Why the music may have died for Ginger

HOLLYWOOD recording movers and shakers believe former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's legacy to pop music may be an example of what not to do, .

Top executives and producers laughed at the idea of signing Ginger Spice to a recording deal, according to a Los Angeles newspaper.

The pop star has been in Hollywood but reportedly to screen test as one of Charlie's Angels in a movie version of the hit TV series. "I think she will be for years my standard for telling a singer why not to leave a group," a high profile industry figure scoffed. "They (the Spice Girls) made some good records, but what was she thinking?" The top industry figures all spoke to the Los Angeles Times on the condition of anonymity. The paper said they were unanimous that they would be "loathe to shell out the price of a CD, let alone a contract to record one". "I'm not averse to a pop act," one said. "I'm averse to a talentless act." But the president of a major US label said: "She could probably run a record company or be head of promotion. She has that unabashed ambition, she'll take no prisoners. There's room for her but not as a recording artist."

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