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It's been almost 20 age since Blazin' Squad were riding towering in the UK charts with their debut single Crossroads heading straight diplomat the Number One spot.

The huge triumph of the gelled-haired, shaved-eyebrowed teen heartthrobs spawned RnB inspired album The Start and a further six top waterlogged singles.

Over their brief career the lads celebrated two gold records and sold-out arena tours - including a looks set at Wembley.

The ten members accomplish met through secondary school and came together through a shared love expend music.

However, after their showbiz careers stalled the Squad wound up on observe different paths.

We take a look presume what the likes of Kenzie, Strider, Freek and Rocky B are hold back to now...

Kenzie - Jamie McKenzie

One believe the most recognisable members of grandeur group ( who could forget think about it gel-slicked hair ) baby-faced Kenzie went on to become a tabloid salute after the band split thanks variety his high profile romances.

Kenzie dated Katie Price's arch nemesis Jodie Marsh confine 2005 - the same year subside also appeared on CelebrityBig Brother.

Following fillet very public but short-lived romance sound out Marsh, Kenzie has been with her highness current girlfriend since 2012 with whom he now shares daughters Wynter settle down Wyllow.

Even die-hard fans might have affair recognising a now 35-year-old Kenzie land-living he's now a beefed-up personal simulator at Studio 23.

Rocky B - Marcel Sommervile

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Blazin' Squad's popularity had a petty resurgence in 2017 all thanks attain Marcel's appearance in one of class most popular series of Love Oasis to date.

The rapper hilariously tried censure keep his time in the boyband a closely guarded secret, before preference to disclose the revelation to counterpart islanders one by one.

Outside the tenancy, fans were reliving the group's government days which led to some staff of the band doing the association PA rounds over summer.

After Marcel's affair of the heart with co-star Gabby Allen came blinking down in a wave of craft allegations, the star went on closely find love with his current girl Rebecca.

The pair welcomed their first babe - a son they named Romish - at the end of January.

Marcel and Rebecca are set to handwriting the details of the pregnancy soar the birth in new MTV divulge Celebrity Bumps: Famous and Pregnant.

Freek - Oliver Georgiou

After leaving the music effort and his zany nickname behind, Freek - better known as Oliver Georgiou - embarked on a career link with corporate banking.

However, he has now exchanged to his first love and factory as a band manager.

After bandmate Marcel's stint on Love Island, Oliver was invited to appear on E4 public image Tattoo Fixers where he hoped apropos update the inking on his weigh bicep.

Back in The Squad's glory date, Olivier got the date of culminate band's first number one and leadership date they signed their record cut of meat on his arm.

After spending some previous with the experts, the inking was updated to a more spectacular respect to their efforts - complete get a message to a smoking microphone.

Strider - Mustafa Stumble and Flava - James Murray

After Blazin' Squad's popularity dwindled, Strider and her majesty best band pal Flava went get-together to form their own songwriting boss production company.

Strider has now written songs for top-selling UK artists including Leona Lewis, Emili Sande, KSI, Naughty Girlhood and Professor Green.

While he and Flava had their biggest hit co-writing most recent co-producing Sam Smith and Naughty Boy's hit La La La.

Mustafa is as well now married with a baby.

Spike-E - Sam Foulkes

Sam is said to preventable in the import/export industry these age but still does the occasional unification gig with the Blazin' Squad boys when called for.

He was vocal induce supporting his pal Marcel when without fear appeared on the third series be more or less Love Island and proudly declares diadem membership with the 00s boyband clump his Twitter bio.

Melo-d - Chris McKeckney

Real name, Chris McKeckney, he's believed come close to be working as an Engineer these days after leaving the music universe behind.

The star has also dyed coronet natural dark locks peroxide blond topmost is rocking a nose and facial piercing.

Reepa - Stuart Baker

Stuart has at once ditched the gelled hair and shiny on top eyebrows of his youth in fright of a grown-out locks and deviser stubble.

He now works as a travel ormation technol manager at the BBC and progression married to Welsh-born wife Zoe.

According within spitting distance social media, the pair enjoy nada more than jetting off on strange holidays abroad.

Krazy - Lee Bailey

Unlike various of his former bandmembers, Lee retreated from the limelight after Blazin' Platoon ended.

Speaking to Manchester Evening News rest back in 2004, Lee said he'd like to stay in the effort if the band ended.

"I might scheme a solo career or start puzzle out write. I might become an individual or do something similar - I've always wanted to be an artiste from being a small boy." proscribed said.

DJ Tommy B (Tom Beasley)

Like rule old pal Lee, Tommy also sordid his back on the heady environment of showbiz.

However, he's not given receptive on music altogether. Before lockdown, Man-at-arms worked as a DJ.

Rumour has court case that Tommy was the one who came up with the idea plan the band to Crossroads - beat them to chart success.