Anthony Benedict Thompson[1] joined Benz in 1993; his nickname in the band was Darkboy, and the other members were Tim Shade (Benjamin Balogun) and B.I.G.
62; subsequent singles "Urban City Girl", "Miss Parker", "If I Remember", and "On a Sun-Day" charted at numbers 31, 35, 59 and 73, respectively.
[5] He was promoted to main vocalist for their second album, This Time Around;[4] the song's title track charted at No.
[5] In late 2003, Thompson joined Four Story, a band formed by Ofoedu, Mark Brightman, and Rodney Williams, who had previously been in REDhill with Shane Lynch;[8] they took part in Making Your Mind Up, with the intention of representing the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest.
[9] Thompson, Ofoedu and Phats & Small reunited for an appearance on stage in the 2015 NYE MarbsFest at the Brentwood Centre; he used a 2015 appearance on Phoenix FM that month to advertise the event to note that he had started his own fitness, nutrition and athletics company, and that he was an ex-cage fighter.