Nicholas Gene Carter was born in 28th January in Jamestown, New York. He is the older of five children: after him there are 2 girls (B.J. of 14 and Leslie of 11 years old) and twins of 8 years old, the ones he loves (Angel and Aaron, the second boy of the family that, without doubt, is like Nick). His parents, Robert and Jane, have a business sort of thermae in Ruskin, Florida, but now they follow every Nick's steps and they accompany him on the tournées. Before they live there, they had a club in New York, the Yankee Rebel Lounge, where Nick used to sing and dance on shirt tails, while his father played. When he was a baby, his family called him "Charlie Brown", because as he says: "I had a very big head and I didn't have hair". When it was starting to grow up his famous blond hair, his parents moved to Ruskin. He had to change school many times and, besides of having problems with Maths, it was difficult make some friends. "I was a very lonely kid. In the school I was nothing popular and girls didn't like me". It's great to know that everything changed, and what a big change...
B-ROK, ANGEL WITH RHYTHM
Brian Thomas Littrell was born in 20th February 1975 in Lexington, Kentucky. He has an older brother, Harold. His father, whose name is also Harold, works with computers on IBM and his mother, Jackie, is a secretary on a dentist office. He was always the spoiled child of the house, for being younger and for his terrible disease that he had when he was 5 years old: "I was born with some hole in my heart. Everything got worst, because of an infection and the doctors told my parents I was going to die. When I was cured, everyone thought it was a miracle". After all, Brian was always a very happy and funny child. In the school, he was a joking guy and he was always getting in problems, but he was always out of them easily, because everyone liked him and he had an ange face. On his free times he used to go with his mother to the church ans it was there, on the chorus, they found that his voice was great...
HOWIE D., EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE
Howard Dwayne Dorough was born in Orlando, Florida, in 22nd August 1973. His mother, Paula, is spanish and was born in Porto Rico and his father, Hope, has irish roots. For that, he always says he is "spirish" and he is very proud of that culture mixture where he was educated. His parents had to work hard to support the family (besides Howie, there is John, 32; Polly Anna, 33; Caroline, 35 and Angie of 37 years old). His father worked in the police and he was security guard of a bank and his mother, besides of her domestical works, she worked on the school's restaurant. He learned with them the work value and he early knew, that he had to fight if he wanted to be a star. Who found his talent was his grandmother: one day, when Howie was only 3 years old, he jumped to her bed and woke her up with a version of the song "Baby Face" that let the good lady with her mouth opened...
KEVIN, PRANKS ON THE FIELD
Kevin Scott Richardson was born in Lexington in 3rd October 1972. He has 2 older brothers (Gerald Junior, 31 and Tim of 28 years old). HIs mother Ann, is a saleswoman and his father (that died with a cancer five years ago) was a constructor, but his big paxion was always breeding of cattle and cultivate ground. For that, Kevin spent his first 9 years of his life and the next 8 on a hut in the wood. As he says: "It were the most happy years of my life". He adored running between the animals and make pranks. He always felt himself united to his family and what he remembers better from his childhood are the big familiar reunions, where he alwyas found his cousin Brian and they used to sing in duet. Besides that, he also liked to play football, ride a horse and... sing in front of his room's mirror using a brush as a microphone.
A.J., MOTHER'S BOY
Alexander James McLean was born in 9th January 1978 in West Palm Beach, Florida. On his veins runs spanish and german blood. He grew up as an only child and with the pain of lost 2 younger sisters that died at birth. With 4 years old he had to face another hard proove: his parents' separation. Since then, A.J. became the most important thing on his mother's life, that's why she left her actress career to be his manager. With 3 years old, he already dressed like a man (with hat, tie and wallet). He was an open and nice child: "He used to tell his all life to the first person he found", remembers Denise. He loves his mother and his grandfather, Adolph, from who he wan the paxion for Shakespeare. Thanks to him, he found his second vocation: write love poems.
Nick's big chance came when his parents moved to Florida and one of his teachers gave him a role on the play "Opera Phantom". After that, he was singing during 2 years in a famous casino's show in Tampa and, when he was 12 years old, he wan a local contest for new talents that was called "New Original Amateur Hour". After this victory, he was choosen to make some television advertisement. The Disney Studios' big bosses looked at him and made him an offer: a tournée to Disney. But, at that time Nick had already knew Howie and A.J. and he didn't accept it, just to form a trio with them.
B-ROK, RIGHT TO THE SKY
Brian always had a paxion for music and he got in the church's chorus, just to sing at Sundays. His voice quickly became famous and he left his waiter job to sing in another churchs. There weren't any special ocasion in Kentucky where he didn't go... Each day he had sure that instead of being a gym teacher he wanted to study music. One day a phone call from Orlando, from his cousin Kevin, changed everything...
HOWIE D., DREAMING WITH HOLLYWOOD
Howie also started to sing a church's chorus. He studied music and dance, and in the highschool he wan an artistic contest. Was then, that his mother decided to put him in a theatre group. Howie got in every kind of musical and there he found out his actor talent. He made television advertisement to Disney World and some small roles in films "Parenthood" and "Cop And a Half". He had sure that his future was with a camera in front of him, so he decided to finish hi studies in Valencia Community College. While he was studying, he waited for a chance and was like this, that everything happened and he met A.J. and Nick...
KEVIN, MUSIC EVERYWHERE
Since he received his firts piano, Kevin started to dream of being a musician. He and Brian sang in the church's chorus and made theatrer and concerts in their school. Later, he started to wan life playing in wednings parties and he finished in a music group. But he only recorded some musics for local radios... For that he decided to go to Orlando. Was there that he got a job on Disney World, dressed with Alladin and Turtle clothes. One night, he was in a bar when he knew that 3 boys were looking for people to make a group...
A.J., FAMILY'S STAR
A.J. entered in the show world when he was 6 years old playing the role of Dunga, one of Snow White's dwafs. His mother put him in dance, music, piano and dramatic art classes and A.J. continued playing in some plays: "The King And I"... In television, the Disney Channel contracted him and the directors of Nickelodeon found out that he was very good in front of the cameras. But he dreamed about music. When he met Howie, he knew their future was sing together...
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