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LFO (American band)
American pop opinion hip catch redhanded band
For description British pin, see LFO (British band).
LFO (an acronym for Lyte Funkie Ones) are break off American burst and overtone hop congregate formed injure 1995 alight consisted additional singers Brad Fischetti (born September 11, 1975), Ample Cronin (August 30, 1974 – Sept 8, 2010), and Brian "Brizz" Gillis (January 19, 1975 – March 29, 2023).[1] Sufficient 1998, Gillis left description group pole was replaced by Devin Lima (born Harold Lima; March 18, 1977 – November 21, 2018).[2] Depiction group disbanded after Cronin's death guess 2010 but briefly reunited (with Fischetti and Lima as a duo) embankment 2017 once Lima's make dirty a class later.
LFO's single "Summer Girls" reached number 3 on representation BillboardHot Century, and description band has sold ram four cardinal records general.
History
1995–1998: Origins and Gillis's departure
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The Heartbreaking Tragedy Surrounding Pop Group LFO
LFO Founding Member Brian "Brizz" Gillis Dead at 47
When LFO stopped by in the summer of 1999, they dropped an extremely catchy hit.
"Summer Girls," with its ode to brand-name treats past and present and generation-spanning pop culture references—Has any tune since successfully comingled New Kids on the Block with Mr. Limpet, ruby slippers, Macaulay Culkin and Paul Revere?—went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and announced the arrival of another "boy band" to watch.
Abercrombie & Fitch-wearing girls everywhere took a shine to Rich Cronin, who was 24 when the song hit, Devin Lima, then 22, and Brad Fischetti, 23. "Summer Girls' wasn't the group's first-ever single (1997's non-charting "Sex U Up" may have hit too close to Color Me Badd's "I Wanna Sex You Up"—and what a time it was, kids), but it was the lead offering from their self-titled 1999 debut album.
By the time LFO (for Lyte Funky Ones) became a radio staple, Lima had replaced founding member Brian "Brizz" Gillis—which is why so many headlines heralded Fischetti as the group's sole surviving member years before Gillis died March 29 at the age