Captain Jack (band)

Captain Jack
Franky Gee and Maloy ( circa 1999–2000)
Background information
Origin	Darmstadt, Germany
Genres	Eurodance (original), dance-pop, hip hop (current)
Years active	1995–2005, 2008-
Website	http://www.captain-jack.com
Members	Bruce Lacy Michelle Stanley
Past members	Sharky Durban (1995) Franky Gee (1995–2005) (deceased) Liza da Costa (1995–1999) Maloy Lozanes (1999–2001) Illi Love (Ilka Anna Antonia Traue) (2001–2005) Jamie Lee (Nadja Biereth) (2008–2009) Laura Martin (2010–2012)

Captain Jack is a German eurodance group that formed in Darmstadt, Germany in 1995. The group is best known for the single, "Captain Jack", which reached the top 10 in many countries in Europe.

The original formation consisted of Sharky Durban and Liza da Costa. They recorded the songs "Dam, Dam, Dam" and "Captain Jack". The latter is the only featured song on the band's debut album "The Mission".

Sharky left in 1996 and was replaced by Francisco Gutierrez alias Franky Gee. After serving in the United States Army, Gutierrez had remained in Germany, where he was last stationed, and had begun 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 the Captain Jack style. Gutierrez also introduced the Captain Jack costume, a stylized military officer's uniform based on a US Army officer's dress uniform, with a red hat based on that of the US Marines.

Gutierrez and Liza da Costa released the albums "The Mission" and "Operation Dance" and the singles "Drill Instructor" and "Holiday" before Liza da Costa left in December 1998, started a solo career and formed a jazz band called Hotel Bossa Nova in 2005.

Liza da Costa was replaced by the singer Maria Lucia Lozanes who went by the stage name Maloy. In this formation they released one album, called "The Captain's Revenge" and the three singles "Dream a Dream", "Get Up" with the Gipsy Kings and "Only You" before Maloy left in November, 2000.

Maloy was replaced by Ilka Anna Antonia Traue, alias Illi Love, who stayed until 2005. In this formation they released the five albums "Top Secret", "Party Warriors", "Cafe Cubar", "Music Instructor" and their first "Greatest Hits" totaling eleven single up to the release of "Capitano". Soon after, 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 at the age of 43 on Saturday October 22, 2005, after spending five days in a coma. This forced the producers to pause the project Captain Jack.