More Fire Crew
More Fire Crew | |
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Origin | Waltham Forest, London, England |
Genres | Grime |
Years active | 2000–2005 |
Labels | Go Beat |
More Fire Crew was an East London-based English grime crew from Waltham Forest, and was one of the first crews in the grime scene.
The crew was formed by Ozzie B, M.C. G Man aka Gary Greer and Lethal Bizzle, all of whom attended secondary school together. Ozzie and Lethal soon joined up with their friend Seani B, who was a DJ on Amy FM. Meanwhile, More Fire's third prospective member Neeko met Ozzie B in a sound engineering training programme. The group first became known when they would host a show on Deja Vu FM, one of London's biggest pirate radio stations at the time.[1]
They are best known for their 2002 single "Oi!", which reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] In 2002, their debut studio album, More Fire Crew CV, was released, and they contributed a cover of Gabrielle's "Dreams" to the album NME & Warchild Presents 1 Love.[3] In the same year they were dropped by their record label, with Lethal setting up his own eponymous record label and going on to a successful solo career.[4]
In 2005, after being dropped by their label and a personal falling out between Lethal Bizzle and Neeko, More Fire Crew disbanded. Lethal Bizzle and Ozzie B formed a successor crew known as Fire Camp,[5] alongside MCs such as 2Face, Knowedge and Clipson. In May 2007, Lethal Bizzle stated that there would be no further new material from More Fire Crew.[1][5]
Members
- Lethal Bizzle - MC[6]
- Neeko - MC[6]
- Ozzie B - MC[6]
- Seani B - DJ[6]
- Commander B - DJ
- Tom Z Sharpy - DJ
- Gappy Ryder[6]
- Twister[6]
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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UK | ||
2003 | More Fire Crew C.V.
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||||||||||
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UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | "Oi!" | 7 | More Fire Crew C.V. | |||||||||||||||||||
2003 | "Back Then" | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||
"What's the Point?" | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
"—" denotes that the release failed to chart or was not released in that territory |
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 378. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Various - NME & Warchild Presents 1 Love (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ^ [1] Archived February 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Lethal Bizzle | Rapnews.co.uk UK rap, grime and hiphop culture resource!". Rapnews.co.uk. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
- ^ a b c d e f "Wayback Machine". 2005-04-07. Archived from the original on 2005-04-07. Retrieved 2019-07-22.