The History of The Spice Girls @ Spice Jam

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Early March, Victoria, Mel C, Mel B all attended an audition for an all girl band. Contestants were from ages 18 to 23. Every girl that auditioned had only 30 seconds to prove their talents. All 3 girls - and another named Michelle - got the gig. Geri, however, missed out on the first audition, and begged the organisers to give her an audition the next day. As a result, Geri was tested, and, given the part.

Late June, the girls started to work in a recording studio, but Michelle's lack of enthusiam resulted in her wuiiting the band and she was replaced by Emma. Just after this, from July to March in 1994, the girls lived together in a small house in maidenhead. At this time they were on social support, struggling with their money.

Just after Mid August, the girls recorded a song called "Sugar and Spice", which is where the name "Spice" (above) came from. Even though the track was such an influence on the band, it was, unfortunatley never released.

October approached and the girls decided to sack their current management group. They then contacted songwrite, Eliot Kennedy, after finding his number in a phone book. He helped co-write "LOVE THING" and "SAY YOU'LL BE THERE"

A year later, August 1994, the girls were introduce to the company, ABSOLUTE, Which later produced their first l.p.

A deal was signed with Simon Fuller to become their manager, in Early March. Between March right through to May, the girls recorded the album, "Spice."

At this time, record companies were battling with each other to sign the girls up. By September, VIRGIN RECORDS signed them up. By late October, the girls performed at a raceway, and, security was shocked when they started getting carried away and climbing up onto a statue. As much as they tried, Security couldnt stop them!

In November, they signed up with music publisher Windswept Pacific. Between September 1995 and July 1996 they spent writing more songs.

They headed of to London to film their first Music video, "Wannabe." It was aiired on a UK cable TV pop music channel, and gets played almost 70 times in 1 week.

"Wannabe" is released in July, and goes straight to No.1 making British Music history - being the only British group to go number one with their debut single. "Wannabe" continued to sell, and stayed @ number 1 in the UK for 17 weeks, and sold 1.25 million in thed UK ALONE!

In September, they headed off to Mojave Desert to film "Say you'll be there." It is released in October, and debuts at number One in the UK. On November the 4th, "SPICE" the album, is released, and just on pre-orders, goes silver! In 1 week, 2 million copies of the album were sold.

Towards the end of November, the girls were offered 1 million pounds (almost 2.5 million Australian dollars) to strip for an adult cable channel - the girls refuse, however, soon after that, Geri's pre-spice girl nudes come back to haunt her. By December, the girls win 3 Smash Hits awards.

Mid December, and GERI HALLIWELL (Ginger Spice - well, as she's known nowadays, TRAITOR SPICE) claims in an interview that "Maragaret Thatcher was the first SPICE GIRL"!!! By the 16th of December, "2 Become 1" is released, and becomes the years fastest selling record, also debuting at Number One. "SPICE" the album was still topping the charts world-wide, and it became the "Biggest selling single of 1996" It sold more than 10 million copies world wide, in just 7 months.

January, 1997, "Wannabe" is released in the USA, and debut's at Number 11, setting another record for the highest debut entry by a British band in the USA.

"Who do you think you are?" is filmed for "Comic Relief " and the Spice's donation is the biggest ever for 1997, with all profits from the song going toward the charity.

February 24th, they attended the Brit Awards, and win 2 awards. On the same night, Geri premiers now infamous Union Jack Dress, and, "pops out" of her other dress twice, once walking up the stairs to collect the award with the other girls, and then again on stage, when she raises her hand up in the air! By March, "Mama/Who do you think you are?" had debuted at Number One - and "Wannabe" had become the biggest selling single of all time. Impresive, eh?! In that same month, the girls win the award for "London's favourite band" and "International Hit of the year (Wannabe)"

By April, a deal with Pepsi (above: Mel C + Victoria) is signed. They visit "The Cannes Film Festival " and annouce an upcoming Spice Girls movie (below)

which went on to be called "SpiceWorld" By June, "SpiceWorld" started being shot, and, by late August, filming had finished.

By October, the new LP "SpiceWorld" hits number 1, and so does the Mardi-gras style single "Spice Up your life" kicking Elton John's tribute to the late Princess Diana off the top spot. In that month, they proved all their critics wrong, by singing their first FULL live show, in Istanbul (below).

November the 5th, the girls win "Best group" award @ the MTV Europe Awards, beating OASIS, Which, obviously, pissed it's band members Liam and Noel off - and it was after the award, that OASIS' brother's started flooding us all with insults about the SPICE GIRLS....and after all this, the girls still say they are one of their fave groups! Now THAT'S too nice girls!

In the same month, Simon Fuller their manager, is fired, and they start to manage themselves, although the press reports that Geri became the unnoficial manager of the band. On a trip to Spain, the girls were booed off stage, reason: unknown - still.

December the 2nd, the Girls perform at a Royal event, and, Geri nearly popped out again, preventing her from curtseying the Queen. "Too Much" goes straight to number one in it's first week released.

Victoria (above) and soccer player, DAVID BECKHAM, announce their engagement, kicking off the New Year with a bang. They are to be married late next year. By February, the girls' first tour kicks off in Dublin. All goes smoothly until the release of "Stop" which only debuts at number 2, ending the Girls' winning streak of consecutive number ones. However, this dosent stop the Ameican 30 day tour dates from being sold out in 12 minutes, though!

May 31st, GERI HALLIWELL "Ginger Spice" becomes "Traitor Spice" (below) as she announces she is "leaving the group due to differences between the girls"

On June the 9th, the girls do their 1st official appearance without Geri, performing "Viva Forever" with Pavarotti, for Bosnian War children.

Mid July, "Toilet Spice" George Michael said on a live chat session that he thought Geri was the only important SPICE girl, which lit a very fiery spark among loyal Spice fans.

July 20th, Mel B is set to Releas a track WITHOUT the other 3 girls, this track is with Missy Misdemeanour Eliot, called "I think I want you back".

MTV in the USA decides they would rather not play SPICE GIRLS on their so called "Music" shows. I, the webmaster of SPICEJAM. in mid July started a boycot on MTV called Anti MTV . With great support from No.1 Spice Sites such as American Spice and DK200's SPICE ZONE, We shipped off the 64 emails, 932 signatures, and 3 90 minute cassettes of people ringing up a ANTI MTV Hotline (which has since been closed) to Mtv, and, 2 months later...still no reply.

The girls announce that they will be recording a song for the "South Park: THE MOVIE" Soundtrack. Other artists to do songs include Madonna, Blur and U2.

The Girls also declare in an interview that they will survive as a foursome. Australia's Music know-it-all, Molly Meldrum, asked Spice Girl fans across Australia if they would still watch the girls live as a foursome - the response was VERY positive - Molly said in his weekly article in TV WEEK that "this is the time to get them down here" It is rumoured they will be touring Australia at the end of the year.

The girls announce that they will go on without Geri, and also that they will be endeavouring solo projects. At this stage, Mel B has relesed her first Spice-less efforts with Missy E, which debuted at Number 1 in the UK, and number 12 here in Australia, and Mel C performs a duet with Bryan Adams, yet to be released in Australia.

Mel B becomes Mel G, after her marriage to fionce Jimmy Gulzar. All 3 Spice's are invited, but Not Geri. The song "Goodbye" get's it's world premier in the US on a Philidelphia radio station, which is later recorded and sent in REAL AUDIO form to subscribers of the AMERICAN SPICE MALING LIST. The track wont be released until after Late November in Australia.