Conversation so far:
How did Color Me Badd get together?
Thornton and Abrams became friends in junior high school, and Watters and Calderon became friends in grade school.
The four met in the mid-1980s.
How did they decide on the band name?
The group originally formed in 1985 as Take One, but changed their name to Color Me Badd to avoid confusion with an a cappella band named Take 6.
How did they meet the other band members?
The four met in the mid-1980s while attending Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City.
Did they tour?
They aimed to be a vocal group in the vein of New Edition and New Kids on the Block.
They first performed together in a school talent show.

Question: When did they start getting successful?
Self-contained rewrite: When did Color Me Badd start getting successful?