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Who?At first glance, you'd have them pegged as Atomic Kitten but without the credit card behind them, and in a sense you'd be right. Voted one of the Top 100 Worst videos ever, the clip for No Way No Way saw four girls in poorly chosen and ill-fitting swimwear singing a song based around a quote from one of the muppets. It wasn't edifying, but, like the feeling you get when you bang a bruised toe into a half brick, it was somehow compulsive

Essential?In no way, shape or form should you ever consider going anywhere near any record ever made by this act. It will ruin your life, and force you to seek out details about them, giving your family and friends the impression that you have placed your critical facilties in the left luggage department. Its not even like they're cute.

Popstars in Reduced Circumstances?They are still going, some four years on from No Way, bravely trying to carve a niche out for themselves in the world of music when all the signs point to a Saturday shift in World of Leather..

In a nutshell, then:Atomic Kitten reeling from one too many doses of emergency contraception

Never mind the music, give us trivia:The band suddenly discovered a political agenda, and announced that henceforward, they would not merely be making pop songs, but making them in support of class struggle. They appeared to be deadly in earnest, too.

In more depth:UK Screen - hey, girls, who does your make-up?

Vanilla Renounce Capitalism - "You can use that CAPS LOCK button to get rid of them"

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B*Witched
Atomic Kitten
Cutting your ears off and soaking the resultant holes with Dettol until it stings