LFO (American band)
American band
LFO (an acronym for Lyte Funky Ones) is an American pop and hip-hop band formed in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1995. The band's original lineup consisted of Brad Fischetti, Rich Cronin, and Brian "Brizz" Gillis. In 1998, Gillis left the group and was replaced by Harold "Devin" Lima. After Cronin’s death in 2010, the group disbanded; they briefly reunited with Fischetti and Lima as a duo in 2017 before Lima's death a year later.
LFO's single "Summer Girls" reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the band had sold over four million records worldwide.
In 2025, Jeff Mezydlo of Yardbarker included the band in his list of "20 underrated bands from the 1990s who are worth rediscovering".
History
1995–1998: Origins and Gillis's departure
In 1995, New Bedford, Massachusetts, Rich Cronin and Brad Fischetti met Brian "Brizz" Gillis. LFO had marginal success with the remake of the Yvonne Elliman song "If I Can't Have You", which missed the Top 40, reaching No. 54 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1997, they released a cover of the 1990 New Kids on the Block hit "Step By Step" as a single.
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