Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters It's been nearly three decades since boy band Upside Down shot to fame. The group's first single, Change Your Mind, was released back in 1996 and helped launch Upside Down's music career. The boy band was made up of Chris Leng, Giles Kristian, Jamie Browne and Richard Micallef.
The group's formation featured in the BBC TV documentary series, Inside Story. Their debut single reached No. 11 in the UK charts, while Upside Down's second release, Every Time I Fall in Love, peaked at No.
18. The band's four singles were all released in 1996 and they appeared on Top of the Pops during that same year. While the songs all managed to do well in the charts, Upside Down's success was short-lived.
They re-grouped as Orange Orange after the releases, but no further success came. Independent record label, World Records, had taken a huge chance by developing the group and had staked everything on the success of Upside Down. After the release of the band's four singles, the label went into bankruptcy.
Lead singer Giles went on to sign to the record label The M-Company. He toured for two years in Europe and released the track Just Wanna Know in 2001. Giles also worked as a model, starring in press campaigns and TV ads.
At one point, Giles was an advertising copywriter and lived in Ne.