Originally Posted by MJ333:
“He’s had two major acts: Westlife & Boyzone.
Westlife were already a big hit on the Smash Hits tour before he signed them.
Boyzone - he recreated an identi-kit version of an existing band (Take That).
This was all over 10 years ago. The height of “boy band” mania. He was in the right place at the right time. What has he achieved since? (N.B. Girls Aloud were selected by the public and he inherited them).”
Westlife - According to that documentry with Piers Morgan, (You can't fire me, I'm famous), he put together Westlife and then approached Cowell. Cowell told him to get rid of xxxx, (The singy one that isn't gay - can you tell I'm not a fan?!), Louis got the lad to dye his hair and re-introduced him to Simbo a few months later who 'loved them'.
Boyzone - Rumours were rife that during the early days Ronan got a little bit too big for his boots. After an argument in Louis' office, Ronan insisted that he and Boyzone didn't need him (Louis) anymore. Louis grabbed him by the arm and marched him into the car park, took him to his own car and opened the boot -
"Do you want to know who buys all your f£cking records?"
The boot was full of Boyzone singles
Believe what you like.