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Date: Feb 03, 2001 "NOT ANOTHER BOY BAND!" You’re heroes to a lot of pop stars. Do you think people try to imitate your sound? Kevin: We created a sound with Max Martin and Denniz Pop (who also work with Britney, Five and a host of others) in 1995. Brian: 1994! Kevin: Yeah, and now everyone is going with it. So we just have to move on, keep challenging ourselves and making it new, fresh and creative. Do you feel that *NSYNC are copying you? Kevin: It’s frustrating for us because our management company created them after we became successful. We don’t have anything against the guys- they’re pursuing their dream just like anybody else. Brian: And now we share the same label which is another frustrating thing because we’ve done everything from day one to separate ourselves from somebody growing up right out of our backyard (Orlando, Florida). We have broken a lot of doors down in the eight years we’ve been together and I never thought we would cause such a stir and a revolution of pop music. I think the public is on the iffy side thinking. ‘Not another boyband, enough is enough.’ Some people including Madonna, are critical of all the boybands that are around now… Kevin: When we started in ’94 in Europe, the groups we looked up to were vocal groups like Boyz II Men, New Edition and Jodeci. There was never a white vocal group who was popular and had been successful. New Kids On The Block had some success but because they lipsynched, there was a backlash- people thought we were like them. Well, we’re a vocal group, we’re a singing group, and all of us sing acapella. It wasn’t contrived and put together. It was destiny. Me and Brian are cousins, we used to sing together, since we were little kids and the other three were friends. We didn’t realise there were all those ‘boybands’, as they call them in Europe. Brian: (Flicking through Smash Hits) Don’t you (looking at us) think there’s a lot more now than there ever has been? There are all these groups I’ve never seen before. So have you heard of a1? Kevin: What, a1 Steak Sauce? What about Westlife? All: Yes. Kevin: They have a really good song (Swear It Again). I think Ronan manages them. Westlife reckon Nick and Howie are the laydeez men of the band. Is that true? All: (Hysterical Laughter) Howie: Unbelievable! (Starts whispering to Nick behind his copy of Smash Hits.) Brian: (Laughing) That is a fair, fair judgement. Howie: Er, well we definitely love women. We’re both single. And we’re enjoying life. Nick: We love ladies and I’m looking at a lot of beautiful ladies at this moment in time. (Flicking through Smash Hits). AJ: I wanna meet All Saints, they got a brand new album out. It’s about time because their last one was great. My girlfriend played the hell out of it and I’m sick of hearing it. Nick: (Suddenly piping up) Are there any single women in Australia? AJ: (Sarcastically) No, they’re all taken, Nick. Kevin wins the Mr Sexy Awards in America, but who’s the most popular in other countries? AJ: It depends on the fans. Howie’s got a bigger following than the rest of us in the Latin countries and a lot of the soul sister maybe might like me more. And just about everyone likes that little crap-poop-head over there, (pointing at Nick) ‘cos he’s the young one with the all-American look. Now Brian, Kevin are married so no one likes them any more. I’m just kidding. What’s the most insane thing a fan’s ever done to get close to you? AJ: For me, it always goes back to Brazilian people… Nick: I don’t know, man. What about Argentina? They like to tip over buses. AJ: This girl was banging on the window of our van so hard she cracked the glass right by Kevin’s face and kevin just touched it and it busted and fell all on his lap. We looked around and there were five girls chasing us on one mo-ped. It gets scary ‘cos it get’s dangerous and we don’t want any fans to get hurt. And we don’t want to get hurt. Do you get recognised everywhere you go at home? AJ: It’s pretty bad and they always travel in packs. If one of them sees you and you run or you flip out or anything you’re done. Your shopping time is done. It’s so funny though ‘cos I’ve gone to Disney World during the day on Friday during the Christmas vacation and not been bothered. I go to the mall at 3pm in the afternoon or 9pm at night and I get bugged. It doesn’t make sense. Do you ever annoy each other? Howie: Oh yes! AJ: sometimes Nicky and Kevin have their moments. Nick’s the worst with Howie, he annoys him and Howe tries to like remain calm and adult-like when it gets to the 40th time you’re gonna retaliate. You can’t put those two together. But Howie always wins though ‘cos Nick just goes, ‘Ahh, Howard!’ Nick: (In a squeaky voice) Ahh, Howieee Howard. Do you object to being called Howard then? Howie: As I’m getting older, I’m more of a Howard! Nicky: I don’t like being called Nicky as I get older Howie: When I was younger I had a manager who thought Howard Dorough sounded very old. I had a stage name actually at one time which was like Tony Donetti. But then I’m still stuck with this whole Howard thing. Also Take That had a Howard and I decided why not just be Howie? Howie D. But as I’m getting older and breaking into the acting everything is going by Howard Dorough. Is being number one still important to you? Kevin: We still wanna be successful. We’ve spent several months on Black And Blue. We’re the worst critics of our own material and we have to be happy with it before we cab share it with the rest of the world. We want to show people we haven’t gone anywhere. We’ve been working on stuff for them!
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