With the fans of 1D out in force this week for the world premiere of their film, One Direction: This Is Us, Team ELLE reminisced about the bands they were obsessed with as teens.
Jamie Spence, Picture AssistantI waited outside after a Babyshambles gig in Brixton and had my phone stolen, but carried on waiting outside the stage door in the freezing cold. The band then did a mini acoustic gig from a window for everyone there. I was pretty happy.
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Kirsty Dale, Executive Fashion DirectorBananarama – I dressed up like Karen for a school drama class once.
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Hannah Swerling, Commissioning EditorI really loved the Backstreet Boys. I listened to them on repeat. A lot.
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Patricia Campbell, Commercial EditorHuge Blur fan. HUGE. I remember skiving off school and taking the bus to the London flat Damon Albarn shared with his Elastica frontwoman girlfriend, Justine Frischmann. Don’t ask me how I got the address. I stared through the letterbox for a long time, hoping to catch a glimpse of my floppy-haired idol. Suddenly I heard footsteps behind me, then an irritated voice asking me to ‘Go away, please.' It was only Justine Frischmann, who, understandably, was none too pleased that I was blocking the way to her front door.
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Phebe Hunnicutt, Digital DirectorMy best friend and I were obsessed with Boyz II Men when we were 13. In our defence, we weren’t alone – they had a surprising number of numbers ones in the US in the 1990s. Her dad took us to a concert and we hysterically cried the entire time because we were so over-excited.
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Rosie Bendadi, Bookings EditorI was convinced I was going to marry Kurt Cobain. Then he died and left me heartbroken and anti-marriage. I never did any fan stuff, though, besides a poster on my wall… I failed as a fan/wife-to-be.
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Claire Sibbick, Junior Sub-EditorI loved Busted. I had a video on which I used to record the TV appearances of the band, but I wouldn’t admit to anyone how much I liked them at the time. A friend of mine saw James Bourne in an airport and had her picture taken with him recently – my teenage self would have scratched her eyes out.
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Lucy Johnston, Digital Photo AssistantI was utterly obsessed with Mansun. I first saw them support The Charlatans when my older sister snuck me into a gig at her uni when I was 14. I saw them live about 15 times after that, always battling to the front so they could see me. My room was covered with pictures of them carefully torn out of NME and Melody Maker.
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Joely Walker, Beauty AssistantI was weirdly obsessed with Gareth Gates and used to sleep in a signed T-shirt (I’m pretty sure my mum signed it to make me happy). I also had a poster that I’d kiss (on the cheek obvs) before I went to bed. I thought my world was over when he didn’t win Pop Idol and cried for days. Then he got with Katie Price and my dreams were shattered.
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Lara Ferros, Picture EditorI loved Jane’s Addiction. I was doing production for Fashion Rocks at the Royal Albert Hall years ago – Perry Farrell asked me where the toilets were and I became starstruck for the first time ever.
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Christina Simone, Workflow DirectorNew Kids on the Block. I was so obsessed, I called my pet hamster Joey McIntyre.
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Annabel Brog, Editorial Project DirectorThe Cure! I’ll never forget Robert Smith singing Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody at Wembley Arena and cuddling a teddy that a fangirl had chucked on stage. I even used to do my make-up like him.
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Eilidh Williamson, Art InternI was a massive Spice Girls fan – it was my dream to be Baby Spice. I had the dolls, I dragged my parents to see the movie and I even had a pair of huge platform trainers that I used to dance around in…
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Miette L. Johnson, Art DirectorI obsessed over Nine Inch Nails. Read Raygun when David Carson was the Creative Director, kept his NIN layouts on my wall. Refer to: September Beauty Trend Report. How we come full circle…
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Sophie Beresiner, Beauty DirectorI loved Pearl Jam (and still do), but didn't get to see them live until I was 29. I was so beside myself, I couldn't look when they came on. Then I cried. At my age…