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It's just like they're always dreamed! Backstreet Boys' romantic ballads and slinky dance floor beats have finally caught on where it means the most-at home~ On the eve of their triumphant first US arena tour, TigerBeat gave the guys a ring for this exciting chat. Here's what they had to say!
A.J.: Since the group started up until now, it's always been five. and it will always be five It's one for all and all for one. I don't think anyone is going anywhere fast. The five of us are like brothers and family. What the paying public wants is to see five members and that's just the way it's going to stay for a while.
Howie: I'd liek to meet the Pope.
Kevin: I think I'd like to have a conversation with Elvis. I would just like to talk to him and get his feedback on what he went through and talk about music.
Kevin: I just got my home studio installed this past week and Nick just got his installed too. So whenever we come home now, all the ideas we have, we can put them down and get them on tape and send them to the record company. That's a lot of fun. I'm excited. I cant believe I've got a studio in my house now.
TB: What does it mean to you to finally be stars here in the US?
Kevin: It's a chance for us to show all of our friends and family what we've been doing for the past four or five years we've been together. So, it's really just kind of a personal thing for us.
TB: Nick, how do you feel about your looks being compared to Leo DiCaprio?
Nick: You don't know how many times I've gotten that! I guess I kind of take it as a compliment. I mean, it's a compliment, but not one that I like. I'd rather them say, that's Nick Carter, that's not Leo, you know?
TB: With Geri leaving Spice Girls this sumer, we have to wonder if there's any chance of one of you leaving Backstreet Boys, Is there?
TB: Here's a sort of wacky question. If you could meet anyone, past of present, who would you like to talk to?
A.J.: I'd say Sammy Davis, Jr. He was one of my idols when I was growing up with his whole tap dancing act and the whole pack with him-Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. They were just really cool.
Nick: I was think9ing about maybe an older President from the past, maybe like Lincoln. that'd be cool to talk to him.
TB: Nick, what's it like having your baby brother Aaron tagging along on tour?
Nick: I think it's great. Me and him are going to be spending a lot more time together than usual. He's a lot younger than me, so that's why I'm there to knock him down a few notches!
TB: Are you doing a lot of writing for your next album?
TB: Does the screaming from your fans at concerts bother you?
Howie: When we first started touring it was quite a shock to us how loud the crowd was. We couldn't really hear our own vocals on stage. Now, e've pretty much got a wall of sound around so we can hear ourselves. But there are parts of the show ewhere it just gets so loud that you can't hear. Then there's certain points where everybody's quiet and they listen to your vocals. It's all good.
TB: Although you're not all teenagers anymore, some people still insist on calling you teen idols. How does it makes you feel?
A.J.: I don't think we really want to be classified as teen idols. We might get looked at that way just because of ouer ages and, I guess, the kind of image that we have. I think we just want people to respect us for our music first and then look at us however they want to looka t us. I mean, we're not perfect. We're just a bunch of regular Joes that just want ot do something that they love. If people look at us as just being normal, which is what we are, then that's cool. If they want to look at us as being teen idols, or look up to us or envy us, that's also cool. I don't know what really goes through a 12-year-old's mind or anything. I was there once myself but I don't know what goes through their heads looking at us now. If they want to look at us as being teen idols, it's cool.
We're all about being positive but it's all about the music.
TB: If you weren't in Backstreet Boys, what do you think you'd be doing?
Nick: I could answer this for all of us. We'd be doing some kind of entertainment. Singing or some form of acting. I think also Howie would probably be going to school still.
Howie: College for me. Hopefully, by now, I'd be finished with college. I was going to college for communications and music. Now, actually learning what I've learned tin the music business, I think I would have probably switched over to business by now.
A.J.: I would have been studying psychology. I just like getting inside of people's heads.
Kevin: I'd be doing some music or acting. I love entertainment. I love music. I'd be doing some producing or writing as well.
TB: Does anyone have a girlfriend right now?
Howie: I don't have a girlfriend.
A.J.: I'm dating but I don't have anybody serious. I'm still trying to find somebody that can put up with my schedule. It's a little hard You kind of get things going and then you've got to leave for two or three months. It's really difficult to try to maintain a decent relationship, especially when you're a person like me that wants to give either all or none.
Kevin: I'm dating a little bit, but nothing like really serious.
Nick: Same with me. There's not really that much time to actually put that much effort into it.
TB: When are we going to see a Backstreet Boys movie?
Howie: Not anytime soon.
A.J.: When I grow chest hair!
Kevin: We want to concentrate on our music. We just want to give our music 100 percent. We've been offered things here and there, but not until later down the road will we ever start really thinking about that stuff.
Howie: Plus we couldn't fit it into our schedule. Our schedule is booked up until next year!
TB: Backstreet Boys concert tickets sold out really fast. Do you have a message to our readers who were unable to come see your show?
A.J.: We'll be back!
Kevin: We're going to do another tour all over the US 9with) bigger venues. We're getting ready ton rehearse for our world tour.
Howie: It's going to start in Europe in November through December. Then we're going to break for Christmas. Then we're going to finish Europe and Southeast Asia, South America, Canada and North America.
TB: Wow! That sounds great.
A.J.: It's going to be a big one! If you don't catch us this time, see you on the rebound!
Nick: We'll be back.
Howie: Because Backstreet's Back!
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