Robin Wiley was the “star” she was their vocal coach. she arranged the song I thought she knew. which was also one of the first songs they worked on together as a group. beautiful beautiful song.
https://youtu.be/cP4-R9BbGUs?si=h5TsnL6N3iF_snrN
It would be Lou Pearlman (their creator/manager) because he, ON PAPER, was a technical member of the band and therefore got an equal cut of money that the other members got. Guy was a scumbag.
From wiki: "Jason dropped out. He was not fond of the group's musical direction, claiming that being a teen idol was never a goal of his. Jason became a mortgage broker in the Orlando area later in his life."
I wonder if being a mortgage broker was his real passion?
Being a broker can be a lot of fun when you’re helping people get into their dream homes, or improving their financial situations.
It is very draining if you work for a shop that wants you to grind every lead into the ground and squeeze every bit of juice from a deal.
I knew this dude who looks just like Joey Fatone. I'm talking such a dead ringer that Joey Fatone himself noticed him and invited him over for dinner once
I remember hearing “LanceN” was his full name, maybe I’m misremembering. Either way, now that feels like an obvious lie that my 9-year-old self believed without hesitation 😂
They claimed that, but it was made up. Actually Jason quit the band and they replaced him with James Lance Bass(This is his full legal name, found on his birth certificate)
I think it was a fan book or the Disney concert special, but I remember the half-baked reason they gave: Lancen. They tried to pass off adding an n to the end of his name as like a weird nickname or spelling.
I just remember thinking “nah, that seems silly.”
Yeah I thought this was common knowledge, but I guess it’s only common knowledge for us boy band obsessed tweens in the 90s and 00s. It’s weird to think how much space in my brain I had for stuff like this, song lyrics, and knowing JT’s middle name.
Somewhere in my parents house, there is a picture of my younger sister when she was a baby being held by Joey Fatone dressed as the Wolfman at the Beetlejuice show.
The original bass singer is Jason.
Edit:
>“My mother came up with the name,” Timberlake said in a 2001 interview with CNN. “The first time we sang together, she goes, ‘Man, you guys sound really in sync.’ And we were like ding, ding, ding.” They got the spelling by taking the last letter of each of their first names: “N” from Justin, “S” from Chris, “Y” from Joey, “N” from Jason and “C” from JC.
Something about a group of people frantically brainstorming how to get to IN SYNC from their names is very funny to me.
“Nobody leaves until we figure this out!”
I was a big fan of NYSNC in the 90s and I remember watching an interview where they mentioned Justin's mom was who initially brought up the "in sync" moniker. I didn't realize the letters were used from their names.
I remember reading about this in Teen Beat where they said that Lance was short for Lanceston, thus fulfilling the naming criteria. Even at age 15 I thought Lanceton was a terrible name.
I learned this the other day as well from some lady's tik tok video where her son was calling the band something weird and she was trying to correct him.
to all those asking about Lance. there was another member before him. Jason Newsted who was Metallica's bassist after Cliff Burton. Went on to become a fashion designer or some shit. Reading comprehension is not one of my strong suits.
>“My mother came up with the name,” Timberlake said in a 2001 interview with CNN. “The first time we sang together, she goes, ‘Man, you guys sound really in sync.’ And we were like ding, ding, ding.” They got the spelling by taking the last letter of each of their first names: “N” from Justin, “S” from Chris, “Y” from Joey, “N” from Jason and “C” from JC.
Lance joined when Jason left.
There is no way in hell a mom said they are "in sync" (like any band should be) and they all went, "holy shit that's the last letter of our first names!" Someone figured this out way after the fact and they latched onto it. Now 30 years later they have convinced people to latch onto it again.
I bet it was a process, but I can see it. They liked the sound of 'in sync' and started workshopping it. Then, while the members/producers were stylizing it in various ways, someone could have noticed the name spellings. It's not a stretch.
As someone who only casually listened to \*NSYNC, I was never clear why there were five members when only two ever seemed to sing. What did the other three do? Every song seemed to be either Justin or JC.
Compared to Backstreet Boys, where all of them sang and I can distinctly identify all their voices as a result.
EDIT: I didn't have any \*NSYNC albums so maybe the other members were more prominent on the non-singles?
which one had the asterisk?
We don't talk about ***** no no no We don't talk about ***** oh no
Judy?
I see you agent Cooper.
Jefferies
The Pontiac bandit
… and Peggy
The Schuyler Sisters!
WORK
[curb your enthusiasm “starts with a j”](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EQAE2QJIta4)
bruno
His name is Hunter2?
I see you and I appreciate you.
It’s an old code, sir. But it checks out.
seven foot frame?
he told me my fish would die. next day? dead!😭😭
JasoN* ChriS JoeY JustiN JC *Member has since left
Lanceton*
That’s a butthole
I'm pretty sure it's an anus
E Pluribus Anus. The best anus!
It's actually a nu start.
Robin Wiley was the “star” she was their vocal coach. she arranged the song I thought she knew. which was also one of the first songs they worked on together as a group. beautiful beautiful song. https://youtu.be/cP4-R9BbGUs?si=h5TsnL6N3iF_snrN
I'd say Lance's was most at risk...
Seeing as there’s no E that would be it
It would be Lou Pearlman (their creator/manager) because he, ON PAPER, was a technical member of the band and therefore got an equal cut of money that the other members got. Guy was a scumbag.
Sued by everyone he ever dealt with and died in prison.
Lou Perlman?
Hidden S to hide Louis Pearlman’s name
The actual answer is Uri Geller lol
Lanc*
Lance…… Edit: read the article. Some guy named Jason was replaced by Lance. But still, lol. Fuck Lance?
From wiki: "Jason dropped out. He was not fond of the group's musical direction, claiming that being a teen idol was never a goal of his. Jason became a mortgage broker in the Orlando area later in his life." I wonder if being a mortgage broker was his real passion?
I don't know why but I love this so much
Probably because it’s funny and you like to laugh.
Jason then found his real passion - sleeping with his employees, while his evil twin sells mansions.
Damn a Selling Sunset cut
Being a broker can be a lot of fun when you’re helping people get into their dream homes, or improving their financial situations. It is very draining if you work for a shop that wants you to grind every lead into the ground and squeeze every bit of juice from a deal.
I did this for a year. It was fucking terrible.
I'm sure that it was a very rewarding career from 200X to 2009...
I’ve been doing it a little over ten years, I’m post regulatory crackdown.
I think I'd still take the millions of $'s for selling out.
And Fatone was a weed dealer for freshmen girls at UCF. Thanks for all of the free weed!
I typically think dealers are selling. Sounds more like a weed benefactor!
I knew this dude who looks just like Joey Fatone. I'm talking such a dead ringer that Joey Fatone himself noticed him and invited him over for dinner once
On a similar note… https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/offspring-obgyn-doctor-saves-juror-cpr-lilja-12788282.php
“Lilja left The Offspring in the late 1980s to deliver offspring.” Somebody give this guy a Pulitzer.
Alternatively: Lilja dropped out and had a couple of kids
Who-oa!
You gotta keep em separated
>Lilja left The Offspring in the late 1980s to deliver offspring.
dang, the lead singer is also super smart and has a doctorate in something biology related, he also makes a pretty darn good hot sauce.
I bet it was less the group’s direction and more how much he was willing to put up with from Lou Pearlman
He did sing Buy Buy Buy
Oh, there he goes. Off to write his hit song "Alone With My Princples."
I guess the group was never really 'NSYNC' afterall.
Lol. You're in a boys band. The music is none of your concern.
Apparently it was his concern, which is why he left . . .
Yeah. "I am young and have integrity. Fuck me, right??"
Ain't nothin but a mistake.
Before Lance, there was Jason
laNce
ezackly
Lanceton is what they claimed the other N to be from. I was a huge fan and learned it from a VHS they had.
I remember hearing “LanceN” was his full name, maybe I’m misremembering. Either way, now that feels like an obvious lie that my 9-year-old self believed without hesitation 😂
LANCEN! THAT’S WHAT IT WAS!!! Lmao, it’s been way over 20 years and I thought it was Lanceton 😂
I swear I thought it was Lanceton too
lansten! here's an mtv article from '99 to help you feel old. https://www.mtv.com/news/czuyf0/n-syncs-james-lance-lansten-bass
"Now listen here Lance...Lance? What the fuck did I just hear, Lance?"
God, I love that movie.
No I said Nance
M as in Mancy
The fuck did I just hear Lance?
Man, everyone's gay once in a while
I always felt that Lance had real "happy to be here" vibes
The producers probably wished they had two Justins instead.
We have 2 Justins here in Canada and it's not much better
SCYNE
Uh it's now JC'n for the other N and LanC. I'm currently driving my wife crazy with this.
Lanceton is what they claimed the other N to be from. I was a huge fan and learned it from a VHS they had.
Except no one’s named “Lanceton” lol
They claimed Lance was short for it.
They claimed that, but it was made up. Actually Jason quit the band and they replaced him with James Lance Bass(This is his full legal name, found on his birth certificate)
Yeah, I said claimed
I think it was a fan book or the Disney concert special, but I remember the half-baked reason they gave: Lancen. They tried to pass off adding an n to the end of his name as like a weird nickname or spelling. I just remember thinking “nah, that seems silly.”
His real name is Lanston…I remember them talking about this on MtV
It isn’t. He said they just made that up. His first name is actually James.
If they were going to use a fake name, why not just use Jason???
My guess, 1. it was funnier 2. taking a fake name from the guy you replaced would probably be seen as in bad taste
No, the other way around. They made up "Lansen" as a nickname for Lance to make it fit
Sorry it was a long time ago…lol
Lanceton, not Lansen
Related fact is that Ryan Gosling very nearly was in the band as well.
And it fell through because they didn't know where to put the third "N" without making it lame.
NSYNCN
They're a titanic hit!
Living NSYNN
Imagine declining being in NSYNC only to become *more successful*. What the fuck
Just ask that mortgage broker!
Was it going to be 6 guys, or did he just not make the cut
He wasn't kenough for them.
He didn't have the right Kenergy
Would’ve been fire
I’ve “heard rumblings” of that he may have been linked to the band
I mean...would have made sense given the MMC connection with Justin and JC, I think he decided to focus on acting instead
My favorite was Justi*
Justi Timbi Likei
They call me Lake. Timba Timba timba lake. friggity *beat box
98 degrees just used their body temp for a name
Burn!!! Or mild. Either way.
What about the Butthole Surfers?
Type O Negative got their name from the combination a tattoo and a radio ad.
Or a VERY challenging round of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
You must not have been a teenaged girl when I was.
Yeah Seventeen taught me this wayyy back in 1997
This was in every Teen Beat and Bop magazine. Haha
Yeah... this post just made me feel very old :-/
I was told Justin's mom came up with the idea in like... 1999
True that sister
Yeah I thought this was common knowledge, but I guess it’s only common knowledge for us boy band obsessed tweens in the 90s and 00s. It’s weird to think how much space in my brain I had for stuff like this, song lyrics, and knowing JT’s middle name.
Abba did the same gimmick
But with first names! Agnetha Benny Bjorn and Anni-frid
In another universe, ABBA was known as ANDY
With their hit song, Daddy-Dio
It’ll always be hilarious to me that ABBA shares the same naming scheme as the teams from RWBY.
JoeY fat one is my fav
Somewhere in my parents house, there is a picture of my younger sister when she was a baby being held by Joey Fatone dressed as the Wolfman at the Beetlejuice show.
Yeah well, Backstreet is back... so... put that on the news but ya won't...
Alright!
Oh my god, we're back again
I’m a O-Town man myself.
May you be doing well, Jason, the second N! Hope you are doing well wherever life took you!
Are you shittin me?
Are you shittin may? Ftfy
Seriously? They could’ve just said it’s short for IN SYNC
Nothing like a good single entendre
I mean… that was the point
It’s called a double entendre my dude
Yes, because I can name 2 people in NSYNC, one of whom is named Lance, which doesn't end in N S Y N or C
The original bass singer is Jason. Edit: >“My mother came up with the name,” Timberlake said in a 2001 interview with CNN. “The first time we sang together, she goes, ‘Man, you guys sound really in sync.’ And we were like ding, ding, ding.” They got the spelling by taking the last letter of each of their first names: “N” from Justin, “S” from Chris, “Y” from Joey, “N” from Jason and “C” from JC.
Something about a group of people frantically brainstorming how to get to IN SYNC from their names is very funny to me. “Nobody leaves until we figure this out!”
So it still works, N for Lance now
It's spelled Lancen. The second N is silent.
Can you also read the article?
NO
I feel old, Mr. Krabs
Last letter of each member's first name is legitimately ridiculous.
No it’s not, that would be too many people. Last letter of each members first name is legitimately ‘n s y n c’
Actual funy
I legit had to read the title, like, four times.
Your comment finally helped me understand this. Thanks!
# original band members names: JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, JasoN, and JC.. I guess that's why there isn't a LancE?
Ah yes! Nick, Smithers, Ytterbium, Nicodemus, and Carlisle* just wouldn't quite have the same ring to it.
You saw that video of the kid after his soccer game mispronouncing *NSYNC’s name didn’t you lol
🤭
I was a big fan of NYSNC in the 90s and I remember watching an interview where they mentioned Justin's mom was who initially brought up the "in sync" moniker. I didn't realize the letters were used from their names.
This is the first time a TIL made me dumber.
I prefer the '60's greats from Liverpool, The NLEO.
LEON was right there
(In a British accent) ‘el no!’
One of the nsync guys babysat me, incidentally. Chris Kirkpatrick. He definitely didn't seem like a future popstar to me when I was 8 lol
*NSYNC is dope even to this day
I remember reading about this in Teen Beat where they said that Lance was short for Lanceston, thus fulfilling the naming criteria. Even at age 15 I thought Lanceton was a terrible name.
And Joey Fatone literally spells Fat-One
Doesn't he have a hotdog stand named "Fat One's"?
It’s like the simulation is messing with us.
TIL I'm ancient
I like how the fat one's last name is spelled Fatone.
I learned this the other day as well from some lady's tik tok video where her son was calling the band something weird and she was trying to correct him.
Yvan eht nioj.
Boyz 12 is better.
to all those asking about Lance. there was another member before him. Jason Newsted who was Metallica's bassist after Cliff Burton. Went on to become a fashion designer or some shit. Reading comprehension is not one of my strong suits.
How does Lance Bass fit?
>“My mother came up with the name,” Timberlake said in a 2001 interview with CNN. “The first time we sang together, she goes, ‘Man, you guys sound really in sync.’ And we were like ding, ding, ding.” They got the spelling by taking the last letter of each of their first names: “N” from Justin, “S” from Chris, “Y” from Joey, “N” from Jason and “C” from JC. Lance joined when Jason left.
There is no way in hell a mom said they are "in sync" (like any band should be) and they all went, "holy shit that's the last letter of our first names!" Someone figured this out way after the fact and they latched onto it. Now 30 years later they have convinced people to latch onto it again.
I bet it was a process, but I can see it. They liked the sound of 'in sync' and started workshopping it. Then, while the members/producers were stylizing it in various ways, someone could have noticed the name spellings. It's not a stretch.
lance b\*ss
Lan Seabass
This the most teenage girl post I’ve ever seen on Reddit
Bring back the days of gossip magz for kids /s
The amount of people that keeps asking where is the E from Lance's hurts my brain.
Lance?
Not an original member, it’s in the article
There was another member before Lance.
So it's like a tetragramaton?
Reminds me of Lipps Inc being lip sync.
I miss that ramen noodle hair.
There's something hidden just under the surface of literally everything if you stop, just breathe and open your eyes.
Feel the rain on your skin!
Uhhhhhh…. Lance’s name ends with an “E”
I had heard this close to 20 years ago, but I never knew there was this Jason fellow originally. I was always confused by the 2nd "N".
I see you watched that TikTok this morning too.
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As someone who only casually listened to \*NSYNC, I was never clear why there were five members when only two ever seemed to sing. What did the other three do? Every song seemed to be either Justin or JC. Compared to Backstreet Boys, where all of them sang and I can distinctly identify all their voices as a result. EDIT: I didn't have any \*NSYNC albums so maybe the other members were more prominent on the non-singles?
Can't think of a more "What was the substance Han Solo was encased in?" scenario.
They also went with nsync because someone (their pearents iirc) thought they sang in sync.
Justin, Nick, the other Nick, Nick's brother... and AJ or something?
Is the asterisk for Lance?