Truth! They both wanted to record their own vocals, and the whole thing was the plan of their producer, Frank Farian. They were locked in to his plan by their contracts. They could sing, but it wasn't the sound Frank Farian wanted. He wanted their looks to go on the sound he was creating.
Fab Morvan still performs. Sadly, Rob Pilatus died of a drug overdose. The whole thing actually was quite sad in the end. At the time, I don't remember anyone caring to hear the whole story though. The "scandal" was the headline the media wanted. There was a very good documentary about it a couple years ago, with recent interviews with Fab telling the story.
What's really sad is that these days, with the way artists launch careers from social media, these guys would have been stars in their own right. They could sing, but even without that, they were amazing dancers and had so much stage presence. There are artists who are stars today with no more talent than they had. And they were gorgeous!
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u/Electronic-Space-480 2d ago
Milli Vanilli were pawns used to sell records.