1986 Flashback: 5 Star System Addict

01:54 - Tuesday 28 December 2010 - In Categories UK Entertainment, Memory Bank

January 2011 marks 25 years since Essex siblings 5 Star reached number three in the charts with System Addict.

Best described as a family band comprising Michael Jackson sound-and-lookalikes, 5 Star were Brit-pop royalty in the mid to late 1980s, releasing four hugely successful albums.

System Addict was their first top 10 hit and sold over 200,000 copies.

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Tags R&B, michael jackson, British music, essex, 5 Star, System Addict, denise pearson

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