Belfast Telegraph

Catriona Doherty sits down for a chat with the award winning professional dancer, presenter, actress, and singer.

​Favourite song?

MMMBop by Hanson. I always have and always will be a big Hanson fan. Me and my best friends from school, Angela and Helen, loved them. Angela and I still go to their concerts. MMMBop is also how I first heard and taught myself harmonies. I had all of Hanson’s albums, so I listened to the acoustic versions of the song and heard that the three brothers were on three different notes. I was like, ‘Hang on a minute.’ I’ve also recorded a cover of MMMBop on my album, Like Nobody’s Watching. It had to be done.

Tulsa world 

Taylor Hanson paid a visit to The Church Studio — Leon Russell turf — on what would have been Russell’s 82nd birthday.

Russell was born April 2, 1942.

On April 2, 2024, Hanson popped in at The Church Studio and spoke about an upcoming event that will pay tribute to the late Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s legacy. Russell’s former touring band will perform April 26 at Tulsa Theater. The concert will build on a long tradition of Russell birthday shows (which he hosted for many years) in his hometown. Taylor and Isaac Hanson of Hanson will be among guest artists at the show.
“I am so grateful to the band for keeping the legacy of Leon alive with this great concert tradition,” Taylor Hanson said in a news release announcing his participation. “I have many personal memories of joining Leon for his birthday concerts, and I’m so proud to have been able to share in his rock and roll history.”

Metal Injection

What if in some alternate universe, Korn decided in the late ’90s to cover the 1997 smash hit “MMMBop” by Hanson? The closest we’re ever gonna get is YouTuber Mac Glocky‘s interpretation, which is actually really good. From the instrumentation and use of effects, down to the dude’s incredible Jonathan Davis impersonation, this is the bounciest “Nü-Bop” cover we’ve ever heard.

Mirror 

The glorious ’90s seem a very long time ago now, don’t they?

And while bands such as Blur, Oasis and Pulp thrived in the Britpop melting pot, many forget it was also a highly fertile time for that long-forgotten era of the boy band. Just the merest mention of the term can get the brain pinging back to all manner of acts from Take That, Ronan Keating‘s Boyzone or Irish stablemates Westlife.

These groups were absolute giants back in the day, with fans across the nation hanging on their every word – but what about the lesser-known outfits of the era? Does the name Hanson ‘mmm’ mean anything to you? Do you remember them? How about 911?

Some of these male vocal groups were manufactured, some of them were genuine mates, but all had one thing in common – they wanted success. And success is what they got – for some briefly, for others a lifetime career. In fact, time has been extraordinarily kind to many of these bands, with their music still played on the radio today. For others, their sound is very much rooted in the decade that spawned them, and you rarely hear it anymore.

No matter, for when these boys shined at their brightest, the future didn’t matter. So crack open a Sunny Delight, grab a packet of Opal Fruits – NOT Starburst – and let’s have a little look at the lost boy bands of the ’90s.

MMMBop – it’s Hanson when they were young ( 

Daily Mirror)

Hanson – “Mmmbop, ba duba dop. Ba du bop, ba duba dop”

Who can forget the jaunty refrain of 1997’s deliciously silly MMMBop? Brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac truly landed with an Mmmsplash. And lest we forget, the power pop trio were aged merely 16, 13 and 11 respectively at the time. The outfit from Tulsa, Oklahoma, never got anywhere near that initial smash, but still scored highly with Where’s The Love and I Will Come To You. As they shifted into adulthood, their star inevitably diminished. But they are still performing to this day – Mmmyes!