Natural was a US American boyband.
The original band was formed in 1999 when future members Marc Terenzi and Patrick King met at a party. Marc Terenzi had a friend Ben Bledsoe, and Patrick had a friend Michael Johnson. The four got together and after subsquent members joined and lost, settled on fifth member Michael 'J' Horn. The five young men tried to get signed on their own but ended up being turned down by most major labels. The press release story goes they had rented out Transcon's rehearsal space and Lou Big Poppa Pearlman caught sight of their act and wanted to sign them immediatly.
After that he flew them out to Germany where they had first success among the local girls' hearts in a once aired special reality show. Convinced they could be the new 'N Sync, Pearlman brought them back to the United States.
Lou had decided just being singing, dancing, and being cute wouldnt be enough in these new times so he decided each memeber should play an instrument as well; despite their abilities still not letting them write their own songs. Ben Bledsoe was the average guy one who played bass and was one of the lead vocals, Marc Terenzi was the flirt who played guitar and was one of the lead vocals, Michael 'J' Horn was the 'mature one' who played piano and was the final lead vocal, Patrick King was the non threatening one who also played guitar, and Michael Johnson was 'the bad boy' who played the drums.
Most of the men had already had prior training in vocals but the dancing and instrument playing was another story. Some of them were trained in dance but not an instrument and some of them were trained in an instrument and not dance. However they worked hard and by the time of their debut they were all able to do both.
