Artist Name
Bad English
web link web link web link
heart icon off (0 users)
artist logo

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 60%

Album Releases refreshview
album thumb
Backlash (1991)
album thumb
Bad English (1989)
album thumb
Greatest Hits (0)


Members
members icon 5 Male

Origin
flag Los Angeles, USA

Genre
genre icon Hard Rock

Style
style icon Rock/Pop

Mood
---

Born

born icon 1988

Active
calendar icon 1988 to Present...

Cutout
transparent

Current Record Label

artist logo


heart icon Most Loved Tracks
3 users heart off Bad English - When I See You Smile
3 users heart off Bad English - When I See You Smile
3 users heart off Bad English - Time Stood Still
3 users heart off Bad English - Time Stood Still
3 users heart off Bad English - Price of Love


youtube icon Music Video Links
youtube thumb
Best of What I Got
youtube thumb
When I See You Smile
youtube thumb
Price of Love
youtube thumb
Straight to Your Heart
youtube thumb
Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
The members decided on a name for the band while playing pool. John Waite missed a shot and Jonathan Cain made a comment on how bad his "english" was (referring to the spin a player puts on the cue ball) and the band decided to use the phrase. The name is also thought to be a reference to The Babys, since the name was misspelled and an example of bad English.
Jonathan Cain and guitarist Neal Schon, who had enjoyed enormous success in Journey, continued on to form Bad English with Waite after Journey disbanded. The first album, eponymously titled, was a big seller with three hit singles, including the number one hit "When I See You Smile" written by Diane Warren, the top 10 hit "Price of Love," and "Possession." Another track from the debut album, the AOR song "Best of What I Got", was featured in the soundtrack to 1989's Tango and Cash.
The band's second album, 1991's "Backlash" came and went without any fanfare. The only single, "Straight To Your Heart," just missed the Top 40, peaking at No. 42. Ricky Phillips writes on his website that the group had parted company before the second album had been mixed. Both Phillips and guitarist Neal Schon expressed frustration with the "pop" side of the band's songs and wanted a harder edge. In the end, it proved to be the band's undoing as everyone left to pursue other projects.
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart
transparent icon
transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
artist banner


User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by jackyboo
21st Feb 2021

Socials
social icon transparent icon

Streaming
website icon unlocked iconwebsite icon unlocked iconwebsite icon unlocked icon

External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon unlocked iconamazon icon