Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownAs A Proud 90s Kid, The Best Thing I've Watched Lately Is This Throwback Backstreet Boys DocumentaryYou get to see the good, the bad, and everything in between.by Jada GomezBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink From NKOTB to B2K, my love for boy bands has spanned my entire life. I was a '90s kid, and even a card-carrying member of the MMC fan club. Real ones remember that you could pay $10 dues and the MMC team would send you a literal fan club card and swag. After school, I fell hard for tween Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling singing Jodeci to me through my TV screen. So how did I miss tickets to Backstreet Boys this summer in Las Vegas? That tour had me written all over it! Kevin Carter / Getty Images If you're feeling like me - like you fumbled the hottest tour of the summer - don't fret: you can get your Backstreet Boys fix at home with Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of, streaming on Amazon Prime. The throwback documentary, released in 2015, finds the boys-turned-men at a crossroads in their careers, as they reunite for the first time since Kevin quit the band in 2006. Here's the trailer: View this video on YouTube youtube.com We get to see the good (the guys visiting their hometowns and early mentors) the bad (struggles with sobriety, vocal injuries, and swear-laced tensions within the band), and everything in between. Tim Rue / Getty Images Here are some of my learnings and take-aways from the documentary: 1. The band hated the video for their first U.S. single, "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)." View this video on YouTube youtube.com "We looked like a bunch of beefcakes," Kevin says in the doc. " We were wet and had our shirts open and everything, and I'm like, I don't know. Not, I don't know... I know that's not the first impression I want to make in the U.S. But it worked out." 2. Growing up, Brian never wanted to be in a boy band. Picture Alliance / Getty Images Even though his lead vocals were a natural fit for the music industry, singing wasn't Brian's first love. Instead, his childhood goal was to be a college hooper. "I didn't want to grow up and be a Backstreet Boy," Brian shares. "I told my mom when I was a little boy that I was gonna grow up and play for the University of Kentucky basketball team." 3. AJ struggled with shedding his "bad boy" image. J. Vespa / Getty Images In the doc, AJ opens up about the "bad boy" stereotype he was crammed into in the '90s and early aughts. "AJ wanted to be this bad boy so bad," Howie says. " I think in his own mind, he thought he was rock and roll, not realizing he was in a boy band." AJ's edgy antics hit a crescendo during the Black and Blue tour, where he admitted to openly drinking onstage. "I think it was rebelling against this facade that people thought we were and thought we had to be," AJ says. " I lost sight of myself, which is very easy to do when you're in a group. You lose yourself, you lose your identity." 4. At just 11 years old, Nick decided to join BSB instead of joining the '90s "Mickey Mouse Club" iconic cast. View this video on YouTube youtube.com Nick was the MMC child star that never was. When given the choice of taking a $50,000 contract with the hit Disney after-school show or joining the Backstreet Boys, Nick picked the boys. Even though he went for early boy band stardom, he still feels like an honorary MMC member along with alumni juggernauts Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, and JC Chasez, among so many others. 5. BSB got booed while performing at an inner city high school, but won the kids over with their smooth a cappella game. View this video on YouTube youtube.com The newly formed band started off doing high school tours across the country, and that experience gave them thick skin, and fast. At one school gig, their PA system went out- just as they took the auditorium floor. "I'll never forget there was a group of guys in the far back. They started booing us. 'Get off the stage, white boys,' you know, throwing stuff at us," Nick says. Despite "New Kids wannabees" chants from the restless crowd, the band started doing what they knew best: they sang a capella. And just like that, they got the crowd on their side. "We did every a cappella rendition of every song that we knew," Kevin remembers. 6. Howie resented not getting leads on BSB's hits. Rich Polk / Getty Images The quietest boy band members (the ones who get labeled "the sweet ones" (a la Lance Bass) have the best stories. "When the group first started, I was doing a lot more of the leads," Howie says. "And little by little, when we got with Max Martin, our sound changed. So throughout the years I really had a hard time. I struggled with that." To make this right, Howie only decided to do the 2015 tour if he'd be featured as a lead on some of the new songs. "In order for me to feel comfortable being a part of this, I really need to be able