Triple Eight (band)

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Triple Eight (aka 888) were a British hip-hop style boy band act who had two hit songs in 2003. They hoped to become Britain's answer to *NSYNC. The band consisted of Stewart David Macintosh (born April 25, 1979), Justin Patrick Scott (born April 9, 1982), Joshua Emmanuel Barnett (born February 2, 1983) and Jamie Steven Robert Bell (born May 17, 1985). The group was split up by their record label, Polydor Records, in 2005.

Josh Barnett had been a former member of "Brash", a band that also featured Antony Costa from Blue in the line up.

The band released two singles; "Knockout" and "Give Me A Reason", which charted at numbers eight and nine respectively. Their album, "Heavy W8" was cancelled and the band subsequently parted company with their record label. The album has since leaked on the internet.

In 2004, band members David and Sparx left the band. David formed the rock group 10 Reasons To Live now signed to Easy Money Records who are set to release their follow up single to "Pretty Girls Rule The World". Sparx continued writing and recording.

In 2005, Stewart joined the group and they released the single "Good 2 Go", which had some success on the Indie chart. They officially split in 2006. Stewart's solo career continues with minor gigs in London.