They first performed together in a school talent show, influenced by doo-wop a cappella groups of the past, such as Sam Cooke, The Temptations and the Four Tops. They aimed to be a vocal group in the vein of New Edition and New Kids on the Block. Watters selected the name, after a horse at the racetrack named Color Me Bad. The group originally formed in 1985 as Take One, but changed their name to Color Me Badd to avoid confusion with an a cappella band named Take 6. They were all members of the school choir. The four met in the mid-1980s while attending Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City. Thornton and Abrams became friends in junior high school, and Watters and Calderon became friends in grade school. They made a cameo appearance as themselves on a 1992 episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. Their songs have been featured in movies and on television programs including New Jack City, Mo' Money, No Strings Attached and Glee. They were nominated for two Grammy Awards, won two Soul Train Music Awards and one American Music Award, and were nominated for five others. Color Me Badd broke up in 1998 before reuniting in 2010, with various lineups since.īest known for their singles " I Wanna Sex You Up", " I Adore Mi Amor" and " All 4 Love", the group has sold over 12 million records worldwide, had two number 1 hit singles, nine Top 40 hits and a triple-platinum album. And then Bryan had me come along and wanted me to write some stuff for them and we ended up with a song called “Ghetto Rainbows.” It’s definitely crossing of genres that you wouldn’t expect.Color Me Badd is an American contemporary R&B group that was formed in 1985 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by lead singer Bryan Abrams (born November 16, 1969), tenor Mark Calderon (born September 27, 1970), second tenor Sam Watters (born July 23, 1970) and baritone Kevin Thornton (born June 17, 1969). They knew everything about us, and they asked Bryan, and Bryan ended up recording some songs with them. RM: How did the Insane Clown Posse connection happen?Ĭalderon: They were both big fans of Color Me Badd. I remember the record company calling me and saying, “We need you guys out here in L.A. immediately - we need an album in two weeks.” … We had a song called “I Wanna Sex You Up,” and it was the highlight of the album. It was shortly after that the “New Jack City” soundtrack album came out, and it was cool because we were the only group on that whole soundtrack that didn’t have a name then. I remember being 19 years old and signing the record contract. It took us about two years to get signed. RM: What does “being discovered” look like?Ĭalderon: They waited till we graduated before they sent us to New York to do demos and such. … It was Giant Records who decided to take a chance on us. At that time, there just multiracial groups. The record labels, when they saw we were a multiracial group, they really didn’t have anything to do with us. … Our manager at the time, he said “You guys’ name is Color Me Badd.” We were sold because we had multiracial members in the group. … we still weren’t for sure who we wanted to be, but we had to come up with a name because we had graduated high school. It was all about singing, music and trying to get the girls. Me, being Mexican-American Bryan, who’s white Indian-Native American Sam, who is a white boy, and Kevin, he was African-American - but we were all buddies in high school and we never looked at the color thing at all. RM: Where did the name Color Me Badd come from?Ĭalderon: There was something that we never realized as a group : we had different cultures in the group. … Everyone is just a little older, I guess, and that’s really all that is different. … Take, for instance, last night: York, Pennsylvania. We’re going to areas that we’ve never been before. Mark Calderon: It’s been really great, just going to different places all around the country. Richmond magazine: You are on a whirlwind of a tour how is that going? We talked with original member Mark Calderon, who breaks down the origin of the group’s name and its unlikely collaboration with Insane Clown Posse. 4 at the Richmond Coliseum in a stop on the “I Love the ‘90s” tour. Color Me Badd, the R&B crooners from Oklahoma City known for “I Wanna Sex You Up” and “I Adore Mi Amour,” perform Nov.
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