Backstreet Boys hope to restore fading fortunes

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Oct 16, 2007 Source: Saskatoon Star Phoenix Oct. 15, 2007 Submitted By: Jennifer Gelowitz NEW YORK (Billboard) -- AJ McLean remembers the conversation well. Kevind Richardson was having doubts about his future in the Backstreet Boys, and one night in the dressing room after a 2005 show, he told his friends in the mega-selling boy band how he was feeling. "There's some things I need to do first, for me," McLean recalled Richardson saying. The Group had been discussing "when we wanted to start recording again," McLean said. "Everyone was ready, but that was the first time Kevin put it out in the atmosphere that he wasn't." The Boys needed some time to digest Richardson's news. In June 2006, he made the official statement that he was moving on to "pursue other interests." Although all were supportive of Richardson's decision, remaing Backstreet Boys McLean, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell were still left one man down. But according to McLean, replacing Richardson was never an option. They turned down an offer to star in a reality show to find a new member, and opted against changing the group name to Backstreet. "This is a new band, but this is a brand, and it's the Backstreet Boys," McLean said. Instead, the group resolved to make a new album as a quartet, and the result is Unbreakable, due Oct. 30 via Jive. It's a return to form of sorts for the band, with 13 songs of unmistakable Backstreet Boys-style group harmonies, upbeat dance numbers and hearts-on-their-sleeve midtempo ballads. But how do the Backstreet Boys, the first, if not best, of the all-male pop groups to dominate the latter half of the '90s and early 2000s, fit in among the roster of current hitmakers? The niche the group helped pioneer is slim, if not altogether nonexistent. Can they remain relevant to a new generation of consumers as well as to one-time fans who might have moved on? "There are definitely some challenges, just because of some people who, especially in America, may look at the band" as just a boy band, said the group's current manager, Jeff Kwatinetz. "But I think that some of (the boy band) characterizations are wrong. They're singers, performers, songwriters." Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: johnansaz http://imrdsoacha.gov.co/silvitra-120mg-qrms Submitted by: johnansaz http://imrdsoacha.gov.co/silvitra-120mg-qrms Submitted by: johnansaz http://t-links.org/EZjAi12N real sex dating near you! Submitted by: best pron KQO9Ql There is evidently a bundle to realize about this. I assume you made certain good points in features also. Submitted by: Barneyxcq SYqTVJ http://www.LnAJ7K8QSpfMO2wQ8gO.com Submitted by: Barnypok AQCw8h http://www.LnAJ7K8QSpkiStk3sLL0hQP6MO2wQ8gO.com Submitted by: gordon 6JwI0w http://www.y7YwKx7Pm6OnyJvolbcwrWdoEnRF29pb.com Submitted by: gordon nXCKn6 http://www.y7YwKx7Pm6OnyJvolbcwrWdoEnRF29pb.com Submitted by: matt 2bHe9M http://www.y7YwKx7Pm6OnyJvolbcwrWdoEnRF29pb.com Submitted by: chaba OJDiDf http://www.y7YwKx7Pm6OnyJvolbcwrWdoEnRF29pb.com Click here to see more comments. Comment on this item. Next Item: New Backstreet.net Forums are now up and open Prev Item: Album Review from Livedaily: Unbreakable