These groups had the same 3-6 member band without instruments, but could generally sing and/or dance their butts off. From this trend however, emerged a subtrend I like to call Man Bands. These are the widely popular groups most people associate with the term “Boy Band”. Typical boy bands had a formula that was more clean cut, cute, and geared toward teenyboppers with their cutesy lyrics ranging from puppy love to “making” love, a la New Edition, New Kids On The Block, Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys and N*Sync. Then came the 90’s which ended up being a breeding ground for boy bands. The term “Boy Band” is mainly credited to New Edition who started the modern formula for the trend. So at one particular dinner party, at the home of our friends, the very upwardly mobile late 20’s, early 30’s lawyers (with 2 rotwilders by the door), we discussed a very serious dilemma: Who was better: Dru Hill or Jodeci.īefore the 1980s there were two boy bands that ruled the world: The Jackson 5 and The Beatles. You know us late 20s early 30s “upwardly mobile” black folk like to have in-depth intellectual discussions about the downfall of the middle class family, and who’s the best MC…Jay-Z, Biggie or Nas. Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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