It was the 90's and AFAIK it was because two record execs had a bet that one could get a shithouse band a number one single.

( Spider Fucking Riviera got stiches for a knife wound for the first time, Wed 29 Jun 2011, 0:45, archived)

I think one of the cunts used his bairns in the "band"

(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Wed 29 Jun 2011, 0:59, archived)

well, if you're gonna rape you're kids
at least do it for a number one.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 29 Jun 2011, 1:07, archived)