'n the beginning
1995
the web of their freindship is dizzying. flashback to 1995: pennsylvania native chris kirkpartrick was living in orlando, florida, and working at universal studios as a doo-wop singer. it was there that he met and became friendly with brooklyn-born joey fatone. meanwhile, washington, d.c., native jc chasez and memphis boy justin timberlake had just wrapped a stint together on the mickey mouse club, also in orlando. justin knew chris from auditions, and jc was friendly with joey, whose high-school buddies had also been on the mickey mouse club.
chris was itching to put a group together--a group who could five-part harmonies and translate them into pop music. he contacted justin, who, he knew, could sing. justin enlisted jc, and soon old pal joey fell into the fold.
the forsome was ready to make a go of it, but they lacked something important. though chris, jc, justin, and joey had wide vocal ranges, not one of them felt he had a solid enough bass.
justin immediately called his vocal coach back home in memphis, hoping the coach would be able to recommend the perfect "low guy." enter james "lansten" lance bass, a good-natured country boy from clinton, mississippi. lance jumped on the next flight to orlando and, upon arrival, instantly hit it off with the guys. chris, justin, joey, and jc knew they had found their final member.
now all they needed was a name. they brainstormed for weeks, but nothing seemed right; nothing seemed to fit these five fab fellows and their unique sound. until, one day, justin's mom remarked how "in sync" their harmonies and dancing were. the phrase stuck with the guys. "in sync" had a nice ring to it.
but justin's mom wasn't sure that the guys were convinced. going back to the drawing board, she started playing around with their initials. she got nothing but gobbledygook out of the initials of their first and last names, so she started to toy with the last letters of their first names. after some shifting and scrambling, she came up with justin, chris, joey, lansten, and jc. it was too eerie a coincidence. these guys were completely 'n sync. the name 'n sync perfectly summed up everything about the band. five guys with five diverse backgrounds, from five different parts of the united states, with various musical influences, somehow managed to make a sound that worked.
(taken from the official book)
the web of their freindship is dizzying. flashback to 1995: pennsylvania native chris kirkpartrick was living in orlando, florida, and working at universal studios as a doo-wop singer. it was there that he met and became friendly with brooklyn-born joey fatone. meanwhile, washington, d.c., native jc chasez and memphis boy justin timberlake had just wrapped a stint together on the mickey mouse club, also in orlando. justin knew chris from auditions, and jc was friendly with joey, whose high-school buddies had also been on the mickey mouse club.
chris was itching to put a group together--a group who could five-part harmonies and translate them into pop music. he contacted justin, who, he knew, could sing. justin enlisted jc, and soon old pal joey fell into the fold.
the forsome was ready to make a go of it, but they lacked something important. though chris, jc, justin, and joey had wide vocal ranges, not one of them felt he had a solid enough bass.
justin immediately called his vocal coach back home in memphis, hoping the coach would be able to recommend the perfect "low guy." enter james "lansten" lance bass, a good-natured country boy from clinton, mississippi. lance jumped on the next flight to orlando and, upon arrival, instantly hit it off with the guys. chris, justin, joey, and jc knew they had found their final member.
now all they needed was a name. they brainstormed for weeks, but nothing seemed right; nothing seemed to fit these five fab fellows and their unique sound. until, one day, justin's mom remarked how "in sync" their harmonies and dancing were. the phrase stuck with the guys. "in sync" had a nice ring to it.
but justin's mom wasn't sure that the guys were convinced. going back to the drawing board, she started playing around with their initials. she got nothing but gobbledygook out of the initials of their first and last names, so she started to toy with the last letters of their first names. after some shifting and scrambling, she came up with justin, chris, joey, lansten, and jc. it was too eerie a coincidence. these guys were completely 'n sync. the name 'n sync perfectly summed up everything about the band. five guys with five diverse backgrounds, from five different parts of the united states, with various musical influences, somehow managed to make a sound that worked.
(taken from the official book)
1999
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