Five star admits he feels 'much cooler' being in the band now as group poke fun at their wild 'extra baggy' stage outfits during magazine cover shoot
A Five star admitted he feels 'much cooler' being in the band now as the group recalled their 'extra baggy' stage outfits back in the 1990s.
Gracing Sir! Magazine 's cover for its first issue, the legendary boyband took a trip down memory lane during a candid chat, making fun of their very different fashion trends.
The English pop group - which formed in 1997 - consists of members Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Abz Love and Jason 'J' Brown.
As they reminisced eyebrow piercings and overly-baggy trousers, they posed for the magazine cover alongside Aitch and Roy Winstone.
Jason, 48, confessed: 'There have been periods of time where I've actually looked back and thought, "I can't believe that I was that dude doing that on the stage."
'Because I'd become such a different person. But then when I kind of go back into it, it's just there.'
'Our trousers were so baggy that if, like, a gale-force wind blew, we would have actually taken off,' Ritchie, 45, poked fun.
Meanwhile Sean, 43, managed to find a silver lining to old funny looks, adding: 'Whereas now it's much cooler.
'You're just in a bar or a restaurant, and an adult recognises you and goes, "Are you Sean from Five? Are you J from Five?" You say, "Yes, I am." They go, "We really love the music." It's actually much, much nicer now, in all truth.'
Previously speaking exclusively to MailOnline, the group couldn't help but bicker as they revealed the correct way to spell their name.
Five - who went on to sell more than 20 million records worldwide before they split in 2001 - have widely been known as 5ive.
Fans of the band have been referring to them as such for decades, and even the group's Wikipedia page states the name is 'stylised as 5ive'.
So last month, fans were left in shock when the group filmed a TikTok video captioned: 'when people call us 5ive instead of Five', showing them kicking bottles and hitting the wall in frustration.
Such is the passionate defence that their name has been misstyled that when asked by MailOnline why they decided to 'drop the 5' from their name, Richie immediately exclaimed: 'We didn't!'
Revealing they had never spelled their name that way, Scott explained that the trend started when they released their Slam Dunk (Da Funk) music video 26 years ago.
He shared: 'In the video there is a 5 but it was never on one of our albums! it's wrong on Spotify, because it's got the 5. We are called F, I, V, E.'
Admitting it had been a cause of contention between the group, Sean then said: 'I can't understand - now I know I'm gonna get a lot of backlash - you're going to attack me - I don't get what's so upsetting about it.'
The group then immediately started bickering as J bellowed: 'I don't like it!'
Scott added: 'It looks silly. Like 5Five. we're not called 5Five, we're called Five, please, please!'
Issue No.1 of Sir! Magazine with Five available on Thursday 1st May
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