*Nsync was not a pre-packaged band. These five young men came together as friends and knew each other long before *Nsync was born. Justin explains that" we put the group together ourselves." In 1995, Chris was living in Orlando, Florida for Universal Studios. It was there that he met and became friends with Joey. Meanwhile, JC and Justin had just finished there time together on The Mickey Mouse Club. Justin knew Chris through through auditions and JC was friends with Joey, whose high-school buddies had also been on The Mickey Mouse Club.Chris was the instigator in terms of getting the group together. He wanted to form a group that could do intricate five-part harmonies with a dull range from bass to soprano and could translate them into pop music. He contacted Justin,who,knew,could sing. Justin contacted JC, and soon fell into the fold. The forsome was ready to make it happen but they lacked a solid bass singer. Justin called his vocal coach back home in Memphis, hoping the coach would be able to recommened the perfect"low guy". The coach recommened James "Lance" Bass. Lance jumped on the next flight to Orlando and the rest is history! As JC says, "he was the fifth finger on our hand." Now, all they needed was a name. After weeks of brainstorming Justin's mom remae=rked how "in sync" their harmonies were. The phrase stuck with the guys. "In Sync" had a nice ring to it. Justin's mom wasn't sure that the guys were convinced so she played around with there initials. After some shifiting and scrambling she came up with JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, LansteN, and JC. It was an interesting coincidence. These guys were completely *Nsync. Their name summed up everything about the band. They were five guys from different backgrounds, from different parts of the U.S. with various musical influences, somehow managing to make a sound that was in sync.
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