NICHOLAS GENE CARTER BIOGRAPHY

Nicknames: Chaos, Nicky, Frack, Messy Marvin

Birth Date: January, 28, 1980

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Birh Place: Jamestown, NY. (In the same hospital as comidienne Lucille Ball!)

Current Residence: Ruskin (Tampa), FL

Weight: 160 pounds

Height: 6’

Shoe Size: 11

Hair: Blond

Eyes: Blue

Parents: Bob and Jane Carter

Siblings: Bobbie Jean (B.J.), Lesley, and twins Aaron and Angel

Heritage: "I am Blackfoot Indian and I might have a bit of Spanish blood in me," Nick told BOP!

Pets: Cats----a Persian named Muffy, a Siamese named Blue Boy, and a mixed cat named Bandit. (Bandit and Muffy are "Hemingway" cats----direct descendants of cats that lived at the legendary writer Ernest Hemingway’s Key West home. Because the cats were so inbred, they developed a distinctive quality----each paw had six toes. Muffy and Bandit have that "Hemingway" mark!)

Dogs----A Doberman named Conrad and a golden retreiver named Simba; he used to have a Scottish terrier named Boo Boo, but he died in a accident in 1996.

First Ambition: To be a singer

Musical Instruments: Drums, guitar

BSB Group Position: Lead Vocals (Along with his best buddy in the group, Brian!)

School: Adams Junior High, before he started home schooling

FAVORITES

Music: Alternative

Singer: Steve Perry

Musical Groups: Boyz II Men, Nirvana, Journey, Wu Tang Clan

Song: The Cure’s "I Will Always Love You"

Backstreet Boys’ Song: "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"

Movies: Braveheart and any of the Alien movies

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Bruce Willis

Actresses: Sigourney Weaver, Helen Hunt, Sharon Stone, Christina Ricci

Supermodels: Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford

TV Shows: The X-Files, Mad About You, reruns of Married…With Children

Food: Extra-cheese pizza

Breakfast: Frosted Flakes, toast with peanut butter

Snack: Twix

Chewing Gum: Big League Chew----"it’s the purple kind!"

Ice Cream: Mint chocolate chip and chocolate chip cookie dough

Drinks: Coca-Cola, Orange Gatorade, bottled water

Color: Green

Cars: Camaro and Corvette Stingray

Clothes: Nike

Cologne: Gravity

Deodorant: Speed Stick

School Subjects: Science, history, English, physical education (least favorite---math)

Sports: Water sports like scuba diving (Nick has an "open water license," which means he can go into deep water); football, horseback riding, basketball, baseball

Sports Teams: Tampa Bay Buccaneers for football; Florida Marlins for baseball

Video Games: Alien Trilogy, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Super Mario----Nick recalls the first time he played a video game. It was in his family’s Jamestown, New York lounge, the Yankee Rebel, and little toddler Nick had wandered off. When his parents started looking for him, they found him at the Pac-Man machine. "I had pulled up a stool," Nick told SuperTeen. "There I was in my white diaper, sitting on the stool playing the game. That was where my love for video games began!"

Pastimes: Video games, drawing, fishing

Holiday: Halloween

Saying: "It’s all good!"

UP-CLOSE-AND-PERSONAL

Innie or Outtie (bellybutton): Innie

Dream Girl: "Everyone wants a girl with a perfect personality. It doesn’t matter how they look."

Dream Date: Scuba diving in the Florida Keys

First Time on Stage: "I was nine years old and going to Miles Elementary school. I did my first play----Phantom of the Opera. They needed a good singer to play Raoul and I had been taking singing lessons."

First Album He Ever Bought: A Journey album

Commercials: The Florida State Lottery, Sears, The Money Store

Little Known Fact: Nick had a very small----"almost an extra"----role in the hit Johnny Depp movie, Edward Scissorhands

Collections: Football cards

Most Prized Possession in His Bedroom: "My Michael Jordan pictures"

Worst Part of Touring: "I hate flying!"

What He Wears To Bed: T-shirt and boxers

What He Brings On The Road: "My Nintendo 64 or my Play Station"

Who He Would Like to Ask Out for Dinner: Christina Ricci----"She’s fine!"

Most Embarrassing Moment: When the other guys threw him out of the dressing room in front of a bunch of girls. The problem was, Nick was dressed only in his underwear!

Known As: the group’s practical joker