New Radicals were formed in Los Angeles in 1997 by Gregg Alexander, who had previously released two unsuccessful solo albums, 1989’s Michigan Rain and 1992’s Intoxifornication . Michael Rosenblatt, MCA Records ‘ A&R Senior Vice President, signed the band in December 1997, and Alexander received a $600,000 advance for their first (and only) album, Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too . The album was released on October 20, 1998, and was well received by music critics, who praised the record for its wide range of atypical influences for a modern pop rock album, such as Todd Rundgren , World Party , and Hall & Oates . The reviewers compared its funk and soul-influenced upbeat pop rock to the early work of Prince and Mick Jagger .
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