East 17's Tony Mortimer says that his band's music lives on through, erm, The Streets. Following on from that recent one-off comeback show, Mortimer said: "The Streets are definitely the closest thing to us in the charts these days. I like them a lot. Of course, if you ask them they'll probably say they were influenced by American hip-hop or something".
He's right you know, what I've always admired about Mike Skinner is how he took the music, lyrics, image and ethos of East 17, put them in a box, and started from scratch.