My first Backstreet Boys memory is when I first their Get Down music video. There was no internet back then in the Philippines, so the only way for me to get information(s) about then was going to the local school supply store where they also sell a magazine with song lyrics in it. I would save my allowance to buy the magazine just so I can read it up about them. I have to say, it was so worth it, because I never did imagine I will be able to have the experiences I had ( have ) with them years later.

It was 1997 and I was channel surfing. I ended up on VH1 and all of a sudden I see wet shirts, abs, and dudes in the rain. I immediately called my friend so she could turn her TV to the same channel and watch the hotness on the screen. The song was catchy and I waited until the end of the video to see what group this was because I was in LOVE! Turned out to be the Backstreet Boys with Quit Playing Games With My Heart. Got the album soon after and still in love.

My first memory is July 18th 1998. My best friend called asking if I would go to a Backstreet Boys concert with her that night. I didn't know what a Backstreet Boy was. I wanted to spend time with her and I'd never been to a concert before so it seemed like a good idea.... whoever these dudes were. Off I went a few hours later, completely oblivious to the fact that my life would be forever changed that night. The show, of course, was entrancing. I stayed up all night writing them letters to express how amazed I was. The next day my cousin (who has recently passed away) saw how much fun I had and she surprised me with a trip to the store to buy every magazine they had. Together, we plastered my bedroom walls and got in big trouble with my mom! Best 24 hours of my childhood!

My 1st memory of backstreet boys was seeing them on a UK television programme called smash hits poll winner party in 1995 I would have been 15yrs old then. They won an award for the best new tour act from what I can remember they sang I'll never break your heart and it stayed in my head. My 2nd memory was my best friend lending me a cassette tape (Yes a cassette tape) of we've got it going on which I couldn't stop listening too. I first saw them live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on the 19th of November 1996.

What's your first memory of the Backstreet Boys?
My first memory of BSB was when I was when I was in grade 6, age 11. There used to be a show that came on every Friday night called the Hit List, where they'd play the top 20 music videos that were popular, have celebrity interviews, etc. I can recall watching and seeing We've Got it Going On come on for the first time. By mid song I was bopping my head along and smiling like a fool every time "the guy with the glasses" came back into view. I can remember having the song stuck in my head all week and asking my mom to take me to HMV so I can get their cassette tape. It was a done deal from then. Every week I would watch, waiting for my boys to come on and having screaming fits every time their songs would get to number 1. Twenty two years later, I still scream like a little girl every time I hear my boys on the radio and still smile like a fool every time I see AJ a.k.a "the guy with the glasses."