Lyte Funky Ones
| LFO | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Lyte Funkie Ones |
| Origin | New Bedford, Massachusetts, US |
| Genres | Pop, R&B, pop-rap, hip hop, dance |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1995–2002, 2009 |
| Labels | Arista, J |
| Website | www |
| Past members |
Rich Cronin (deceased) Brad Fischetti Brian Gillis Devin Lima |
Lyte Funkie Ones was an American pop band consisting of lead singer and primary songwriter Rich Cronin (August 30, 1974 – September 8, 2010), Devin Lima (born Harold Lima, March 18, 1977), and Brad Fischetti (born September 11, 1975). Before Lima joined the group in 1999, the third member was Brian Gillis (known as "Brizz"), who was with the group from its start in 1995. The band is best known for their hit songs "Summer Girls", "Girl on TV", and "Every Other Time". The band sold over 4 million records worldwide.
In 1995, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Rich Cronin met Brian "Brizz" Gillis. LFO had marginal success with the remake of the Yvonne Elliman song, "If I Can't Have You", which missed the Top 40, reaching No. 54 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1997, they released a cover of New Kids on the Block's 1990 hit "Step By Step" as a single. In 1999, Gillis was frustrated with the lack of progress that the group had made so he left to pursue a solo career, which led him to multiple college tours and a job in the music industry, with a radio promotion position in Florida with BMG.
After Gillis left, Fischetti and Cronin still wanted to continue to pursue their dreams of making it big, so they headed back to the United States and had an open audition. Devin Lima, an employee of a hardware store at the time, was chosen in place of Gillis. Devin decided that the group should discontinue being called Lyte Funkie Ones and use the name LFO exclusively instead. In the UK, however, they were unable to use the abbreviated name of LFO due to an IDM act on the Warp Records label, who had been using the name since 1988.
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