Kris Kross

1996 saw the release of their final album Young, Rich and Dangerous which was also a commercial dissapointment. Freed from commercial constraints, Lowe has recorded more solo albums to critical acclaim. Released in 1993, a second album, entitled Da Bomb failed to match their early success. Because Lowe received royalties from these sales, he suddenly found himself a millionaire. This landed them a spot on Michael Jackson's European tour that year. In 1992, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" was covered by Curtis Stigers on the soundtrack album to The Bodyguard, an album that sold over 15 million copies. It included the hit single Jump, which stayed at number 1 on the Billboard charts for eight weeks. Lowe was also a member of Little Village with John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, and Jim Keltner.

Their first album, Totally Krossed Out, was released in 1992 and managed to sell more than four million copies. The marriage with Lowe lasted until the mid 80's, but they remained friends, and Lowe remained close to the Carter/Cash family; he and Johnny Cash played and recorded together, and Cash recorded several of his songs. They were discovered in 1991 performing at a mall in Atlanta, GA by Jermaine Dupri. Carlene's father is country singer Carl Smith. Kris Kross (Chris Kelly and Chris Smith) were a teenage rap duo of the early 90's most famous for wearing their clothes backward. In 1979, Lowe married country singer Carlene Carter, step-daughter of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Because they had record contracts with different labels, there is only one official Rockpile album, from the very end of the collaboration--1980's Seconds of Pleasure, featuring the Lowe songs "When I Write The Book" and "Teacher Teacher"--but all of Lowe's and Edmunds' solo albums from the period were effectively Rockpile albums.

After leaving Brinsley Schwarz in the mid-1970s, Lowe began playing in Rockpile with Dave Edmunds. Other well-known Lowe songs include "Cruel to Be Kind," "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass," and "All Men Are Liars.". On the 1977 Live Stiffs compilation with a pickup band called Last Chicken in the Shop, he virtually sneers out his contempt for all concerned; in 1985, fronting Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit on the album The Rose of England, he hasn't changed the words, but the tone is entirely different, even affectionate. "Teenage Wedding").

Lowe's best-known song from this era is probably "I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll" (a reworking of Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell," a.k.a. On this and other labels, Lowe would go on to produce The Damned's Damned Damned Damned and many albums by Elvis Costello, including My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, and Armed Forces. In 1976, Lowe released "So It Goes" b/w "Heart of the City", the first single on the Stiff Records label where he was in-house producer (the label's first EP was Lowe's 1977 four-track release Bowi, apparently recorded in response to David Bowie's contemporary LP Low!) . Lowe's best-known song from the Brinsley Schwarz era is probably "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding," which was a major hit for Elvis Costello in 1979.

Three years later Kippington Lodge had changed its name to Brinsley Schwarz and its musical focus to country- and blues-rock. Born in Walton-on-Thames, England, he began his recording career in 1966 as a member of Kippington Lodge, founded with his friend Brinsley Schwarz, which released a few singles on Parlophone. Nick Lowe (born March 24, 1949) is a rock and roll singer-songwriter and producer. Untouched Takeaway (live) (2004).

The Convincer (2001). The Doings (box set) (1999). Dig My Mood (1998). The Impossible Bird (1994).

The Wilderness Years (compilation) (1991). Party of One (1990). Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe (compilation) (1989). Pinker and Prouder than Previous (1988).

Nick's Knack (compilation) (1986). The Rose of England (1985). 16 All Time Lowes (compilation) (1984). Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit (1984).

The Abominable Showman (1983). Nick the Knife (1982). Labour of Lust (1979). as Pure Pop for Now People).

Jesus of Cool (1978) (released in the U.S.