Captain Jack (band)

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Captain Jack

Background information
Origin Germany
Genre(s) Eurodance
Years active 1996-2005
Website http://www.captain-jack.de
Members
Franky Gee
Sunny
Former members
Liza Da Costa
Maria Lucia 'Maloy' Lozanes
Ilka-Anna-Antonia Traue
This article is about the German band. For other uses of the name, see Captain Jack

Captain Jack was a musical duo, specializing in Eurodance music, originating from Germany. Its members (since 2000) were Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez (stage name: Franky Gee), and Sunny. The original female vocalist on the group's debut in 1995 was Liza Da Costa, replaced in 1999 by Maria Lucia 'Maloy' Lozanes, who was replaced by Ilka-Anna-Antonia Traue (stage name: Illi Love) in 2001.

Captain Jack's music (and Franky Gee's persona) was stylized as a form of military training. Franky's costume consisted of a stylized military officer's uniform, with a red hat based on that of the US Marines. His other clothing was styled similarly to a US Army officers dress uniform. Franky chose this style because of his service in the United States Army, a career he despised but decided to follow when he was strapped for cash.[citation needed] After ending his time in the US Army, Franky remained in Germany, where he was last stationed, and began a recording career under the name "Westside".

While recording music under that name, he proposed the idea of a dance track based on a drill routine. That idea became his style: songs about peace and love in the style of a military regime. The hat—a US Marines "barracks cover" hat, in the color scheme evoking the Soviet Red Army—further protests the idea of the military, while symbolizing the idea of national unity.

The group has earned 19 gold and platinum records throughout Europe. Fans of the Konami arcade game Dance Dance Revolution know them from the numerous songs that, through the Dancemania series of albums, have been used in the game series. The group's music was also featured in other Konami music games such as beatmania and Dance Maniax.

The future of Captain Jack suddenly came into doubt when Franky suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while walking with his son in Spain on October 17, 2005. Doctors predicted that the damage was fatal, and Franky Gee died on Saturday October 22, 2005, after spending five days in a coma.

Future proceeds on the sale of Captain Jack's Greatest Hits album, which was being planned prior to Franky Gee's death, will be given to his son and fellow rapper Franky Gutierrez Jr.

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[edit] Franky Jr.

"CJ Jr." is the official title of Franky Gee's son. He has recently been announced on a promotional site (now defunct). It states that he is coming summer 2006 and that he will be doing a tribute to his father. His first known title is called "I Love Reggaeton". It is uncertain if CJ Jr. will develop his own Latino style or follow the Military-Dance sound that made his father famous. The "I Love Reggaeton" single was released June 23, 2006 with several mixes, as well as another song, "Duck Around".

CJ Jr. created a MySpace promotional page, which includes several pictures of himself, a video for the 2006 single "I Love Reggaeton" and full-length samples of several songs he's made for his upcoming album Mama Ines. Listening to these songs reveals that he is indeed going the Reggaeton route, a departure from the former CJ Sr. Eurodance style. The one exception is the tribute song "I Miss You", a slow rap in which Junior describes his feelings about losing his father.

Although promoted on his space (through samples) and several links floating around the internet, Mama Ines has yet to be released in any official physical form (as of February 2007). A recent visit to the CJ Jr. site states "Sorry! This site is temporary under construction! See you later!"

Recent dates that he logged into his space and the (CJ Jr.) homepage message are indicators that something is going on behind the scenes. What that is exactly, is unknown.

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