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With all these 90s bands getting back together again, I feel like I’ve come full circle and am cool again. Except, it wasn’t exactly cool back then to be a fan of the Spice Girls or Take That or…the Backstreet Boys!
After a two-year layoff and the departure of Kevin Richardson, the all-grown-up Backstreet Boys are readying the release of their sixth studio album for Oct. 30.
The yet-to-be-titled disc will be issued by Jive Records and marks the Backstreeters’ 10th anniversary with the label that launched them to superstardom.
Backstreet’s back indeed. On August 27 the new single, Inconsolable, will be shipped to radio. This is their first single since 2005’s Incomplete, and after that I really hope they creat an In-trilogy. Actually, how about Incontinent, since the band are so old? 35! They’re not boys anymore.
Another 90s band doing the cash raising rounds is Guns N Roses. They (only original member Axl Rose) toured recently for the Chinese Democracy album (the album took years to make, at least politics move slow in China).
Now Guns N Roses are thinking about a reunion, after playing this week without Axl!
With the big “Appetite For Destruction” 20th anniversary show behind him, original Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler is looking forward to taking his Adler’s Appetite band worldwide. But he’s also holding out hope for a blowout reunion bash with his former bandmates.
“I believe I made it this far for some reason,” Adler tells Billboard.com. “I want to finish what we started, and … with the love and support I got from those guys, I think we can (reunite). I’m gonna leave it up to Axl [Rose]. That’s gonna be Axl’s call, and I love Axl and I know he’ll make the right call.”
Actually, I desperately hope this doesn’t happen. I really like Slash’s new band Velvet Revolver with Scott Weiland, and also don’t want to have to suffer through any GNR concerts with my hair band loving partner. I think I could give Backstreet Boys a miss too, although I am very sorry I’ve failed in my one-woman bid to make my town Spice City.
Picture note by Celebitchy: The Backstreet Boys are shown on 6/14/2005 at a signing session for their “Never Gone” CD. Guns N Roses are shown performing on 6/4/2006 at the Rock in Rio Lisboa Music Festival. It seems neither of these bands really went away. Thanks to PRPhotos for these images.
Written by Helen
Posted in Backstreet Boys, Guns N Roses, Music
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