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MEET THE CLICK FIVE: Sometimes not all of my stories make it online. This is one feature I'm sure the kids will enjoy. It's a series of mini-profiles of each of the Fab Five members of the Boston-based band, The Click Five. They're performing in Boston on Friday, June 10, and heading out this summer with The Backstreet Boys. Without further ado, as they say....

Meet The Click Five!

Joey Zehr
Drums, backing vocals
Hometown: Indianapolis
Birthday: May 10
Height: 6'
Favorite Boston eatery: Bisuteki
Allston in three words or less: Fun, young, diverse
Turn-ons: Brunettes, sense of humor, shyness, humility
Turnoffs: Laziness, rudeness, obnoxiousness
In five years I'll be: "on the moon."
In five years, The Click Five will: "own Disneyland."

Ethan Mentzer
Bass guitar, backing vocals
Hometown: Hershey, Penn.
Birthday: March 15
Height: 6'
Favorite Boston eatery: Sushi Express
Allston in three words or less: Trashy, indie, collegiate
Turn-ons: A nice smile, older women, troublemakers
Turnoffs: Clinginess, unmotivated people, talking too much
In five years I'll be: "done with my college loans."
In five years, The Click Five will: "be the biggest band in the world."

Eric Dill
Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Hometown: Indianapolis
Birthday: Feb. 10
Favorite Boston eatery: Sushi 21
Allston in three words or less: Not very clean
Turn-ons: Sweetness, strength, talent, beauty
Turnoffs: Jadedness, boring, lack of character and identity
In five years, I'll be: "better."
In five years, The Click Five will: "dominate the world of rock."

Joe Guese
Lead guitar, backing vocals
Hometown: Denver
Birthday: Jan. 14
Height: 5'10"
Favorite Boston eatery: Uncle Pete's BBQ
Allston in three words or less: Rats
Turn-ons: Red Sox winning, the Denver Broncos, great barbecue
Turnoffs: Yankees winning
In five years I'll be: "playing golf."
In five years, The Click Five will: "be playing golf professionally."

Ben Romans
Keyboards, backing vocals
Hometown: Salina, Kan.
Birthday: Feb. 10
Height: 5'11"
Favorite Boston eatery: Stephanie's on Newbury
Allston in three words or less: Decadent, rocking, tragic
Turn-ons: Swedish girls, Southern accents, wit, charm
Turnoffs: "Lots of them, but I don't want to be mean so I won't say."
In five years, I'll be: "in the biggest band in the world. I might be married with a child named Rocky, surfing in my back yard and driving a vintage lime-green VW surf wagon."
In five years, The Click Five will: "be dominating and touring the world and making a kick-ass action film during our offseason."

It's shaping up to be one hot summer for The Click Five.
Teen People lists the boys from Allston, who play Friday at Axis, as must-see, must-hear, must-haves. KISS guitarist Paul Stanley compares them to "the early Beatles'' on MTV's "You Hear It First'' promos.
Boston's WXKS-FM (Kiss-108) continues to push The Click Five as the next big thing with on-air interviews and promotional concert appearances.
And you can't even hear their music on the radio yet.

Read the rest of my story: Click track: `Can't miss' Boston boy band readies for takeoff(Boston Herald)
Band's site: The Click Five