Group wins magazine's first annual boy band
smackdown
PARADE
With more than 800,000 votes cast, Big Time Rush has been declared the winner of
PARADE magazine's first annual boy band smackdown, and appear on the cover of
Sunday's 8/5 issue. Runners-up were British band One Direction.
Writer Connie Schultz visited with Nickelodeon's boy band -- Kendall Schmidt,
21, Logan Henderson, 22, Carlos Pena Jr., 22 and James Maslow, 22 -- and
discovered that behind the throngs of hyperventilating girls is a group of
twentysomething pop singers who appreciate every fan.
Read the full interview in this Sunday's issue of PARADE.
When asked if they like each other as much as it seems, they light up like
fireflies. Logan: "Yeah We argue like brothers, but we love each other."
It was the band members themselves who came up with the name Big Time Rush,
or BTR to fans. Logan: "[Nickelodeon] had Go Big Time, but we couldn't stand
it."
They're serious about their music; like prefab boy bands before them,
they're learning to exercise creative control. They cowrote eight of the
songs on Elevate.
James: "The second time around we were like, 'This is
our band. We should be contributing to what it is.'"
Kendall: "We also
decided, 'Hey, we're grown men. We can pick out our own shoes for the
cover.'"
And they take special care with their fans. They know what it feels like to
be treated badly by someone they admire.
Kendall: "How many artists have
you seen just walk away and act like it's not important?"
Carlos: "I hate
meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it."
James: "Yeah.
They act like they're better, and nobody's better than somebody else. By all
means, we're not perfect, but I think the least we can do for our fans is be
nice."
Logan: "For us to even say hi to someone, to change their day
around or change something inside of them--that's a pretty cool feeling."
Read the full interview in this Sunday's issue of PARADE.
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