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      • He was 13-years-old at the time and he got bored and left the band after a few months, per Screen Rant. The band rebranded as New Kids on the Block and hired Joey McIntyre to replace Mark. Global fame soon followed.
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  2. Jun 10, 2020 · New Kids on the Block was the hit boy band of the '80s and '90s. The group was founded by producer Maurice Starr after he hosted a talent search in Boston. Starr's first recruit was 14-year-old Donnie Wahlberg, who then recruited his friends and his younger brother Mark (via People).

  3. Mark Wahlberg left the group after only a few months, a fair while before they changed names from Nynuk to New Kids On The Block at the behest of Columbia Records. It's also worth noting that Mark Wahlberg wouldn't perform as Marky Mark until the 1990s, and he didn't use the name when with Nynuk.

  4. Jul 31, 2021 · Mark Wahlberg left the band that became New Kids on the Block. Tim Roney/Getty Images. In the late 1980s, Mark Wahlberg was invited to be a part of the band Nynuk with his older brother...

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  5. New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts. The band consists of brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.

  6. Oct 13, 2022 · Mark Wahlberg says he has moved his family from California to Nevada for “a better life.” Wahlberg recently appeared on “The Talk,” where addressed balancing work and fatherhood.

  7. May 17, 2024 · As the boys had never liked the name either, they were happy to become the New Kids on the Block, a name shared with a rap song that had been co-written by Wahlberg.

  8. Aug 3, 2022 · Mark was part of Nynuk, the precursor to New Kids On The Block. Starr was more interested in Donnie, so Mark left after a few months. Donnie explained what happened in a 2017 interview on the Dan Patrick Show. “Mark and I were the two original members of New Kids On The Block.”.