No Authority was a boy band from the late ’90s/early 2000s from Southern California. The original line-up consisted of Ric Felix (born Ricky Godinez on December 2, 1980), Josh Keaton (born on February 8, 1979 in Pasadena, California), Danny Zavatsky (born on June 1, 1982 in Long Beach, California) and Eric Stretch (born on June 22, 1980 in Yorba Linda, California).
The group performed locally for a few years and then, their manager Richard Walters managed to get their demo tape to Michael Jackson’s record label, MMJ Music. The record label’s executives, Jono Kohan and Jerry Greenberg passed the tape to Michael, who signed No Authority to his label.
In October of 1997, they released their debut single, “Don’t Stop” which managed to peak at #38 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 40 chart, but missed the Hot 100.
In November of that same year, the group’s debut album, “Don’t Stop” was released. It’s unknown how or if the album made the charts at all.
The follow-up singles “Up and Down” and “One More Time” failed to make the charts at all. Josh later left No Authority and was replaced by new member Tommy McCarthy. The group later left MMJ Music and signed with Madonna’s Maverick Records label.
In July of 2000, No Authority’s self-titled sophomore album was released, managing to peak at #18 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart.
The lead single from the album, “Can I Get Your Number” which peaked at #33 on Billboard’s Top 40 Mainstream chart, making it their last charting single to date.
Another single from the album, “What I Wanna Do” flopped. The group was featured on the “Rugrats in Paris” movie soundtrack with the track, “I’m Telling You This”. Eventually, No Authority faded into obscurity.
These days, Rick (now known as Ricky Rebel) is pursuing a solo music career. Eric is performing on Broadway, having starred in the plays “La Cage aux Folles” and “Wicked.”
Tommy is the venue relations manager at Goldstar Events, the owner of SnackyShack and is also a songwriter.
Josh continues to be active in acting, voice-over work and music. It’s unknown what Danny is up to these days.
To see the music video for “Don’t Stop,” go to:
To see a video for “Can I Get Your Number,” go to:
To see a video for “Up and Down,” go to:
To see a video for “One More Time,” go to:
To see a video for “What I Wanna Do,” go to:
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