Industry (Irish band)

Industry
Industry from left to right, Michele McGrath, Lee Hutton, Morgan Deane and Donal Skehan.
Background information
Origin Ireland
Genres Pop
Years active 2009–2010
Labels MIG Live
Members Donal Skehan
Morgan Deane
Michele McGrath
Lee Hutton

Industry were a pop mixed boy/girl group formed in Ireland in 2009. The band comprised Donal Skehan, Morgan Deane, Michele McGrath and Briton Lee Hutton. Industry made their recording debut in 2009 under the independent record label MIG Live, and broke up in 2010.

The band had two number 1 hits in the Irish Singles Chart with their debut single "My Baby's Waiting" (25 June 2009 chart) and follow up "Burn" (27 August 2009 chart)[1]

Members

Lee Hutton

Lee Andrew Hutton is an English singer-songwriter musician, born in Chesterfield. He was part of the boy band project Streetwize, alongside Donal Skehan, Lee Mulhern and Jonathan Fagerlund. With a slightly changed Streetwize line-up that included Kyle Carpenter and Venezuelan Antonio Jones, Hutton took part in Childline 2007 charity event singing a cover of Living in a Box's hit "Room in Your Heart".[2] Hutton then went solo with "Shinedown", "Perfect Bride", "Invincible", "Madeline" and "Butterfly"[3] until joining Industry, becoming the only non-Irish member of the band.

Donal Skehan

Donal Skehan, a vocalist with Industry, was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 3 June 1986. In 2006, he was an original member of the boyband project Streetwize, with whom he toured in Ireland, UK and Sweden, and appeared on the US television station CN8.[4]

After quitting the band, he became an announcer on the Bubble Hits station, broadcasting music and entertainment news and celebrity gossip segments. On 23 February 2008, he attempted to represent Ireland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Double Cross My Heart" composed by Joel Humlen, Oscar Gorres and Charlie Mason, but was beaten by Dustin the Turkey.[5][6][7] Skehan has also authored a cookbook, Good Mood Food.[8][9]

Michele McGrath

Michele McGrath, born in Dublin 12 April 1987, is a model, singer, actress and presenter and has been represented by Andrea Roche Agency. She has been a fashion contributor on TV3's Ireland AM. Acting credits include Camelot and The Tudors.

Morgan Deane

Morgan Smith was born Claire Deasy in Cork on 1 May 1983.[10] She tried for The X Factor in 2006, but failed to qualify to the Final 12. Dean failed to qualify for the South African version of Idols in 2014. A vocalist with Industry, she is the ex-wife of South Africa national cricket team captain Graeme Smith with whom she has two kids they got divorced in 2016.[11][12]

History

Industry were signed to MIG Live, an independent label, formed by former Bubble Hits owner James Hyland who also managed the group.[13][14] The group supported the Pussycat Dolls[15] on their Irish tour during the release of their first single, "My Baby's Waiting". The single was released in June 2009 and peaked at number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart for one week.[16]

Their second single, "Burn", was released in August 2009 and also took the number 1 spot.[17]

The band's third single, "In Your Arms", was set for a November 2009 European release,[18] written by band member Lee Hutton.[18]

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
IRL
[19]		 UK
2009 "My Baby's Waiting" 1 —
"Burn" 1 —
"—" denotes a title that did not chart
Non-charting singles
  • 2009: "In Your Arms"
  • 2010: "My Mistake"

Collaborations

In 2009, they were a supporting act for the Pussycat Dolls at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

References

  1. ↑ "Industry - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Streetwize performing at Childline 2007". YouTube. 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Lee Hutton | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  4. ↑ "Streetwize on CN8". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Ireland: Donal Skehan speaks to esctoday.com". ESC Today. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "EUROSONG 2008 : DONAL SKEHAN". All Kinds of Everything. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Donal Skehan of the Good Mood Food Blog on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  9. ↑ Katherine Donnelly. "Donal dishes up class act at school". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  10. ↑ http://you.co.za/top/morgan-deane-smith-turning-30-what-are-we-so-afraid-of/
  11. ↑ "X Factor - Morgan Dean Glasgow". YouTube. 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  12. ↑ "BBC Sport - South Africa captain Graeme Smith marries Morgan Deane". BBC News. 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ Archived 10 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ "Industry supports Pussycat Dolls - Plus - Roundup - Articles - Meath Chronicle". Meathchronicle.ie. 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  16. ↑ "Industry – My Baby's Waiting – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  17. ↑ "Industry knock Peas off Irish No.1 – Music News". Digital Spy. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  18. 1 2 "Video Premiere: Industry "In Your Arms"". Arjanwrites.com. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  19. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Discography Industry [IE]". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.

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