Fried are a musical duo made up of US soul singer Jonte Short, and ex-The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals guitarist David Steele.
David Steele looked for a singer for his new project away from The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals for five years.
He finally met Jonte Short in 2001 at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and they decided to collaborate.
[1] Fried, after working on their album for five years, signed to London Records the home of Steele's previous group Fine Young Cannibals to release their debut self-titled album, which spawned the singles "Whatever I Choose I Lose" and "When I Get Out Of Jail".
In 2007, however, the band were re-signed, this time to RCA and Fried decided to re-work their debut album and three new songs were added, while removing two.