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The Beginning:• In 1989, Nigel Martin-Smith decided he wanted to put together a

British male vocal group based in Manchester, he also wanted it to be teen-orientated to appeal to different demographic segments of the industry.

• He was introduced to Gary Barlow who impressed him with his self-written material and Martin-Smith decided to create a group around him.

• In 1990 auditions took place to find other members of the band and they found; Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams.

• The band initially went by the name ‘Kick It’• Their breakthrough single was a cover of the 1975 Tavares hit ‘It

Only Takes a Minute’, which reached number 7 in the UK singles charts.

• Their first album, ‘Take That and Party’, was released in 1992 and included all of their hit singles they had already come out with.

Image• They started off with a

very youthful and playful, typical boy band image; wearing matching clothing to begin with and as time went on they all began to establish each their own individual image.

• In their first performance the band was dressed in all leather and played at ‘The Hit Man and Her’.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f7/5a/2e/f75a2eae387aa342443fad26bd61b1c9.jpg• They appealed to all types

of audiences from females to a gay male market.

• In 1993 the group released another album called ‘Everything Changes’ with all the music based on Gary Barlow’s own material. It made it to number one in the UK.

• In 1995 the group had their first world tour and they had many magazine covers and came out with their own merchandise.

• They performed at many different music awards and had generated a large female fan base; who knew them for their breakdance routines, high energy and creative tour productions.

• In 1995 ‘Nobody Else’ was released, again based on Barlow’s original material, it reached number 1 in the UK and in Europe.

• ‘Back for Good’, one of their singles, reached number one in 31 countries, including the US.

The Breakup

• Robbie Williams nearly overdosed on drugs before a performance in 1994, and in 1995 he was given the option of either to go by the band’s responsibilities or leave before their world tour.

• After he left he band continued, completing their world tour in 1995.

• On the 13th of February 1996, it was announced that the whole band would break up, they followed it up by releasing a ‘Greatest Hits’.

• As they had created such a large female fan base, teenage girls around the globe threatened suicide and it went to the extent that telephone hotlines were set up to council them.

Reunion

• In 2006 the band came back together without Robbie Williams and came out with a comeback Album called ‘Beautiful World’ which became number 1 and has sold over 2.8 million copies.

Because the members had all grown up their new album was not based around the ‘teenage boy’ image anymore and was a lot more sophisticated cover, appealing to all sorts of audiences.

2006 Image• Instead of going for the

young teenage boy image that they had when they first started as a band, they now wore suits and much more grown up clothing.

• Their new image lost a lot of the youthful, sex appeal that they may have previously had and no longer appealed to pre-teen audiences with their new image.

• However, the people who loved them for over a decade will still be pleased with their new image.

Robbie Williams

• After working with Barlow for a while Williams decided that he wanted to rejoin the group and announced he would in 2010.

• Together they released an album called ‘Progress’ which was the fasted selling album of the century, with 235,000 copies being sold in the first day. They also then went on tour, and in May 2013 announced they would be making their 7th album, however Williams decided, after the birth of his second child that he no longer wanted to be part of the band and so in April 2014 left again.

• Orange also decided he wanted to leave and in September 2014.

Solo Career

• Since deciding to fully leave the band in 2014 Williams came out with the album, ‘Under the Radar Volume 1’

Despite being 40-41 years of age when releasing the album, he still maintains the playful image that he had previously had when working with ‘Take That’, he also continued to make music that followed the pop genre when perusing his solo career.

III

• The band still decided to release the album in October 2014, titling it ‘III’.

They came out with an even more grown up image but kept their songs fun with the intention of it being a ‘homage to the early years’

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• Many critics who had been fans of the band since the beginning said that the band was missing something without having Williams and Orange in it.

• Williams brought to the band their playfulness and without him, many say there isn’t much that separates them from other boy bands that are out there.

• They still maintained their mature image, however the still had some of their playfulness from the very beginning.

Timeline of Band Members