Back-street's Back...oh-no...

The mega pop group of the late 1990's, The Backstreet Boys, announced the release of their newest album, "Never Gone". Yes, Backstreet is back. The "boys" that made every 12-year old girl in the USA throw her training bra onstage said they have changed their image. They are no longer the clean-cut, dancing, boy-band act they once were. Their new image is, "an adult, edgier sound that tilts more toward rock than pop." Ok that's great, but they're still gonna suck.

This comeback is not like Pink Floyd reuniting or Van Halen putting their differences aside to reunite for their fans. This comeback is not appreciated. No one wants this. Even if they entitled the new album, "We are Asstards" people would still hate them. Though it would be closer to the truth.

I really hope that this doesn't mean a resurgence of the trash these packaged pop bands from the late 90's spewed on the airwaves year after year. I never liked BSB just like I hated NKOTB back in the late 1980's. Backstreet represents everything bad about the music business. It's a marketing act, not a musical act. They are about making tons of money for record companies and themselves, not about making good music. What I think is funny is that BSB calls themselves "pioneers" of pop music. Dude, you guys don't play instruments. You couldn't perform without a track in the background and if you don't get what you want you throw tantrums like little babies.

The underlying story that I think is sad here is that this album will probably do pretty well. Their braindead fans will go to the mall to get their dose of soma. Sadly, it will also affirm to the world that this band is actually liked. And then it will be assured that they won't go away. Backstreet could be one reason why America is hated by people around the globe. Wherever the Backstreet is boys, please go back there. And for the sake of world peace, don't ever come back.

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