Re: Founder of a group

Rupert Swarbrick wrote:
> Your description of a creator doesn't fit many "band-like" groups I can
> think of but, as I said, I don't really know anything about NMB48.

It's the same sort of way that a number of western pop groups like 
Boyzone [1], Steps [2], Take That [3] or the Spice Girls [4] were 
created (I'm sure there are more recent examples, but it's been a long 
time since I paid any attention to them :P), if that helps.

Nikki

Quotes from the relevant Wikipedia pages:

[1] "In 1993 an advertisement appeared in many Irish newspapers calling 
for auditions to form a new Irish "boy band" group. The advertisements 
were sent out by theatrical manager Walsh who was looking to make an 
"Irish Take That" following on from their success."

[2] "Steps were formed by Steve Crosby & Barry Upton (writers of "5, 6, 
7, 8") alongside Manager Tim Byrne after auditioning hopefuls who 
answered an ad in The Stage newspaper."

[3] "In 1989, Nigel Martin-Smith sought to create a British male vocal 
singing group. Martin-Smith's vision, however, was a teen orientated 
group that would aim across more than one demographic segment of the 
music industry."

[4] "In the mid-1990s, father-and-son management team Bob and Chris 
Herbert set about creating an all female group to compete with popular 
boy bands that dominated the pop music scene in the mid- to late-1990s"