The Beatles are NOT a Boy Band! — So Who Is?
If you're a '90s kid like myself, chances are, you spent your childhood getting your fill of so-called "boy bands." They weren't the first -- oh, hey, NKOTB -- or the last -- apparently there's something called a One Direction that's all the rage right now? -- but with groups like 98 Degrees, the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, O-Town and even the MTV-made, fake-but-not-really 2gether, the late '90s were basically the heyday of boy bands.
Or were they? After all, has anyone actually determined what, exactly, constitutes a "boy band"?
Evidently, they haven't. After Thought Catalog posted about "9 Songs That Redeem All Boy Bands," Joe DiNardo and I couldn't help but start debating...and then dragging a few Twitter followers into it, too.
What Do You Consider a "Boy Band"?
An office debate about what constitutes a boy band turned into a Twitter discussion debating the same. Many, many @replies and some yelling later, we're still no closer to figuring out the answer -- but it sure was entertaining!
Storified by Angela Stefano · Thu, Jul 05 2012 11:32:14
A flurry of @replies and some yelling later, we're not any closer to figuring out the answer to this question. So, what do you think: What makes a "boy band" a boy band?