New Kids on the Block: Hangin’ Tough, Refusing to Let Go

By Monte Williams

In 1989, I loathed the New Kids on the Block with a passion and intensity that only junior high-aged children can bring to their study of popular culture, yet when Hangin’ Tough Live hit DVD, I had to see it. [8 October 2009]

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New Kids on the Block

By Lana Cooper

Having been a lifelong metal head, I was curious to see how fans at the other end of the musical spectrum behaved at live shows. [8 December 2008]

New Kids on the Block: The Block

By Mike Joseph

While most of the album is listenable, there is a desperate undercurrent running throughout the album, as though the guys are trying too hard to prove their relevance by being trendy. [16 October 2008]

Sound Affects: One Hit Wonder: New Kids on the Block Edition

Almost nine years after racking up nine top ten hits, two members of New Kids on the Block had top ten hits of their own as solo acts. [11 September 2009]

New Kids on the Block are back, to the delight of their older but still screaming fans [21 October 2008]