Bad English

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Bad English
Bad English, L-to-R: Jonathan Cain, John Waite, Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo, Ricky Phillips
Bad English, L-to-R: Jonathan Cain, John Waite, Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo, Ricky Phillips
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genre(s) Rock and roll
Years active 1988 – 1991
Label(s) Epic Records
Associated
acts
Journey, The Babys
Members
John Waite
Neal Schon
Jonathan Cain
Ricky Phillips
Deen Castronovo

Bad English is an American rock band supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys.

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[edit] History

The members decided on a name for the band while playing pool. John Waite missed a shot and someone made a comment on how bad his "english" was (referring to the spin a player puts on the cue ball) and the band decided to use adopt the phrase.[1]

Cain and guitarist Neal Schon, who had enjoyed enormous success in Journey, continued on to form Bad English with Waite after Journey disbanded. The first album, eponymously named, was a big seller with two hit singles (including the number one hit When I See You Smile written by Diane Warren) and top 10 hit "Price of Love" , but the second album’s single "Straight To Your Heart" didn’t crack the Top 40.

Ricky Phillips writes on his website that the group had parted company before the second album had been mixed.

The band had enjoyed a brief but rewarding experience of playing arena rock. The second album called "Backlash" was released well after the group had disbanded and many members of the public failed to hear some high quality musicianship and sensitive songwriting.

In later interviews Waite revealed that although he loved playing to stadium sized audiences, he was uncomfortable with the corporate rock image that he felt the band had presented, and has been a solo artist ever since.

Bad English drummer Deen Castronovo later went on to join a reformed Journey with singer Steve Augeri, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, and Ross Valory. He also played on Ozzy Osbourne's album Ozzmosis in 1995.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

Year Song US Hot 100 US MSR US A.C. UK singles Album
1989 "Forget Me Not" 45 2 - - Bad English
1989 "When I See You Smile" 1 10 11 61 Bad English
1990 "Price Of Love" 5 30 - 80 Bad English
1990 "Possession" 21 - - - Bad English
1990 "Heaven Is A 4 Letter Word" 66 12 - - Bad English
1991 "Straight To Your Heart" 42 9 - - Backlash

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rock Band Name Origins at WHAT'S IN A NAME

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