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[lance_bass]

So, last night went... better than expected. Had a good time with the Mouse, and JC and I even shared a ride home. Thought about seeing if he'd share our bed with me, but he walked into a guest room and closed the door. I thought about knocking or just walking right in, but. Well, I'll take what I can get

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[valo]

That's uh... wow. So are you all going to come out with solo albums?

Anyway: congratulations. And I really hope you'll be able to get over your troubles.

[lance_bass]

No, just Justin and JC, that I know of. Chris maybe. Someday. He should. Something punk, and loud. He's so much more - hell we're all so much more - than the stuff we've put out so far.

And, thanks. Me too.

[valo]

Something punk, and loud.
That would be seriously funny... do you think that it would find an audience? Well, maybe the same audience as, say.. Avril Lavigne. Or HER. *winks*

What would your true style be?

[lance_bass]

Chris has been listening to and playing and writing punk stuff since he was a kid. I suppose it would find an audience somewhere, but I don't know that it'd be something he could make a living from, which is why he didn't pursue it. He does a lot to take care of his mom and sisters, so the livelihood aspect mattered. He couldn't justify following a passion that didn't necessarily result in a paycheck. Now, maybe he can, but the audience might be harder to come by, considering "member of *NSYNC" likely doesn't carry much cred in the punk world, right?

Hell, I don't know that much about it. But he loves punk music. If he were to do something solo, he'd be great at it. But whether he does it or not? No clue

[valo]

considering "member of *NSYNC" likely doesn't carry much cred in the punk world, right?
That's basically what I meant... but with all these little girly pseudo-punk acts popping up right now... I mean, why not. Like I said before. He'd probably get the chicks who listen to Avril Lavigne or Kelly Osbourne and whatever other young ladies there are out bigtime on MTV right now. Which... I mean, they're good. Very good, some of them. I'd be really stunned with a punk album by a member of *NSYNC.

It's funny how you talk about music... almost as if... well, you did it already, you achieved your goals, now let's see what else is out there.

[lance_bass]

Well, I wouldn't say I've achieved all my goals. More... well, my goals for music are the group's goals. I'm here with them. It's not something I'd have sought on my own. That's not to say I don't love what we do, and what we've done. Being in the group has given me opportunities - some good and some bad - that I'd have never had if I hadn't been a part of it. But if I were to turn back the clock and my mother had never gotten that phone call in 1995? I'd have probably graduated high school, gone on to college, and either be in serious astronaut training now, or otherwise working in the world of business. *NSYNC's success is a dream come true, but the dream wasn't originally mine. I'm proud and thrilled that it happened, but I wouldn't want to be where I am without the other 4 with me.

And, I think one of the reasons Chris isn't persuing a solo thing right now is just that... he wouldn't want to be considered "pseudo-punk." I suppose part of being "accepted" in the punk world is kind of living it, too, which ... I don't know. Maybe

[valo]

It's really weird to hear that... because... well, I understand that you are "thrilled" to be part of it, but it seems almost as if it doesn't mean too much to you - as if the scenario of your mother not getting the phonecall that probably pulled your life in the direction it is floating now... as if thinking of not being where you are doesn't make you want to praise the Porcelain God with your wrists wide open, so to speak.

I'm in a band, as well. Five fellas, like any good boyband. But I consider the goals of this band my goals, not anyone else's. Then again, I write the music and the lyrics, I even designed the logos. I'm not sure if all four others feel quite as strong as I do. Probably not, or we wouldn't have lineup changes after each album

[lance_bass]

I don't mean to make it sound like I regret the group. I don't. Not at all. Just, in the perspective of solo work, I mean. I very very likely wouldn't be in the entertainment industry at all if it weren't for this group. It's not something I'd really realistically considered before my mom got that call. So when I say my goals are the group's goals, that's what I mean, not that I hold anything against where we've gone and what we've done.

And, I'd love to think Chris could find success, or "credibility" or whatever, in the type of music that he truly loves despite the label placed on the work we've done as *NSYNC. Unfortunately, it'd be a hell of a leap to make. Proud as he is - as we all are - of what we've done as a group, it'll always be with us, and if all people see in us as individuals is the labels that have been stuck on us, transitioning to another 'genre' will be difficult. But, if people are willing to give a chance based on the talent and not on the labels of the past, maybe it could happen for him. For any of us.