Word: starrs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...together and said we were going to be good role models," says Donnie. "When we say no to drugs, it's from seeing people around us using them." The Kids all hail from Dorchester, a blue-collar section of Boston where the street action can run pretty heavy. Maurice Starr, 35, the drummer and producing whiz who put the Kids together in 1985, comes from neighboring Roxbury, where the streets are definitively mean. He has produced all the Kids' records, writes much of their material and commands the instrument work ("All instruments played or programmed by Maurice Starr" reads...
...Starr, who assembled the soul group New Edition (from which the superlative Bobby Brown emerged), has the musical credentials that the Kids still lack. "Our first album was a Svengali-type situation," Jordan Knight concedes. "But on the second," Jon Knight adds, "we told him stuff we wanted. We're from the streets. We like music that is funky, with heavy bass...
This week the Kids leave home (everyone still lives with his family) for a five-month tour. Starr will show up only occasionally, so the fans, Donnie thinks, will finally learn that "Danny is a great songwriter, Jordan is a great keyboardist, that I am a drummer and singer and dancer." Four years ago, Jordan auditioned for Starr and got told, "Get ready to be great. You are going to be the biggest thing in the world." Replied Jordan: "All I want is a scooter." He got his wish, and then some. Just now, the New Kids on the Block...
February 10: Welcome to Starr Rink,where Colgate has not lost a game since lastseason...
Meet the team with the fifth-place sign on its uniform. Sure, the Red Raiders are tough at their own Starr Rink, but on the road, they're a different squad...