NSYNC or NSUCK?

Here's what artists and other notable people in the entertainment industry have to say about NSYNC. This page is kind of biased right now. I know there are more negative comments than I have on this page. :P It's so hard to find any of the negative comments about the guys.
 

THE GOOD

Steve Harwell from Smash Mouth
"Of all the pop bands out there that are really, truly pop, they are the most talented group of guys I've ever seen."

Art Garfunkel, one of the greatest voices of his generation, said this in a recent interview:
"When you're talking about 'N Sync, I think you're talking about singers who are quite good. I think 'N Sync will have a future that goes beyond kids music."

Darren Hayes, lead singer for Savage Garden, posted this on the official Savage Garden message board:
"Caught up with my fave NSyncher Joey in NYC. He's so cool. What a great show."

Aaron Carter's thoughts on NSYNC.
"I'm not even a fan of Backstreet Boys...I'm sorry. I'm sorry Nick, Brian and the other guys. Actually you know what. If I said this it would be really upsetting but I'm a fan of 'Nsync. I like 'Nsync. You know.. I just like their music a lot more..It's just funner to listen to. The only Backstreet music I like.. Their music now has achieved more older audience so it's like the younger kids are just like wow.. and it's like 'Mom you can listen to this, I'm going to go listen to 'Nsync'"

Innosense's Danay comments on NSYNC in an interview from Popstar Magazine
Q: What did u think about the NSA record?
A: Well, I cried when I heard that they succeeded so well in breaking the mark that they were after. And I bought 5 CDS to try to help. We're really excited that we do have a connection to nsync. I'm actually very proud to say that with them, the fact that they were so significant in the beginnings of our group with their music and examples.

Nick Lachey of 98 degrees mentions NSYNC in his thank you's in the album cover of 98 Degrees' cd, Revelation.
"A big shout out to 'NSYNC-it's been awesome to watch you guys rise to the top. No one deserves it more!"

Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees
We've been good friends since we went on tour with *NSYNC about a year and a half ago. They're very down-to-earth, very talented guys."

Moby on NSYNC's POPODYSSEY tour
(taken from www.moby.com)
"There are some things that I should probably keep to myself...like the fact that I went to see *NSYNC last night at Giants stadium. I went for the same reason that my father went to see the Beatles at Shea stadium in 1964, to see the teen-pop phenomenon up close. And what a phenomenon it was...I have to say that the *NSYNC concert was one of the most technically impressive shows that I've ever seen. They must have a lot of money to play around with, cos the production for this one show was probably more than the gross national product of Malaysia. And, to their credit, their show was actually very smart and funny. I was impressed. I'm not going to run out and buy their records, but the show was really impressive. And now I can say that I've seen 60,000 13 year old girls screaming in unison at the top of their lungs, which was very interesting."

Michael Jackson
"Thanks to *NSYNC. I am so honored to call you guys my friends. You are so talented."

Janet Jackson
"*NSYNC are good dancers."

Sandra Bullock
"I love *NSYNC! They're so cute! They charge me up hormonally. I swear when they get on stage, I'm going to get on my chair and scream like the teenage girls in the stands."

Boyz II Men
"We enjoy *N SYNC they're very talented and can sing live very well. They are true entertainers and performers. But the other groups are dookie. BSB are ok on their records, but not good live. Only 2 guys from 98 Degrees can really sing, but they're our label mates, so we gotta be kind."

Melissa from Real World: New Orleans
Melissa: It's the weirdest thing to meet celebrities and they freak on you. Like Ray, the MTV VJ Raymond, he called me. I don't care though. I'm trying to milk this and straight up meet Justin from *NSYNC because I love him.
Interviewer: I hear he's with Britney though, are you going to try to steal him away?
Melissa: He is. But I love him so much more. And I don't think he understands how much I love him. *NSYNC is black! Have you heard that album?
Interviewer: I haven't heard the whole album, no.
Melissa: That @#%$ is like watered down Boyz II Men. It's good!
Interviewer: I love *NSYNC. Believe me, I'm no snob about that. People say they don't listen to "Bye Bye Bye". Whatever! You love it. It's a good song.
Melissa: I missed the whole *NSYNC revolution because I was filming the show and I couldn't watch. Don't you know, when I got home, I watched everything I could watch.

Dream
Diana Ortiz: "I think what hit us the most was when we were on the *NSYNC tour. Those guys inspire us so much. Because we see how hard they work, and we want to work just as hard, have just what they have. But they worked their butts off; it wasn't just handed to them on a gold platter. And I remember it was the first night we saw their performance, all of us were like, "We want that." We want to have that. And they are so happy and so humble, and so grounded. And that's something we really look up to, and we are really going to work hard together to get that."
Melissa Schuman: "One thing I remember *NSYNC went through at the beginning -- There was the Backstreet Boys, and then there was *NSYNC. And the Backstreet Boys were, at the beginning, bigger than *NSYNC, and what I think is kind of cool is that [*NSYNC] have kind of proven them wrong. They said, 'Oh really?' and they went and did their thing and have separated [themselves] from a lot of the boy bands which are out there right now; which I think is cool."

Darren Henson (one of *NSYNC's choreographers)
"I have so much fun with the people I work with, it’s really hard to pick. I will say that the guys of *NSYNC were like brothers to me. We hung out a lot and really had a great time."

Richard Marx
"I got a call last summer to write a song for the group. I had a song going that I thought would be good for them, so I did a home demo that geared toward their sound. A week later I was told they loved the song but that it would be produced by one of their regular producers from the last album. The next day, I got the call that the guys had personally requested that I produce it myself. Soon thereafter I flew to LA where I cut the track with keyboard programmer C.J. Vanston and guitarist Michael Thompson, then we waited for a hole in the group's schedule (not an easy task) and I flew to Orlando to record their vocals. I hadn't met them, and really wasn't even sure who was who. By the end of the first night, the vocals were done. These guys sing so well and are such studio pros that it was a walk in the park. Justin ended up asking to stay behind and just sing the song over and over for fun. So he and I did that until 2am. When we weren't working on vocals, we were laughing hysterically at each other. Lots of recreating scenes from Mike Myers' So I Married An Axe Murderer and Austin Powers. I can say, without hesitation, that working with them was the most pleasurable experience I've ever had as a producer. It's just a shame the sales of the new album are so dismal."

Destiny's Child
[Beyonce talking about how they felt when *NSYNC wanted to tour with them]:"We heard them say that on the radio, and we started screaming. They're cool guys, and they are so hot right now. I'm glad they like our music, because we really love everything about them. They have great harmonies and put on such an amazing show."

Joe
"This is the first collaboration that I've done for my [own] record and I'm pretty excited about that. And the guys were so easy to work with, so professional. I mean, they came in and they stayed until it was finished. They got out of the studio at about four o'clock in the morning."

Fred Durst
"I think those guys are talented - I have nothing against them," Fred said of 'N Sync at the IAM.com party at Quixote Studios, adding, "I actually think they're better than Backstreet." Would he want to collaborate with the dudes perhaps? "You never know. I wouldn't count anything out in this business."

Gloria Estefan
"*NSYNC get a bum rap. People think they're not real, but they're totally real, and they work like animals. They do their own arrangements and choreography. They're young, but they've grown up in an amazingly complex world, so it's no surprise they're so mature."

Sisqo
Sisqo revealed a closet case of *NSYNC mania after winning the award for Best Hip-Hop Video ("Thong Song") at the VMA's: "I just like good music, especially when you see groups like *NSYNC that's just putting a lot of other R&B groups to shame with their dance moves and things of that nature," he said. "Plus, their musicality on the albums is really intricate. I know, in the beginning, when the whole boy band flurry came, everybody was kind of thinking it was a joke. But being a musician myself and listening to groups like *NSYNC's album and listening to all the different intricate melodies and harmonies, and music that they use, it's not a joke no more."

Kathie Lee Gifford
"*NSYNC is history in the making...I'm old enough to be their mother."

Jordan Knight
Question:Were you at this years VMA?
Jordan:No, I wish I was...I thought *NSYNC was really good.
Question:How do you feel about the boybands that are out now?
Jordan:I think they are really good. *NSYNC is kicking butt. I know them, so it makes it better.

Joey McIntyre
"All of the new groups aren't doing anything different than we were. But 'N Sync is my favorite. I look in their eyes and I see that they're at the point where they've got the world by the balls and they're having a good time. It's all about hanging onto that and seeing if you can. I actually think they can transcend the whole boy-band thing."
"When you are the biggest thing in the world, you feel like you can get away with anything, like fashion. The Backstreet Boys look like the Power Rangers and *NSYNC look like the trench-coat mafia."

Carson Daly
"I can't wait to speak to *NSYNC again, 'cause they're all like my little brothers."

Blaque
"'N Sync are like big brothers to us."
"We went on tour with 'N Sync in the spring. We're real good friends with them. We have the same management."
Shamari from Blaque:"Those boys are great. I mean, they put their energy into their show. They go home, they practice, they're talented, and they're amazing, and I can't take nothing from them. They're like brothers to us, We kick it with them on off times. And when we're not kickin' it with them, we try to see if we could reach them on their cell phones just to say hello, you know. They're amazing, we love being around 'N Sync."

Zac Hanson
"*NSYNC is like 40 [years old]. They should call themselves Man Group."
"They're doing a great job, so all the power to them!"
 

THE BAD

Sharon Corr from The Corrs
"A band that I think is really wonderful and I don't think is gonna go away--and I think they are really, really suffering because of groups like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys--is Hanson. Hanson are wonderful, wonderful musicians: the music they write together, the energy they have playing it. And I think they are really suffering because they can play, and they can write, and they can sing, and so they can't be manipulated. There is room for *NSYNC and stuff like that, but it is a pity if real music does suffer."

Jon Bon Jovi
"*NSYNC are not my cup of tea."
 

THE UGLY

Backstreet Boys
Nick Carter: "We try to be different...then all of a sudden [*NSYNC] starts following us."
Kevin Richardson: "It's like, find your own identity."

Eminem
"*NSYNC are f---in' phony...If I lose my fans 'cos they find out [I don't] like *NSYNC, I don't give a f--k."