Gary Barlow makes 'embarrassing' Take That admission as original band name revealed

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Take That, probably the biggest act of the Boy Band era and record-breaking successors to The Beatles in English music history, continue to ride the wave of success with a new Netflix documentary on the horizon and a BAFTA appearance tonight.

However, Mark Owen has confessed that the band has endured 35 years with what he considers a "cr*p" name, revealing that the alternatives they had once pondered were even less appealing.In their formative days, before Robbie Williams, Howard Donald, and Jason Orange joined, Gary Barlow and Mark Owen referred to their duo as The Cutest Rush.

Meanwhile, Jason and Howard were part of an aspiring boyband named Street Beat until producer Nigel Martin Smith merged them to create a British answer to New Kids On The Block.As a five-piece, they briefly went by Kick It, then Take That and Party, which was eventually shortened to the more concise Take That ahead of their debut single, Do What U Like, in July 1991.

Despite their success, Mark told The Sun: "There have been times when we've been a bit embarrassed about our name."Interestingly, the longer "and party" segment of their name resurfaced as the title of Take That's debut album, released the subsequent year.