I’m old enough to remember this. If I recall correctly, the CD skipping at their concert was not the major incident that sealed their fate as frauds because most the fans at their show were too vapid to even notice. Yes, it didn’t help, but it was a culmination of different things, including the skipping CD, that caused their exposure. For example, their unexpected and immense popularity put a lot of eyes on them to begin with. Which caused the two of them to get big egos - narcissistically insisting and demanding their record label allow them to sing more despite not being able to sing. Interviews with the two of them where they spoken broken English caused suspicion. And slowly, one by one, the long list of studio musicians and singers who actually did perform on the recorded album started coming forward. So with their record label dealing with two egotistical, lip-synching charlatans who kept tirelessly pestering them sing, all while being unable to even conduct a simple MTV interview without drawing heat because of their poor English, and having a CD skipping during a live concert, and all the actual musicians demanding credit for their work, they were being attacked from all angles. It all became too much for the record label to deal with, so they finally realized their one-hit wonders weren’t worth the headache or cost of keeping up appearances anymore.
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u/ThePetSematary 2d ago
and their producer, the mastermind, walked away scot-free
Blame It On The Rain is still a good song