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The superstar Rock band Bad English formed in 1988, reuniting vocalist
John Waite with keyboardist Jonathan
Cain, his former bandmate in The Babys; Cain, guitarist Neal Schon and
drummer Deen Castronovo had already played together in Journey,
Bad English's line-up also included another ex-Babys, bass player Ricky
Phillips.
The quintet released their self-titled debut album in June 1989 on Epic
Records, it peaked at #21 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and featured
the massive smash hit single "When I See You Smile" which soared
to the #1 slot on The Billboard Hot 100 and cracked the top 10 of The
Mainstream Rock chart; the follow-up single, "Price Of Love"
climbed into the top 5 of The Billboard Hot 100 and "Possession"
reached the #21 in the same chart; two further single cuts, "Forget
Me Not" and "Best Of What I Got", peaked at #2 and #9 respectively
on The Mainstream Rock list, the sixth and final single off of the album,
"Heaven Is A 4 Letter Word", reached the #12 spot on Billboard's
Active Rock chart.
In the summer of 1991 the group released its sophomore effort, "Backlash",
which surprisingly failed to rise above #72 on The Billboard 200 Albums
chart, with only one Mainstream Rock top 10 hit single in "Straight
To Your Heart".
Bad English called it quits soon after the album release; John
Waite went on to resume his solo career, Schon and Cain re-formed
Journey in the mid-'90s, Ricky Phillips
joined the Hard-Rock project created by Whitesnake
frontman David Coverdale and former Led
Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
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