The youngest of nine children, Joey McIntyre was born New Year's Eve of 1972. He began acting and singing at an early age, and after the New Kids broke up in 1994, he returned to acting, starring as Matt in the 1995 movie adaptation of the long-running stage musical The Fantasticks. He also continued making music, earning a gold record for his first solo album, 1999's Stay the Same.

His latest album, Meet Joe Mac, is a mixture of pop, rock and ballads that abandons glossy production and synthesizers in favor of a raw, guitar-heavy sound.