With girlbands comes drama and histrionics , and no female group came with more drama , or indeed , more talent than the legendary TLC. Their litany of up and downs from 1992 up to the tragic death of Lisa "Left Eye " Lopes in 2002 , would make the Sugababes look like Wilson Phillips.
So , how fitting that music station VH1 plans to translate this drama onto the silver screen for a biopic set to start shooting in January 2013.
The project is to be helmed by screenwriter Kate Lanier who oversaw the Oscar nominated Tina Turner biopic Whats Love Got To Do With It.
And she certainly wont be short of material in telling the rise , fall and rise again of Tionne "T-Boz " Watkins , Rozonda "Chili " Thomas and the late Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes.
Quite simply , TLC are the greatest girlband of all time. Platinum guzzling albums such as the iconic CrazySexyCool and FanMail spawned classics such as Waterfalls , No Scrubs , Unpretty , Creep and Diggin On You.
But at the height of their success in 1995 with CrazySexyCool and the beloved Waterfalls lauded with numerous MTV Video Music Awards , the band were declared bankrupt. T-Boz was later diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anaemia , Left Eye went into rehab after burning down her boyfriend;s house , and a contract dispute with label LaFace , saw the bands fortunes dwindle in spectacularly public fashion. They were declared bankrupt despite history making sales of CrazySexyCool.
In fighting followed the comeback success of 1999's FanMail , when Left Eye challenged Chili and T-Boz to release a 3CD set of solo albums, whereby the public would decide who was most talented. It was Left Eye who would release solo material in 2000 , the acclaimed Supernova which was met with moderate success.
Tragedy struck on April 25th 2002 , as the girls were in the middle of recording 4th album 3D. Lisa "Left Eye " Lopes was killed in a car crash in Honduras.
TLC effectively disbanded in 2003 , but talk has been rife of a 20th anniversary tour next year.
As for the biopic , no names have cropped up to play the legendary trio as yet.
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