AJ McLean

So we were just excited to be doing something like this.

So no, we didn't read the fine print.

We didn't realize that Lou was one sixth of the band plus 25% commission as manager plus getting a kickback under the table from promoters.

So he was triple dipping.

Um, as well as hiding the biggest Ponzi pyramid scheme in record history that we didn't find out about till after we parted ways.

Um, but,

Yeah, it was insane.

And, you know, we were the guinea pigs, really, because then he started NSYNC and then O-Town and this and that.

So they all kind of saw our track record and saw kind of what not to do.

By doing that.

We were the guinea pigs.

We were the ones that had to go through hell and back.

I don't know if that's really at the epicenter of why NSYNC and him became something, but...

We were told from, because we had the same management, we had the same label, same producer.

It was Max Martin, Jive Records.

We were told that they wanted to manage NSYNC so that they could basically manipulate the situation where, okay, if we have control of NSYNC, we can keep them out of your way.

But in turn, anything we turn down, they got.

They got it.

And essentially-

Because we turned down a performance on Disney, NSYNC took it, and that was the kickoff of their career.