May Madness Begins

Here we are. The first blog post of many more to come. One a day for all of May. That is the slogan. Absolute madness.

I am curious to know how all these boy bands got together. You know, N'Sync, Backstreet, 98 Degrees (terrible name), New Kids, Boyz II Men, etc. I am pretty sure they just got selected individually and grouped together by some upper ups in the music biz. But how did they select these guys? Did they drive around and do auditions - American Idol style? I never saw any advertisements for auditions in Dallas growing up that said - "Who wants to be in the next boy band?? Come audition for instant success!" So then I start thinking, maybe these guys were actually friends growing up. Somewhere out there is a group of buddies who are all attractive, musically talented, and they can all dance in unison. But even with that, I am curious to know how a group of guys par excellance ended up together on their own. Perhaps these questions can be characterized into the "age old" category...unless VH1 puts out a series called "How Boy Bands Became Boy Bands."

What a terrible start.