Summer In the City - Bad Boys Inc

Bad Boys Inc were a boy band formed in the Spring of 1993 by record producer Ian Levine. They were signed to A&M Records (London UK). The members were David Ross (AKA David W. Ross) Matthew Pateman (AKA Matthew James), Tony Dowding (Anthony Dowding) and Ally Begg.

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As was par of the course for boy bands in the early 1990's, the band embarked on a publicity blitz and tours of under and over 18 night clubs and schools.
Following their first hit Don't Talk About Love in the UK charts the band enjoyed international success with tours and promotion in Europe and Japan. Bad Boys Inc were one of the biggest bands at the time, alongside Take That and East 17.

After the top twenty album Bad Boys Inc, and 3 top twenty singles including the top ten single More To This World the band went on to win International acclaim by being awarded "Best International Newcomer" in both Denmark and Finland in 1994. The band were very popular with the media and appeared in all the teen magazines and TV shows including: Des O'Connor, Top of the Pops, Going Live, The Children's Royal Variety Show, Blue Peter, The Ozone, Saturday Disney, Gimme 5 and Surprise Surprise! The band were also the first band to appear on the 1st ever National Lottery Show before going their separate ways in the Spring of 1995.

Where Are They Now?

David has gone on to become a successful actor and screen writer, based in Los Angeles. He starred in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival breakout hit Quinceañera (Echo Park LA), which won both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize. Quinceañera was also selected to play at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival and won the Independent Spirit Award's 2007 John Cassavetes Award. David has also starred in the award-winning short, The Receipt, which won the prize for "Best Comedy" at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Sneaux, which was nominated for 6 LA Weekly Theater Awards including "Best Musical", and has appeared in many high profile television and print commercials around the world. As a screenwriter his first feature 'I Do' is slated to be filmed in 2009 with celebrated Indie producer Stephen Israel.

Matthew has been concentrating on writing, recording and producing. He worked in Radio as a presenter for a while at London's Liberty Radio. He also appeared in BBC Daytime Drama series Doctors and played the lead in the musical Boyband at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End. In 2002 he landed a deal with EMI Germany but parted company with the label in 2005 and created his own Electro-Pop-Rock band JEAN! who are currently completing their debut album due for release in 2009.

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As well as songwriting and singing, Matthew is also looking to start acting again.

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Matthew is a member of Madhen Productions

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They are a highly sought after band and perform all over the world in various guises including: Madhen (party band), So 80's (80's tribute band), Scizzor Sisterz (Scissor Sisters tribute band), and Greased (Grease tribute band).

After the split of the band Ally Begg turned his hand to a career in television. In the summer of 1999 he was spotted by MUTV after a short spell with Granada TV. He began a five year stint as a regular presenter of News and Talk shows. Ally interviewed the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane and David Beckham among others. During his time with MUTV he also worked for Sky Sports News, Sky News, Talksport Radio and Thomas Cook TV. In the summer of 2004 Ally was approached by Setanta Sports in Glasgow and was offered the position of Presenter of Celtic TV. In a three year stint he developed a special relationship with the Management, players and fans of Celtic Football Club even though his passion lies with Aberdeen FC. Prior to moving to Glasgow Ally suffered a catastrophic leg injury. He broke his right leg in two places after an awkward fall. The extent of the injury meant he spent a month in hospital and had an Iluzarov cage bolted to his leg for three months. After five operations and countless hours of physiotherapy he has been left with a permanent disability. He is slowly coming to terms with his injury and now lives and works in Singapore after accepting an position with ESPN/Star Sports. As well as being a TV Presenter Ally is a successful part-time Model, signed to Scotland's premier agency, The Model Team. He recently featured in a campaign for Scottish Knitwear Company, Harley of Scotland.

Ally is currently in Singapore working as a sports presenter.

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