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Yes! It occasionally plays on my iPod randomly and I wistfully remember when.... And then skip to the next song.

Absolutely none. We were told how to talk, dress, act. I was pretty geeky when I started, but they bleached my hair, pierced my ears, and tanned me. Most of our clothes were forced on us by whatever designer was sponsoring us. Music wise we were never encouraged to write our own music since our manager did and made all of his money that way. We were also coached what to say on certain subjects if we were coming off too "(not sexy enough...etc)".

About $4000 over three years. I came out in debt.

Oh yes absolutely. Although a lot of artists are able to create a fan base on youtube or social media before they are signed or get management, in which case they have more control over their image and sound because it's already proven to work. But yes, the music industry has a very controlled image problem.

We didn't really fight but I wouldn't say we really got along as a group. I think some of us were forced to become friends since we were living in such close quarters and there was no one else around. Very few of us were from Los Angeles (where we were based) so they rented us a two bedroom apartment where six of us and a chaperone lived. So we had to get very uncomfortably close very fast. There wasn't really any "outside of work" since we were all in our teens and couldn't really go anywhere unescorted. Basically, we spent three years in that apartment unless we were touring or recording. None of us have kept in touch except through Facebook... and even then I have most of them hidden from my feed ;P