Pearlman and former New Kids on the Block manager, Johnny Wright, repeated the same formula for his next boy band, *NSYNC, which was made up of Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass. "Lou was this person that I had all this complete trust in," Kirkpatrick explains. "Suddenly, the carpet just got ripped out from underneath us."