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New Waves (dready Boys) Youngest In A Comeback by gregofoma(m): 8:58pm On Nov 15, 2013

St. Greg (Greg Chisom Ofoma) was born in a family of six (6) to late Elder & late Pastor Gabriel Obi Ofoma. At the age of eight (, St. Greg led his local church choir to the National Choir Competition among all the churches in his denomination within Nigeria and beyond, where they finished as the 1st Runner Up in the competion. In his secondary school days, St. Greg with his three (3) elder brothers formed a musical group, the renowned NEW WAVES (dready boys), and in 1991 released their debut album titled "Yardstick". The New Waves were launched into the Music hall of fame in Nigeria and beyond, then became the most respected music group in Nigeria, with sales of about two (2) million copies. Being the Lead Singer of the group, St. Greg, who was then known as Greg Thompson became a face that everybody looked out for. Shortly after the release, the Dready Boys suffered some personal set backs. First, the three members of the group became orphans, which included St. Greg. The fourth member of the group, who is their cousin, lost his dad.   There after, the recording company, Average Records, became so insensitive and left them with little or nothing to show for their success. So after three (3) successive albums with the company - 'Yardstick', 'City Chaps' and 'Crazed Away', both parties parted ways, though through court settlement that lasted for over 11 years. And this affected the group emotionally and sociologically. But before the favorable judgement in court, the group came together again in 2003 and recorded an 8-track album which was not sold in the market due to the on-going legal battle at that time. The group finally lost all interest in music, some went back to school while others went into business.   The group became "born again" and in the year 2004, St. Greg graduated from the University of Ilorin as the best Linguistics student that year. He then joined the labour market and today runs a young Brand Marketing Company, U360 Network. In 2006, St. Greg recorded and shot the visuals of an 8-track gospel album "Psalm 23" but this was not released into the market for some personal reasons. And in the year 2008, he started recording the gospel album "Virtues" with renowned Producer/Gospel Rock Singer, Iyke Onka, which was finally released in the month of June 2013. And in a short period after the release, the album is trending in the market and enjoys air play in many local and international radio/TV stations, touching and changing lives!   St. Greg Contacts: www.facebook.com/st. greg ofoma www.youtube.com/st greg ofoma www.reverbnation.com/stgreg www.yookos.com/stgreg-music Email - stgreg23@gmail.com 2348176913311 3 Likes 1 Share