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Luke Goss says he will always love Craig Logan, the Scot who quit the band at the height of their fame.
Bass player Craig, from Kirkcaldy, met Luke and Matt at school, but left Bros in 1989 after being diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
He went on to become a music manager and executive, and has looked after the careers of acts such as Pink, Tina Turner, Anastasia and Dido.
Luke said: “There is no acrimony at all, but we don’t see each other because we stayed in the creative side and he went to the executive side.
“Before all the noise, Craig was our best mate and I will always have a lot of love for the guy. I’m proud of what he has done.”
Speaking in a featurette for the DVD version of the Bros documentary, Craig revealed how ill he was in the months before he left the band.
“Your body starts to say I’ve had enough and you don’t listen. That happened several times and it had a real effect on me,” he explained. “Berlin was my last show and by that point we had been on the road for some time and I was pretty sick.
“Doctors gave me injections to get on the stage every night and it got to the point where I couldn’t walk any more, I was in a wheelchair.
“The security guy had to pick me up, put me on a stool and I would sit with the bass and play.
“I remember trying to pick up the phone but was too weak. I had to be carried to the bathroom.
“I got on a plane, went home, and was admitted to the hospital within an hour. I was in for several weeks and then the rehabilitation process started to learn to walk again. That took six months.
“It was a tough time, but a lot of that were my issues, not the band’s.
“Since then, I’ve done quite a lot of things. I’ve been a manager for probably 20 of my 30-year career and was only in the band for two years.
“My experience with Bros really helped me being a manager. I love it, and as long as I do, I’ll continue to do it.”