Signed to A&M Records, the members were David W. Ross (born 15 March 1974 in Bournemouth), Matthew James Pateman (born 14 May 1971 in Sidcup, Kent), Tony Dowding (born 6 September 1972 in Welwyn Garden City) and Ally Begg (born 21 August 1972 in Bury St Edmunds).
As for many manufactured boy bands in the 1990s, Bad Boys Inc's career was short-lived, but the group initially had some success following their first UK hit single, "Don't Talk About Love", and enjoyed minor international success with tours and promotion in Europe and Japan.
[citation needed] They were also the first group to appear on the UK National Lottery television programme before announcing their split on 1 March 1995.
In 2016, Pateman competed in Eurovision: You Decide under the name Matthew James, but his song "A Better Man"[1][2][3] lost out to Joe and Jake's winning entry "You're Not Alone".
[4] In 2023, Pateman joined 1990s group Let Loose as a replacement for their singer Richie Wermerling[5] and was announced as a new member of Bucks Fizz spin-off The Fizz in 2024, alongside Nikk Mager of Phixx.