If you watch VH1 Bands Reunited tonight, you will witness the shocking conclusion of this great New Wave band. Will they reunite, or won't they? Stay tuned...

Don't do it!

theVelvetRoper said:

I thought the lead singer died of Aids--am i nuts???

purplegypsy said:

Everyone in the band is alive & well. Just watch the show.

oh man-why did Holly have to be a stuck up shit? they all wanted to reunite!

purplegypsy said:

:DISBELIEF: Unbelieveable. But I did predict that one of these bands would not perform on this program. I'm sorry that it had to be Frankie though.

I knew it. I just knew it. Of all the bands they're profiling, 'Frankie' was the one that I wanted to see reunited to perform most of all. And it figures that they'd be the ones who wouldn't end up doing it.

I can't really say I blame Holly Johnson. You could pretty much tell by his initial reaction to the whole thing that it was gonna take a miracle for it to go all the way.

I've read several interviews that he's done since the band broke up and he didn't really give the impression that he held many fond memories of the group. He's really kinda moved on.

NWF said:

You know I was surprised also. I head the same thing that one of them died of AIDS.And I swear it was a VH-1 special I heard it on.

musicman said:

I totally thought it was the other singer not Holly that died of AIDS, how did so many of us think that??

EverlastingNow said:

Right. I think we all saw it on a legit source and I beleive it was a VH-1 special.

EverlastingNow said:

Holly Johnson is HIV positive. That's official. It's in his autobiography, which came out ten years ago.

People thought he died of aids, because someone ignorant started that rumor...and because he's gay, they had to curse him with the 'aids' rumor!

what a shame, and they didnt even perform together...that sux...thou it was great to see all of them together and well!!! all of them!!!

I fell asleep as they went in search of the fourth band member.
When I woke up VH1 had repeated it, but I was too tired to watch. I was curious about the outcome.

Weren't the band members saying Holly would agree to it?

i had also heard that Holly died. my roommate and I were both under that impression... can't remember where I heard it from.

But yeah it's a shame that they didn't perform together.

How about that footage of them in the leather, before they got signed... OMG!!! Pretty amazing.

musicman said:

HA! So I am right... my fiancée keeps on telling me Holly is dead. I was a bit too lazy googling it up.

Anyway, the best thing isn't that I am right. The only best thing is he's alive.

Wolf

JohnnyTheFox said:

That's true. Everybody always seems to think he died just the same. So how is he doing these days?

JonSnow said:

I actually liked that version of Relax better than their studio version. It was a lot more funkier and sparse. But that leather and bondage gear was a lil' too much for me.

i was a bit turned on by the leather boys...damn they were hot in the leather and bondage get up..especially the booty was bangin!

I downloaded that funk version..which is hot!

NPD313 said:

Was it an earlier version than the record version? I really dug it - and, all their songs had keyboards, but there was no official keyboardist in the band. Odd.

I'm going out to get both their records (again) tomorrow. "Warriors Of the Wasteland" was a pretty good record too, as I recall, but the first album just blew me away when I was a teenager. Their version of "Born To Run" is awesome - didn't they play that on Saturday Night Live? I think so - the drummer was wearing a hockey goalie mask or something crazy like that.

i had heard somewhere... ages ago... that the Pleasuredome album was mostly a creation of the producer - Trevor Horn i believe???... and the band didn't really play on it, just the vocals. Don't know if it's true or not.


But yeah i'm not into leather but i thought they looked pretty hot in that video LOL