Experience Unlimited

Experience Unlimited (or simply E.U.) is a Washington, D.C.-based go-go band that enjoyed its height of popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s. Fronted by lead singer/bassist Gregory "Sugarbear" Eliot, the group has had a fluctuating membership over the years, but they have maintained a fairly loyal following. The band's biggest hit was 1988's "Da Butt" which charted at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also featured in the movie School Daze, was ranked #489 on Blender Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" and #61 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. In the hourly intros for the latter program, Sugarbear says he is proud to be a one-hit wonder.

Experience Unlimited experienced a resurgence in the mid to late nineties by partnering with legendary Jazz, gospel, pops and gospel session singer Maiesha Rashad while performing under the name Maiesha and The Hip Huggers featuring E.U. Maiesha and The Hip Huggers have headlined events and concert venues such as BB King's Blues Club and Grill, D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Black Family Reunion and D.C.'s Stone Soul Picnic and Unifest.^[1]

Discography

Studio albums

• Experience Unlimited (1976)
• Future Funk (1982) Unifest
• E.U. Live: Two Places at the Same Time (1986)
• Go Ju Ju Go (1987)
• Rock Yuh Butt (1988)
• Livin' Large (1989) U.S. #158, U.S. R&B #22^[2]
• Cold Kickin' It (1990) U.S. R&B #92^[2]
• Make Money (1996)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		Billboard Hot 100	US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles	US Hot Dance Club Play	US R&B Singles
1988	"Da Butt '89"	35	4	23	1
1989	"Buck Wild"	-	47	-	7
	"Livin' Large"	-	-	-	63
	"Taste of Your Love"	-	-	-	4
1990	"I Confess"	-	-	-	27

Preceded by "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" by Billy Ocean

"Da Butt" Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single April 23, 1988

Succeeded by "Nite and Day" by Al B. Sure

References

1. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8247-2001Jun1?language=printer
2. ^ ^{a b} Billboard, Allmusic

External links

• E.U. at "Discogs"
• Additional Information/Some album reviews