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George's association with Bow Wow Wow ended soon afterwards, with George starting his own group with bassist Mikey Craig. The group was to be called In Praise Of Lemmings, but the name was later abandoned. Jon Moss (who had drummed with The Damned, Adam and the Ants and London) joined the group and became George's lover, followed shortly thereafter by Roy Hay, after the group's association with another guitarist, Slade, proved unsatisfactory. The group abandoned another name, Sex Gang Children, and settled on the name Culture Club after realising that the group consisted of an Irish singer, a Jamaican-Briton on bass, a Jewish drummer, and an Englishman on guitar. The band signed with Virgin Records in the UK and with Epic Records in America, and released its debut album Kissing To Be Clever in 1982. The album's third single, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?", enjoyed massive success. It reached #1 in sixteen countries (#2 U.S.), and the group became a staple on American radio and the new MTV network. This single was followed by " Time (Clock Of The Heart)" (not on the UK LP), which reached #2, and "I'll Tumble 4 Ya", which reached #9. This gave Culture Club the distinction of being the first group since the Beatles to amass at least three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 from a début album. Their next album, Colour By Numbers was also a success. The single " Church Of The Poison Mind" (featuring Helen Terry) became a top 10 hit, and " Karma Chameleon" became a #1 single in numerous countries around the world, including the U.S., where it stayed at #1 for four weeks, and the UK, where it was the Best-selling single of the year, spending six weeks at #1. It stands as the group's biggest hit. "Miss Me Blind" and "It's A Miracle" were Top 10 and Top 20 hits respectively, and "Victims" was another UK hit. [edit] Solo careerGeorge's first Solo album after the breakup of The band was entitled Sold. It was very successful in the UK, spawning many hit singles (including the #1 UK hit "Everything I Own"), but he could not duplicate that success in the US, though he did score a moderate hit with the song " Live My Life" (#40 US) from the Hiding Out soundtrack. George would eventually kick his heroin addiction and his next US album would be High Hat, comprised of songs from two of his Solo British albums released after Sold. High Hat was critically acclimed, but had disappointing sales, although the R&B dance number "Don't Take My Mind On A Trip", produced by Teddy Riley, became a top 5 R&B hit. His following release was a song to protest against the governing UK Conservative Party's legal restrictions on anyone working for a local authority promoting homosexuality, 'No Clause 28 (Emilio Pasquez Space Face Full Remix)' was a big underground acid House hit. In 1992, George scored a hit with a version of the song "The Crying Game" (produced by the Pet Shop Boys), which was featured on the movie of the same name, and reached the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100. Although he'd had Solo hits in the UK, this would be his first and only big US pop hit since Culture Club's 1986 single " Move Away". He released a rock-driven Cheapness And Beauty in 1995, but the album was not successful. [edit] Drug useWith George's relationship with Moss over, and with a poor reaction to The band's third album, George suffered several setbacks, and ultimately turned to drugs. This caused the downward spiral of the group, and they eventually disbanded, as George could no longer work with Moss. George struggled against his severe heroin addiction for many years. He would appear in public under the influence of the drug, and even attempted to do concerts in such a state. Addictions to other drugs followed, and George's younger brother David, in an attempt to save his famous sibling from death, went on UK national television and blew the whistle on George. Some of George's associates had died of overdoses, but when an American musician he was working with named Michael Rudetsky was found dead at George's London mansion from an overdose, he stopped using drugs. [edit] Resurgence of drug chargesOn October 7, 2005, he was arrested in Manhattan on suspicion of possessing cocaine, ( BBC Online Report) and appeared in court on 1 February, 2006 ( BBC News report). [edit] MemoirsIn 2005, Century published Straight, his second autobiographical book, written with author Paul Gorman. This stayed in The Sunday Times bestseller list for six weeks and a paperback version with new material covering his experiences since publication of the hardback is being readied for Spring 2007. Gorman has also ghostwritten Cry Salty Tears, the memoirs of mother Dinah O'Dowd, which is published by Arrow Books in January 2007. [edit] SexualityWhen George was with Culture Club, much was made of his androgynous appearance, and there was speculation about his sexuality. When asked the question in interviews, George gave various answers. At times he suggested he was bisexual. He gave a famous, oft-quoted response to an interviewer that "I prefer a nice cup of tea to sex". [5] In George's memoirs, he disclosed his homosexuality. - George wrote of his relationship with Kirk Brandon, the singer with Spear of Destiny and the earlier Theatre of Hate, prompting Brandon to begin a High court action against George. George, taking the witness stand, faced a "malicious falsehood" charge brought against him by Brandon, now married and a father, who denied that he once had a sexual relationship with George. Brandon lost. During the trial, Boy George had claimed that Kirk Brandon had been the Love of his life and that he still loved him.
- In Take It Like A Man, George also told his side of his secret relationship with Culture Club drummer Jon Moss. He stated many of the songs he wrote for Culture Club were directed at Moss. He also alleged that Moss had broken off his engagement to be with George, and that Moss was never comfortable in a same-sex relationship, although Moss was bisexual. During the Culture Club reunion, though, Moss did acknowledge that he had loved George deeply, although now he is married and has several children.
[edit] Recent activityBoy George remains a figure in the public eye. Although he has not reached the same level of success as a Solo artist, he has a second career notable music DJ. He started DJing in the early 90's and came to the attention of legendary rave/ House promoters Fantazia who asked him to Mix 1 of the discs on the 2 volume in their new compilation series Fantazia The House Collection 2. This compilation was a success in the UK, going gold. The album was also sold to Sony for European-wide release. - In 2002/2003 he starred in the London musical Taboo, based on his life (George didn't play himself, opting instead to take on the persona of Australian-born performance artist Leigh Bowery). Taboo was a huge success in London's West End, though a Rosie O'Donnell-produced run in New York was short-lived.
- In 1998, Boy George began writing a weekly column in The Daily Express and hosted a weekly radio show on the Galaxy Radio Network. During 2003, he presented a weekly show on London radio station LBC 97.3 for six months.
- He wrote the foreword for a feng shui book called "Practical Feng Shui" by Simon G. Brown (published in 1998).
- He also appeared as a guest on the British comedy-talk show The Kumars at No. 42.
- On 20 October 2006 it was announced that he will write some tracks for Kylie Minogue (News.com.au story).
- Boy George has also now, since some years, his own fashion line, called "B-Rude". B-Rude has been present in some fashion shows in cities like London, New-York and Moscow.
- He is working right now on a forthcoming Solo lp, which apparently will be including some ragga, reggae, pop and acoustic songs.
- On 24 December 2006, George appeared on a one-off BBC TV program "Duet Impossible" where he performed with himself from the 1980s and joked about his street cleaning.
[edit] Miscellaneous facts- In August 1994, a British court tossed out a paternity suit filed against him by a Californian woman.
- In December 1998, Boy George was struck and injured by a falling disco ball. The incident was spoofed in the 2001 Spanish film I Love You Baby, in which George makes a cameo appearance as himself.
- In collaboration with Dragana G. Brown, Boy George published his own cookbook. The "Karma Cookbook" contains many macrobiotic (and vegetarian) recipes. It was published in 2001.
- In 2002, Boy George was named as one of the 100 greatest Britons by a huge poll directed by the BBC.
- Although more subdued than during his peak in the 80s, George still wears theatrical make up, including dark colours beneath his chin, which have become more natural make up tones, which he uses to mask his slight double chin.
[edit] Discography[edit] Albums- Everything I Own (1987) UK #1 (2 weeks)
- Keep Me In Mind (1987) UK #29
- Sold (1987) UK #24
- To Be Reborn (1987) UK #13
- Live My Life (1987) UK #62, US #40
- No Clause 28 (1988) UK #57
- Don't Cry (1988) UK #60
- Don't Take My Mind on a Trip (1989) UK #68
- Whether They Like It Or Not (1989)
- You found Another Guy (1989)
- Whisper (1989)
- After The Love* (1989) UK #68
- Generations Of Love* (1990) UK #80
- One On One* (1990) UK #83
- Bow Down Mister* (1991) UK #27
- Generations Of Love 91* (1991) UK #35
- After The Love 91* (1991)
- The Crying Game (1992) UK #22, US #15
- Sweet Toxic Love* (1992) UK #65
- Everything I Own 1993 (1993)
- More Than Likely**** (1993) UK #40
- Funtime (1995) UK #45
- Il Adore (1995) UK #50
- Same Thing in Reverse (1996) UK #56
- Love is Leaving (1996)
- When Will You learn (1996)
- Police And Thieves** (1997)
- Generations Of Love 98* (1998)
- Why Go? (with Faithless) (1999)
- Innocence Is lost*** (1999)
- Run (with Sash!) (2002)
- Autoerotic (with Dark Globe) (2002)
- Here Come The Girls(The Twin)(2003)(limited edition)
- Electro Hetero (The Twin) (2003)(limited edition)
- Sanitised (The Twin) (2003)(limited edition)
- Human Racing (The Twin) (2004)(limited edition)
- Love Your Brother* (2005)(promo only)
- You Are My Sister (with Antony and The Johnsons) (2006)
- Time Machine (with Amanda Ghost) (22 Jan 2007)
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