| First formed in December 1996 at a Cotton family Xmas party, with brothers Craig and Lee and their cousins Daniel and Kyle making up the original BAD BOYS line up. After appearing at the now famous Mereway Upper School concert and stealing the show, the band featured in the Chronicle and Echo newspaper on the Captain Chron club page of which Kyle was a member, getting a full page article about Kyle and the BAD BOYS. Sadly and very tragically, Kyle died in February 1998 soon after the newspaper article, at the start of a very talented life, aged just 10 years. As a tribute to cousin Kyle, the BAD BOYS decided to carry on practising and performing, just as Kyle would have wished. The BAD BOYS have appeared in Spain in May 1998 in front of 350 people, Turkey in �99 and have more recently featured on the massive festivals such as, Southport, Camber Sands and the biggest of them all, Brean, to a crowd of 1500 people. The band have forthcoming dates abroad in countries France and Germany. The Boys have also played support slots for their Dads, THE JETS at such famous clubs as the Tennessee in London. More dates supporting their Dads have been lined up for the future. These evenings are always quite memorable with TWO GENERATIONS of the COTTON FAMILY on the stage. |
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| "Rockin' just like Kyle would have wanted" |
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| After years of watching their dads, the next generation Cotton boys decided that they too would like to create the sounds of the 1950's and early '60's Rock'n'Roll era. By learning from their dads, the art of how to entertain any audience in a professional manner they have pieced together a truly entertaining totally live act. Comprising of:- live Drums (not a drum machine) Double Bass, Lead guitar and all three boys taking turns on the Vocals. Although still at a very young age, 22yrs, 20yrs and 17yrs respectively, the three boys have been playing together for 5 years now and have gained much valuable experience, having played with such greats as "The Original Bill Haleys Comets", "The original Buddy Hollys Crickets", Jerry Lee-Lewis' sister "Linda Gail" and of course supported "The Jets", both in this country and abroad in front of crowds ranging from 200 - 1500 people. |
| How It All Started...... |
| Cousin Kyle (left) and the logo he designed for the band (right) |
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| LONG LIVE THE MEMORY OF KYLE COTTON DEC 1987 - FEB 1998 |