‘Five Guys Chasing a Dream’

*NSYNC is celebrating its 30th anniversary as a group.

October 1, 1995, marks the date Lance Bass officially joined the group — which was also included JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone — making October 1, 2025, their 30th anniversary.

The group took to Instagram to share a montage of some of their years together, captioning the video with a heartfelt message to fans.

“30 years. ✨ October 1, 1995 feels like yesterday… and somehow a lifetime ago,” the caption reads. “Five guys chasing a dream turned into something bigger than we ever imagined. The music. The shows. The memories. An unbreakable bond: with each other, and with all of you. Through every high and low, your love has carried us. Forever grateful. 💙”

The caption concluded: “Here’s to three decades of *NSYNC, “and was signed, “Justin, Chris, Joey, Lance & JC.”

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In a recent exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Kirkpatrick, 53, told PEOPLE he and the other band members often reminisce on their early days as a group, “especially when we’re back together or I see the guys.”

Among those early memories, he added, are some from before the band blew up to become global phenomenons.

“There was a lot of times where, especially when we were over in Europe, Justin had his mom there because he needed a guardian and he needed a teacher. Lance had his mom there, too — so they always put Joey and I together in a room,” he said. “So every tour we did, everything was always Joey and I sharing a room.”

He continued: “Looking back on it I was like, man, that’s so weird, you know, we had double beds, Joey and I had to share a room before concerts. This was early, early days so once we hit the States, we were allowed to have our own rooms.

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“I was like 23, 24, I think, and Joey was like 19, 20, and it’s just like, ‘Hey dude, you know, your feet smell,’ ‘Stop snoring.’ ‘We have a show tomorrow.’ ‘You’re gonna keep me up all night,’ those kind of things,” he said.

Elsewhere in his interview with PEOPLE, Kirkpatrick shared how life on the road now differs from his time spent touring at *NSYNC’s height. Kirkpatrick is currently performing alongside other members of his Pop 2000 tour — which features 2000s superstars, like Brad Fischetti from LFO, O-Town, BBMak and Ryan Cabrera. The groups all teamed up at LadyGang’s LadyWorld retreat in Destin, Fla., which took place Sept. 26-28.

“It’s dad jokes galore. There’s tons of dad jokes,” Kirkpatrick told PEOPLE. “There’s a lot of kids soccer talk. You know, there’s a lot of different things that we all kind of bring to the table now that we didn’t back in the day.”

He continued: “Back in the day, it was about going out to the clubs afterwards, having different girlfriends, whatever it is. Now it’s like we’re wifed up, we have kids. We’re in bed right after the show.”