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Rock Reality Show Recap: Sureshot To Be “Man Band” 4 Eva

Mission: Man Band tracks a reality show’s efforts to restore four former boy-banders to their chart-topping glory. RS’ Rock Reality Show Recaps track our efforts to be sympathetic to their cause. Here’s our sixth and seventh reports: One Mantastic Hour In Two Mantastic Paragraphs: From the opening scene this week, it’s clear that Mission: Man Band is taking a less comic approach. LFO’s Rich Cronin is in a hospital checking on his leukemia (which is still, luckily, in remission). The band preps for its big gig at Miami club Mansion, which includes a promotional stop at a radio station where *NSYNCer Chris Kirkpatrick calls Sureshot “a joke,” much to the chagrin of his bandmates and manager Miss Katie. During soundcheck, Kirkpatrick discovers that the mic stands he requested aren’t there and flips out. To alleviate the tension, Cronin finds out where they’re going for their pre-show dinner, rolls his eyes, points to himself and sings the line that made him famous: “Chinese food makes me sick.” Suddenly, it’s showtime. You know it’s showtime because Cronin tells the cameras he has to go “Number two, bad.” Perhaps inspired by the return of the NFL, the club false starts the intro to the song, causing the band to scramble while the crowd looks on confused like they were watching Britney Spears’ VMAs performance. Thankfully, Color Me Badd’s Bryan Abrams is shoved out onstage and somehow makes the vocal cues on time. And the show goes great, the crowd is really into the music, and VH1 even makes it a point to find the one male audience member and instantly cast him as a Sureshot fan, which will make the poor guy the punch line of many jokes today at work. The Rockin’ Struggle: Back in Orlando, Miss Katie informs Sureshot that they are going to NYC to talk to the major record companies. Cronin thanks God for letting this all happen for him. But don’t go praising the Almighty just yet, Rich. You still need to get signed to a label, and that’s the subject

Published: 2007-09-12
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock Reality Show Recaps