A Heart too Young to Stop Love Chapter 4
The Showing
**Small clip�s of the �Where Are They Now� special**
�These five guys� blew up in the late �90�s. Coming out in the US in �98 *Nsync was one of the top ranking band�s out there. In early 2001 they proved to critic�s that they planned on staying and that pop/rock was going to live on with their single �Pop� then in early July *Nsync lost one of their own. Here�s there story on VH 1�s �Where Are They Now� special with *Nsync,� the announcer told whoever was watching.
�They where five men; Chris Kirkpatrick, J.C. Chasez, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, and Justin Timberlake. Each knew each other from other places. The group began with a dream that the eldest of the group thought up, with coming up with the idea Pennsylvania native Chris Kirkpatrick called Tennessee native Justin Timberlake. With a bright idea Justin called an old friend from the Mickey Mouse Club, Maryland native, J.C. Chasez.
Going to a club Chris, J.C., and Justin met Joey soon *Nsync was formed but the guy�s soon found themselves looking for a bass voice. Researching threw his vocal coach Justin found the member they where looking for a Mississippian named Lance Bass and the group was complete. A year later the guys found themselves flying to Germany and working on their first album. Blowing up in Europe the group traveled back home to find the same fame and more, but the group soon found themselves in deep waters when they sued their former manager, Lou Pearlmen. Who�s also had trouble with other groups such as the Backstreet Boys and his-own-formed-group O-Town. After settling the lawsuit the group moved to a better label, Jive Records. Releasing their junior album, �No Strings Attached� they blew their audience away with such single�s as �Bye Bye Bye�, �It�s Gonna Be Me�, and �This I Promise You�. In early May of 2001 the group released their new single �Pop� from their senior album �Celebrity�. With this song they told off their critic�s who asked when the pop trend would end. By saying thing�s like, �Sick and tired of all these people talking about what�s the deal with this pop life and when is gonna fade out...think you gotta realize what we�re doin� is not a trend we got the gift of melody and we�re gonna bring it till the end...� With a new single and a new album due out in July, the group went out on tour. In the begging of July J.C. Chasez was the first of the group to get married. He married long time girlfriend, Johanna Star, who was a college student in Florida, but tragedy soon struck the new newly wed and *Nsync. New-wife Johanna woke up to her husband half-dead in their bed. When they finally reached the hospital her husband had become the late J.C. Chasez.
�J.C., never got to see his daughter,� Lance said.
A month after his friend�s death the guy�s got news from Johanna that she was a month pregnant with JC�s child. Johanna was grief struck during the time of her pregnancy says, �I don�t think I could have made it threw the whole thing without the guy�s.�
Knowing this the remaining guy�s of *Nsync helped their best friend�s wife and their close friend threw everything. Helping each other like a family the guy�s and Johanna beat the their emotions and the rumor�s flying around that they�d broken up and in May of 2002, Justine Heather Chasez was born. The guy�s wouldn�t leave Johanna to be a single mom; they had gone threw enough. Not knowing that something was going on with Lance and Johanna.
During the time of Johanna�s pregnancy she had been staying with Lance Bass the second youngest of the group at his Florida based home only a couple of miles away from the Chasez residence. The two began getting closer then they expected. When Justine was born Lance became the father figure in her life and when she turned 2 1/2 Justine soon found her �father� and mother getting married.
Even now the guy�s deal with the death of their friend, group mate, and brother. Also betting the odds and sticking together the guy�s have released 4 albums since JC�s death. Working on a new album, again dedicated to the late J.C. Chasez called �Rain� with song�s such as; �Nothing�s the Same Without You�, �Big Daddy�, �Emotions�, and duet with Johanna Chasez-Bass called �Night�.
Johanna has married again she hasn�t forgotten her late husband and when she married again she only kept his last name and added her new husband�s onto it. Their daughter Justine �has turned out like her late father. She�s started to sing and dance just like him,� Justin told them.
Justine refers to the guy�s except for Lance as her uncle�s. �Lance she calls her daddy,� Joey tells us.
Threw hard time�s and good time�s this group has always come out on top. Leaving the world breathless with their music, their strength, and their ability to still have fun. We�ll one of their own look�s down on them It�s no wonder the group has become a legend all their own.
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Editors: Cindy and Kara