A440: The new *Nsync ?

For those of you who haunted the local dance clubs with me back in the day, you will remember these two names: Gigolo and Modern Man. These guys guaranteed a packed house and an elbow-to-elbow dance floor with their obsessive following. What did they have in common? Gary Carolla.

After leaving Gigolo and Modern Man behind to work with Wright Entertainment Group (*Nsync, Backstreet Boys, Aaron Carter), Gary proved his sound was marketable. A listen to any of those groups alongside Gigolo will leave no doubt that Gary left his indelible mark.

Last night, TC and I were trying to remember the 12″ dance single that Gigolo released, but came up empty. TC called Gary for the answer (Precious) and gave us the Myspace addy for his ‘next big thing’-A440.

A quick listen gives a nice-enough ballad, a funky, but safe, remake of David Bowie’s Fame, and two *Nsync/Backstreet sounding songs: Shut Me Down and Things That You Do. Things is my personal pick for a radio-ready single that will have teenage girls papering their bedroom walls with A440 posters and scrawling “I luv Cameron” all over their notebooks.

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