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[[quoteright:250:[[BackstreetBoys http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BBoys.jpeg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:The Backstreet Boys are the best selling boy band of all time.]]
-> ''You thought that boy bands [[DeaderThanDisco were dead and gone]]\\
But just like cancer and AIDS we're still going strong\\
Ten million tween girls and old perverts can't be wrong!''
-->-- '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7CHfqg0wd8 The Key of Awesome]]''', a ''Music/OneDirection parody''
A very specific kind of [[FiveManBand five-man vocal group]]. Typically, you're in a '''Boy Band''' if you began recording while still in your teens; if you and your bandmates are all extremely [[PrettyBoy pretty]]; if few, if any of you, play instruments; if your boss is a large and often intimidating man; if you [[DeadHorseGenre can't get any respect]] from the Serious Music Critics; if you have a hard time [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids crossing over to an adult audience]]; and ''especially'' if the girls can't get enough of you. Can generate a PeripheryHatedom when a boy band is popular enough.
You definitely were in a Boy Band if, years and years after the fact, your fandom looks back on your early albums as an [[OldShame embarrassing phase]], GuiltyPleasure, SoBadItsGood, or (if it's old enough) {{Camp}}. Songs from said groups often qualify as SillyLoveSongs and as [[EarWorm earworms]], many of them trying to convey warm and fuzzy feelings (that sometimes [[TastesLikeDiabetes goes too far]]).
Some of the tropes and musical stylings typical to Boy Bands [[UrExample started with]] TheMonkees and several other groups of the era. ''Technically'' they could be considered boybands as well, but when most people hear "Boy Band" they tend to think of the late-80's - late-90's bands listed below. For fans of 60s pop groups such as [[Music/MichaelJackson the Jackson 5]] and TheBeatles, mentioning that said groups presaged boy band marketing in terms of having a spinoff TV show, talking with teen magazines, having [[Main/TheMerch popular lunchboxes/T-shirts/stationary/etc]], and the like sometimes triggers a BerserkButton reaction. The term "boyband" is generally reserved for groups which are assembled by a record company or other entity, whereas most bands form organically (although there are exceptions, in both directions).
At least [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike one wag]] has suggested that the real [[UrExample original Boy Band]] was Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks, both for the popularity among pre-teens and the squeaky music sound of both the real and cartoon bands.
Most Boy Bands follow a particular FiveManBand archetype, established by New Edition and NewKidsOnTheBlock, that differs from the traditional one used on this wiki. Whether or not they can actually sing matters little-- that's what AutoTune is for-- and don't get us started on whether or not they can actually play instruments. It is as follows:
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[[caption-width-right:350:One Direction; currently the most popular boy band in the world.]]
* '''The Heartthrob / Sweet One:''' The unofficial FaceOfTheBand, and the one who was put there to draw the {{Squee}} of millions of adoring teenage girls (at least, the most {{Squee}}). Most likely a former model. Is most likely to appear [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] on the posters and in photo shoots. He is also the one most likely to have a successful solo career once the group disbands. If the band gets a movie, count on him to be the protagonist.
* '''The Bad Boy / Rebel:''' The one with a rougher edge to him. He's the one wearing the black shirt and jeans or leather jacket in those videos where they're not all wearing matching clothes. If he's ''really'' edgy, he may also have a tattoo. Put in to cater to those [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys girls who want bad boys]].
* '''The Cute One:''' A second heartthrob. Less sexually threatening than the Sweet One, and often meant as a foil to the Bad Boy.
* '''The Older Brother:''' A cool, reassuring figure that the girls can relate to.
* '''The Shy One:''' Nerdier than the rest of the band. He's cast because NerdsAreSexy. May come off as wondering what the hell he's doing in the band in the first place.
In the examples below, you'll notice very few black R&B groups are included such as Jodeci or Blackstreet[[note]]It's worth pointing out that they predate the Backstreet Boys by several years. But after the latter group's success, they started stylizing their name as "[=BLACKstreet=]".[[/note]], despite having similar appeal. This is because they generally don't fit the mold of a boy band: they're more likely to form among themselves, less likely to follow the Five Man Band archetype as explained above, and are more likely to have rougher edges (Parental Advisory stickers are not unheard of), making them ''slightly'' more appealing to males.
Although they are not very famous outside Asia, Japan has been creating boy bands since TheSeventies. The most notable boy band factory is [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Johnny's Jimusho]], which currently manages about ''fifteen'' boy bands. Today Johnny's bands dominate the charts, with SMAP and {{Arashi}} topping pretty much constantly. Dramas that famous boyband members star in pretty much always do well, and you will see members of popular boybands on TV variety shows quite a lot. The boyband machine is so well-oiled in Japan that many of the tropes applied in the West don't function - boybands have large adult followings (usually middle-aged women) and men seem to be able to handle it, if not love it - you WILL sing A-RA-SHI many times in karaoke in mixed company, just because [[EarWorm everybody knows it]].
Lately, Korea has been getting on the action too with bands like [[DongBangShinKi DBSK]], 2PM, Music/fSHINee, Music/B2ST, U-KISS, Music/SuperJunior, etc. This goes hand in and with the general k-pop explosion of the [[TheAughts late 00s]] and [[TheNewTens the past few years]]. They're significantly more popular in the Western world than the Japanese boy bands, but are still nobodies relative to the Anglophone groups.
The boy band scenes are noticeably different in the US and the UK:
* In Britain, the boy band scene is much larger and it's relatively easy to get a hit. Regardless of how popular the biggest boy band at a given time was, most groups had no problem hitting the charts. Likewise, the most popular groups were able to remain successful well into their adulthood.
* In America, boy bands are not as ubiquitous and have a much shorter lifespan, usually falling into oblivion once their fans grow older. More notably, the most popular boy bands usually monopolized the market and their competition struggled very badly in their shadows. This was especially prevalent in the 2010s, when the "phenomenon" group turned out to be a British export whereas all the American groups were misfires.
Boy bands are a major source of RealPersonFic (a subgenre called bandslash), where you basically have one of two types: Female OC woos band member, or the band members woo each other. In Japan the majority of RPF {{Doujinshi}} are bandslash.
Most boy bands tend to last around five years before members are released from their contracts (or they simply expire) because something else has come along. Depending on the success of their subsequent individual projects, many [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether re-form]] 15-30 years after their heyday to cash in on their now-nostalgic original fandom - this phase can last decades. Expect at least one ReplacementGoldfish for a member who's become a successful solo artist/died young/has a non-entertainment career they don't want to walk away from for the time necessary to record an album and go on tour.
The GirlGroup is the DistaffCounterpart. Oddly enough, girl groups notably preceded boy bands by years, examples being the wildly successful [[TheSixties 60s artists]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystals The Crystals]] (of "He's a Rebel" and "Then He Kissed Me") and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las]] (of "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)").
!!Some Boy Bands of Note (in rough chronological order)
* TheMonkees: The UrExample. Better than they had to be, but still the result of a calculated marketing effort aimed squarely at Beatles fans' younger siblings. They do get credit for rebelling against their puppetmasters and achieving a degree of creative autonomy typically not seen in the boy bands of today. Unlike many later boy bands, the Monkees actually often did their own songwriting (with tunes such as "Mary, Mary", "For Pete's Sake", and "The Girl I Knew Somewhere") and have received generally positive critical reviews for many of their works.
* The Osmonds: A [[TheSeventies 1970s]] BoyBand from Provo, Utah, composed of Mormon family members (six brothers) and on occasion one sister, who were collectively renowned for their super-excellent gleaming dentition. Posterity also grants them a couple of not-bad tunes.
* The BayCityRollers: a Scottish boy band also of [[TheSeventies 1970s]], renowned for putting Edinburgh on the musical map and who throbbed adolescent female hearts throughout the UK and beyond. Popularised Royal Stuart tartan as a fashion fad among girls.
* New Edition: Remembered mostly nowadays for being [[FaceOfTheBand Bobby Brown's old band]], but they established the typical R&B-lite musical style used by boy bands ever since. They were all teenagers, all cute and wholesome (despite being from gritty [[{{Southies}} Roxbury, MA]]), and had the all-important Large Intimidating Boss.
* Menudo: Best known nowadays to non-Latin people as "Ricky Martin's Old Band" (it was much more popular in Latin America and it was the TropeMaker / TropeCodifier there). Notable because they combined this with a [[RevolvingDoorBand rotating cast]]; when you [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday turned sixteen]][[note]]this rule was terminated in 1988[[/note]], grew facial hair, or underwent a voice change, you were fired. It's also noticeable for continuing as two separate groups: ''MDO'', a direct successor that was created in 1997 and split-up in 2008, and ''El Reencuentro'' which involves some of the original founding members along with some ex-members of the band touring the world singing their old material which began in 1998 and continues to this day.
* Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock: Enormously successful in the late 80s and early 90s, [[TropeCodifier they're the group most people will think of]] when asked "Who was the first boy band?" They became bigger than New Edition by appealing to a wider audience, while New Edition mostly attracted the African-American demographic.
** It should be noted that New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys got along real well together for years and, due to that goodwill, eventually even combined into the supergroup NKOTBSB.
* Hikaru Genji was the biggest boyband managed by Johnny's from the mid eighties to mid nineties, and still have a bit of a retro fandom inside Japan.
* Music/TakeThat: Not [[TakeThat the trope]], but Robbie Williams' old band. Massive in the UK for most of the nineties, they split in 1996 but have since reformed as a "man band" with a demographic of "their existing fans, now older". They are the most successful British boy band of all time, although they will likely [[Music/OneDirection relinquish]] that title very soon.
* East 17 were marketed as "The Rolling Stones to Take That's The Beatles", with a tougher sound influenced by hip-hop. However, they were outlasted by Take That and are best known today for their biggest hit (and first ballad) "Stay Another Day".
* Boyz II Men: Took NKOTB's place in the early-to-mid 90's, but had a more traditional R&B sound, and were more of an adult band than a teen act. Directly influenced many of the bands listed below.
* Color Me Badd: Similar to the aforementioned Take That[=/=]East 17 example, this group was more or less the "edgier" alternative to Boyz II Men. While they were less successful, they performed a similar-sounding New Jack Swing style and incorporating some rapped interludes.
* The BackstreetBoys: Notable for being the first of the 90's Boy Bands to throw off previously mentioned large, intimidating boss. They're also the record holder for the most successful boy band ''ever''.
* Music/{{NSYNC}}: Originally derided for riding the coattails of the BackstreetBoys, they nonetheless proved themselves immensely popular. Their albums ''No Strings Attached'' and ''Celebrity'' hold the 1-2 spots for highest first week album sales in the US. Where Music/JustinTimberlake got his start, if you don't count ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. Ironically, his solo career has been more popular and critically loved than anything BSB or *NSYNC ever did.
** They were also famous for their self-deprecating sense of humor and self-awareness regarding their public image. They embraced parodies, be it of themselves or boy bands and teen idols in general. As noted multiple times below, they were the TropeCodifier for many of the below parodies and even participated and crafted some of their own.
* Boyzone: Irish boy band who took over from Music/TakeThat after their split and were hugely successful in the UK. Stephen Gately of the group was the first member of a really successful boy band to come out as gay, but sadly died at 33.
* Westlife: Irish group founded by the same manager as Boyzone, Louis Walsh. Also co-managed by Simon Cowell. Took over from Boyzone as top UK boy band as they started to decline. Credited by non-fans with helping to end the 1990s UK boy band boom by being so sentimental and lacking in musical or lyrical edge or sexuality that they seemed to be designed more for the '''over-sixty''' demographic than the under-sixteen.
** Which made their win at MTV's [[http://www.mtv.com/content/news/2012/boybandbattle/ Boy Band Battle]] even more baffling and earned {{Death Glare}}s from all the losing fandoms, especially since the big ones like the Jackson 5, NKOTB, Backstreet, and *NSYNC were all wiped out in the first stages.
* 5ive: Another late 90s boy band, but [[RecycledInSpace British]]. Known for being slightly edgier than a standard boy band with funk, rap and rock influences in their music. Mostly remembered by being considered the most successful British boy band in the United States until 2012 and for releasing a cover of [[{{Music/Queen}} Queen's]] "We will Rock You" which was succesful in the charts but draws very polarizing opinions to this day. Attempted to reunite twice, once in 2006 which failed, and again in 2014 with far more success. Two members have left the band, one in 2012 and another in 2014. The band has performed as a trio since.
* 98 Degrees: Notable for having four members rather than the more typical five, for being Nick Lachey's old band, and for being discovered by their label instead of assembled by it. They originally had a pure R&B sound before ExecutiveMeddling re-purposed them as a boy band.
* SMAP is the Japanese boyband that pretty much owns Japan. There was a time when Kimura Takuya, the lead singer, was said to be wanted by every woman in Japan. Just don't call them over the hill now.
* Plus One was [[ChristianRock Christian music]]'s answer to the trend. Due to the perceived need for "[[TheMoralSubstitute wholesome alternatives]]" to the then-insanely popular Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, the group had amassed a large number of fans before their debut album was even released. They had the expected five-man configuration for two albums, then two members departed and the remaining three attempted to re-brand themselves as more of a pop/rock band who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments, which only lasted for one more album before they disbanded.
* Blue: early 2000s British boy band with stronger than usual R&B influences and a multi-racial line-up. Particularly notorious for member Lee Ryan's initial reaction to a journalist when asked about 9/11 ("[[BeamMeUpScotty Who gives a fuck about New York when elephants are being killed?]]").
* This was tried a few times even in CountryMusic:
** South 65 made it to two albums but never had a hit. Lance Leslie later joined the Red Dirt band Rio Grand, but soon left it.
** Marshall Dyllon broke up after one album, although Jessie Littleton later recorded two solo pop albums as Gran Bel Fisher.
** Music/RascalFlatts was more successful in the "country boy band" motif: their debut album had them singing light, breezy up-tempos that were obviously influenced by the boy band sound. From the second album onward, two of the members began playing instruments (lead singer Gary [=LeVox=] doesn't play anything) and abandoning their boy band influences for more mainstream country-pop.
* Music/{{Busted}} were a British trio from the early 2000s that tried to fit in with the pop-punk fad of the time by playing (or "playing") instruments on stage and having the odd noisy guitar riff, but were still essentially a boy band. Their leading member Charlie Simpson later formed an actual hardcore punk band, Fightstar, and [[OldShame doesn't like being asked about Busted]].
* [=McFly=] (named after the character from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''), an early 2000 band, largely fitted the mold. They were considered a "brother"-group to Busted that also played instruments on stage and were inspired by [[PowerPop pop rock/power pop]] music. That the band members played their own instruments, did their own songwriting, and mentioned having contemporary rock n roll influences has brought many fans to [[InsistentTerminology strongly insist that they're not quite a 'boy band']] (many fans just don't care either way).
** In the 2010s, the members of [=McFly=] and the two members of Busted who weren't Charlie Simpson reformed jointly as a five-piece called [[PortmanteauCoupleName McBusted]].
* [=LFO=] - A PowerTrio, though they weren't even half as popular as 98 Degrees. However, they ''did'' get the all-important [[NewKidsOnTheBlock Joey McIntyre]] Elder Boy Band Statesman Seal of Approval; he had them as openers for some of his solo shows. ([=LFO=] supposedly stands for "[[BrainBleach Lyte Funky Ones]]".) They are mostly well-known today because their biggest hit "Summer Girls" has [[WordSaladLyrics some of the most random lyrics in music history]].
* [=BBMak=] was a British PowerTrio that broke a few of the BoyBand rules: Besides the aforementioned three members every single one was a classically trained musician, none of them danced, and besides playing all of their own music (and writing a good deal themselves) they often incorporated unlikely instruments such as Bagpipes, Recorders/Tin Whistles and even a Hurdy Gurdy.
* Dream Street was a ''very'' short-lived band that consisted of five ex-Broadway child stars who were young even by Boy Band standards (11-14 years old). For about a year they were hyped up on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} as the "next big thing" in television infomercials that promoted their debut album ''Dream Street'' and their only hit "It Happens Everytime". Near the end of the completion of their second album (which was made to promote a Dream Street documentary and consisted mostly of remixed songs from the first album) the boys parents took the band's managers to court, and the resulting trial ended with a judge breaking up the band for good. Dream Street's lead singer Music/JesseMccartney ended up becoming a teen idol in the mid-2000s, while the others either went back to Broadway or joined different, non-Boy Band bands.
* O-Town might be seen as the beginning of the end of the U.S. Boy Band craze. While they did have two hit songs to their name, they were put together on the reality show ''Making The Band,'' which shined a light on all the criticism of Boy Bands, especially the cry of being "generic." It was hard to argue that they were formulaic since you literally saw the group being put together by a group of record executives. (Hell, one of the members was an old friend of Lance from *NSYNC who had tried out on a whim and made the cut.)
* DongBangShinKi is a Korean boyband that was vastly popular in Asia. They're especially popular in Japan, and have recorded four albums in Japanese. They even did one of the openings for Manga/OnePiece! Recently they split up over money and contract issues, though three of the members that split off from their parent company are still going strong.
* [[http://membres.multimania.fr/wapart/histo1.jpg The World Apart]].
* [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/18583905/3T+2351360747_76e4417295_o.jpg The 3 T]] (Michael Jackson's nephews)
* Music/{{Arashi}} is what Johhny's Entertainment came up with when they realized SMAP would one day grow old, and are generally positioned at number 2 on the charts after SMAP. They are everywhere in Japan and cannot be avoided.
* TheJonasBrothers: Notable for possibly having two TV shows soon (one's a reality show, another is a DisneyChannel show). Notable also for making the fans of the above-listed Boy Bands feel very old. (''Name'' a Jonas Brother. We'll wait.)
** Leave it to ''TheOnion'' to [[http://www.theonion.com/content/video/disney_lab_unveils_its_latest take this one on.]]
** While it's pretty clear why some people would classify them as a boy band, they don't really fit the above criteria considering they are brothers (not formed by a label) and play several instruments, plus they are more like a boy-band-ish version of a typical pop rock band anyway.
** Now that NickJonas has established himself as a successful solo artist with DarkerAndEdgier songs like "Jealous" and "Chains," he at least is breaking away from the group. The others, not so much...
* Celtic Thunder is essentially Public Television's answer to the BoyBand -- too bad they're about a decade too late. Basically, they took five incredibly attractive Irish guys who could sing and range in age from about 15 to 40 in order to attract as many women as possible. Though not as well-known or well-merchandised as some of the examples above, they have a big international following.
* Series/BigTimeRush: Known as a current day version of the Monkees and Sony Music and Nickelodeon's answer to the Jonas Brothers (and later, to Allstar Weekend). They are often credited for reviving the boy band for TheNewTens and for making Music/OneDirection possible, [[FandomRivalry for better and for worse]].
* SHINee is a Korean band that debuted in 2008, sliding into the R&B/pop genre. They've started something of a fashion trend with their style of tight pants, boots, and colourful jackets.
* SuperJunior, from Korea, is known for having a grand total of fifteen members (it depends on whether you ask the purists or those who are willing to accept the Chinese sub-members). Since debuting in 2005, they have broken records and pioneered a unit system for K-pop groups, in which members of the band were put together in smaller sub-groups catering to different fanbases.
* Mindless Behavior is a boy band. Fairly different from most on the list, in that they are all black, sing RAndB / HipHop, and there's only 4 of them. They started out opening for acts like JanetJackson before releasing "Mrs. Right" in 2011.
* Music/OneDirection (1D), the biggest sensation of TheNewTes. One of many boy bands to have come out of England, they are the most globally successful, and the ''only'' one to have ever become popular in the United States. In fact, they're considered the most globally successful boy band of all time! They were 5 separate boys auditioning for TheXFactor until Simon Cowell put them together in a band. Though they finished third, they became the show's most successful act by far, actually becoming a bigger brand name than "The X-Factor". They now have a very successful album that, when it debuted in the States, went straight to #1 (they were the first British band to ever have their first album debut at number 1 in the US; and later the first band of any nationality to have their first ''three'' (and later four) albums accomplish the feat) and massive amounts of fangirls on both sides of ThePond. Their greatest accomplishment, however, was dethroning Justin Bieber as the hottest teen sensation on the planet. While they trail the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC in record sales, they're possibly bigger than they were in every other area. Unfortunately for them, they weren't able to beat the short lifespan curse their contemporaries faced (though that time on top was nevertheless a couple years longer than their predecessors). With the departure of one member, they announced a hiatus at the end of 2015 where all the members will focus on solo careers (very likely meaning a breakup).
* British-Irish group Music/TheWanted have been around for the few years; after initial success in their native UK, they're starting to enjoy Stateside success as well, thanks in part to their hit "Glad You Came" and new management in the form of [[Music/JustinBieber Scooter Braun]]. Despite (or perhaps because of) marketing to a generally older audience, they were completely outperformed by One Direction, and their international popularity quickly plummeted.
* JLS, from England; like One Direction, they rose to popularity after their season of TheXFactor. Much like 98 Degrees, though, they formed independently and initially auditioned for X Factor together. They never made any impact in the United States (or in Europe).
* Triple 8, described as "Britain's answer to *NSYNC" though they formed in 2003 when the Boy Band craze was fading away. They had two successful singles "Knockout" and "Give Me A Reason" before abruptly parting ways with the label and leaving their album unreleased. Member, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_James Iain James]], however, would become a major British songwriter who would write fantastic UK number 1 songs "Read All About It" by Professor Green featuring Emeli Sande and "Wings" by heroic GirlGroup Music/LittleMix, and... erm, Azerbijani Eurovision winner Running Scared by Ell and Nikki? Yes he wrote all those!
* D☆DATE, a Japanese BoyBand formed from members of the D-Boys acting troupe, is quite possibly the only place where you can find a [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kamen Rider]] and an [[Series/UltramanMebius Ultraman]] singing with a [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Super Sentai villain]]. (And [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg a couple of other guys]].)
* [[Music/FiveSecondsOfSummer 5 Seconds of Summer]] (5SOS) technically doesn't fit the definition of a boy band. The band was formed out of interest between friends, not by a label. Not only that, but they write their own songs and play their own instruments, something that most boy bands don't do. Nonetheless, they still warrant being an example here, due to being marketed as a boy band and being very strongly associated with Music/OneDirection (they opened for their 2013 and 2014 tours). Also, since they target the same young/teenage girl demographic that other boy bands do, have [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys photogenic appearances]], put emphasis on each member as "equals", and have heavy merchandising, they seem to be straddling a line between "boy band" and "authentic musician". 5SOS are also notable for being the only Australian "boy band" (and only the second international boy band, ''period'') to achieve popularity in the United States, and although not nearly as popular as 1D, they are easily the second-biggest boy band of their generation -- and with 1D going on a very likely breakup at the end of 2015, they'll be the only ones left.
* A Music/{{Vocaloid}} producer made [[https://www.youtube.com/user/gensoairly "Gensou Airly"]], sort of Boy Band consisting of four male Vocaloids, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Kaito]], [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Len Kagamine]], [[{{Samurai}} Gakupo Camui]] and [[HotTeacher Kiyoteru Hiyama]].
!!Boy Band Parodies
* In spite of only having three members, Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks parodied the UnbuiltTrope as far back as 1959, but especially in their 1980s and 2000s versions. The genuinely aim for the same "tween" audience.
* ''SaturdayNightLive'' did a number of sketches featuring a boy band called "Seven Degrees Celsius", in an obvious parody of 98 Degrees. In one episode, the Backstreet Boys' famous folding chairs were replaced with inflatable hippity-hops, giving a not-so-subtle impression of the band having massive testicles.
** One notable "Seven Degrees Celsius" sketch featured a boy band called No Refund, who sang in nothing but food innuendos... and were portrayed by that night's musical guests, Music/{{NSYNC}}.
** *NSYNC were apparently pretty fond of the sketch, [[http://youtu.be/173UFV-Pg1I?t=1m45s having once made a video shout out as the fictional boy band]] during one of their visits to TRL.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' gang form the band [=FingerBang=] in the episode "Something You Can Do With Your Finger". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] the FiveManBand aspect (they hold auditions for their 5th member with ''Wendy'' being selected and later [[spoiler: Mr. Marsh]] after Kenny's usual episodic death and archetypes.
* Party Posse featured the [[TheSimpsons well-known heart-throbs]] Bart Simpson, Millhouse Van Houten, Nelson Muntz, and Ralph Wiggum.
** And Music/{{NSYNC}} appeared in a cameo to [[SelfDeprecation parody themselves]].
---> '''NSYNC:''' Thrust, Spin, Turn; Pivot, Pout, Jiggy; Jiggy, Robot, Do-Si-Do...\\
'''Lance:''' And close with a ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]''.\\
''(band members jump as the camera makes a BulletTime sweep)''
* Lance Bass of Music/{{NSYNC}} pulled a truly [[Creator/AndyKaufman Andy Kaufman-esque]] stunt in 2011 when he appeared to unleash an absurd boy band called [=Heart2Heart=]. A single music video called ''Facebook Official'' was released to utter bewilderment. A quick search of the member's real names (they went by such stage names as Chad Future and Pretty Boy Pete) reveals they were in fact a cast of film and television actors. Bass later admitted it was a parody that he co-authored with singer David Lehre.
* Hilariously mocked by Music/{{Blink182}} in the video for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAEasqYox8s All The Small Things]]". It's well worth noting that many established Boy Band fans [[MisaimedFandom missed the point entirely]]. The guys were vocally alarmed to see a surge in attendance by [[{{Squee}} squealing]] teenaged girls at their concerts. They didn't mind, of course. They just hoped the fangirls were at least aware that they were also responsible for songs like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9UGQfPq-oY this]] (NotSafeForWork).
* MTV's MadeForTVMovie ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKktTRdkHW4 2ge+ her]]'' was an AffectionateParody of Boy Bands and their formation. It even spawned several TRL-popular singles. A TV series based on the movie soon followed, as well as other singles. Sadly, it was quickly canceled after the death of one of the core members, which caused many a FunnyAneurysmMoment as his [[RealLifeWritesThePlot disease was written into the story]] -- [[DudeNotFunny as a gag]].
** Amusingly, *NSYNC loved the parody and joked about wanting to collaborate with the group.
* Unsurprisingly, ProfessionalWrestling got in on the act. Wrestling/{{WCW}} faction Three Count, consisting of Shannon Moore, Shane Helms and Evan Karagias, were a parody boy band. They even had a variation of the large, intimidating boss in enforcer/#1 fan Tank Abbot.
* Japanese ProfessionalWrestling promotion Toryumon X tried this. They cast Taiji Ishimori as a pop idol and identical twin brothers Shu and Kei Sato as his backup singers. Then they pushed the trio as the top faces of the promotion, even going so far as to have them actually release an album. Fans didn't take to them. The funny part? Their rivals were "Los Salseros Japoneses" -- a salsa band. And they DID become popular, with the Salseros gimmick outlasting the promotion itself, going into Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling and Wrestling/DragonGate.
* Wrestling/{{AAA}} had "Los Spice Boys" Jimmy Boy, Billy Boy and Vangelis, though they later dropped the boy band gimmick when Vangelis left the group and was replaced by Decnis in what became Los Warriors(The now [[GratuitousNazis Nazi]]'s Vangelis's group) vs Los Barrio Boys(Decnis's group) feud.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' had Todd, Sheldon and the rest of the Boy's Choir become "Boy's Rock" when he replaced his choirmaster with a Large Intimidating Boss in an episode fairly similar to the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''TheSimpsons'' examples.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has the ''Oh Boyz' in the episode of the same title. A four-man boyband, they'd outlived their popularity (which lasted about a week)with only Ron and Rufus liking them by then. Señor Senior Snr. kidnapped them on Señor Senior Jnr.'s birthday (the plan was their safe return for Junior to be made a pop star). The kidnapping brought back their sales up and they fired their weasel of a manager once the thing blows over. (Two of the band's members were actually voiced by Lance and Joey from *NSYNC.)
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' had an episode where a washed up boy band kidnapped a "hip" boy band and stole their faces.
* ''Webcomic/AngelMoxie'' has one uses as part of Candi Shugari's (a powerful demon who mixes cute with evil) plot to eliminate Alex, Riley and Tristan.
* DavidLetterman had a parody of boy bands on with the fictitious act Fresh Step (which is actually a brand of cat litter).
* Conan O'Brien also had a fake parody band, Dudez-A-Plenti.
* ''TheMiddleman'' has an episode in which a boy band turns out to consist of aliens trying to get back to their home galaxy. The Middleman has apparently read this page, because he identifies all of them by role.
* The musical ''Theatre/AltarBoyz!'' is an AffectionateParody of boy bands and ChristianRock.
* Early in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', Tagon's Toughs are hired to guard the "[[LawyerFriendlyCameo New Sync Boys]]" -- who turn out to be the holographic creation of a single AI owned by the record company, who ends up "defecting" to the mercenary company. "Ennesby" is still a main cast member.
* The ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'' [[TheMovie movie]] featured a boy band called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ica0S13BTh4&feature=related Dujour.]] To make fun of the effeminate nature of many boy bands, their hit single was called "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Backdoor Lover]]". When they find out that their record label is putting SubliminalAdvertising into their music, their manager (who isn't a big burly dude, but is instead an evil Alan Cumming) tries to have them killed by causing their plane to crash. [[spoiler:They survive, having managed to safely land the plane on their own... only to find that they had landed in the parking lot of an arena hosting a Music/{{Metallica}} concert.]]
* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' created one out of the series PeopleInRubberSuits to sing the DoItYourselfThemeTune. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIUqtKZDJic No,]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TpzCAaK5no seriously.]]
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' and its prequel, ''GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'' feature fictional boy bands on the Lips 106 radio station with hilarious names.
* In (of all things) ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', boy band Binky is not real... sort of. In concerts, holograms are used in concerts, somehow, without anyone noticing at all. Which kind of begs the question -- who does the singing? (Though, by the sound of the only example of their music in the show, which consists of "wheeowheoowheeo" repeated over and over, it could be YokoOno.)
* MitchBenn's Boy Band song: ''Twenty minutes have gone by/since I met these other guys/and we've already had a hit/and you're listening to it/and I'm sure you think it sh-/ould be number one already''
* ''BrutalLegend'' starts off with [[Creator/JackBlack Eddie Riggs]] as a roadie for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7W864JuLsY Kabbage Boy]], a [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Second Wave of American Tween Melodic Rap Metalcore]] band that sounds like LinkinPark mixed with TheJonasBrothers. Needless to say, Eddie is far from pleased with this gig.
-->"I can fix anything. Except '''THAT'''."
* Xbox snowboard game ''Amped 3'' had an ExcusePlot that included one snowboarder joining a French-themed boy band called Mengae a Brahs. Their hit, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqNllLkBCcY Bling 4 U]], has a SubliminalSeduction twist.
* Internet parodist David Lehre's fictitious boy band Heat Street, featuring songs such as "Girl, Touch My Weiner."
* ''Sons of Provo'', which takes the Boy Band idea(using just three, instead) and mixes it with the most humorously ironic thing possible: the Latter-Day Saint lifestyle. "Evercleen", as they called themselves, managed to lampoon several things in both worlds. Well worth seeing, if only for the strange fascination of the idea of an LDS "''boy band''"--or any other religious-pop act.
** errr... think back to the 1970's and there actually ''was'' a boy-band from Provo, Utah, composed of believing LDS members. Family, too. Not ''very'' memorable, those Osmond brothers... [[SarcasmMode can't see them enduring too long or getting too many fans for anyone to want to parody...]]
** Kinda like the JonasBrothers?
* The crew of TheChasersWarOnEverything dressed up as a parody of boy band and did a live song. The song started out normally with dancing and [[strike:singing]] lipsyncing at a nice and steady pace. Then [[HilarityEnsues the music skips on a few words and starts to rewind and start over, then proceeding to speed up and slow down randomly.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb_xdL2HT-Y/ Forcing the "boy band" to improvise quickly and beautifully.]]
* The KoreanDrama Series/YouAreBeautiful, while not a parody, is basically about a made-up boyband.
* TheMidnightBeast, the heavily {{Auto Tune}}d UK comedy PowerTrio, are in their own words [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mH5epMSp4 "Just Another Boy Band"]]
* Amongst their mockery of pop culture in the late 90's and early 2000's, Jack In The Box had a fake boy band called "The Meaty Cheesy Boys" sing the praises of their Ultimate Cheeseburger. If you're curious (and goodness knows, why wouldn't you be), you can find the OFFICIAL SITE!!! [[http://www.meatycheesyboys.com/ here]].
* In the [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Celebrity Manhunt]] episode of TDA/TDWT, Justin, Trent, Cody, and Harold make up a boy-band called ''"The Drama Brothers"''. Of course, a lot of tropes are played, such as the band splitting in that same episode. The boys also reunited in the first TDWT Aftermath, under the suggestion of Blaineley.
* In Hot Chip's video for "I Feel Better", directed by [[Series/ThePeterSerafinowiczShow Peter Serafinowicz]], a bunch of UncannyValley [[PrettyBoy pretty boys]] called [[XtremeKoolLetterz Kyng, Mar'Vaine]], [[AwesomeMcCoolname Octavian and Popeye]] are attacked by a floating man with the FanNickname "Cancer Jesus", as well as a ScaryBlackMan with EyeBeams.
* In Music/JonLajoie's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr4rwb2WbE "Pop Song"]] he sort of parodies this (though it's mostly a parody of Justin Bieber).
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' has Bobby becoming a fan of a boy band, which Hank supports after hearing their supposedly clean, Christian act. Then he accompanies Bobby to a concert and is horrified to discover it's actually LyricalDissonance as their act is highly sexualized.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Can I Be Frank (With You)" thoroughly explores this through a twelve-person boyband named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Boys-12]]; specifically, they show how similar they can be through covering [[DeconstructedTrope every imaginable boyband characteristic]]:
-->'''B1''': "[[BigFun Fat boy!]]"; '''B2''': "[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Bad boy!]]"; '''B3''': "[[ForeignFanservice Japanese!]]"; '''B4''': "[[TroubledButCute My sister died.]]"; '''B5''': "[[NiceGuy I'm sweet!]]"; '''B6''': "[[FaceOfTheBand I can sing!]]"; '''B7''' "[[BlatantLies Gorgeous!]]"; '''B8''': "[[SweetPollyOliver I'm B8,]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I've got the penis of a man!]]"; '''B9''': "[[StoicWoobie My parents got divorced.]]"; '''B10''': "[[WheelchairWoobie Hypoglycemic!]]"; '''B11''': "[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs I'm grumpy.]]"; '''B12''': "[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs I'm sleepy!]]"
* ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'': DS Brooks' [[DirtyCop corrupt ex-partner]] cites the numerous favors that he did to cover him during his drinking days, apparently feeling that all this should have warranted Brooks turning a blind eye to his involvement in criminal activities, given that he then blasts him for "letting your boy-band partner come after me", (a derisive reference to the youth and good looks of [[FairCop DS Matt Devlin]])
* Less a parody, more an affectionate homage: Season 3 of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', specifically the Valentine's Day episode "Heart", saw Mario's "Let Me Love You" performed as a classic boyband routine performed in the choir room. Interestingly, the sequence involved some revision of the typical boyband tropes; though the lineup included a Heartthrob (Sam), a Bad Boy (Puck), an Older Brother (Mike), a Cute One (Kurt) and a Shy One (Artie), the leader of the group was definitely Artie - partly because the song was a step in his courtship of Sugar Motta, and partly as a reference to Creator/KevinMcHale's stint in the boyband [=NLT=].
** Also, in the third episode of the first season, "Acafellas", Will's all male a cappella group has boy band elements, and in the season 2 episode "Comeback", Sam, in order to get Quinn's attention, forms a Creator/JustinBieber one-man cover band called The Justin Bieber Experience, that expands into a full-on boyband when Artie, Mike and Puck decide tag along in order to impress their respective love interests at the time.
* Philippine gag show ''Bubble Gang'' has come up with two. The first is the Sex Balls (a parody of the Sex Bomb Girls), who made parodies of novelty songs and theme songs from TV shows. The second is D'Wonder Boys, a parody of K-pop boy bands, fawned over by fangirls who squeal at the smallest things and completely repetitive lyrics.
* Two of ''Series/HorribleHistories''' trademark music videos full-on parody this genre: 'The Four Georges', who sit under moody spotlights to sing "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=zPtYmq5qFVA Born 2 Rule]]" (and identify themselves as the sad one, the bad one, the mad one, and the fat one), and '[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueFATmD68sg The Few]]', a group of slickly-choreographed WWII RAF pilots who specifically spoof Music/TakeThat.
* The Australian comedy film ''Boytown'' is about a boy band of the same name from the 80s who, in the 2000s, decide to reform as middle-aged men. Their songs are geared towards the demographic who were teenage girls in the 80s, so their new album has titles like "Picking The Kids Up From School", "Cellulite Lady" and "Dishpan Hands".
* The UK series ''Star Stories'' contains an episode wherein boy-band West Life appear and identify as "the fat one", "the thin one", "the one losing his hair", "the cute one", and "the secretly gay one".
* Parodied in ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' with the Yama Arashi, which is a mockery of {{Arashi}}. Except they're '''porcupines'''.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has the Paisley Sideburn Brothers, a pretty obvious nod to fellow DisneyChannel-associates TheJonasBrothers.
* ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' has BBBFF, a band which Francis Sparkle is a member of. It's a pretty obvious parody of Music/{{NSYNC}}, like how the band's name is an acronym of the members' own names (Ben, Ben, Ben, Francis, and Francis).
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' features Sev'ral Timez, a boy band who came a decade too late. (The show even got Lance Bass himself voice them.) It turns out that they're actually a group of clones who their manager keeps in a giant hamster cage, and they know absolutely nothing about the outside world as a result.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' brought us [=Boyz4Now=], a group whose concert Tina dragged the entirely uninterested Louise to only for Louise to entirely fall for the Cute member of the group, Boo-Boo.
** As an entirely trivial point of interest, Kristen Schaal who voices Gravity Falls' Mabel and Bob's Burgers' Louise ended up playing two young girls going crazy for a throwback boy band almost back to back.
* The 2000 Teen Choice Awards opened with a parody of Making the Band, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwpP69zya0 starring the geriatric and aptly named Old-Town]]. Despite the name, they were more a parody of Music/{{NSYNC}}, performing a mash up of the group's songs and one member rocking Chris Kirkpatrick's infamous braids. The members of *NSYNC present for the awards loved it.
* Music/TheArrogantWorms song "Boy Band" is a parody of this.
* HowardStern's "Backside Boys" have the songs "Every Homo (Backside's Back)" and "The Gay Way" which are parodies of "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "I Want It That Way" by The BackstreetBoys.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB!'' brings us "The Sugar Boyz" A fake parody of several boy bands although they only use one repetitive hook no matter what lyrics they sing. Their career is comically ended when all four of them hit puberty onstage. This destroys their voices, fills their faces with acne and gives them crooked teeth, not to mention lots of facial hair.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' has an in universe band called "outta Sync" and another band called Graystar.
* During the 1990s British boy band boom, there was a short-lived TV sitcom called ''Boyz Unlimited'', about a parody boy band. It's chiefly notable because the writers went on to create another series called ''Series/LittleBritain''.
* In a rare combination of making fun of boybands and a defense of what society does to boy band members, [[BarenakedLadies Barenaked Ladies]] did a song called "New Kid (On The Block)" that included stanzas like this:
-->''I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sad''
-->''You see, I've got everything that I always wished I'd had''
-->''I thank my manager and I thank the screaming girls''
-->''I thank my hairdresser for giving me such beautiful curls''
** And then, this:
--> ''Now I'm a New Kid on the Block''
-->''Well I'm twenty-three and they won't let me grow up''
-->''I went down to register for the draft''
-->''Well I got up to the counter, and the lady there just laughed''
** The end of the song is [[LyricalDissonance downright disturbing.]]
-->''I'm a New Kid On The Block''
-->''And I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach''
-->''There's no need to be afraid of us''
-->''But it just might be your daughter on our bus''
* ''Film/RockOfAges'' has the [[XtremeKoolLetterz Z-Guyeezz]] ("[[CatchPhrase Double the E, double the Z, double the flava!]]"), an early (''Film/RockOfAges'' takes place in 1987) parody on boygroups, complete with ridiculously colorful and oversized clothes, and yes, complete with lip-syncing at what's supposed to be a live concert. Their manager even reminds them of shutting off their headset microphones.
* Parody artist Jon Cozart, aka WebVideo/{{Paint}}, sings about the crass marketing and eventual obsolescence of several popular boy bands in his "Boy Brand" video.
* ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' has the Monks of Valenzia, who have taken a "vow of singing" and are portrayed as a boyband. They're led by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, and the other four monks introduce themselves as "the smart one," "the cute one," "the shy one" and "the bad boy (but not so bad 'cause I'm a monk)."
* ComicBook/HowardTheDuck tackled boybands in the first issue of the MAX miniseries, when Howard's girlfriend Beverly gets a job marketing a boyband called, imaginatively, the "Backdoor Boys." She finds it suspicious that the songs (with names like "U R 4 Me," "I M 4 U (remix) and "Love Puppy") are all recorded and the bios for the band members before the actual members have been cast, but Howard mentions Music/MilliVanilli and Music/TheMonkees as examples of similar "packaging a band name for a demographic segment, Bev, it has nothing to do with actual music or atual people." Turns out that there ''is'' something more sinister going on, as the band members (A.J, B.J, T.J, J.T. and Justin) are actually clones being grown in a vat, and if one band member doesn't perform well he's killed off and replaced with an identical clone.
* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' turned the Matsuno brothers into this for an episode, complete with OtomeGame-styled visual ArtShift. The shift didn't stick for long, though, as the brothers had trouble maintaining their cool appearances while keeping their outdated comedy origins under wraps.


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Kourtney Kardashian and boyfriend Scott Disick welcomed a baby girl this Sunday. Ah, so much baby news!
Kardashian, 33, who already has two-year-old Mason with Disick, announced her pregnancy back in November. Now they're adding a baby girl named Penelope Scotland Disick to the growing clan. Mazel tov!
Pics of Penelope haven't surfaced yet, but stay tuned.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- When Spring Break is over, the end of the school year starts to get closer and doing homework sounds like less fun. But parents we have some great tips for you.
There are a few ways to help your child make the most of their last few months of school.
Missy Tubbs and Susan Southerland with Sylvan Learning Center stopped by "THV 11 News This Morning" with some great ideas.
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Anyone else want to eat a gun when they hear someone say, "real women have curves"? Not because you don't love (or even envy) women with a full shape, but because you're very much a real woman even though you have a stick-straight figure?
That's how I feel. My knees are bigger than my boobs, ladies. I have more arms and legs than I know what to do with, and my ass is so boney that it hurts to sit on anything wooden or metal for too long. One time I was walking down the street and some homeless dude hollered at me, "Wooo! There goes shorty with the 80s ass!"
You know what he meant by an 80s ass? He meant like a flat aerobics instructor ass. Okay? As if I hang out at the YMCA in stretch pants with a high cut leotard over them, an oversize top, a braided headband and my name is actually Donna. So that's where I'm at.
I think this dress that I found on ModCloth is a potential solution for me. It totally gives the appearance of curves and has a flattering waistline.
I normally steer clear of anything that's mostly white (unless it was made by Hanes, came in a five-pack and has a v-neck) because I'm a slob, but this is a dress that seems like it'd be worth acting a little bit more lady-like for.


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U.S. Venture Fund-Raising, First Half 2010
Fast Facts
Full Press Release
Venture Fund-Raising Rallies After 6-Year Low in 2009
Dow Jones LP Source: Venture Fund-Raising Up 13% in First Half of 2010;
NEW YORK – July 8, 2010 – After a difficult year of fund-raising in 2009, U.S. venture funds rallied and raised $7.5 billion for 72 funds during the first half of 2010, according to Dow Jones LP Source, an industry database that tracks private equity fund-raising. This is a 13% increase from the $6.6 billion raised for 68 funds during the same period last year, but a significant drop from just a few years ago when venture funds raised $14.2 billion during the first half of 2008.
"Venture fund-raising was driven by substantial closes by industry stalwarts and renewed interest in smaller venture funds," Jennifer Rossa, managing editor of Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst said. "Many limited partners investing in venture believe the industry has finally found a size that can work for it and that proven managers who cap their fund-raising are worth backing."
Across the U.S. private equity spectrum, which includes venture funds, 198 funds raised $45.1 billion during the first half, down 26% from the same period in 2009. See detailed PE breakout.
In venture, multi-stage funds had the strongest showing. Twenty multi-stage funds raised $4 billion, a 15% increase from the $3.4 billion invested in 24 multi-stage funds during the same period last year.
Capital raised by early-stage funds jumped 19% as 49 funds attracted $3 billion in the first half of the year.
Later-stage funds, traditionally the smallest sector for fund-raising, locked in $500 million for three funds, down 21% from the year-earlier period.
The venture industry's biggest close came from Sequoia Capital's Sequoia China Foreign Currency Fund III fund which secured $1 billion its early-stage fund during the first half of the year.
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New gadgets and gizmos aplenty are available in the MotoLady Shoppe. Namely two new iPhone/iPod cases- vintage motocross boots and an epic shot from the amazing Gregor Halenda! They're $35 and rather awesome, durable and made of good quality. • Hot Foot case• MotoGuzzi V7 Racer case• Zombie Hunter Motorcycle Girl case
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Took a tour of Touratech headquarters in Seattle today (thanks to Justin Coffey)! Bottom left photo is their first catalog (1996) versus their current catalog. Quite the difference!
The MotoLady redbubble shop is growing by the day- two iPhone cases now available (ipod, ipod touch, iphone 3, 4/4s, and 5) in two versions… salt flats and zombie hunter. Also added, two new motolady stickers! Go take a gander, you know your iphone needs new clothes!
Got this super cool iPhone case/attachment with a macro and wide angle lenses. Random motorcycle photos and @motolady instagram feed will now be so much cooler. It'll be nice to leave the giant camera set up at home every now and again, but not be totally screwed when trying to get a good shot.
A cool shot of me doing my thing yesterday during set up at the One Motorcycle Show, by JP of The Selvedge Yard. If you don't read his blog… you are missing out.
Panoramas from the One Motorcycle Show at approximately midnight. This badassery is still going on ALL weekend. It's free. It's good. Come on down!
The answer to all my Monster Project speedo problems. I have to thank my Justin for finding this on the XJ Bikes Forums. Last night I downloaded Ulysse Speedometer for my Google phone. It triangulates your position via GPS Satellite and gives you your speed in MPH, KPH, or Knots in either a classic speedo interface, or in an easy to read single HUD setting! Time, compass, average speed, time on the road, and a trip meter all on the main screen. It can also easily switch into a map mode to give you… Continue Reading »


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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - We were really excited about our guests on First @ 4 Wednesday. If you were one of the lucky ones, you may have seen the circus coming into town.
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus is here with "Built to Amaze," their 143rd edition of the Greatest Show on Earth.
Alex and Irina Emerlin joined the show with two of their performing poodles.
Click the video player above to watch the dogs show off some tricks.
The Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Built To Amaze Tour runs from Thursday, October 17 through Sunday, October 20 at the Scottrade Center.


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A Glimpse At Tomorrow's Headlines
The Wednesday Rundown
Here's a short preview of what's appearing in tomorrow's online and print edition of The Newnan Times-Herald:
-- Alvarado family overwhelmed with support after accident.
-- Update: Car in Grantville accident was not hit by train; Victim helped from car by man who was driving behind her.
-- One driver dies from injuries after Friday Hwy. 34 W. accident.
-- Stop sign added to intersection near East Coweta High.
-- One more receiving further testing for potential TB exposure.
-- Coweta School System holds information session on new state health benefit plan.
-- UWG and WGTC sign first student transfer agreement; agreement creates seamless transition from Criminal Justice to Criminology Program.
-- Newnan man injured in weekend shooting near downtown.
High School Volleyball - Sweet 16 State Playoffs: Area champion East Coweta takes on South Forsyth at home while one win away from reaching Georgia High School Association Elite 8.
Middle School Football: Coweta County Middle School Athletic League holds championship game between No. 1 Madras and No. 2 seed Lee at Northgate High.


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PIERRE, S.D. – The Pierre Lady Governor tennis team opened their season going 0 and 3 in a triangualar in Sioux Falls over the weekend. The Lady Govs dropped a 6-3 verdict to Sioux Falls Lincoln on Friday and then lost 9-0 to Sioux Falls Washington and 8-1 to Sioux Falls Roosevelt. In the match against Lincoln, Eileen Leong and Jolee Smith won at number 1 and 2 singles and they teamed to win the number 1 doubles match. And the only match the Lady Govs won in the Roosevelt match was Briana Dufour at number 6 singles. The Lady Govs travel to Rapid City Friday and Saturday. Pierre will dual Sioux Falls O'Gorman on Friday and then compete in the Rapid City Invitational tournament Friday night and Saturday.
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7 U.S. Code § 6807 - Petition and review
(a) Petition and hearing
(1) Petition
A person subject to an order may file with the Secretary a petition—
(A) stating that the order, any provision of the order, or any obligation imposed in connection with the order is not in accordance with law; and
(2) Hearing
The petitioner shall be given the opportunity for a hearing on a petition filed under paragraph (1), in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary. Any such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with section 6809 (b)(2) of this title and be held within the United States judicial district in which the residence or principal place of business of the person is located.
(b) Review
(1) Commencement of action
The district courts of the United States in any district in which a person who is a petitioner under subsection (a) of this section resides or conducts business shall have jurisdiction to review the ruling of the Secretary on the petition of the person, if a complaint requesting the review is filed not later than 20 days after the date of the entry of the ruling by the Secretary.
(2) Process
Service of process in proceedings under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
(3) Remand
If the court in a proceeding under this subsection determines that the ruling of the Secretary on the petition of the person is not in accordance with law, the court shall remand the matter to the Secretary with directions—
(c) Enforcement
The pendency of proceedings instituted under this section shall not impede, hinder, or delay the Attorney General or the Secretary from obtaining relief under section 6808 of this title.
Source(Pub. L. 103–190, § 8,Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2285.)
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How to make bird watching your new hobby
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Everyone has spent their whole lives on a planet filled with birds, but how many have actually paid attention to these amazing little creatures? Do you know the names of your neighborhood birds? Can you identify them by their songs alone? If the idea of being able to do this grabs your attention, you might be a potential bird watcher! Get started on your new pursuit by following a few simple bird watching tips.
Although many people find great pleasure in simply enjoying the antics of the birds gathered at their birdfeeder or in watching flocks as they wing through the sky, it usually does not take long before they feel they are missing something by not knowing the birds' names. This is similar to the depth of interest added when you know the names of players and a little about them while watching your favorite sporting events. Identifying birds and understanding their lifecycles, feeding habits and unique calls bumps bird watching up to a whole new level of enjoyment. Becoming an expert at identifying all the birds in your area takes years, so start with a few of the most frequently sighted and build from there. Acquire two bird identification books, one for home and one for the car, to help you learn their names and interesting facts.
While some are satisfied with hanging feeders and watching birds in their own backyards, others travel widely to find the best bird watching sites. Joining a club or searching the Internet will reveal the birding hotspots in your region. Avid birdwatchers love keeping a record of every species they have seen, so buy a special notebook and record the date, location and name of the birds you have spotted, and enjoy your new hobby!
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On an everyday basis, Afghans usually use only their first name. In formal situations, they are identified by both their first name and their father's name or family or tribe name. Western media however has mainstreamed a different picture. Due to their limited understanding and research on Afghanistan, they've concluded that most Afghans use 'one name only', read [1] & [2]. In fact Afghans prefer to have two names or two parts first name. Having one name is not considered more respectful so they'll add a subordinating noun to the name to show respect. Afghans are so used to having two names or two parts that they refer to western expats working in Afghanistan with their names plus Jan or Khan or qand, like Mike Jan, Steve Khan, Sarah Jan etc.
First name can have two or more parts but it is still considered to be one first name. For example, Ahmad Younis walade Muhammad Moqim translates to Ahmad Younis son of Muhammad Moqim. Ahmad Youness is the first name, and walade means "son of."
Male Names
Afghan names could be of Arabic origin or traditional Afghan or Pashtun origin. Names with Arabic origin can have First names composing of two parts[3], the subordinating noun (A very common name such as -Ullah, Jan, Khan, Ali, Gholam, Abdul, Mohammad, Ahmad, Din, Khan, Shah, Gul) and the proper name. A subordinating noun can take both the first position as well as the second position. The subordinating name and proper name are not related to the individual's parents or grandparents.[4], like Ahmad Khan, Ajmal Khan, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Rauf, Qudratullah, Rafiullah, Juma Gul etc. Names with Pashto origin are often first name followed by the last name which can be father's name or family or tribe name. First names are often the names of valued objects or qualities, such as Batoor, followed by the last name like Emal Wardak, Mirwais Hotak, Shapoor Zadran, Nowroz Mangal, Turyalai Zazai, Abasin Yusufzai, Sabawoon Habibi etc. The subordinating name could also be added followed by the last name, to Pashto names like Emal Khan Ahmadzai, Mirwais Jan Balkhi, etc.
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Female names like male names could be of Arabic or Pashtun origin. Both Arabic and Pashtun origin names are widely used throughout Afghanistan by all ethnicities. Pashtun names are not restricted to Pashtuns only. Most of these names end with the feminine marker "a". Some traditional Afghan girls names might also have two parts. One of the parts could "Begum", or "Khanom", or "bibi" 'lady'. Ex: "Khan Begom", "Begom Jan", "Gol Khanom", and "Bibi Gul". Most of the traditional Afghan names are nouns or adjectives that have a pleasant meaning, such as flower, moon, beauty, virtue, etc[5].
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Much has been said and written in well-deserved praise of the late Bishop John Richards.
One particular bon mot of his will go down in posterity – his insistence that every parish should become a Centre of Excellence.
It only struck me as I attended his Requiem Mass in Holy Nativity Knowle that the phrase "becoming a centre of excellence" applied aptly to Bishop John himself.
Over the past ten years we witnessed the transformation of his ministry from the uncertainty which surrounds any unprecedented venture (like the Flying Bishops) into a Centre of Excellence, focused on a man who died as he had lived – "preaching not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake", as St Paul wrote of himself and his colleagues to the Corinthians (2 Cor. 4:5).
The Bishop John Richards Appeal
Cost of Conscience has decided, with the PEVs, to set up the Bishop John Richards Memorial Appeal.
The Appeal will run for five years, to make modest grants and loans to parishes with a view to promoting their excellence in some respect. Initially these will be in the range of £50 to £200..
An example of such a grant might be the following:
A parish holds a monthly "Sunday Half Hour" hymn-service in a residential home for the severely mentally and physically disabled.
The project is well supported by members of the parish who turn up to lead both the singing and the worship but it suffers from the lack of an accompanist.
The gift of a CD-player and a set of disks No organist? No problem! which contain the accompaniment of some two hundred well-known hymns has dramatically transformed its quality. For less than £80 something of excellence has resulted.
The Fund might consider paying for speakers' expenses at a local teaching event; helping provide security equipment to enable a church to remain open on weekdays; or subsidising sending people to Pro-Life events and conferences – in particular the Rally in Trafalgar Square, London on Sunday 4th July 2004 organised by Celebration of Life.
Such we believe would have been enterprises which Bishop John himself would approve and support.
Once the Trustees have been appointed (early in the New Year) the Appeal will be launched and an announcement will appear in New Directions.
The Trustees will decide whether an application is appropriate, and, if so, how much should be given or lent.
Grants for church furnishings will lie outside the scope of the Fund. Not because they are unworthy objects in themselves but partly because other funds give generously towards such items, but chiefly because we believe that anything associated with Bishop John's name should have a certain dynamism about it – a more dynamic person than he would be hard to imagine.
Unless experience suggests to the contrary, the Fund will be wound up at the end of five years (31st December 2008) and any remaining assets disbursed at the Trustees' discretion to outstanding applicants.
So please consider encouraging those who have benefited from the excellence of Bishop John Richards' ministry to make a regular donation, however small, to the Fund; and let his name be associated with the promotion of some excellence in your parish by applying for a grant to make that possible.
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I would recommend Dynojet over other jet brands as this is not the first kit we have messed with. Bike runs much smoother now and has a noticeable power increase across most of the RPM range. Max rpm also increased by about 500. Don't drill out the slides unless you have to though. I used this kit on a 1983 Yamaha Midnight Maxim 750cc.I would recommend this item to a friend.
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great product,have used before on other bikes. makes a major improvement in performance.depending on what set up you have, quite a bit of ths kit is unused.would be nice if just a stage 3 kit was available.however exta parts can be used on something else.I would recommend this item to a friend.
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I'm no bike mechanic. I'm fairly inept at most things, in fact. I'm pretty sure I'm wearing mismatching socks. I will not take this space to complain about how the japanese motorcycle manufacturers used screws that were made out of butter on 70's and 80's bikes, I will use it to sing the praises of Dynojet, because they make a fantastic product. I've heard horror stories of plug chops and air correctors and weekends of trial and error to get "close" to perfect. With the Dynojet kit, based on my bikes current modifications, I was able to do all that trial and error in one shot. My bike has improved throttle response, increased power and oh my God that sound. I DO still have a bit of fine tuning to do, but I believe it could be ridden indefinitely as it currently sits. The one thing I would suggest, is that if you have access to one, use a drill press and some type of jig to bore out the slide lift holes as per the instructions. Doing so by hand is possible, and it's what I had to do, but you could ensure a nice, even bore with a drill press. The kit is a bit spendy, but it saves you so much in time and frustration that it is still worth the four stars, and I will buy another one when needed.I would recommend this item to a friend.
Well worth it!
After installing the kit in my bike, I gained 3000 rpm on the top end. Kit is very complete, with instructions that are very good. Would recommend this to anyone.I would recommend this item to a friend.
I am very pleased with the performance of my bike now that I have the stage 3 kit installed. It runs different and took some getting used to, but I'm happy with the outcomeI would recommend this item to a friend.
works but expensive
the xs1100 seems to be an easy bike to tune compared to newer bikes. If you don't feel like saving a lot by searching for the parts individually, then buy this kit. it works much better than stock and I still haven't synchronized the carbs yet after jetting.I would recommend this item to a friend.
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