Madness reveal their wild pasts and how the band saved them from a life of crime
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Updated: 15 Apr 2021, 10:02
THEY are one of Britain’s best-loved groups – and now it has emerged the name Madness sums up the band members’ chaotic lives before they found fame in the early Eighties.
Thanks to a string of hits, including Baggy Trousers and One Step Beyond, the Nutty Boys were saved from a life of crime.
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A new documentary reveals the stark contrast between Madness s former lives and the fame they found
Frontman Suggs had been arrested for affray in his teens and admitted they could have been jailbirds if they had not become chart-toppers.