Chris Kirkpatrick is featured as one of the members of the cast in the VH1 reality television series Mission: Man Band. He was born on October 17, 1971 in Clarion, PA. He is most famous for being one of the founding members of pop group ’N Sync during the mid-90s, together with Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Jason Watkins, and JC Chasez. He was attracted to making melodies from early on, and after graduating from high school, he moved to Orlando, Florida in order to pursue a musical career. One of his earliest gigs was performing as part of the Hollywood High Tones at the Universal Studios theme park.
It was also during his time at Universal Studios that he met Fatone, who was likewise performing in another studio musical. But Kirkpatrick was dreaming of even greater stardom than just the stage in Orlando, and after getting to know Timberlake at the local audition scene, Kirkpatrick suggested to him the notion of forming their very own pop group. After a highly successful stint with ’N Sync that resulted in multiple platinum albums and millions of sales, Kirkpatrick became the front man for the band Little Red Monsters, which was later known as Nigel’s 11.
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