Tag: full force

Jheri Curl June: Full Force’s “Old Flames Never Die”
I actually love Full Force. I mean, they are an ’80s R&B group with Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure character bodies who all dress like “Macho Man” Randy Savage and have Jheri curls. What is there NOT to love?
June 22, 2023
Jheri Curl June: Samantha Fox’s “Naughty Girls Need Love Too”
Samantha Fox began her career as a glamour model in 1983, but by the mid-’80s had made the natural transition to pop music. After the success of her debut album, 1985’s Touch Me, Fox returned to the studio to record her self-titled sophomore album, which further expands on her bad girl image. Fox enlisted the help…
June 16, 2016
Jheri Curl June: Imaginary Genres – Jheri Curl Music
It’s finally here! In case you weren’t aware, Jheri Curl June is our most sacred holiday season here at Dystopian Dance Party, and we wanted to do something special for its third annual observance (“Jh3ri Curl Jun3”). So, instead of resurrecting the same hoary old introductory post from 2014, we thought we’d offer a concise…
June 1, 2016
Jheri Curl June: Full Force’s “Love is for Suckers (Like Me and You)”
As we discussed in a previous post, by the middle of the decade the popularity of jheri curl music was waning, thus making room for both hip-hop and New Jack Swing. Full Force, who released their first album in 1985, combine equal parts of all three genres, helping to bridge the gap between JCM and New…
June 27, 2014