Sal Collaziano
3-31-00, 06:33 AM
The following article was originally printed on the VH1.com website:
Just as VH1.com was applying its Princess Amidala make-up in preparation for the 1999 revival, another decade looks set to make a comeback. Last week it was announced that some of our favorite two-hit-wonders of yore are ready to assault our eardrums again. Kris Kross, Tone Loc, Tiffany and Tears for Fears are about to release new material.
It was enough to make us wonder what life would have been like without these pop sensations. No one would have gone around wearing their clothes backwards, Mario Van Peebles would never have made Posse, shopping malls would be safe for music lovers and long raincoats wouldn't have been cool. Hmmm...
Kris Kross' return to the world as 20-year-olds is being masterminded by Jermaine Dupri, who originally discovered Chris "Mack Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mack" Smith in an Atlanta mall. He is currently hard at work completing production on the album. Although they are best known for their No. 1 hit single "Jump" in 1992, Kris Kross have never really been away. Their third album Young Rich and Dangerous went to No. 15 in 1996.
Tone Loc was a hardened chart veteran by the time the 13-year-olds in Kris Kross had their first No. 1. "Wild Thing" had gone to No. 2 in 1988 and "Funky Cold Medina" went Top 3 the following year. Since then, Tone Loc has kept busy with acting work in the aforementioned Posse and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. But he revealed to Colorado's Grand Junction Sentinel last week that it's time for him to get back behind the mic.
"I plan to put out an album by the end of the year," said the gravelly voiced ex-gangster. "I didn't want to make a comeback. It's fun, and people said, 'Do it,' and I said, 'What the heck. I'll do it. But not for the money." First in the pipeline is a cover of Gary Wright's 1976 hit, "Dream Weaver," for a forthcoming TV series.
The Modern Records label certainly thinks Tiffany Warwich, a.k.a. the singular Tiffany, has legs of sorts. They signed the former teen queen to a five - count 'em - album deal. Certain Modern Records executives - including Randy Jackson - must still rock out to the former Star Search contestant's No. 1 singles "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Could've Been."
Tiffany is no longer fretting over lost opportunities. "I am ecstatic to be a part of Modern Records and I am looking forward to a great future and hope to accomplish a lot of my goals as a songwriter, artist and performer," Tiffany said. And she would tell us what those goals are if she weren't too busy arranging to reach them. A single is due on the Modern imprint in May.
In true '80s fashion, Tears for Fears named themselves after Arthur Janov's psychological concepts and then proceeded to turn their pretensions into No. 1 hits like "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Shout." By the time they got around to recording 1995's preposterously-titled Raoul and the Kings of Spain album, Tears for Fears were down to only one Tear, Roland Orzabal.
However, last week it was announced that Orzabal has reunited with his fetching co-singer Curt Smith. Rolling Stone even reports that Republican presidential hopeful George W. Bush has gotten in on the revival by using the anthem "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in his campaign. You mean those '80s throwbacks, the Bushes, are making a comeback, too?
TO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS STORY, EMAIL: newsmaker@vh1mail.com.
Just as VH1.com was applying its Princess Amidala make-up in preparation for the 1999 revival, another decade looks set to make a comeback. Last week it was announced that some of our favorite two-hit-wonders of yore are ready to assault our eardrums again. Kris Kross, Tone Loc, Tiffany and Tears for Fears are about to release new material.
It was enough to make us wonder what life would have been like without these pop sensations. No one would have gone around wearing their clothes backwards, Mario Van Peebles would never have made Posse, shopping malls would be safe for music lovers and long raincoats wouldn't have been cool. Hmmm...
Kris Kross' return to the world as 20-year-olds is being masterminded by Jermaine Dupri, who originally discovered Chris "Mack Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mack" Smith in an Atlanta mall. He is currently hard at work completing production on the album. Although they are best known for their No. 1 hit single "Jump" in 1992, Kris Kross have never really been away. Their third album Young Rich and Dangerous went to No. 15 in 1996.
Tone Loc was a hardened chart veteran by the time the 13-year-olds in Kris Kross had their first No. 1. "Wild Thing" had gone to No. 2 in 1988 and "Funky Cold Medina" went Top 3 the following year. Since then, Tone Loc has kept busy with acting work in the aforementioned Posse and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. But he revealed to Colorado's Grand Junction Sentinel last week that it's time for him to get back behind the mic.
"I plan to put out an album by the end of the year," said the gravelly voiced ex-gangster. "I didn't want to make a comeback. It's fun, and people said, 'Do it,' and I said, 'What the heck. I'll do it. But not for the money." First in the pipeline is a cover of Gary Wright's 1976 hit, "Dream Weaver," for a forthcoming TV series.
The Modern Records label certainly thinks Tiffany Warwich, a.k.a. the singular Tiffany, has legs of sorts. They signed the former teen queen to a five - count 'em - album deal. Certain Modern Records executives - including Randy Jackson - must still rock out to the former Star Search contestant's No. 1 singles "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Could've Been."
Tiffany is no longer fretting over lost opportunities. "I am ecstatic to be a part of Modern Records and I am looking forward to a great future and hope to accomplish a lot of my goals as a songwriter, artist and performer," Tiffany said. And she would tell us what those goals are if she weren't too busy arranging to reach them. A single is due on the Modern imprint in May.
In true '80s fashion, Tears for Fears named themselves after Arthur Janov's psychological concepts and then proceeded to turn their pretensions into No. 1 hits like "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Shout." By the time they got around to recording 1995's preposterously-titled Raoul and the Kings of Spain album, Tears for Fears were down to only one Tear, Roland Orzabal.
However, last week it was announced that Orzabal has reunited with his fetching co-singer Curt Smith. Rolling Stone even reports that Republican presidential hopeful George W. Bush has gotten in on the revival by using the anthem "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in his campaign. You mean those '80s throwbacks, the Bushes, are making a comeback, too?
TO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS STORY, EMAIL: newsmaker@vh1mail.com.