STOP Right now! thank you very Much! Spice Girls Thread!!

[Necromancer]

Who did they pave the ground for? What are some of the "manufactured girl bands" after the Spice Girls. I just think that they were a pop "Fad" of the day. Nothing more!

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Their managers were told that putting the Spice Girls together was a futile effort because girl groups didn't sell. In the early 90s it was all boy bands. Boy Bands were what sold and it was boy bands record companies wanted.
As soon as the Spice Girls started shifting records there was a whole deluge of girl bands, so yes you could say they paved the way.

[starrynight]

That's fashion, girl groups like everything else go in and out of fashion. Obviously someone who sells records will encourage others to try something similar.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

It wasn't fashion before they started.

Hell the nearest girl band you could think of was Bananarama & they started 14 years earlier.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

It wasn't fashion before they started.

Hell the nearest girl band you could think of was Bananarama & they started 14 years earlier.

What about En Vogue?

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

They're an r&b group, I was talking about pure manufactured pop groups.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

They're an r&b group, I was talking about pure manufactured pop groups.

That's what En Vogue was, totally manufactured:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Assembled in Oakland, California in July 1989, En Vogue launched with original members Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis. The inspiration for the group came when production duo of Foster and Mc Elroy envisioned a modern-day girl group in the tradition of the 1950s/1960s female trios. The blueprint was based on the plan of recruiting singers who possessed strong voices, noticeably good looks, and intelligence. Auditions were held in 1988, with Herron, Jones and Robinson making the final cut. Like previous girl groups, En Vogue was originally conceived as a trio, but after hearing Ellis audition, Foster and McElroy decided to create a quartet. At first, they selected the name "For You." They shifted to "Vogue", but ultimately settled on En Vogue, upon learning that another group had already claimed the Vogue moniker.

[starrynight]

A list of some girl groups of the 90s

90's Music Hits: 90's Girl Groups

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by starrynight

A list of some girl groups of the 90s

90's Music Hits: 90's Girl Groups

Just proves my point.
The R&B groups were successful, the pure manufactured pop groups either had a couple of hits & disappeared and mostly had longer in the spotlight after the Spice Girls had broke.

[starrynight]

Pop wasn't that prevalent or that mainstream in the 90s in general though. But that's just a matter of fashion, it was bound to change back sometime or another.