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August 11, 2004

Bands Reunited 2

Wanted to tell you guys a long time ago, but had to keep my big mouth shut until now.

The second season of VH1's Bands Reunited features:

  • Haircut 100
  • ABC
  • The Motels
  • The English Beat
  • New Kids On The Block

    Haircut 100 were sort of cool. Nick Heyward's solo stuff wasn't bad either. Will they regroup one last time to perform for their fans? The suspense is killing you.

    Posted at 1:20 PM




    53 Comments

    That's kinda crazy that they're profiling NKOTB and ABC. Second season sounds better than the first!

    Posted by: astralgirl01 at 08/11/04 1:29 PM | Reply
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    New kids ! AHH shitt .. Looks like I am watching this!!

    Posted by: landa4071 at 08/11/04 1:33 PM | Reply
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    Fairly sure the lid was blown on this a couple weeks ago, Scott...I read it on Yahoo.

    Posted by: Paul at 08/11/04 1:40 PM | Reply
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    Haircut 100 and ABC are two of my favorite bands ever! Sweet! I'm willing to bet that the New Kids episode is 1/2 hour long, just like the Extreme episode. There's no way that Donnie Wahlberg's getting involved. He's spent the last 10 years trying to divorce himself from the kids...

    Posted by: drew at 08/11/04 1:52 PM | Reply
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    Donnie D's on the Backup... Drug free, so put the crack up!

    Posted by: Joey Headset at 08/11/04 2:01 PM | Reply
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    Are there only five episodes? That is not cool, I need my Ahmeer fix.

    Posted by: Kari at 08/11/04 2:04 PM | Reply
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    There will be five more in the fall.

    Posted by: stereogum at 08/11/04 2:13 PM | Reply
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    you guys suck. I've never heard of any of those bands, save NKOTB. Stop being a collection of annoying music dorks.

    Posted by: Frank at 08/11/04 2:21 PM | Reply
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    No way, the Motels, "Only the Lonely" was so best, and ABC's Look of Love? And "Tonight" by NKOTB? Oh, it's on like Gray Poupon!

    Posted by: Ron mwangaguhunga at 08/11/04 2:47 PM | Reply
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    for a second i got real excited because i thought "ABC" was "Another Bad Creation"

    Posted by: nick at 08/11/04 3:04 PM | Reply
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    oh, the 13-year-old still inside of me is verrrrry happy. I wonder if the NKOTB reunion is going to somehow be tied to the new season of Surreal Life, starring Jordan Knight.

    Posted by: jenny at 08/11/04 3:10 PM | Reply
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    Wait...ABC isn't Another Bad Creation??

    Posted by: Jeff at 08/11/04 4:23 PM | Reply
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    Really if its not Another Bad Creation - Then which ABC are we talking about here?

    Posted by: landa4071 at 08/11/04 4:26 PM | Reply
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    Haircut 100! That's great!! English Beat? Don't they reunite, like, every five years?

    Posted by: the management at 08/11/04 4:36 PM | Reply
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    am i the only one who is most excited about the English Beat, rather than OKOTB? I still think they are one of the most under-rated bands of the 80's... i'd love to hear something new from them, other than General Public, FYC or any other side projects...

    Posted by: adam at 08/11/04 4:37 PM | Reply
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    ABC of "Poison Arrow" and "When Smokey Sings" fame, I'm assuming. If it's actually Another Bad Creation, I'm gonna be peeved.

    Posted by: Paul at 08/11/04 5:21 PM | Reply
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    awesome - i fucking love this show.

    Posted by: megadork at 08/11/04 5:42 PM | Reply
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    Oh my god, Haircut 100! Wasn't the lead singer a pedophile? I always thought he looked like a perv.

    Posted by: Webradinger at 08/11/04 7:16 PM | Reply
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    Oh my god, Haircut 100! Wasn't the lead singer a pedophile?

    Posted by: Webradinger at 08/11/04 7:17 PM | Reply
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    What?,no Spandau Ballet.

    Posted by: roe luv at 08/11/04 9:40 PM | Reply
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    I have to be honest, seeing Another Bad Creation reform would be a hoot, if only to see a bunch of 20-something sings a love song about a girl in grade school. That's good creepy TV, there. Maybe for the third season??

    Posted by: Magnificent Bastard at 08/12/04 9:42 AM | Reply
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    "We played Nintendo
    This was her very first date
    I didn't wanna make it seem to fly
    We ate cereal
    She couldn't stay out at late
    Her mother told her to be home at nine"

    That song ruled.

    Posted by: K. Thor Jensen at 08/12/04 10:40 AM | Reply
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    do people actually want to see this shit.
    how sad.

    Posted by: sweetpea at 08/12/04 11:00 AM | Reply
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    Love love love ABC!!!!

    ...and to Frank....either you're an 8 yr who is too young and managed to get the parental locks off the family computer or you are just f-inng stupid!!! Nickelback was not the original rock band dorko!

    Jesus, kids today!

    Posted by: Kevin at 08/12/04 12:04 PM | Reply
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    There should be a special "East Coast Family Edition" with Boys to Men, ABC, and BBD.

    Posted by: janine at 08/12/04 12:55 PM | Reply
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    Martin Fry and ABC-yuss!!!!!

    Posted by: denn at 08/12/04 2:09 PM | Reply
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    English Beat! Dave Wakeling plays as General Public whenever he feels like it in SoCal, which is SO wrong. Curious to see if the FYC guys will be down.

    Posted by: Adam at 08/12/04 7:04 PM | Reply
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    They should go ahead and do Another Bad Creation -- clearly, the public demands it. Then Kris Kross!

    Posted by: Chris at 08/15/04 2:02 PM | Reply
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    This sucks!!! I thought ABC was "Another Bad Creation", I was so set on watching that episode but then clicked on the band link on VH1 and it wasn't them :(

    Well, the show is an hour long and there were only 2 people in the "new wave" ABC. Maybe they'll use the extra time to reunite the "hip hop" ABC. I doubt it but that would be awesome. "I swing my beats at the playground, you know??"

    Posted by: Zana at 08/25/04 10:22 AM | Reply
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    Looks like the NKOTB shows going to be a bust,
    http://www.donniewahlberg.com/news.htm

    07/31/04 I am sure that everyone has heard about the upcoming season of VH1's "Bands Reunited" that was trying to get the New Kids back together for a one-time concert, however according to Donnie's wife, Kim, Donnie "passed" on this invitation. Thus, there will be no reunion. (Thanks Kim!)

    Posted by: E at 08/27/04 10:00 AM | Reply
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    It's funny how Bands Reunited has a NKOTB episode at the same time that Jordan Knight is on the third season of Surreal Life. Maybe the reunion will be one of Jordan's mission on SL. Interesting...

    Posted by: Zana at 08/27/04 11:48 AM | Reply
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    i love nkotb this rocks and jk is the best

    Posted by: frances at 08/28/04 5:56 PM | Reply
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    Sorry to break it to you guys, but the NKOTB episode will only be 30min. There's no reunited, sorry.

    Posted by: anthonycomedian at 09/02/04 11:36 AM | Reply
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    Thank GAWD! No New Kids On The Rag. Those guys sucked ass then and I'm sure they suck ass now.
    I'm staying clear of VH1 that night. If it weren't for the fact that they're doing The Beat, ABC, and Haircut 100, I'd have boycotted the show entirely.

    Posted by: bucky5oh at 09/06/04 10:20 AM | Reply
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    How could the lead singer of HC100 be a pedo if he was only a teen himself? You're a loser. Nick Heyward is a great bloke.

    Posted by: Joe at 09/08/04 8:16 PM | Reply
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    How could the lead singer of HC100 be a pedo if he was only a teen himself? You're a loser. Nick Heyward is a great bloke.

    Posted by: Joe at 09/08/04 8:18 PM | Reply
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    anthonycomedian pay me my $40 you stole from me on E-bay.

    Posted by: mac72566 at 09/10/04 11:40 AM | Reply
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    I was also excited when I thought ABC was Another Bad Creation. Oh well, should have known better. VH1 is an adult contempory music channel and ABC would not have fitted on that series. Maybe on MTV or BET....

    Posted by: babiegurl at 09/10/04 10:13 PM | Reply
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    the motels and haircut episodes were the best, anyone know who are the bands reuniting in the fall, i know vixen is one of them

    Posted by: mike at 09/10/04 11:32 PM | Reply
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    I think most of the bands on this show are awesome, except NKOTB, and I would even watch that episode just for a laugh. For those of you who though ABC were Another Bad Creation, get a life!!!! The real ABC were probably one of the most important bands of the early 80s! Frank, you sound like a loser. Shut up. Just because you haven't heard of a band you don't think they're worth profiling??? Do your research and maybe you might realize there were bands in the world before 1997.

    Posted by: Gary at 09/16/04 8:39 PM | Reply
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    Does anybody have the ABC or Haircuts episodes of Bands Reunited I could purchase from them, please? When were they (will they be?) screened in Europe - anybody know??

    Posted by: Jon at 09/17/04 4:22 AM | Reply
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    they are re-showing each show back to back every day on VH1 from 4pm uk time. ABC (martin fry et al - poison arrow), haircut 100 (no, Nick Heyward was NOT a pedophile. where did u get that kind of notion from?), The Beat (only you americans call them the english beat. fuck that shit. they are the one and only definitive Beat) Who the FUCK are The Motels? And NKOTB, why bother?

    Posted by: ray daley at 09/22/04 6:04 PM | Reply
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    Who was the guy in the white suit who played guitar with ABC at the VH1 reunion gig

    Posted by: barbie at 09/29/04 8:59 AM | Reply
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    Who was the guy in the white suit who played guitar with ABC at the VH1 reunion gig

    Posted by: barbie at 09/29/04 8:59 AM | Reply
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    I can confirm that haircut 100 are reforming, I live in Spain and the bass player lives up the road from me. Even though they weren't really my thing I'm sure it will make the fans happy.
    Fantastic Day!

    Posted by: krusty at 10/08/04 5:09 AM | Reply
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    I loved the Kajagoogoo episode of Bands Reunited.
    Where can I buy a copy of the DVD/Video? Does VH1 even sell videos of the shows?

    Posted by: Karen at 01/02/05 12:51 AM | Reply
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    another bad creation is NOT abc. what a bunch of dumbfucks... NEway, martin fry w00t he is bloody
    gorgeous! I have watched the abc footage like 4 times...

    Posted by: OCEAN at 04/08/05 9:54 PM | Reply
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    I love new kids I have always been a fan . Can you please email me and tell me the date of the show .That new kids will be on.Thank you

    Posted by: chaka at 09/17/05 6:24 PM | Reply
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    I've been a new kids fan since the start in the bands start in the late 80's and I still am so if vh1 wants to show us what thair doing now then shut the hell up and stop bitching.

    Posted by: Amanda at 01/04/06 9:14 AM | Reply
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    Well, if like me your English, you wont understand that VH-1's 'Bands reunited' is an American show. It only focused on bands like ABC, Haircut 100 and A Flock of Seagulls, because they had success in the States. ABC were never gonna reunite as the original 'Lexicon of Love' 4 piece.
    I knew that at the time of recording, as I was told by one of the band members ! They could get back together, and Im sure they could come up with something special. At the moment, Martin Fry and David Palmer seem happy to tour just to keep the spirit of ABC alive. Who knows ?

    Posted by: Paul Sands at 11/11/06 7:01 AM | Reply
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    I need to see the Spice Girls reunited, that would be awesome

    Posted by: Trevor at 11/11/06 10:51 PM | Reply
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    I love New Kids on the Block since 1989.
    I still listening him music.

    Posted by: Maruska at 12/07/06 9:52 AM | Reply
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    My Dad Nick Heyward is not a PEDO! Whoever said that is SICK and needs their fucking head sorted!!! People like you are the ones who start rumours! Go get a life you dumbass! My Dad is one of the best and successful artists in the music industry thankyou :] For all of the fans i'm sorry for swearing but it made me mad seeing wrong facts written about my dad. Keep on listening to Haircut 100 and Nick Heyward...they are pretty cool! x

    Posted by: Kate at 03/16/07 8:01 PM | Reply
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