nine would play an edit of 'I Want to Sex You Up' that replaced 'sex' with 'love'.
i'm supposing that the original was a tad too racy for ol' Chambersburg, PA's radio playlists.
as was Madonna's 'Justify My Love' which they played exactly once.

― edde (edde), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:13 (twenty years ago)

nine months pass...

i like it how TWO words are misspelled in the band's name

― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 12 July 2007 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

^lol british

― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:52 (fourteen years ago)

that 1st esteban buttz post here made me irl lol v hard

― same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 18:43 (fourteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/C.M.B.jpg

For 2 decades, I just thought this album was self-titled, but it's really called C.M.B.!

― fruitsbs (beachville), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:15 (fourteen years ago)

(look in the upper right-hand corner!)

― fruitsbs (beachville), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:16 (fourteen years ago)

did we ever determine what became of george michael?

― hologram ned raggett (The Reverend), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:32 (fourteen years ago)

still working in the frozen banana stand iirc

― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:39 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/former-color-me-badd-frontman-accused-of-violating-terms-of-probation-in-oklahoma/2013/11/21/c36d65c2-52ab-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2013-11-21/AP/Images/Color%20Me%20Badd-Court%20Appearance.JPEG-00c77.jpg

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 23 November 2013 17:48 (twelve years ago)

Jeez, I sure hope that walker is a sympathy ploy. I hate to see someone struggle like that (even if they were in Color Me Badd.)

― henry s, Saturday, 23 November 2013 19:46 (twelve years ago)

eight years pass...

all 4 love is still good idc idc

― Spottie, Thursday, 9 December 2021 22:47 (four years ago)

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