The first-generation line-up was formed with Blade (Manye Thompson), Dawn (Viola Schubbe), Pearl (Carla Sinclair), and MC Steve (Mario Zuber).
The first line up was established in June 1999 after the release of "The Rigga-Ding-Dong-Song," but the line-up soon parted ways in October due to internal disagreements and creative differences.
St. Maarten was rushed to the hospital to receive treatment for her woundsand doctors discovered that she had second and third degree burns on her hands and face and multiple bruises.
"I'm Dreaming of...A Winter Wonderland" was released posthumously nine days later on 3 December and the royalties that the single made were donated to the victims' families and survivors of the accident.
She occasionally posted messages on the official Passion Fruit Web site, usually each November around the anniversary of the accident, in tribute to Serrano and Het Ende.
On 5 December 2006, she appeared in an interview on the German ZDF television network, Hallo Deutschland, which showed her visiting the site of the crash with her family, and she announced that she had recorded some songs for her solo album; however, due to her health complications and other personal reasons, she decided that music was no longer the career she wanted, and the album was eventually shelved by her manager.
She explained in the interview that she knew that Serrano and Het Ende were dead during the events of the accident because she called out their names but got no response.
She also said that once she was discharged from the hospital some people would act uncomfortable around her when they saw her scars and she would often try to cover herself up even when it was warm outside and she also said that it took her six years to figure out what she wanted to do instead of performing.
The single "Bongo Man" featured the previously released song "Passion Gang (Ladadi)" as a bonus track.
Adding to the delay in new music was the fact that, in a scenario that was similar of Milli Vanilli (albeit with more transparency), the majority of Passion Fruit's songs had long been performed as lip-synch numbers by both line-ups.