Posted October 9, 200717 yr Excerpts from the print/web article: http://wcbstv.com/entertainment/Backstreet...B.2.340784.html Last Boy Band Standing Has New CD After Weathering Many Storms, Backstreet Boys To Release New Album On Oct. 30 NEW YORK (CBS) ― Let's just get it over with and say it: "Backstreet's back - alright!" The last '90s boy band standing is releasing a new album, "Unbreakable" on Oct. 30. But the boy band label is getting harder to apply to the Backstreet Boys now that the youngest member, Nick Carter, is a 26-year-old man. But after suing their former manager, a trip to rehab, an unflattering reality show and several solo ventures, the group, now minus Kevin Richardson, is confident that it can stand the test of time. They are banking on the notion that there is a secret Backstreet fan in all of us. "I think unfortunately we just got - kind of got categorized...I think there was a time period where people, like, didn't want to say they liked us," Carter said. "I just think you just kind of got to get passed that whole stage and, you know, maybe people will start coming back around." ... "I think what has happened over the years - I think we've learned, too, and also grown. We respect each other," Brian Littrell said. "We genuinely care for one another." ... McLean said their last album "Never Gone" lacked the harmonies that were characteristic of so many of their early hits. The songs didn't lend themselves to the dancing, another talent the Backstreet Boys are known for. So this time around, expect a lot of choreography in their performances. Writer Dan Mukala worked with the band on a majority of songs but one of the most intriguing collaborations on the album is with a former rival, J.C. Chasez of 'NSync. He and McLean worked together on "Treat Me Right." "Obviously he's coming from another vocal group just like us, so he really understands the harmonies, the melodies, and the - the complex simplicity is what he had mentioned to me once while we were in the studio - of what we do," McLean said. "We told him, hey, if you want to come out for a couple shows, come on out."
