Background
John McInerney was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom in 1957.
John McInerney was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom in 1957.
He is the only still-performing band member from the original line-up of the group. He was interested in music since his childhood and once even appeared on the British television performing "She Loves You" by The Beatles. John"s mother Agnes died early—when John was four and a half years.
John has a younger brother.
When he was 15 years old, John played in the junior team of a local football club Having graduated from his school, John worked as a stockbroker, and in 1979 he decided to moved to Germany.
There he had to change his profession. He owns several pubs in Cologne.
The original trio was composed of John McInerney, Jamaican Trevor "Supa T" Taylor (the original lead vocalist), and American Andrew Thomas.
The producers looked for bandmembers in London, but someone referred them Andrew Thomas who lived in Cologne. Andrew referred Trevor, and he invited John. After joining the group, McInerney initially sang mostly in the chorus—being in the shadow of the first lead singer at that time, Trevor Taylor.
In 1987, the situation changed when John sang "Come Back And Stay", which became a big hit.
From that moment, John gradually became a leader, and Trevor"s voice was less present. Since 1989, after the departure of Taylor, McInerney has sung almost all the songs the band.
In January 2005, he ended long-time collaboration with Andrew Thomas. Over the last few years, he has lived in Poland.
