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AJ
'This picture was taken at Universal Studios Florida in 1994. It's special to me because it represents the very beginning of Backstreety Boys.



We were living in Orlando and noone knew who we were. We'd left school and had been signed by a management company, but we didn't havea record deal yet. At this point we could never have imagined we'd become the best-selling boyband of all time.

It's humbling to look back - we were just ordinary kids having a fun day out. Howie, who I've known since I was 11, had worked at Universal park so he was really excited, showing us the best bits. Brian hadn't been in the group long so we were still getting to know what a great guy he is.

It's also funny to notice that of the five of us, I've changed the most. Brian, Howie & Kevin still look the same and Nick is just a bit taller. But I think "Wow, I didn't have any tatoos or piercings. What the hell happened?". This is before I started dying my hair every colour of the rainbow too.

Seven years after this picture was taken, Kevin gave me the kick up the arse I needed to check into rehab for subvstance abuse. When your in it, you don't think you have a problem. I will always be an alcoholic but I've been sober for about six years now. And I'm happy with who I am today. You realise who your friends are when you leave rehab because they're there to help you pick up the pieces. My boys were there always therev for me.

We were all so naive back then - we were just praying that we would record one album that would make the charts. Two years later, we got a record deal and went on to sell over 100million records. The bands still going strong with a new album on the way - despite Kevin sadly leaving in 2006 - and I'm also trying for a solo career'

source LD

AJ口訴：

這張照片是1994年在佛羅里達的環球錄音室（Universal Studios）裏拍的，它對於我來說有著特別的含義，因為它代表著新好男孩的最初的起步階段。

當時我們都住在奧蘭多，而且根本沒人認識。那時我們剛離開學校，簽了一家經紀公司，但是還沒有唱片約，我們從來沒有想過日後會成為史上最暢銷男子組合。

回頭看看過去也滿好笑的--當時我們只不過是幾個毛頭小子而已，大家一起開開心心的在一起玩。我11歲的時候就認識Howie了，我們一起在大眾公園（Universal park）工作過，所以現在在同個組合裏他相當的興奮。Brian剛來組合不久，所以我們仍然處於相互認識瞭解的階段。

回顧一下我們五個人，最好笑的是我的變化最大了。Brian, Howie 還有Kevin樣子都沒怎麼變，Nick也只是長高了點，但是想到我自己“天啊，那時我怎麼還沒有任何的紋身呢，有沒有搞錯啊”，去紋身這個想法也是在我開始把頭髮染成各種各樣顏色之前就有了。

距離這張照片拍攝七年後，Kevin給了我當頭棒喝，他使我意識到我應該去戒毒，當你沉迷在毒癮裏，你是不會覺得自己有問題的，雖然有時我還是會喝點小酒但是六年了我再也沒有碰過毒品。而且對於現在的狀態我也很開心。當我離開康復中心我意識到什麼樣的朋友才是真心的，Brian, Kevin, Howie還有Nick他們一直陪我度過了難關。

那個時候我們也相當的天真，僅僅希望我們能有一張專輯能夠進榜就好了，兩年之後，我們簽到了第一個唱片約，而且到現在為止，我們的專輯在全球累積賣了超過一億張。雖然Kevin在06年的時候離開了，但是我們還是很強壯，準備繼續錄製新專輯，而且我自己也開始朝獨唱歌手方向發展。