TEEN BEAT: Why don't you tell our readers who you are?
JOEY FATONE, JR: How are you doin'? My name is Joey.
LANCE BASS: I'm Lance.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: I'm Justin. Hi!
CHRIS KIRKPATRICK: Hi, how're you doing? I"m Chris. I'm the bass of the group. I always talk really low. Right, Lance?
LANCE: [in a falsetto] Right, Chris!
JC CHASEZ: Hey! I'm JC.
TEEN BEAT: How did you guys get together as a group?
CHRIS: Well, it all started with me. I used to sing in coffee shops, and I decided to take it seriously and do this as a living. So, I called up a couple of my friends, who are these guys right here, because these are the guys that took it seriously. I called Justin. Justin and JC worked on The Mickey Mouse Club together, that's how they knew each other. I worked with Joey at Universal Studios. And we called a vocal coach, and he recommended Lance.
TEEN BEAT: Are you all Orlando based?
LANCE: Now we are. That's where the group met.
TEEN BEAT: Where are you all from?
JOEY: I'm from Brooklyn, New York,
LANCE: I'm from Clinton, Mississippi.
JUSIN: I'm from Memphis Tennessee.
CHRIS: I'm from this planet...I'm from Clarion Pennsylvania.
JC: I'm from the Washington, DC area.
TEEN BEAT: Is there a big music scene in Orlando?
JC: Well, yes, now that everything's been happeningm everyone's trying to get a gig. There's always been a lot of talent down there because of the theme parks. A lot of people go down there to do the stage shows, and there's a recording studio which brings a lot of musicians down there. Plus, Miami is a four-hour drive away. It's pretty packed with talent. It's just undiscovered because everyone is working at the theme parks.
TEEN BEAT: What were you two, Joey and Chris, doing at Universal?
JOEY: I did a show called The Beetlejuice Graveyard Review, and I played characters like the Wolfman and Dracula.
CHRIS: I was walking around collecting money in my hat! No, I used to sing with a '50s Do-Wop group called Hollywood High Tones, and we used to perform outside the '50s diner. We'd sing a cappella.
TEEN BEAT: Was everyone's first career choice to be a singer?
CHRIS: Not Lance. He wanted to be an astronaut!
LANCE: It's true. I wanted to fo into space administration.