Exposé, the trio of Ann Curless, Gioia Bruno, and Jeanette Jurado, ruled the late 80s and early 90s as the American girl group with "the most Top 10 hits since the Supremes." Songs like "Come Go With Me," "Point of No Return," and "Let Me Be The One" dominated the clubs and airwaves. After breaking up in the 90s due to vocal problems and personnel changes (Kelly Moneymaker replaced Gioia, then suffering throat problems), the original lineup recently reunited and are making big waves on the club and event circuit. Could new Exposé music be in the near future?
DJ Ron Slomowicz: So what's this I hear about Exposé reforming?
Gioia Bruno: Well, we did! It was finally the right timing and it's
been amazing. Ever since we started this project together, it's been
wonderful. We just got back from Houston where we did a big show,
primarily for promoters to reintroduce us. I think it was successful
and it seemed like everybody was really happy.
RS: This is the three original members, right?
Gioia Bruno: Yes – Jeanette Jurado, Ann Curless, and myself.
RS: Oh, that's so awesome. How did it come together? Why was
this the right time?
Gioia Bruno: Well, it's funny, because we had tried it a couple of
times, but with pregnancies it's been difficult. Jeanette has been
really itching to sing again and so she told Anne and I to come over
to see the new baby which she had just had. We had a talk and I
suggested that maybe it's time, because she just realized that it was
something she really wanted to do. It felt good and we were all
motivated for the same thing at the same time.
RS: So the girls are back together again, will there be new music?
Gioia Bruno: That's the tricky part because we had to go through a
lot to get the rights to use the name - a lot of negotiating and
what-not. It would be the same for an album and we have to make sure
everybody's happy and everything, so there will be a little time and I
think that we'll go into that, but we are definitely motivated to do
something else. We think positively and do everything we've got to do
and are taking the right steps, and I believe that we will be doing
new music. I think it would be a big mistake if we didn't.
RS: Don't you have a new track with Lewis Martinee, "Why Did You
Call Me Again?"
Gioia Bruno: Yes, it got that title because we wrote it over the
phone <laughing>. It was so weird because we were supposed to get
together, but he gave me a title and I started working on and I got an
idea. Two hours later I called him and we just started writing it on
the phone. I'd seen him a few times at different gigs I'd done and he
was like, why don't we get together, and finally we did and he was a
sweetie. The song was really fun to do.
RS: Lewis Martinee was one of the first people you ever worked
with in the music industry. After Exposé you did the solo album,
working with Strobe and Liquid 360, how does it feel going back to
where you started?
Gioia Bruno: I was a little anxious about it because there's so much
history and so many things have happened over the years. But that was
a waste of time and energy because, if anything, it's so much better
that it ever was. Three women who have gone through life for twenty
years, we're looking at it in a completely different way. We're doing
it purely for the enjoyment, and so there's such a great chemistry
that is still there.
RS: There's all these reformed girl groups on the scene – the
new Cover Girls, a new Sweet Sensation. How are you going to be able
to prove you are the Exposé?
Gioia Bruno: I don't know, should I give you my thumb print? If you
listen to the show, we actually sound better, because we've grown up a
lot. We're the same voices you hear on the radio and those are our
names. Come to a show and you'll see that the energy is there. It's
just incredible, people are like, 'you made me feel like I'm in high
school again' and it's just really exciting.
