Bad Boys Inc

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Bad Boys Inc. (from left) David W. Ross, Matthew Pateman, Tony Dowding, Ally Begg.

Bad Boys Inc was a boy band formed in the Spring of 1993 by record producer Ian Levine. Signed to A&M Records London UK, the members were (in order of image) David Ross (AKA David W. Ross)[1], Matthew Pateman (AKA Matthew James), Tony Dowding and Ally Begg.

As was par of the course for Boy Bands in the 90's, the band embarked on a publicity blitz and tours of under and over 18 night clubs and schools.

Following their first hit "Don't Talk About Love" in the UK charts the band enjoyed international success with tours and promotion in Europe and Japan. Bad Boys Inc were one of the biggest bands at the time, along side Take That and East 17.

After the top twenty album Bad Boys Inc, and 5 top twenty singles including the top ten single "More To This World" the band spilt in 1995.

David has gone on to become a successful actor and screen writer, based in Los Angeles. He starred in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival breakout hit "Quinceañera (film)" (AKA Echo Park LA), which won both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize. Quinceañera was also selected to play at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival and picked up a nominatation for the Independent Spirit Award's 2007 John Cassavetes Award. David has also starred in the award-winning short, "The Receipt", which won the prize for "Best Comedy" at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, "Sneaux", which was nominated for 6 LA Weekly theatre awards including "Best Musical", and has appeared in many high profile television and print commercials around the world. As a screenwriter his first feature is slated to be filmed in the Spring of 2007 with celebrated Indie producer Stephen Israel.

Matthew has been concentrating on writing, recording and producing. He worked in Radio as a presenter for a while at London's Liberty Radio. He also appeared in BBC Daytime Drama series Doctors and played the lead in the musical Boyband at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End. In 2002 he landed a deal with EMI Germany but parted company with the label in 2005 and created his own Electro-Pop-Rock band JEAN who are currently completing their debut album. Matthew is also a member of "Madhen Productions". They perform all over the country in various guises including So 80's 80's tribute band, Scizzor Sisterz Scissor Sisters Tribute Band, and Greased Grease Tribute Band.