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Boy Bands: The Way They Were
Let's go back to a simpler time: when bandannas were bedazzled, tribal tattoos were hot, and boy bands ruled the world
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Updated: Tuesday May 29, 2012 | 11:00 AM EDT By: Kiran "K-Hizzle" Hefa and Cara "C-money" Shultz
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5IVE
Who? Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown, Abs Breen and Sean Conlon
Known for: bringing the U.K.'s burgeoning boy band fever Stateside in 1998 with their Top 10 single, "When the Lights Go Out."
5ive enjoyed a brief – but bright – moment in the spotlight in 1998 when they scored a pop hit with "When the Lights Go Out." Fickle fans soon fell for U.S.-bred boy banders, but they'll always have the NBA: their single, "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" – seriously – was chosen as one of the NBA's theme songs.
