Are You Ready for a Man Band?
My heart leaps with joy, dear readers, as I pull together this post. You see, I am an unabashedly huge fan of boy bands. I have seen every major boy band since the late 80s in concert, except Backstreet Boys (the concert I was going to attend was cancelled because AJ went into rehab). VH1 has brought together 4 ex-boy band members to create the world’s first “man band”. The group is called Sureshot and their show “Totally BoyBand” (working title) will air sometime this summer. One of their known gigs was singing at halftime of an Orlando Magic game in January, as well as entertianing at Superbowl XL while VH1 cameras rolled. This “band of men” includes Chris Kirkpatrick of NSync, Rich Cronin of LFO, Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees, and Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd.
I let out a little squeal whenever I talk about the new show coming up this summer on VH1. I’m excited to see what they have the guys do and how it goes. It is going to be interesting to see how they sound together and whether or not a group of grown men can step out of a boy band shadow…or maybe they don’t want to leave that spotlight.
Who is your favorite boy band? I personally love NSync (I’ve seen them in concert 5 times) so I’m rooting for Chris to do well. What do you think of this concept? Leave me some comments!
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May 9th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Nsync is my fav. too! Love them so much more than backstreet, always have! I liked 98 degrees too, though. But Nsync was the best out of all of them. I’ve seen them in concert twice and they really know how to perform. Plus they were one of the only (if not the only) groups to sing live on stage with out backtracking help or lip syncing! I’ll def. be watching this show!
May 18th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I worked for Transworld Entertainment for a while and had the pleasure of meeting 98 Degrees. The Nsync members are all very talented and saw them in concert once. Plus, growing up, I listened to Color Me Badd and have every CD from all 3 bands. I have to admit though, I could NOT stand LFO so really wish they’d find a better member than Rich Cronin! I think he’s from NJ like me though! They should’ve got Brian M. formerly of Westlife, he doesn’t seem to be doing much! I will definitely watch to see what transpires though.
June 29th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
I will definetly be watching this show! I havent seen any advertisement though. If its supposed to be airing soon, dont you think they would advertise early? oh well…i definetly love N’sync…still hoping for a reunion!
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 am
Well, everyone, keep your fingers crossed! I think the Man Band will be airing sometime in August (after the World Series of Pop Culture raps up, is the current word). It was put on hold because they wanted to finish their album before the show debuted to get as much publicity for the album and drive sales.
So, hopefully August!
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