The group's wait for a manager and a recording contract did not take long, as they seized an opportunity to perform during a radio broadcast of a Boyz II Men concert, which they attended in the hope of passing a demo tape to the band. The new group also made the rounds of auditions in Los Angeles and gradually built up its contacts in the music industry.
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Taking a series of jobs including landscaping, working as club security officers and delivering take-out food, the band refined its harmonies and presentation, looking to groups such as Boyz II Men, Take 5, and Jodeci for inspiration. Īfter rejecting a series of names (including Just Us and Next Issue), upon the suggestion by their manager Paris D'Jon, they decided on "98 Degrees" describing body temperature and their music. The final member to join the band was Lachey's younger brother Drew, who was working in New York City as an emergency medical technician, as a replacement for founding member Jonathan Lippman. Jeffre, a history student at University of Cincinnati, had attended SCPA with Lachey and they had performed together before in various outfits such as a barbershop quartet at the amusement park Kings Island and a cover band. Lachey suggested inviting one of his friends, Justin Jeffre, to join them.
Lachey flew to Los Angeles and, after hitting it off, decided to form a boyband. He met a former student of the Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts who passed his name on to another graduate, Nick Lachey, who was attending Miami (of Ohio) University to study sports medicine. Sometimes ignorance is bliss," he said in 2004. "It was a pretty hasty decision, looking back, but I was young and dumb. The following day he left college and headed out to Los Angeles, California. In 1995 he sang at a college party with three friends and received a positive reaction from the female audience about his voice. He studied psychology at Kent State University in his home state of Ohio, and planned on a career playing football in the NFL. The founding members of 98 Degrees met after Massillon, Ohio native Jeff Timmons decided to quit college and pursue a music career with best friend Jeremy Volk. 1.7 2012–present: Reunion, 2.0 and Let it snow.
After the performance, the reunion expanded into a new album and a spot on "The Package" tour in 2013. The group reunited for a one-time performance at Mixtape Festival in Hershey, PA in August 2012. In the late 90s to the early 00s, the group reached top-five on the Billboard Hot 100 with the songs " Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)", " Because of You", " The Hardest Thing" and " Thank God I Found You" (with Mariah Carey and Joe) the latter as featured artists, topping the chart also making it their first and only number-one song. They have sold over 10 million records worldwide and achieved eight top 40 singles in the U.S. Unlike most boy bands, they formed independently and were later picked up by a record label, rather than being assembled by a label or a producer. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California, although all of its members originate from Ohio. Motown, Universal, Entertainment One, Hollywoodĩ8 Degrees (stylized as 98°) is an American pop and R&B vocal group consisting of four vocalists: the group's founding member Jeff Timmons, brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, and Justin Jeffre.
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