TEEN People August 1998
This is just Nick's part of the article. If I have time I'll type
the rest of it soon. Comments written in italics are comments by Mariah's Xtacy
As they were getting ready to embark on their first major U.S.
tour, Backstreet Boys ibvited TEEN People to hang with them at
their home base in Orlando and on the L.A. set of their newest
video, ?I?ll Never Break Your Heart?. We learnd that, as tight
as the group may be, the Boys are still total individuals.
NICK
At 18, Nickolas Gene Carter(why?d they have to spell his name wrong???-have some respect
people. It?s Nicholas Gean) is the group?s youngest member. He?s also the tallest (six-feet-one),
the blondest (well DUH!) and the most popular (of course he is, but why didn?t they mention the most important
part HIS INCREDIBLE VOICE!!!). Which is why he?s having a hard time convincing a record company
rep to let him wear his hair in a multitude of funky braids for
the band?s (they're a GROUP stupid!) new video.
?It?ll look phat,? Nick insists, intent on modelling his look
on Cloud, a character in PlayStation?s Final Fantasy VII game.
Finally a compromise is reached: no braids, but a definately edgier-than-usual
?do that compliments Nick?s futuristic get-up and plastic bubble
gun?
With his cherubic face (oh, Aalysenne has a very angelic and cherubic face) and his obsession with toys and comic books (he plans on drawing
an Official Backstreet Boys Series), Nick is every inch the baby
Boy. But he?s not as innocent as he seems. A five-year music industry
veteran, he?s more business-minded and -more worldly- than his
band (GROUP i told you, they?re a group!) mates were when they were 18.
?I can?t imagine having to deal with what we have to deal with
now at his age,? says Nick?s best pal Brian Littrell, 23. ?when
I was eighteen we weren?t a hot commodity. I got to ease into
it.?
Nick, on the other hand has a hard time remembering what it was
like NOT to be in high demand. Only 13 (get your facts straight, he was twelve) when he joined up with the boys, Nick worked with a full-time
tutor from junior high on; this past spring, he received his high
school diploma in a hotel room while the group was on the road.
Missing out on high school doesn?t bother Nick, but missing out
on everyday things- like shooting hoops- does. ?I love basketball.
Just to play, period,? says Nick, who once dreamed of playing
college ball. ?I could be so much better, but I don?t have the
time.?
He laments not having time for a girlfriend either. ?Takes devotion,?
he says of a relationship, adding, ?A few of the other guys have
had girlfriends in the past, and it just didn?t work.?
Nevertheless, the Carter home near Tampa,Fla., remains a magnet
for girls who sit-sometimes all day long- with their faces pressed
against the eight-foot-high fence. Nick takes advantage of nearby
Tampa Bay for his escape from all the attention, spending time
aboard his boat. Sometimes he brings his family- sisters Bobbi
Jean, 16; Lesley, 12; and Angel, 10 (whose twin brother, Aaron,
is the clan?s newest singing sensation); dad Bob, his career advisor;
and mom Jane, who manages Aaron. Bu often, he sets sail alone.
?The ocean does something to me that is unexplainable,? Nick says.
?Just being out there and realizing I?m alive.?
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