Scott Robinson became desperate to leave Five at the height of their success.
The band shot to fame in the late ‘90s with hits like Everybody Get Up, If Ya Gettin’ Down and Keep On Movin’, but called it quits after their third album ‘Kingsize’.
They recently returned to the studio to record a new album ‘Time’ and, looking back on their early years, Scott has opened up on his experience with the group the first time around.
Calling the band “the guinea pigs of the ’90s”, he said: “Today, managers and record labels wouldn’t treat their artists the way we were treated.
“I had a bust-up in Simon Cowell’s office and I was thrown out of his record company because I went a bit mad. I just wanted to leave.
“At one stage we were having bust-ups backstage, and on Top of the Pops, and there wasn’t anyone helping me – they were just saying, ‘Get on the stage’. ”
“We were mentally drained and exhausted,” he added, reported The Sun.
Five – now starring Scott, Ritchie Neville and Sean Conlon – will release the title track from their forthcoming LP on November 26.
