Industry (Irish band)

Industry are a pop mixed boy/girl group formed in Ireland in 2009. The band comprises Irish Donal Skehan, Morgan Deane, Michele McGrath and British Lee Hutton. Industry made their recording debut in 2009 under the independent record label MIG Live.

The band has two number 1 hits in the Irish Singles Chart with their debut single "My Baby's Waiting" (25 June 2009 chart) and follow up "Burn" (27 August 2009 chart)

Lee Hutton
Lee Hutton, full name Lee Andrew Hutton is an English singer-songwriter musician, a vocalist and plays the guitar. He was born in Chesterfield, England on 13 March 1987 and was part of the global/international boy band project Streetwize (alongside Donal Skehan, Lee Mulhern and Swedish Jonathan Fagerlund). After many changes, the amended cast of Streetwize &mdash; British Lee Hutton, Irish Lee Mulhern, Venezuelan Antonio Jones and American Kyle Carpenter &mdash; took part in Childline 2007 charity event singing a cover of Living in a Box's hit Room in Your Heart. Disenchanted with the progress of the band, Lee Hutton went on solo with a number of his tunes (like "Shinedown", "Perfect Bride", "Invincible", "Madeline", "Butterfly"..) until joining the Irish band Industry becoming the only non-Irish member of the band. Lee now works as Sales Team Manager for Celebrity Agent Jeremy Charles Revell - Celebrity Agency Revellation Limited at the Midlands Office in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He took part in the 2011 Danish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Hollywood Girl" written by Matilde Kühl, Sune Haansbæk, Ian Mack. He was selected to the final 10, with the live performance show on 26 February 2011, but did not make it to the Final 4 (semi-final stage). Contest was won by the band A Friend In London with their song "New Tomorrow".

Donal Skehan
Donal Skehan, a vocalist with Industry was born in Dublin, Ireland on 3 June 1986. In 2006, he was an original member of the global / international boyband project Streetwize with fellow band member Lee Hutton and toured with the band in Ireland, UK, Sweden and the United States. He also appeared on the US television station CN8 with Streetwize members Lee Hutton, Lee Mulhern and Swedish Jonathan Fagerlund promoting the band project.

After quitting the band, he became an announcer on the Bubble Hits station broadcasting music and entertainment news and celebrity gossip segments. On 23 February 2008, he tried to represent Ireland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Double Cross My Heart" composed by Joel Humlen, Oscar Gorres and Charlie Mason. Donal Skehan has also authored a cookbook entitled Good Mood Food and keeps a regular blog on food.

Michele McGrath
Michele McGrath, full name Michele Maria Nora Genevieve McGrath, is a model born in Dublin, Ireland on 12 April 1986. She was initially involved in a girl band project with Louis Walsh tentatively named Lady Rochelle,. She also acted in The Tudors in the role of a wily lady of the court. She is now vocalist with Industry.

Morgan Deane
Morgan Deane is born in Cork, Ireland on 1 May 1985. She tried for The X Factor in 2006, but failed to qualify to the Final 12. She is a vocalist with Industry. She is engaged to South African Proteas cricket captain Graeme Smith.

History
Industry are signed to MIG Live, an independent label, formed by former Bubble Hits owner James Hyland who also manages the group. The group supported The Pussy Cat Dolls on their Irish tour during the release of their first single, "My Baby's Waiting". The single was released in June 2009 and peaked at number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart for one week.

Their second single, "Burn", was released in August 2009 and also took the number one spot

The band's third single, "In Your Arms", was set for a November 2009 European release. The song, a pop ballad, was written by band member Lee Hutton.

Collaborations
In 2009, they were a supporting act for The Pussycat Dolls at Fitzgerald Stadium.