Brian's First Fan:
Source:BOP magazine
Although it's been only two years since the Backstreet Boys edged their way onto the American music charts, it was eight years ago that the Backstreet Boys first came into being! Of course, the group was just a trio comprised of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean until 1993, when cutie cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell hopped on board to create super-hot singles like "All I Have To Give" off of their 1997 self-titled CD.
Currently awaiting the spring release of their next album, it's hard to imagine that these now-multi- platinum singers were just regular ol' faces in the crowd. However, 24-year-old Brian still remembers the day he crossed the line from being just one in a pack to becoming known as one of the Backstreet Boys as if it were yesterday.
"Wow, man, I remember we were in some fast-food restaurant, this was like in '93, this was a long, long time ago," he fondly recalls to BOP. "When we first got together, we were touring all over the United States doing high schools and middle schools...We had been to a school that afternoon in a particular town and this girl came up to me. She was like, 'Aren't you a Backstreet Boy?.' She's like, 'You came to my school today.' And I was like, 'Are you sure?' And she was like, 'Can I have your autograph?' and all this, and I was like, 'Whoa! You know, this is strange!'"
That "strange" encounter has since become an ordinary occurrence in Brian's life. And even though this blue-eyed sweetie's still shocked by the attention, he accepts it for what it is--and he never lets it go to his head. "It just comes with the territory,' B-Rok says of the superstar status he enjoys today, "but at the same time, you just want to be as normal as you can be."