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24 September 2014
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What would you have done differently if you could relive your career.
Ìý Lorraine: Nothing really. We prepared ourselves pretty well for success by working hard and performing loads of PA’s in clubs. Each person had a different responsibility. Doris worked on choreography, Steadman designed the stage outfits and Dad looked out for us. You do need someone to watch out for you.

There were rumours that your dad was er, a tad overbearing?
Lorraine: No. People said that but he was a good manager and a great dad. He was just looking out for us just like any dad in charge of a bunch of teenage children would do. He always respected our opinions.


So Five Star are down to Three Star these days?
Lorraine: Yes, Doris and Delroy decided they didn’t want to be part of the band now and that’s fine. We’ll all grown up and are leading our own lives. Being together 24 hours a day when we were growing up was a bit suffocating. My life now seems miles away from pop music. I live a really quiet lifestyle with my husband in the San Fernando valley in California. It’s beautiful.

As a woman did you experience discrimination in the music industry?
Lorraine: No I didn’t really experience that. But we didn’t really meet the staff from labels that much. Our dad took care of that.

So, the Here & Now Tour. Sad '80s novelty act time?
Lorraine: No! We’re hoping this will introduce us to a new audience, to give us a chance to perform and introduce ourselves again to the UK because we’ve been in LA for the past 12 years. We’re hoping to start work on a new album next year. Mind you we don’t remember all the dance routines. We’ve got to work on them!



Ìý Simply Red Ìý
Ìý "That's a bit supermarket, isn't it. I'm not making that many bottles. " Ìý
Ìý Robin Gibb Ìý
Ìý "There's been great moments both as a songwriter and as a performer." Ìý
Ìý Paul Roberts - The Stranglers Ìý
Ìý "We certainly weren't going to call ourselves The Bay City Rollers." Ìý
Ìý Lisa Stansfield Ìý
Ìý "I just thought, how many times do I have to sing this song?" Ìý
Ìý Soft Cell Ìý
Ìý "I think it's the only time that a banjo's been played in the Ministry of Sound." Ìý
Ìý Erasure Ìý
Ìý "Agnetha said she liked it. If I met them I would curtsey." Ìý
Ìý INXS Ìý
Ìý "We really surprised lots of people by simply hanging in there." Ìý
Ìý Kim Wilde Ìý
Ìý "I used to be really jealous of Claire Grogan...I thought she was gorgeous." Ìý
Ìý Dollar Ìý
Ìý "Failure was not an option, we were materialistic and greed was good." Ìý
Ìý Human League Ìý
Ìý "We did a US tour with Culture Club and Howard Jones...solely for the cash." Ìý
Ìý Altered Images Ìý
Ìý "Women were treated as a bit of a novelty in the music business in 1981." Ìý
Ìý Belle Stars Ìý
Ìý "The pop music lark just seems like a lifetime away now." Ìý
Ìý Steve Strange Ìý
Ìý "Look, you’re playing me like a bitchy queen and I’m not like that." Ìý
Ìý Five Star Ìý
Ìý "We all grew up wanting to be famous and we lived our dream..." Ìý
Ìý Phillip from Ruby Flipper Ìý
Ìý "At my age, I'd find it difficult to get my legs where they used to go..." Ìý
Ìý Glen Campbell Ìý
Ìý "I got to work with literally everyone in the business; Nat King Cole, Sinatra..." Ìý
Ìý David Gray Ìý
Ìý "Lots of tension in the camp. We're battling Gareth Gates for the No.1 spot" Ìý
Ìý Robert Palmer Ìý
Ìý "There's this homegenised force feeding of what is hip." Ìý
Ìý Marilyn Ìý
Ìý "I think George manipulated our relationship for publicity" Ìý
Ìý Tom Jones Ìý
Ìý "I'm pulling all my old jewellery out now and comparing my rings with Wyclef" Ìý
Ìý Ruth From Pan's People Ìý
Ìý "I could show you dozens of times I forgot the moves..." Ìý
Ìý Badly Drawn Boy Ìý
Ìý "Everybody has to do what everybody else does in order to have a hit single" Ìý
Ìý John Otway Ìý
Ìý "I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done..." Ìý
Ìý Jimmy Cliff Ìý
Ìý "I look at someone like Ms Dynamite, I come away with a positive feeling." Ìý
Ìý Human League Ìý
Ìý "We wouldn't trust anyone that didn't wear eyeliner." Ìý
Ìý Status Quo Ìý
Ìý "I probably went about four or five years with a pair of stage jeans" Ìý
Ìý Gary Numan Ìý
Ìý "There are so many things in my past that you could make fun of." Ìý
Ìý McAlmont and Butler Ìý
Ìý "We were big enough to get over any-thing that may have been exchanged." Ìý
Ìý Primal Scream Ìý
Ìý "The producer at the time told us we'd never work again." Ìý
Ìý Oasis Ìý
Ìý "I prefer miming, I prefer if we weren’t playing live." Ìý


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