The Faders were a British female

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band, formed in January 2004 by

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and

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Toy Valentine and

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were the first members to get through the first audition.

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and

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ist, Molly Lorenne (daughter of

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and

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), was later introduced to the band by a mutual friend, completing the lineup.

Members

*Molly Lorenne (born Molly Decima Ure, 7 March 1987) – lead vocals and lead guitar *Toy Valentine (born 4 July 1985) – bass, rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, songwriting *Cherisse Osei (born 23 December 1986) – drums, backing vocals

Career

After signing to

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, the band released their first single, " No Sleep Tonight", which reached No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart, in March 2005. Their second single, "Jump", came out a few months later and reached No. 21. In April 2006, weeks before the third single "Look At Me Now" was released, the band was dropped from Polydor. The band made fun of this fact by wearing slogan T-shirts saying "Polygone" in a style mimicking the Polydor logo. With various members of the group not wanting to look for another record deal, news of the group splitting appeared on their

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page, mailing lists and official forum on 6 July 2006.

Live performances

The band performed at The Jersey Telecom – Summer Sizzler tour, in

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, on 9 July 2005. They also played four performances at the

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in London, England and Various Summer Party in the Parks. They supported

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winner

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on the UK portion of her 2006 Breakaway World Tour. They also performed at

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on 5 June 2005.

Songs used in other media

"No Sleep Tonight" was featured in: *" Blast from the Past", episode 5 of the 2nd season of ''

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'', along with "Whatever It Takes". The Faders themselves appear in the episode, performing at the Neptune High School

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dance. "No Sleep Tonight" also appears on the show's

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. *Season 2, Episode 8 of ''

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'' *The soundtrack of the British television series '' Sugar Rush''. *

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in the United States for the Cingular ROKR phone with

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. *Television commercial in the United States for VO5 Extreme Style

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(It is also featured on th
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. *Television commercial in the United Kingdom for the

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"Stop The Clock" campaign. *

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music toys in

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s, worldwide in 2006. *Opening credits sequence and soccer scene in an Amanda Bynes' movie called ''

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'' *A soccer scene and on the soundtrack of ''

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'' *The song is also in the trailer of ''Bratz The Movie'' *Scene where Ben runs to Hannah's house in ''My Super Ex-Girlfriend'' (Molly McQueen Version) *The pilot episode of

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''. *The TV documentary ''Chelsea: The Inside Story'', about the popular London-based football team. "Jump" and "Whatever It Takes" were featured in: *'' The Sims 2: Nightlife'', re-recorded into

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, the unique language created by Maxis for the game. The songs are titled "Bunge" and "Wanebo Da Way" in the game.

Post-breakup careers

All three members currently have new music-related projects. Toy Valentine has begun a new music project. Molly Lorenne was signed by

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then subsequently dropped, and is performing under the name "Molly McQueen". She re-released "No Sleep Tonight", which appeared on the

of the 2006 film ''

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''. Cherisse Osei joined the Swedish band Calaisa, then played for

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before joining

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's band. In 2016 Cherisse joined Scottish rock band

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on their new ''Acoustic'' album and tour.

Discography

Albums

* ''Plug In + Play'' (2005)

Singles

* " No Sleep Tonight" (2005) UK No. 13 * "Jump" (2005) UK No. 21 * "Look At Me Now" (2006) − originally scheduled for 17 April 2006 release, but was cancelled due to the band splitting up.

References

External links

Molly's Official Myspace

Cherisse's Official Myspace

Cherisse Osei Official Website

Toy's Official Myspace
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