He once beat Howie in a talent competition! The lads battled it out at the contest in Orlando when AJ was just 14, and he ended up winning the $1,000 first prize. Nice one!

Like the other boys, he had all sorts of weird and wacky jobs before he joined the band. "I got a job on a comedy called Hi, Honey I'm Home, playing a character called Skunk," he tells us. "I had to dye my hair blond down the middle and shave the sides to make a rat's tail. It was kinda embarrassing." And having blue hair isn't?

He may look like the toughest guy in the 'hood, but apparently AJ's a bit handy with a feather duster. He's one of the neatest members of the bang and loves to do the housework!

He really hates broccoli! He went off it as a kid when his mum used to force feed it to him! Bleeerugh!

Although he was more interested in doing school plays than talking to the playing field, AJ still found time to be a bit sporty. "I used to run when I was in high school," he remembers. "But I didn't have much choice 'cos I sucked at every other sport!"

AJ has always been a bit of an, ahem, individual. At school, when all the other kids had knapsacks, he took a brief case - just to be different! He even wore fake glasses to make himself look like a business man!

His natural love of the limelight led AJ into modelling at a very early age - or was there another reason? "I had to change in the same room with the older female models," he reveals. "There I was, just seven years old, and these tall beautiful women were stripping in front of me." Easy, tiger!

Like Nick, AJ got a lot of hassle at school from other boys who thought his love of singing and dancing was a bit girlie. Poor love.

Having grown up without his dad around, AJ decided to try and track him down last year. When they actually did meet up,it turned out his dad had been following his career. He'd even bought a couple of their albums! Aww...

AJ got his first breat playing Dopey in a stage production of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, when he was just seven years old. "I remember having the biggest crush on the girl who played Snow White," he confesses. "She must have been 10 years older than me but to this day I remember her..."

It's good to talk, and this bloke's never off the phone! He misses his friends and family so much he's always running up huge bills on his mobile.

Don't be surprised if the next Backstreet album contains a song called delilah. If it does, it'll be all about one of the laydees in his life - nope, not a secret girlfriend, but his beloved pet dog! How cute?

Despite that tough old exterior, AJ's just a big old softy at heart. When he falls in love he reckons he's really romantic! From an orderly queue laydees!

Whassup? Can't stop chewing your nails? Well, here's a incentive! AJ is bonkers about girls who have really long nails. "I love the feel of them on the back of my head," he says excitedly! Calm down...