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Ashley Ward Parker Angel:The HeartThrob
BirthDate:08/1/81
HomeTown-Redding,Ca
Philosophy of Life-"It's all about the Hair"
Hair Color-Blonde
Eye Color-Blue
Zodiac Sign-Leo
Status-Single(Yea Baby!!)
Favorite TV Show-Friends, Seinfeld(very cool shows)
Music Taste-Rock
Family Members-Mom-Paula,Dad-Ronald,Brother-Taylor,
Sisters-Annie and Emily
Wears Briefs but sometimes boxers
Sleeps in-his underwear.(OH BABY!!!)
Fav.O-town song-"Love Should Be a Crime"
Spends the most time in front of the mirror,Has his hair down to a science and if he finds out their being filmed he takes even longer!(hey he has to look sexy right?)
Jacob even caught him a couple of times checking out his own ass!(Yes he has a sexy ass!)Favorite Cereal is Apple Jacks!His mom/piano teacher taught him to play the piano when he was 5 then he started singing along!!Has a dog named Chang cuz he fell asleep to the piano!Named after a star in Gone With The Wind!

Dan Mark Miller-The Outspoken Leader
BirthDate-09/04/80
HomeTown-TwinsBurg,Oh
Zodiac Sign-Virgo
Philosophy Of Life-"Its all in the timing"
Favorite Tv show-Who's Line Is It Anyways
Status-Single(oh yea!)
Family-Mom-Angela,Dad-Mark,
Brothers-Adam,and Kevin,and Sister-Allison
Music Taste-Boyz2Men
Hair Color-Light Brown
Eye Color-Blue
When not working he loves to just sit and watch tv in his boxers.(WHOA!)
He was walking down a street and a man in an apartment above yelled at him for betraying his dad and then dumped his garbage on Dan.
Favorite actress-Meg Ryan
Dan is known to be the biggest whiner of the group cuz he says what he likes and doesnt like!Wants to meet Janet Jackson cuz she is Very Talented and Beautiful!First Concert was Marky Mark&The fucky Bunch!Favorite food Is McDonalds Chicken Nuggets nad fries

CHATS!With the guys!RobertLIVE:
I am honored. I love the show. It's great to have seen how far you
guys have come. It's a little part of history for AOL that you are doing
us first. We appreciate that. Let's get right to the fan questions, if you
don't mind. Actually, what I think I'm going to do is have you each
introduce yourselves, so the transcriber can get used to you and the
AOL people can know who is talking and when. Ashley, how about
you?

Ashley Angel:
I'm Ashley Angel. I'm 18 years old. I grew up in California.

Erik Estrada:
I am Erik Estrada. I am 20 years old and born in Bronx, New York.

Trevor Penick:
I'm Trevor Penick, and I'm 20 years old. I'm from Rancho
Cucamonga, California.

Dan Miller:
I'm Dan, the newest member of O-Town. I'm 19 years old from Ohio.

RobertLIVE:
Dan, you were originally part of the first 25 that was selected?

Dan Miller:
This is true.

RobertLIVE:
For those of you who aren't that familiar with Dan, watch.

Dan Miller:
Please. Jacob is also here, too!

RobertLIVE:
We've got a little insight there. The exciting thing is that AOL teams
have been promoting your visit here today. Our first question will be
from AOL Kids: Ashley, was it weird for you to one day be going to
the mall and hanging out with your friends, and then the next thing
you know, you can't go to the mall or go anywhere because of your
fans?

Ashley Angel:
I've got to tell you the truth. I love going to the mall. I love getting
recognized. I love the fans. We don't call them fans anymore, we call
they our friends. They know too much about us to just be fans.
They've watched everything we've gone through on the show. They
know about us personally. It's like, going to the mall -- it's a blast. I
love it. I love going to the mall.

RobertLIVE:
Have your fans and family accepted your celebrity yet? Is it more
exciting for them?

O-Town:
I don't think we've accepted it yet. I don't think about celebrity,
period.

RobertLIVE:
Let's see. HoneyBuddy wants to know: Will you guys be doing any
touring in the near future?

Erik Estrada:
Hopefully we'll be doing some touring coming up soon, hopefully.
Maybe even October, we're talking. If not October, definitely early
next year for sure, definitely. We're in the process of formulating a
tour. We're going to be doing six major malls around the US, as
people get firsthand to actually see us perform, you know. We're
excited about that. That's not a major tour. It's not like a full show,
only a couple of songs.

RobertLIVE:
Erik, since you answered that question, your first performance was at
Southwest Middle School. How have you guys already progressed
from that moment, your first performance?

Trevor Penick:
Southwest was about here. Here is where we need to be, and here is
Southwest. We're probably around right here. Maybe a little higher.
No. We're not this low. We're probably 70% where we want to be. I
forgot they can't see us.

RobertLIVE:
If you could remember to make sure you say your names, that would
be great. Trevor has answered your question. Have you guys ever
thought about having girl dancers?

O-Town:
This is every day of my life. It's a really good idea. We should talk
about this, when we go on tour, having girl dancers -- dancers in the
background.

RobertLIVE:
You probably want auditions to start with a thousand possible women?
What requirements would you ask of these women?

O-Town:
That they can dance, look good. And look good while dancing.

RobertLIVE:
There you have it. Do you guys know if Mr. Lou Pearlman is going to
make a 'Making the Band' for girls?

O-Town:
I hear there is a new show coming out on another station that is for
girls. I don't know if it's already been done with or auditioned or
anything, but I know there is one starting. I don't know too many
details about that.

RobertLIVE:
Lou is spearheading that?

Trevor Penick:
I think it's already been cast. The show is going to be called 'Pop
Stars.'

RobertLIVE:
Lou is... for all of those that aren't familiar with him, which means they
haven't been watching the show, he helped find and do exactly what
he's doing with you for *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. Has he been a
real inspiration for you guys?

Ashley Angel:
Lou is totally different than you think he is. He is the biggest kid.
He's so much fun. 'Making the Band' is an incredible idea, and it was
a lot of Lou's idea.

RobertLIVE:
Why don't we take another question: Where is Ikaika? Isn't he part
of the band?

Dan Miller:
You have to keep watching the show. It all starts to play out really
soon. Actually, this Friday things will start to happen. The Friday after
that, more things will happen. You'll see why I'm here and Ikaika is
not. We'll answer your question then.

RobertLIVE:
Very good. Are you guys going to be going back to school in August?
Are you dreading it?

Trevor Penick:
I'm dreading -- not back to school, actually. We will not be attending
school this year or probably next year. We are going to be very busy
recording the album or doing shows. School had to be put on hold for
a little while. Hopefully within the near future, I and the other guys
will be able to get back to college and get our degrees.

RobertLIVE:
What do you think you are going to miss most about not being in
school?

Trevor Penick:
The little things. Walking through the halls. I was such a big fan of
school. I will miss everything about it, except for the homework.

Ashley Angel:
I just graduated high school last year. I have a lot of friends that are
seniors and juniors. I can't wait to go back in the middle of school
year and hang out at lunch.

RobertLIVE:
I am sure they are all going to love that. They would love to schedule
that with you now. "Jacob, have you ever considered piercing your
nipple? I think it would look so sexy."

Jacob Underwood:
She does have the hottest screen name. That's cool. You are a fan.
You are a friend.

RobertLIVE:
Let's not dodge the question.

Jacob Underwood:
Have I thought about it? Yes. Would I do it? No, because it hurts so
bad.

RobertLIVE:
Words from the wise. Can you give us a hint of tonight's show?

Trevor Penick:
Let's see....

RobertLIVE:
The show is on Friday nights. For those of you lucky enough to watch
this tomorrow, that would apply.

Trevor Penick:
House of... we did perform at House of Blues and we did perform in
front of a record executive and some stuff starts to happen with Dan
and whatever. Don't take what you see with me seriously. They are
both my best friends.

RobertLIVE:
Speaking of friends, Christina wants to know: Do you guys still hang
out with guys that didn't make the band?

Erik Estrada:
Yes, we do. We were recently with Bryan in New York. It's always a
good thing.

RobertLIVE:
What did you end up doing?

Erik Estrada:
Going to a club and hanging out and talking and catching up, what are
you doing? He's on his career now. This show has been nothing but a
positive launch pad for his career, along with Mike and Paul. They are
doing well. We try to talk to them as much as possible. We have a
busy schedule. It's hard for us to get to talk to our parents on a
regular basis.

RobertLIVE:
You mentioned launch pad. All I can picture is you diving off of the
stage New Year's Eve. Who was diving off the stage?

O-Town:
Jacob.

RobertLIVE:
You guys got killed by the management team after that. What were
they upset about?

Trevor Penick:
They were upset because we were supposed to be...

Ashley Angel:
We were supposed to be all casual. No one was supposed to know
who we were because the show hadn't started yet. Dan jumping off the
stage wasn't a good way to remain low-key. I talked to the people that
yelled at us that night. They were like, you know what? We
overreacted. I was like, yeah, you did. We were right. We were
having fun at 2000 New Year's.

RobertLIVE:
Let's go to the next question: Hey, guys, I love you so much. Do any
of you have AOL and would you talk to fans online? They are doing it
right now. Thank you very much, for the first time ever, if I could add
that there. Are any of you guys online?

Trevor Penick:
We all have AOL. Dan does. You do? And I do. Erik does. The four
of us do.

RobertLIVE:
What are you going to do about that next year, the rest of you have
AOL?

Trevor Penick:
I bring my laptop on the road. Sometimes we get e-mail addresses
and stuff. I do have an e-mail address, I can have people write me
stuff on that.

RobertLIVE:
Do you want people to write to you? Do you have an official O-Town
site yet?

Trevor Penick:
Me, the guys and my brother are working on that. My brother is a
computer programmer. We're getting ready to set up our own site, by
us, with new pictures and a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff and
recent news. We don't know yet. It's going to be something else.

RobertLIVE:
Maybe when we get the information, we'll post it first on AOL.

Trevor Penick:
That would be awesome. We'll let Robert post it so everybody can
know what the official site will be. You can write me. Robert is
tonight's host. :) E-mail me at nameless4tv at AOL.com.

RobertLIVE:
We appreciate that. "Hi, O-Town, I was wondering if Ashley is still
with his girlfriend, Shelley. I watched the show, but wasn't clear if they
broke up. Thanks."

Ashley Angel:
You've got to keep watching. There is more stuff with that. You've
got to keep watching.

RobertLIVE:
How many of you guys have had girl trouble since the start?

Dan Miller:
Every day.

RobertLIVE:
What was the girl trouble you had?

O-Town:
There was a girl in my life, period.

Trevor Penick:
It is hard to keep a girlfriend during this whole situation. They are far
away, you are far away from them. You are very busy. You each have
separate lives. It takes two very strong people to work it out. Lots of
times it doesn't work, only in some cases does it.

RobertLIVE:
And he is not here and no longer part of the group, but do you think
that's why Ikaika left the band?

O-Town:
Strong reasons.

RobertLIVE:
Priority is hitting the stage and music?

Trevor Penick:
Our priority is our craft and our career right now. We want to be, you
know, we want to be on top. We're going to work to get there really
hard.

RobertLIVE:
A lot of sacrifices. Do you guys ever get homesick?

Trevor Penick:
Every day. Not every day, but a lot of the times. We actually get some
breaks when we have four or five days off when we're dead and not
doing anything, where we get a chance to fly home and visit our
friends and family. That comes, you know, maybe once every two or
three months. Right in the middle of that or towards the end of that
time, I could say we all pretty much get homesick. We miss our
friends and family a lot.

RobertLIVE:
Which family member do you each miss? I know your mom has been
an inspiration for you. Your mom helped you get into the business, a
piano player. Are your moms the focus for you guys?

Trevor Penick:
My father, actually. He sacrificed so much for our family. We grew up
not very wealthy at all. He worked at least 20 hours every day. He's
done it for 35 years. He's finally getting ready to retire next year.
Hopefully sooner, if things go well.

RobertLIVE:
Very good. I hope they do. Here is another question from AOL Kids:
Where did you come up with the name O-Town? This is from Monica.

Dan Miller:
That was actually a name given to us by the fans.

RobertLIVE:
Friends.

Dan Miller:
We were in the process of filming the whole show, didn't have a name
in the show yet. The nickname for Orlando is O-Town. On our bus
and when we were shown in public appearances or when we were
doing shows, the media would hype it up as the O-Town project,
O-Town guys are spotted, O-Town boys. Just happened to be in our
first show at the House of Blues, they were chanting "O-Town." We
looked at each other and we were like, all right.

O-Town:
We're O-Town.

Dan Miller:
The fans decide.

RobertLIVE:
Friends. The friends.

Dan Miller:
The friends. The name is only something to refer to Ashley, Dan,
Erik, Trevor and Jacob, too. The music is what we are. Let the fans
decide the name and we'll come up with the music.

RobertLIVE:
Very good. Who is your favorite pop band? If you could open for
anyone on tour, who would it be?

Jacob Underwood:
We heard Jackson Five are back in the studio recording an album. It
should be done before ours. If they go on tour, when they go on tour,
that is our one request from God.

Trevor Penick:
We will beg, plead and pray.

RobertLIVE:
One of you was listening to Michael Jackson when he was signing?

Trevor Penick:
I am a die-hard Jackson fan since I was five years old. I have
everything, so much stuff in my room. That would be a dream.

RobertLIVE:
Speaking of dreams of that night when, you know, you found out you
were the final five, how crazy was that day? What happened when they
turned off the cameras?

Ashley Angel:
It was the craziest day ever, because it was so many weeks building
up to that moment. The cameras didn't go away. They filmed us for
hours after that. We didn't get a moment alone until we were lying in
bed getting ready to fall asleep. I remember thinking, what
happened? My life is totally changed. I am doing what I love to do. I
remember being so excited, you know, that I was with these guys,
that we were going to go out there and do what we love to do and try
to be successful at it.

RobertLIVE:
Just for a little insight, how long are they filming you guys every day?

Trevor Penick:
Every day from the moment we woke up until we went to bed. How
many hours?

Erik Estrada:
It was 24 hours a day. If they had the camera in the room with the
Mike, we were asleep -- and they would wait until we were asleep,
then they would go away. Then they would know when we had to get
up in the morning and would be ready an hour before we had to wake
up. They had a crew there.

RobertLIVE:
What an incredible disadvantage to celebrity. You have to not only
prove yourselves on talent, but be judged by who you are and... create
the persona with all of this stuff going on.

Ashley Angel:
That is one of the big draws of the show. You don't see us in our final
version until the very end of the episode. You know? I think people
see the finished project, you know, so much that I think it's intriguing
for them to watch when we're not in our good moments, when we're
messy and not singing on key. I think it makes us more real.
Hopefully people connect with us more. And they grow with us when
we get better.

RobertLIVE:
Absolutely.

Jacob Underwood:
People had no clue bands were bad in the beginning. When you get
put together, you don't sing off perfectly onstage and dance perfectly.
Jackson Five started off, they weren't perfect. They had to practice all
the time. They are seeing us very bad. Our Southwest Middle School
performance, that wasn't the greatest thing ever. They are going to
see us progress. That's what we like. Everybody likes the underdog.
We hope they connect with us like that.

RobertLIVE:
The songs are well received at the school, I remember that.
SchoolHTC wants to know: When does the new CD come out? Do
you know that yet?

Trevor Penick:
We don't have a release date yet. We're going to start working on it
as soon as we get off this radio tour. We're hoping for a Christmas
release.

RobertLIVE:
How many songs do you think you will have on that?

O-Town:
Probably 12. We don't know.

RobertLIVE:
What is the song you guys all connect with the most, do you think?

O-Town:
It's actually a song they are going to see on the show you haven't
heard yet, called "Say Say." It's a song we write as a group. All of us
participated on it. You've got to watch to see that. It's a good song.
We're pushing to get it on the album. It means a lot, because it's the
first song we wrote.

RobertLIVE:
I wish we could hear it right now.

O-Town:
No.

RobertLIVE:
What is Lou really like? Is he really involved in the band? For the
people who aren't watching that episode, can you give us insight into
the boat thing?

Dan Miller:
We took a little trip on the boat and ended up getting to rehearsal
real late. We were admonished for it. It was our fault.

RobertLIVE:
It was like a lesson. It was all planned out. They totally did this on
purpose to see if you guys would fall for it.

O-Town:
Lou just likes that boat. He loves to be around us. He is highly
involved with the project and involved with us and involved with the
criteria. He is hands-on. He is just with us here where we are right
now. We're on a four-city radio tour right now, at the moment. He
tries to make it to as many locations as possible.

RobertLIVE:
How did you get on the Pokemon soundtrack? So many people are
going to buy this soundtrack. That must have been great.

Trevor Penick:
It was a friend of Lou's at Atlantic Records [who] knew about the
opportunity. Lou said, hey, we've got O-Town. They would love to do
something like that. We said it was a great song, hey, let's do it. It's a
good opportunity.

Dan Miller:
We're proud of this song. "All For Love" and "Baby I Would" are
great songs. They are early O-Town. "One Heart" is O-Town as a
whole.

O-Town:
We're not O-Town without Dan. Now that Dan was involved with the
song, I think we feel closer to that song now. We're really proud of it.

RobertLIVE:
Was Dan one of the original 25 who tried out? And can you tell us
more about Dan? Dan, don't we hear from you? Who and what and
how? Who are you?

Dan Miller:
I am not good talking by myself. I was one of the members of the top
25. I was on the first episode a little bit. I got a cameo appearance in
there. I am from Twin River, Ohio. I apparently made a good
impression on them. When things happened with Ikaika, I was
fortunate enough I stuck in their brains and they wanted me back. I
can't tell you too much. You've got to keep watching. The show will
tell a lot. I don't like to talk by myself a lot.

RobertLIVE:
Did you have to work, like, around the clock to catch up with the
routines and with all that stuff? Did you have much more work to do
because of this?

Dan Miller:
Of course. Beyond working on the material, I was worried about
working on bonding with the guys, because that's probably the
hardest thing is making sure, you know, I grow as a brother between
these guys, not only as a band member. So when I came in, the
dancing and singing, that was going to happen, you know, because I
was going to work at it. The other stuff that was the hardest, making
sure I didn't offend them or they liked me enough to keep me around.
That's about it.

RobertLIVE:
Excellent. I am sure you will be around for a long time. "Hi, my name
is Ashley. When are you going to make a video for your single 'All
For Love'?"

Jacob Underwood:
"All For Love" wasn't our single, it was a song for the show we
recorded. It was kind of to help us decide who was going to make the
final five, who would blend well on the recording, who was good in the
studio. It was part of the competition, and it's just for the show. We're
not doing a video or releasing it as a single.

RobertLIVE:
It's such a good song. You guys do such a great job with it.

Trevor Penick:
We want to come out with something different no one else has really
heard of before. It's a good song, but it pretty much sounds like
everything else out there right now. We want to come out with
something totally different to blow everyone else's mind.

O-Town:
We didn't get to have a whole lot of choice in picking it or helping
write it. That's something we're into, is writing our own music or at
least sitting down and being involved in like the selection process and
meeting the writers and connecting with the song before, like, this is
it, let's do this.

RobertLIVE:
Cool. Let's see. We've got another question here: This is Mario. I
wanted to know, when you guys are being taped for TV and even right
now, are you more nervous or are you used to it now? The cameras,
you guys are probably used to these things.

O-Town:
When it comes to the interview process, we're a lot more
well-seasoned than most artists just getting into the business. Due to
the show, you know, other than the fact we were around cameras
24-7, we had to give in-depth interviews or biweekly interviews on
the occurrences that happened during those two weeks. We have to
express them. We had a lot of time to experience the interview
process. It helped us in being able to communicate with our fans and
being able to express exactly what we want to express to them and in
a fashion they can understand.

Ashley Angel:
The first couple of weeks, it is awkward. You don't really know -- you
know you've got to be yourself, but it's still awkward. After a while it
goes away, and you forget the camera is there. Then it's just everyday
life.

Trevor Penick:
If you are like me and Ashley -- actually all of us. We're all
performers. We are all hams. Every once in a while, you know,
nothing's going on and the camera is staring right at your face, you've
got to ham it up and play to the camera. There are a lot of outtakes
they don't show on the show. There are so many things we do. We're
going to try to get some never-before-seen footage from the show,
never-before-seen interviews.

Jacob Underwood:
If you want to see it, call and request it. Go on the MTV site and let
them know how much you want it.

RobertLIVE:
And the MTV site which we're promoting has an exclusive outtake
every week. Check that out, too. What are your reactions when you
sit back and watch an episode of 'Making the Band'? Do you guys get
a chance to see the show?

Trevor Penick:
It looks like this....

O-Town:
You have to watch it two or three times. The first time we watch it,
something will happen funny that we remember. We'll start laughing
over the next seven lines. We have to watch it two or three times to
get the full amount of the show. We usually get the tape a couple of
days before Friday and come over to mine and Erik's apartment,
because we have the VCR, and we watch them three or four times.
When we see stuff, we remember. We live through it, but it's
interesting for us to see how they piece it all together. When stuff
happens, we're like, I can't believe they did that. This week, for
instance, I kissed two different girls on the same episode. They are
both my best friend from home. It's not going to look that way. It's
going to look different. I want to let everyone out there know they are
both my best friends, no more. They're like taking girls in the show
and making it look like it's a relationship.

Trevor Penick:
Sometimes it is.

O-Town:
You, it is.

RobertLIVE:
I like this next question: You guys, you are used to reality TV. Who
do you think will win 'Survivor'?

O-Town:
Jack.
O-Town:
I've never watched 'Survivor.'
Erik Estrada:
We don't know the characters. This show is like 'Survivor.'