(c’86-’92) Luke Goss (vocal / guitar), Matt Goss (vocal / drums), and Craig Logan (bass).

While attending Collingwood School, Camberley the Goss brothers joined a band called Blue. It was while at school that they met Logan, who played bass purportedly in Stillbrook. This new trio became known as Gloss. Classmate Chris Herbert’s father, Bob Herbert, noticed them and became their manager, making his summer house available as a rehearsal space and paying for studio time for demos.

It was through the Herbert’s Heart Management, that they met musician, songwriter and music producer Nicky Graham, who introduced them to music manager Tom Watkins, who’d managed the Pet Shop Boys. Unimpressed, Watkins realized that he could mold the group into a boy band for the teen girl market, with Graham and Watkins writing the songs for them. Gloss split from Herbert and signed a contract with Watkins and his management company. Watkins renamed the band Bros, and he and Graham wrote the group’s songs under the pseudonym of “The Brothers”, creating the impression that the Goss brothers had written the songs.

The debut single, “I Owe You Nothing”, was released in August ’87, peaking at No.80 in the UK Singles Chart. November ’87’s release of their “When Will I Be Famous?” single, saw them reach No.2 in the UK. Their third single, “Drop the Boy” also peaked at No.2 as did their album “Push”, released in March ’88. Bros reissued an “I Owe You Nothing” remix in June ’88, which became their only No.1 single in the UK. Two further singles: “I Quit” (September ’88) entered the UK charts at No.4 and “Cat Among the Pigeons” (November ’88) entered at No.2.

“Brosmania” and “Brosettes” became common mainstream media topics. Logan left the band in early ’89, due to several bouts of illness, including ME, and was admitted to hospital for six weeks with a further six months of rehabilitation that included learning to walk again. Now a duo, Bros released the LP “The Time” in October ’89; reaching No.4 in the UK Albums Chart. In ’91 Bros released their final album, “Changing Faces”, splitting in ’92. In total they secured 11 top 40 singles and three top 20 albums in the United Kingdom.

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