Paul Cattermole

Paul Gerald Cattermole (7 March 1977 – 6 April 2023) was an English singer and actor. He was a member of the pop group S Club 7 from 1998 until his departure in 2002. Cattermole returned to the line-up in 2014 for their reunion tour and was originally due to return in 2023 for a planned second reunion tour before his death.

Early life

Paul Gerald Cattermole was born on 7 March 1977 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, to Gerald and Liz Cattermole. His grandfather worked at Abbey Road Studios in London, which gave the young Paul the idea of finding a job in music.

Career

1999–2002: Early career and joining S Club 7

Cattermole's first big break was when he landed a part in a local performance of West Side Story. He later joined the National Youth Music Theatre, where he met his future S Club 7 bandmate Hannah Spearritt; they appeared together in Pendragon (1994). When he was 16, Cattermole decided to go in a different musical direction and formed a heavy metal band called Skua before Simon Fuller chose him to be in S Club 7.

Cattermole became a member of S Club 7 after a series of auditions, along with members Tina Barrett, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens in 1998. During five years they released four number-one singles and one number-one album. They also had a series of TV shows, which were: Miami 7, L.A. 7, Hollywood 7 and Viva S Club. Over the five years they were together, S Club 7 had four UK No.1 singles, one UK No.1 album, a string of hits throughout Europe, including a top-ten single in the United States, Asia, Latin America and Africa.