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THE BOYS ARE BACK!

BRIAN,

Are you guys competitive? We have our little pow-wows and our ins and outs, but we have the same goals and our plan in progress- a new album the whole thing all over. Here we go again!

Who has the best body naked? Oh my gosh, you just stumped me. That's a first time question so....

Ok, Who's got the worst body? I'd rather keep my peace

Well, who's got the most hair on his back? Probably Howie

Do you live out here most of the time? My girlfriend has an apartment out here. But I live in Orlando so were both east and west coast.

How do you know your girlfriend is not just with u cause your a backstreet boy? You have to be very careful. Being in this business you get alot of friends and family members you never knew you had and people trying to get in touvh with you. You have to have a thicker guard

Are you good money wise? I try to be. Alot of people really flip out when they come into a lot of money and lots of people look at us as being multimillionares. Let me tell you its not like that. I have $20 in my wallet

Because? Because my girlfriend has the rest of it.

What do u do in your downtime? Try to remain as normal as possible. I watch alot of sport center and play alot of basketball, tennis, golf.

Really? are you 100% ok as far as all the heart stuff? Yeah, I just went for a checkup and everything is good.

HOWIE,

Does you're high-profile visibility ever become uncomfortable? It sometimes gets awkward, but I try to keep a normal life. I still go to the grocery stores and malls. It is very flattering when people come up and ask for my autograph

Has having more money changed you're lifestyle? Any big splurges? I grew up in a middle-class family and nothing was ever given to me. I always had to work for it. I always said if I ever made any money, I wanted to take care of my family. So, I fixed up my parents house.

You're still living at home huh? Why? I come from a large family of five kids, and I'm the baby. We are all really tight. I used to have an apartment with Kev and Brian, but I always ended up at my parents house anyway

Do you hang around in your underpants watching tv? Not in my underpants, Boxers. But never underpants. I've got alot of sisters so I don't want them seeing too much

Does your room still look like it did when u were growing up? The only thing that I changed is the bed

Do you like performing or do you get nervous? I love performing, That's were I am most comfortable. I am usually a little bit nervous right before I go on stage or if I make a mistake at the beggining of the show or something

Really? You guys mess up on stage? Yeah, and whoever messed up usually has a giggle on his face

Do you guys ever fight? We've had a few scraps here and there about silly, stupid things

Who's got the shortest temper? Probably Nick. Just because he is the youngest of the group and everyone is always kind of picking on him. now he's getting bigger....

NICK,

Was the age diffeerece between you and the other guys ever a big deal? When we first started I was like 13, so there was a big differece between me and the next youngest A.J. who was 16. But I've learned alot over the years- how to communicate, how to be respectful and not be a pest which I was when I was younger

So were you annoying on purpose? Yeah, I like to get a laugh out of things. I was a prankster back then. How would you describe yourself now? I am a very quiet person. I consider myself a modern day hermit. I don't like to party. I am happy in my hotel room just chillin

So what do you do when you're off? I play video games and sports with my friends. I go to the movies and drive around in my car

Do you have your own place? yeah, I am a real big fan of the beach and the ocean, so my place has just about everything to do with the ocean. Its on a small canal so I am thinking about getting a boat

Do you have a girlfriend? I'm seeing somebody

How long have you been seeing her? That's classified, Thats kind of a secert part of my life you know?

What do you look for in a girl? You don't really know until you meet the person. She could be tall or small....

So you don't date just gorgeous girls? When I was in school I wasn't very attractie to girls. But I remember I girl I dated who was sweet and really kind. I've dated girls who might not be that attractive but there just as kind-hearted and sweet as anybody

A.J.,

Why the pink hair? The guys actually said, Why don't you dye your hair pink. I was shocked, These guys are used to it by now, and it kind of ticks me off that nothing shocks them anymore. Like if I dye my hair blue, they are all, man that looks cool

Have you ever had a makeover mistake? I had my put in braids and put back in a ponytail. When I saw it the first thing I said to myself was What was I thinking? I ended taking them all out I sat on my but for 8 hours getting those things tied in my head and it didn't even pay off it looked totally stupid

Do you get aggravation for your tatoos? I don't care. I'm the complete opposite of every clean-cut decent looking guy you could think of yet I have the biggest heart in the world. I got my first tatoo 2 years ago and I haven't been able to stop

Are you dating someone? I just broke up with my girlfriend of five years, I've been with my new girlfriend now for almost 9 months

Won't some of the fans be bummed to know you have a girlfriend? When the group first started we wern't supposed to have girlfriends or if we did we were suppose to say we didn't But it has gotten to a point that the fans accept us for who we are and relize ok these are 5 good looking guys. They have normal lives. Unless there all gay-which were not-they have to have girlfriends

What grosses you out? I've never blown my nose. My mom probably did it when I was a baby, but I can't do it. I can stand to see blood and puke, but when it comes to anything mucus-oriented or phlemgm or someone spitting I gag.

Kevin,

As the oldest in the group do you act big brotherish to the rest of the group? It just happens, yeah! It's like my big brothers growing up. They were always on me about things, but I knew they loved and cared about me. These guys are like family. We have been together for six years, we have gone through alot together. It sounds kind of corney but we fight like brothers and love each other like brothers. We've never had fist fights though

Anyone ever threaten to leave the group? No, its never come to that luckily

What would you do if you lost your hair? I'd probably go ahead and shave it. That would be cool. It would probably look pretty freaky with these big ol eyebrows

If your manager said what's with the eyebrows? we gotta change em, would you? I wouldn't let anyone touch my eyebrows because I don't want to look like a made up girl ot whatever. The're big ol' Groucho Marx brows, I think you just have to be happy with what God gives you

What do you do in your free time? I hang out with my best friend who is a rap artist. I co-produce some stuff with him. I mostly do normal things like go skiing go to the beach, surf, write music

Do you have a girlfriend? I'm dating someone right now. I've know her for 7 years and she really means alot to me, so we will see what happens

I know you went through a tough time losing your dad. I was 19 years old when he passed away, I was 21 when I met the fellas.

Did it save you? It motivated me. When my father got sick I moved home to kentucky. After he passed away I lived there for about a year, and then I was like, I can't stand this anymore" Life is too short, I just followed my heart and it brought me back to Orlando

Do you dream about going to a high school reunion and saying check me out? My reunion is coming up. I am from a small town in Kentucky. There were only like 100 people in my graduating class. Everbody is realy happy for me

Are they going to make you get up and perform? Nah, I'm just going to hang out and catch up

* I typed out this Interview from a July 1999 issue of teen magazine!