2wo Third3 were a gay four-piece 1990's electropop group, with three performing members, Lee, Victor and Danny, and one non-performing songwriter, Richard "Biff" Stannard. They were called 2wo Third3 because out of the performing members, the two backing members dressed in identical clothing, usually with rubber gloves, and the frontman, Lee, did not, normally wearing a trademark 2wo Third3 plaster on his face. The fourth member was represented by a cartoon character called "Biff", who appeared in the band's promotional material and record covers. The group were managed by East 17/Bros manager Tom Watkins and signed to Sony Music UK's Epic label, and the design aspect of the group was very important, with customised yellow rubber gloves being sent out with promotional records, and a free Biff plaster being issued to fans. They released four singles in 1994, all very much in a Pet Shop Boys vein, and recorded an album titled 'Doppelganger', which was never released. After the band broke up, Lee disappeared for a few years and then re-emerged as 4th Child, Dan went into music publishing and licensing, Victor went back to plumbing, but Biff went on to bigger, better things in the world of music production, writing most of the Spice Girls' number one singles. At their peak they were a perfect pocket of super-stylised pop, and it's a shame that the album never appeared, as it had some great songs on it, so here it is for you to judge if they could have been as big as the Pet Shop Boys, given the right breaks.
Track listing
01 Dangerous Game
02 A Change Of Heart
03 Now I Found You
04 Been This Way For Years
05 A Different Story
06 Prince Albert
07 Lover And Best Friend
08 Hear Me Calling
09 I Want To Be Alone
10 Ease The Pressure
11 I Want The World
