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Book with same title

I did a search on Amazon, and I can't find a Shel Silvestein book of poems entitled "New Kids On The Block", but anyway, if you think it's worthy of a Wikipedia article well and good. However, it means we have a name clash. I guess we should create an article that contains pointers to "New Kids On The Block band" and "New Kids On The Block book". Is that OK? --Robert Merkel

-its actually called "the new kid on the block" and it was written by jack prelutsky. easy mix-up since it was similar to shel's style. it was a pretty cool book. hope this helpsWhitey138 18:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

== Read this ==new kieds on the block so swem the sons

Hey girls, I know Pinkadelica who removed it meant well, but I'm a NKOTB fan too, I was the one who added the info about the American Music Awards, but I saw you removed the unexplained changes I added, I guess I should've explained it, I corrected the info about Joey Mcintyre's first album, because it was certified Platinum since then, not just Gold, also the New Kids are trying to like get away from Maurice Starr's "puppet masketeers" image, that's why i removed Maurice Starr from the top of the article to give more credit to the new kids themselves, because you know when people in the media read their wikipedia, maurice starr's name is gonna be up there on the top again, and it could spur their anti-new kids manufactured thing, you know what i'm sayin, if we remove maurice starr from at least the top of the article, then it gives more credit to the guys, well anyway, go New Kids, love to all the blockheads!

Two Thumbs Down

Somebody with NKOTB knowledge please pretty-fy this page? It breaks my heart to see such an unattractive Wiki page devoted to my favourite 80s boy band. 24.215.63.110 04:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]


I'm aginst the merge. I can write Danny's article. I was a big blockhead back in the day and collected articles for years after they disbanded. I think if the other four members have their own article, Danny should too. I'll have it done by 4/1/06. G312 19:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

With their first 9 singles reaching the top ten in 1988-1990, it is hard to disrespect NKOTB. Compared to the Backstreet Boys, NKOTB experienced greater success in the U.S. because the Backstreet Boys never had a #1 single in the U.S. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.29.149.88 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 11 August 2006.

Good point, User:70.29.149.88. They did sell out more concerts than Backstreet and NSYNC, and they had nine singles in the top ten over a two year period. That cannot be considered a failure. Their albums sold well: the self-titled one sold well after the second album (nearly 10 million, 8 million in US and 2 million overseas), Hanging Tough, MMXmas, Step by Step, and No More Games all sold very well. Face the Music did become a critical success, if not commercially. Overall, NKOTB were the boy band of the 80s. --Jonathan.Bruce June 7 2007, 09:42 PM (UTC)

im a bit of a fan of both NKOTB and BSB but i gotta disagree that NKOTB are the boy band of the 20th century, just because an artist has more success in the US than someone else dont mean nothing, BSB never really experienced the backlash and have never really released an unsuccesful album, apart from there first which wasnt even released in the US. So there story is kinda similar to NKOTB but BSB's two most unsuccesful albums sold like 6 and 13 million copies worldwide, while there most succesful has sold close to 30 million copies, aswell as that they completed the successful Never Gone tour last year which was an arena tour, this was like NKOTB during a time were pop music and boybands weren't the cool thing, unlike NKOTB though who ended up in theatres and having to cancel the tour. So NKOTB boyband of the 20th century, i think not


Actually NKOTB were the boy band of the 20th century BSB more like 21 century, NKOTB knew when to stop by BSB has released to albums and had little succes the most recent sold about 100,000+ and i am not lying. NKOTB most recent sold that many in a week. backstreet boys came during the time when the music business was selling records like crazy, NKOTB did good for the 80s when record sales weren't that good.

This page is clearly written by their fans. I don't see it mentioning about their recent failures: angry fans in their cruise, Full Service concert cancellations, and poor Casio tour reviews on Ticket Master. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meg74 (talk • contribs) 17:17, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Former Yugoslavia

Back in the 80's some girl told me that one member of NKOTB had roots from Yugoslavia. Anyone that can confirm? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.187.201.102 (talk) 14:22, 16 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

NKOTB - Danny Wood Interview

Njs4ever.com scored an interview with Danny Wood in the summer of 2007 -- it's over an hour long and on YouTube, but I have also created a "Pop Stand" page to serve as an easy place to find it. It's VERY candid, and very informative, and frankly, I'm not understanding why its inclusion on the NKOTB wikipedia page is being deemed "irrelevant" or inappropriate since reunion talk is discussed, before ANYONE was even thinking about it in 2007 (besides the reunion attempts by MTV and the Bands Reunited series). I will be adding it back on....if you have questions, please reach out to me directly. Just click "contact" on the website's side bar. Thank you.

Andrew Knyte

Wasn't there a cartoon of them?

I seem to remember an episode where they were singing and dancing (in cartoon form) around a fountain. Am I crazy?

Nope. It did exist, but it wuz cancelled after 13 episodes. One of them's on youtube, called Sheik of my Dreams. Check it out.

Danny Wood's audience

Danny Wood performed before "10 paid attendees" ? Is that some kind of joke?

The images

There is an ongoing dispute over the fair-use images that are currently in this article. I don't see the need for so many fair-use images here, but whenever I've removed them, I've found that they've been restored (see edits like this and this). I admit I'm no expert with images, but from my understanding of the image policy, these images shouldn't be here under at least 3 counts:

1. None of them have a fair-use rationale for this article.

2. They appear to be used to "decorate" the article rather than to educate the reader.

3. There is no need for excess fair-use images in an article.

I do not think that these images are appropriate, but can we discuss this rather than revert-war over the images? Acalamari 19:35, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree- I would like to say that I am fairly experienced with images, and their use here is completely excessive. I am going to remove them now, and I request that others do not. Even if you disagree with our (standard) interpretation of the non-free content criteria, at least respect that we should err on the side of caution until we have discussed it. J Milburn (talk) 20:11, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]


So how do you explain the Backstreet Boys have the same thing on their article and other popbands? And they have the exact same license as this one? (Fadiga09 (talk) 21:49, 31 July 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Most likely because someone who is experienced with images hasn't recently viewed those articles and removed the images in question. The fact that there are images incorrectly used in other articles doesn't mean it's okay to use them incorrectly in this one. As with this page, those will need to be sorted out as well. Acalamari 21:59, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(ec)Because other editors have made the same mistake? I am happy to remove misused images where ever I find them- I will look into the Backstreet Boys now. In any case, if you accept 'this other article has it!' as a valid argument, then I am sure I could find more articles that don't have images like this. Maybe if you started pointing at featured articles/lists that abuse non-free images we could talk- until then, no. J Milburn (talk) 22:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Edits

Someone keeps on editing my edits. I was just trying to clean up the article. -XYZ1003

I don't usually edit articles nor do I know the codes, but um, I'm guessing this sentence is not supposed to be there "In April 1986,ashley is their biggest fan."


"Big Girl Now" feat 'Lady Gaga' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.60.100.187 (talk) 18:11, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Glover

'Kim Glover' redirects here but there's no mention of her on this page. Please could someone who knows about her either add some information or delete the redirect, as it's not helpful at the moment. Jammycaketin (talk) 18:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone added a statement that NKOTB had been managed by Kim Glover and Dick Scott. I removed it because the reference did not support it, but added it back when I found a couple of other sources. I don't have time to add them in properly right now, but they are below if anyone wants to go for it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/manager/underthegrill/page1.shtml (Kim Glover)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970764-3,00.html (Dick Scott)
I also think maybe their names should not be links, if "Kim Glover" redirects back to this page, and the particular "Dick Scott" who managed them does not seem to have a page. Also, not sure who manages them now but the distinction should be made that this was back in the '80s/90's. --Susan118 (talk) 17:11, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why I can't seem to remove the "Kim Glover" redirect. I removed the link but anyone searching for her will still get this page. It looks like she managed several bands/singers including Tiffany, according to other articles on Wikipedia at least, so it as not as though NKOTB was her whole life. If someone else can remove the redirect, that would be great. --Susan118 (talk) 14:35, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the Kim Glover redirect and attempted to create an article on her. It's fairly skimpy but somehow managed to not get tagged for deletion. Hopefully someone with more knowledge and interest in the topic can expand it. --Susan118 (talk) 01:15, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Full Service Tour

My first instinct on seeing the "Full Service Tour" information added was the same as that of the person that removed the info, that it wasn't a separate tour. However, if you read the source cited, it states:

"The Full Service Tour kicks off May 28 in Atlanta and makes stops all across the U.S., wrapping up July 18 in the Woodlands, Texas. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday." (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1608119/20090330/new_kids_on_the_block.jhtml)

So clearly it is a separate tour; maybe there is no break between the tours, but they are still separate. --Susan118 (talk) 04:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Take That"

I'm removing the recently added section about British boy band Take That because 1)It doesn't have anything to do with NKOTB, 2)No references, and 3)Even if it was relevant, it shouldn't be in the lead section. Please feel free to discuss if you disagree. --Susan118 talk 22:03, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Red Boulders

One Day Jacob Ulery Wanted To Start A Band. So He Called His Friend Trevor Jude, To See If He Wanted To Join, He Said Yes. So , A Few Days After That He Called His Friend Wesley Dendinger, To See If He Wanted To Join, He Said Yes, Too. So On Jacob's First Day of 5th Grade, He Made A Friend, Luke Jenkins. So When They All Got Together They Made Up A Band Name: The Red Boulders. So Then Jacob Came Up With A Song Called: My Love For You. They Practiced And Practiced. So Then Jacob and Luke Found Out At School That There Was A Talent Show Coming Up In April, 2010. So Then Jacob and Luke Were In Jacob's Room and They Came Up With Another Song Called: I Want You Back. Jacob and Luke Practice That Every Time They Go Over To Each Other's House. That's The Song They Will Perform For The Talent Show maybe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.25.62.12 (talk) 17:06, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Kids; Dutch series

There is a Dutch TV series that's called New Kids on the Block; after the first two seasons abbreviated to New Kids (Dutch Wikipedia page). It's currently being broadcast by Comedy Central and is starting to get quite popular in other countries as well, especially in Sweden and Germany (German Wikipedia page). DJ Paul Elstak created a song for the New Kids Turbo movie that'll be released in about a week (IMDb, Dutch Wikipedia page). The series is named after the American boy band. --82.171.70.54 (talk) 23:16, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Boy Band?

I left the lede alone, and I know they were very young when they started out, but is "boy band" actually the best term to characterize a vocal group made up of men in their late 40s and early 50s? Timothy Horrigan (talk) 12:39, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Awards section

I know Backstreet Boys have been active for longer and that might explain a page dedicated only to their awards.

I refuse to believe NKOTB have so few awards in comparison.

Can anyone tell if there is nothing else for NKOTB?

George Rodney Maruri Game (talk) 03:36, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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