Kevin Scott Richardson
Kevin was born on 3th October 1971 at 9.00 a.m. in Lexington, Kentucky / USA.
When Kev was really young, he has sung to a hairbrush in front of the mirror.
His hobbies: bodybuilding, composing songs, surfing, basketball, swimming, dancing, football, music, acting, travelling.
Kev says he isn't afraid to show his emotions: "I cry in movie theatres all the time. I get that from my grandfather - we're a real sentimental family. Brian's like that as well. When we got our first gold record we bawled like little babies !"
Kevin dedicated BsB's first album "Backstreet Boys" to his father, who died of a cancer.
He likes rugby, hockey and basketball.
Kev takes an envelope filled with pictures of his family when he goes on the road.
If you ever get romantically linked with Kev, make sure you don't flirt with anyone while he's around - "If she's playing games then there's no point in going on. She can play games with someone else !"
About 30 minutes before appearing on stage, Train gets the other Backstreets to warm up with a spot of a capella singing.
Before BSB Kevin used to be Aladdin in the Disney World parade and he also doubled as a Ninja Turtle. He also taught ballroom dancing lessons and sang in restaurants and at weddings.
Some newspaper has written that Kev was fighting with Bobby Brown. It was at club in Florida. He, A.J., Nick, Howie and B-Rok was having fun. When they wanted to leave the club, Brown said that Kev is standing on his way. Kev was calm, but after a few minutes they started to fight. Kev reputedly won !
One of his nicknames is Boo Boo !
Train's favourite movie stars are Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman and his favourite bands are: Boys II Men, New Edition, Colour Me Bad, Jodecy, Prince, Elton John, George Michael.
Kev was engaged when he was 19 years old, but it seemed she wasn't the one for him.
Mr. Richardson is planning for the future. Kev has recently set up his own estate agency. He wants also to work with his mother - "I want her to be part of my company so she can quit her job in the department store, work with me and be with me".
Kevin shared an apartment near Universals Studios with Brian and Howie.
When he was nine he discovered he could play the piano by ear. "I clunked away at the piano and found I could pick out notes from songs I'd heard on the radio. From then on I spent hours on my own just letting my fingers feel their way across the keys. I'd hear a song and pretty soon I could play it."
Kev hates people who are arrogant.
He would love to star in a film on day.
When Kevin meets a girl, he doesn't like to feel like the member of the biggest band in the world. He said: "Sometimes I say I'm a businessman and sometimes that I'm in the entertainment business. I don't want people to think I'm arrogant and being a total show off about it."
Kev isn't crazy about being on tour. He confesses: "I miss having all my things around me and being able to do what I like. I miss normality sometimes."
What he says about himself ? "I'm shy guy, sometimes I think too much about what I'm going to say to somebody or what they're going to think."
Kevin is a qualified ballroom dance instructor and he spent 8 years of his life living in a log cabin.
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