Then the band left RCA, in spite of the fact that it owed the label one more album. Pearlman responded with a $150 million lawsuit ‘N Sync counter-sued for $25 million. Convinced they weren’t seeing their share of the profits, ‘N Sync announced they were leaving Trans Con and RCA. To date, he’s brought the world the Backstreet Boys, LFO, C-Note and Phoenix Stone, and he’s grossed more than $2 billion – enough to refinance a small nation. ‘N Sync were pissed off enough to take legal action against Trans Continental Management, the Learjet/Chippendales dancers/boy-band empire of Orlando entrepreneur Lou Pearlman, who, like a pudgy Keebler elf, has churned out boy bands like so many Fudge Stripes Cookies. We’re angry white boys who didn’t get our props. “We’re pissed off now – that’s what it is. “There’s a little more edge to this album, a little more grit,” agrees Timberlake, whose laid-back Tennessee drawl and homeboy delivery belie an attentive, guarded persona. You can definitely hear a Michael Jackson influence in the way the words chop off – that’s the way Michael delivers a line.” “Nothing is sang passively everything is chopped and punched. He is friendly but focused, clearly somebody uneasy when aimless. He speaks deliberately, punctuating his statements with sudden volume changes and jabbing hand gestures. “This album is really in your face,” says Chasez. An eye-of-the-tiger-like desire to prove oneself emanates from each one of them. They also successfully jumped labels, gaining increased creative control over their second album along the way. In the past year, they won an out-of-court royalties settlement with their former management company that left them rich. His next batch of time off is scheduled for sometime in 2001.
Forget this boy-band thing.”įor his sake, he’d better be kidding.
“We are diamond,” he says mock-righteously. A few hoots erupt, and a discussion of the proper chain to hold such a piece ensues. The song ends, and Wright breaks out gifts for his wonder boys: platinum and diamond ‘N Sync pendants to commemorate the diamond status – 10 million sold – of ‘ N Sync, their debut. The 9 Most Influential Boy Bands: Then and Now Fatone hunches over, singing to the ground, while Kirkpatrick grooves along abstractly. Bass leans back in a chair, his finger moving up and down as if following a bouncing little white ball. Timberlake, meanwhile, sits and sings his lines softly as he head-bobs along. Chasez, who splits lead-vocal duties with Timber-lake, fibrillates head to toe as the song kicks into the first chorus. Wright cues up “Space Cowboy,” a fast-paced party track with a round-’em-up refrain that goes something like, “ya-ya-yippi, yippi-i, yippi-ay.” As the beat kicks in, the band members begin to gesticulate as if onstage, seeming to work out their moves for the number. The ‘N Sync-ers – who range in age from nineteen to twenty-eight – are gathered in a loose semicircle to listen to final mixes of songs from their second album, No Strings Attached. and JC Chasez as extra credit is to a graduating senior. How True Is 'Respect'? Fact-Checking the Aretha Franklin BiopicĪt the moment, though, these diversions are about as important to Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone Jr. The only thing missing is a ticket booth. Outdoors, a sand volleyball court awaits, along with a putting green (with sand trap), a boat and Jet Skis for lake-top frolicking, a basketball court, a tiki bar, a hot tub and a pool with a waterfall. Teen-dream décor abounds: a Lucite banister lit from within, a seven-foot glass palm-tree trunk topped by a fern, a dining room dominated by a giant fish tank and a black monolithic running-water sculpture. Next door, a two-lane bowling alley is under construction in a wing that will also house a dance studio. Pac-Man to Mortal Kombat, an old-fashioned Coke machine, a pool table, foosball, two varieties of air hockey (with and without little plastic men) and a sound system bookended by six-foot speakers. The living room is packed with arcade games ranging from Ms. The members of ‘N Sync are at their very own Neverland Ranch: the 32,000-square-foot (and growing) lakeside Orlando home of their manager, Johnny Wright, which also serves as the headquarters for his company, the Wright Stuff.
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