AJ McLean

So the group though was found, was it Lou Pearlman?

Lou was the entrepreneur that put this whole thing together.

There was a thing that went around Orlando back in the day called the Blue Sheet, which was essentially the classifieds for entertainment.

And I was perusing through the Blue Sheet one day and I saw this banner that said, local entrepreneur looking to put together a vocal harmony group, all of boys to men meets new kids on the block.

And I asked my mom and she's like, if you want to audition, sure.

A couple of days later, I met Lou, auditioned at his house with my mom.

Signed on the spot.

On the spot?

On the spot.

And then that was the beginning of now 33 years for me.

So then there was no...

It was more like a handshake then.

Okay.

It wasn't until the group, the final group was formed that then it was, you know, signing a contract, making it official.

Then we signed a record deal and all these things.

But it took us three years to get a record deal.

Wow.

But we didn't, our parents and us as all young kids, Kevin was the oldest at the time.

He was 21.

Nick was 12th.