Does anyone else find the name BLACK BOX strange for a band where the "singer" is a black woman? Did they purposefully call themselves this because Katrin (pictured) was in the band, or did the entire black vagina reference just completely go over their Italian heads. (yes, Black Box is Italian) I've been looking at their album covers and all of them have the beautiful Katrin in a seductive pose and the album titles themselves lean towards the sultry. RIDE ON TIME is my favorite. So they must have known what they were doing, right?
Interesting note on Black Box (smirk), Katrin didn't sing any of their songs. She was simply just a pretty face to put on the cover of their albums and dance at their shows where she lip synced everything. Pretty damn well too. (THOSE PANTS!)
The actual singer of the songs is the always great Martha Wash --famous for ghost singing on a million songs... namely all of Black Box's hits (Strike It Up, Everybody Everybody), the C + C Music Factory's monster track "Gonna Make You Sweat" and "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls.
Which brings me back to the original question of why the hell did these guys pick such an awkward name for their band? Hiring Wash leads me to believe that they were probably pretty competent guys (she ain't cheap). And I have to admit, Black Box on it's own --in a non sexual way-- sounds cool. Images of KRFWRK stage design or Kubrick's 2001 come to mind. But as soon as I see Katrin and I hear the words BLACK and BOX, what else am I supposed to think? This also makes me wonder, if the gorgeous (STILL IS CHECK THIS OUT) Katrin had never joined Black Box and say, Martha Wash had -who is no Katrin looks wise, would they still have used the name Black Box? I'm guessing no.
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