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Breakfast Club will always have a place in history as the band that featured two of <a href="spotify:artist:6tbjWDEIzxoDsBA1FuhfPW" data-name="Madonna">Madonna</a>'s ex-boyfriends -- drummer Stephen Bray and singer Dan Gilroy -- as well as the Material Girl herself. The group was formed in New York in the late 70’s by brothers Dan and Ed Gilroy. The band went through several line-ups including one in which <a href="spotify:artist:6tbjWDEIzxoDsBA1FuhfPW" data-name="Madonna">Madonna</a> was drummer and occasional lead singer; however, she eventually left to form a new band Emmy.
By the mid 80’s, the band consisted of the Gilroy brothers (guitars), Gary Burke (bass), and Stephen Bray (drums). Both Bray and Burke had previously been <a href="spotify:artist:6tbjWDEIzxoDsBA1FuhfPW" data-name="Madonna">Madonna</a>'s bandmates in Emmy. Breakfast Club signed with Ze Records in 1983 and released the single “Rico Mambo,” which, in later years, has become a dance phenomena in the Philippines.
In 1985, the band signed with MCA Records. In 1987 their eponymous album spawned a Top Ten hit ("Right On Track") and led to a Best New Artist nomination at the 1988 Grammy Awards. Later, <a href="spotify:artist:0V3kizYzX2po7ElYGzUcu6" data-name="Randy Jackson">Randy Jackson</a> (of Journey and American Idol fame) joined the band as bassist. The last single for MCA was a cover of <a href="spotify:artist:3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2" data-name="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>’ "Drive My Car" for the 1988 film License to Drive.
In 2016, Breakfast Club released a new EP titled <a href="spotify:album:1e979ha11EPCs8L81rbJwh" data-name="Percolate">Percolate</a>, which features songs from the group's unreleased second album.
~ Dan LeRoy, Rovi, Spencer
By the mid 80’s, the band consisted of the Gilroy brothers (guitars), Gary Burke (bass), and Stephen Bray (drums). Both Bray and Burke had previously been <a href="spotify:artist:6tbjWDEIzxoDsBA1FuhfPW" data-name="Madonna">Madonna</a>'s bandmates in Emmy. Breakfast Club signed with Ze Records in 1983 and released the single “Rico Mambo,” which, in later years, has become a dance phenomena in the Philippines.
In 1985, the band signed with MCA Records. In 1987 their eponymous album spawned a Top Ten hit ("Right On Track") and led to a Best New Artist nomination at the 1988 Grammy Awards. Later, <a href="spotify:artist:0V3kizYzX2po7ElYGzUcu6" data-name="Randy Jackson">Randy Jackson</a> (of Journey and American Idol fame) joined the band as bassist. The last single for MCA was a cover of <a href="spotify:artist:3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2" data-name="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>’ "Drive My Car" for the 1988 film License to Drive.
In 2016, Breakfast Club released a new EP titled <a href="spotify:album:1e979ha11EPCs8L81rbJwh" data-name="Percolate">Percolate</a>, which features songs from the group's unreleased second album.
~ Dan LeRoy, Rovi, Spencer
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