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Caught
In The Act
It was
in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) in 1992, that our favourite boy group Caught
In The Act was "established". There were four handsome guys - Bastiaan
Ragas, Benjamin Boyce, Eloy
de Jong and Lee Baxter, who have became
the sweethearts of the young girls, not only in Europe, but also in the
other parts of the world.
Choosing
the right name was a pretty difficult stuff for the guys, since the name
had to be such to be remembered well and to be a special at the same time.
Actually, the story of choosing the name is somehow closely related to
pop-diva Madonna. How so?
Well, here is what happened... There was a photo of Madonna hugging some
guy in the paper. The photo was taken by some paparazzi and it was more
than noticeable that Madonna had been very unpleased with the paparazzi
guy - she had been holding her hand towards the camera. The comment under
the photo was: "Caught in the act..." And voila. Our guys saw this comment
and thought of it as of a perfect name for the group. So, the guys
have their name for the group, now what?
This is
how Bastiaan described their 'biography'... "I know Eloy and Benjamin from
the times we were in the secondary school. I went to United States of America
when I was 18 and after a year, when I came back, I met both of my
friends again. I learned, that they were performing (singing and dancing)
with some group and hardly making enough money to live a decant life. We
decided to take the destiny into our own hands and make a carrier making
our own group. So Benjamin invited Lee, who he met in London, to join us
and by the end of 1992 we recorded our firs single 'Gonna make you mine',
which wasn't very successful. Another LP was 'Hey you' in 1993, but it
was the third single - 'Take me to the limit' that brought us the success
in the Netherlands . Everything changed (for the better) when we took place
in a German soap opera 'Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten' ('Good times, bad
times') in November of 1994. This soap was one of the most popular
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and it had much higher ratings
than some other TV series, such as 'Beverly Hills 90210', 'Melrose Place',
etc., mostly popular among the young. It was pretty obvious, that any group,
that would take place in that particular series, was "doomed" to succeed.
And that is what happened. It was the song 'Love is everywhere' what teenagers
wanted to hear and 'Caught in the act' what they wanted to see.
The guys succeeded
abroad and were making one chart breaker after another. They became
just as popular as 'Take That'
and 'East 17', and in some places even more. After their first number one
song, there were more and more - 'Let this
love begin', 'My arms keep missing you' and 'You know'. This were also
the songs from their first album 'Caught in the act of love'. Their second
album 'Forever friends' was a chart breaker also, with songs like 'Don't
walk away', 'Bring back the love', 'Ain't just another story', etc. The
next one in the row was 'Vibe', which was published in 1997. It was in
the August of 1998, that CITA fans were faced with terrible news.
Guys decided to continue their careers on their own. Devastating news for
thousands of girls all around the world. However that doesn't mean that
the CITA spirit is dead. Not at all. Seeing from several web sites
dedicated to our guys, we can see that their spirit is still alive among
their loyal fans.
I mustn't forget
to mention the albums "6 Years of Success" and "Solo 4 CITA", published
after their parting. And than again, this summer of 1999, ZYX Music has
made lots of CITA fans happy, publishing the "Mega Hit Mix" with all our
favourite CITA songs. After their parting, CITA fans are supporting each
and every member of the group - Bastiaan and Benjamin, who started their
solo careers, and also Eloy and Lee. |
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