'I'd be sick then film our CBBC TV show' - 90s boy band star shockingly reveals dark side of fame
ok.co.ukNorth and South made their mark on the pop scene in the late 1990s, but in the years since they had a hit with I'm A Man (Not A Boy) and played a fictional version of themselves on the CBBC series No Sweat, one member revealed that life in the spotlight wasn't quite as glamorous as it looked.The band was made up of teenagers James Hurst, Lee Otter, Tom Lowe and Sam Chapman, and James, the band's guitarist and vocalist, opened up about the gruelling reality of their hectic lifestyle in 2001: "I was 16 when I moved to London from Norfolk, and I'm a vegetarian so cooking for myself was difficult, so I got really ill at one point." He shared the troubling effects on his health: "I was seven stone two.
I'd wake up at five in the morning, ritually be sick, get dressed and go out to make our TV show," he told The Guardian. James added: " I wouldn't have any breakfast because I couldn't eat anything.
It was a direct result of being too young and being in the wrong place," reports the Mirror. Reflecting on the pressure on young entertainers, James expressed his concerns: "I think half the problem is that most of these bands now are very young.
Billie Piper was 15 when she started.That's too young to be working as a professional entertainer, in my opinion." The band was assembled by Tom Watkins, East 17's former manager, and they first made their appearance in 1997 as the stars of BBC's new kids' comedy drama No Sweat.The nine-part series was set in Brighton and centred around the boys playing fictional versions of themselves with the plot revolving around them being a group of teenagers from rival schools who all came together to form the band North and South.Their debut single I'm a Man (Not a Boy) was released in May 1997 and.
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