1990s boy band star now worlds away from his younger self in motivational video messages for fans – 26 years on from debut

By | September 3, 2023

Metro

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This iconic 1990s boy band now look worlds away from their younger selves… (Picture: Getty)

Prepare yourselves for a serious nostalgia hit, as one 1990s boy band star has given fans a blast from the past with a new video.

Taking to social media, the pop star – who rose to fame 26 years ago – shared a motivational message with his followers.

Do you recognise him? Well, how about a hint… MMMBop, ba duba dop!

Yep, it’s 1/3 of Hanson!

Isaac, 42, is the eldest of the trio, having been catapulted to stardom with brothers Taylor, 40, and Zac, 37, over two decades ago.

They were originally known as The Hanson Brothers but later changed their name to Hanson.

1990s boy band star posts motivational video message for fans

Taking to Instagram recently, Isaac filmed himself talking to his 125,000 followers, looking worlds away from his past self.

His shaggy blonde locks are long gone, as he now sports a much shorter hairdo.

Explaining the barriers he’s been facing, Isaac began: ‘I am staring at a pretty massive list of things I need to get done and I am feeling more than a little bit overwhelmed, feeling a healthy dose of fight or flight. And now, I’d love to fly. Just leave that list behind and get the heck out of here.’

He continued: ‘But, obviously, that’s probably not the right thing to do. List-making and checking things off a list, especially doing it solo, has just never really been a strength of mine.’

Giving his followers some encouragement, he added: ‘As I’m thinking about motivations and getting through that, I look over here on my wall and there’s a quote.

 

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Zac, Isaac, and Taylor rose to fame 26 years ago (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

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The trio are still going strong! (Picture: Gary Miller/FilmMagic)

‘It says, “In times of comfort there is a little growth. In terms of growth there is a little comfort”, that feels very real to me right now.’

Isaac’s followers greatly appreciated his wise words, with one commenting: ‘You’re a gift. Thank you for this advice!’

‘I actually genuinely needed this today. ❤️ thank you for always being motivational and real’, commented another.

So, that’s how Isaac is using his platform nowadays, with his bio stating that he’s a ‘lover, fighter, poem writer, thinker, prayer, music maker, husband, father, and tree house builder.’

MMMBop was undoubtedly Hanson’s biggest hit back in the day and it’s still the song most associated with the group.

Released in 1997, the catchy pop tune was nominated for two Grammys and reached number one in 12 countries, including the UK and US.

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Isaac is still making music of his own, when he’s not motivational Instagram vids (Picture: Medios y Media/Getty Images)

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Hanson have released six albums throughout their career and have several Grammy noms under their belts (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)

Following this, Hanson released their debut album, Middle of Nowhere, which only added to their successes with another three Grammy noms.

While they might be considered one-hit wonders by many, Hanson are still going and have since released five more albums.

They now make music under their own independent label and set out on a world tour from June to November in 2022.

Most recently, in May 2023, they teamed up with iconic British band Busted to release a cover version of MMMBop, titled MMMBop 2.0.

As for their personal lives, Isaac has three children with his wife Nicole.

 

The Afterparty Recap: The Mother I Know Does Not Bounce

By | August 31, 2023

Vulture

Photo: Apple
In last week’s episode, Edgar’s mother, Isabel, made a bold claim: that she knows who murdered her son (and it wasn’t Grace, who Isabel’s been saying did it for the duration of the show so far). She has also been known to pop mystery pills and chug martinis (as she does in the opening shot of this episode while everyone watches with amazement and disgust), so I had my doubts as to whether she was telling the truth. However, it makes sense to head into the penultimate episode of the season dangling that truth carrot in front of the audience.
Two wedding-day events cement her distrust in her son: (1) When she goes to give the hair comb to Grace, she spies the Adderall pills and tries to bond with her future daughter-in-law by pointing out that they take the same sleep aid, and when Grace and Zoe tell her what the pills actually are, she realizes that Edgar gave her Adderall and told her they were sleeping pills — that he’s been gaslighting her into thinking she’s been going mad this whole time (the music, the online shopping, all of it!)! I did not see this coming!; (2) Having confronted Edgar about the pills only to have him continue to lie and also bring up her wedding toast, Isabel realizes that he wants her to crash and burn during her toast so she seems crazy in public. She doodles on her speech as a tactic to prove that Edgar will switch it out for a nonsensical one (which he does). Faced with no good options (give the new speech or claim Edgar switched it out publicly; neither is a good look), Isabel gives the speech as written … and it is the lyrics to Hanson’s “MMMBop”! A song that the late Alexander apparently loved (Vivian also loves Hanson, it turns out).

Photo Gallery Now Open!

By | August 30, 2023

25 years ago I was packing my mini backpack for my first Hanson concert.  A basic point and shoot camera, some extra batteries and a few rolls of film.  Would it get past security? Would any of the photos look any better than Hanson as ants? Would my Mom take them to be developed at a one hour photo place while I started high school?  The answers were Yes, No and Yes.

To celebrate 25 years since my first concert and all the technological advancements in photography since then, we are proud to unveil our Hansonstage Concert Gallery!

Find it at: http://photos.hansonstage.com/ or under the Tour Dates & Setlists drop down.

Currently we are only accepting photos from 2017 – present.  We do intend to open this up to more years eventually.  If you’d like to have your photos featured, please fill out the Photo Submission Form.

We hope you enjoy viewing what we already have posted and we are hoping you all will help the gallery continue to grow!

 

Even More Site Updates

By | August 28, 2023

As we work through the queue of suggestions and issues, we continue to make updates to the site.  Today’s update is with the Songs Played Live (By Album) page.  The Come On It’s Christmas / Wonderful Christmas Time issues has been corrected here.  While we were in there, we also added the solo, string theory and virtual counts to be shown.  Keep in mind this page does take some time to load due to it using every part of the entire database in order to calculate things.

We also updated the Songs Played Live (ABC) and Songs Played Live (Numerical) to remove virtual songs from the overall counts.

Another Site Update

By | August 27, 2023

It was brought to our attention that some songs in the “performed live” area of the site were not showing the little musical note for shows that you attended once logged in.  We believe this issue has now been resolved.

Site Updates

By | August 26, 2023

A few updates to the site have been made that I wanted to make you aware of:

Members > Your Songs [Most To Least]  The number heard was initially showing the total number including virtual songs.  While the total number played was not.  Neither number now includes the virtual plays of the songs.

Songs > By Tour > Streaming Tour – The counts for Finally It’s Christmas were off and showing Wonderful Christmas Time and Come On It’s Christmas as 3 virtual and 3 in person.  This was due to them being calculated differently as they were part of a medley and has been corrected.

 Members > Show Counts and Stats – Similar to above, if you had any of the 3 Streaming Concerts from 2020 for Christmas Ball on your list, Wonderful Christmas Time and Come On It’s Christmas counts were off. This has been corrected.

Members > Public Profiles – Same as above, public profiles have been modified so that the Wonderful Christmas Time and Come On It’s Christmas counts are accurate for when users have the 2020 virtual shows selected.

 

We are sorry for any inconvenienced these issues may have caused and as always if you notice any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please let us know at blog@hansonstage.com

Hanson Day 2024

By | August 26, 2023

What is Hanson Day?

In 1997 May 6th was declared Hanson Day by then Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating.  Since then, fans continued to celebrate the date.  In 2012, Hanson announced they’d be doing yearly “Hanson Day” celebrations which now are done several days over a weekend in May in Tulsa, OK.  Hanson Day is free to attend for those who are Hanson.net Members.  When we say activities are “free” they are free to those with valid Hanson.net membership who have RSVPed for the event.  All events and activities are 13+.  The weekend typically consists of a free Members Only concert, a second ticketed concert as well as many other ticketed and free events.  See below for more information on Hanson Day (HDAY).

Hanson Day 2024 will be May 16-18, 2024.  More details can be found at Hanson.net Tickets go on sale February 8, 2024 at 10am CT.

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The Hanson Hour Episode 15

By | August 25, 2023

What a pleasure to sit down and chat with the effervescent Tamra Davis.  Tamra was the director of the MMMBop and Where’s the love video clips. These videos were one of the main, if not, THE main parts of our Hanson 1997 era.  It was through these videos that we were able to connect with Hanson, to visually see them and…. well pause your VHS’ and stare.

Tamra began her career directing music videos for acts like Tone Loc, Depeche Mode, Indigo Girls, NWA, Hanson and Sonic Youth and made her first feature in 92 with Guncrazy starring Drew Barrymore. Ms Barrymore received a Golden Globe Nomination.  She them went on to direct feature films staring Chris Rock – CB4, Adam Sander in Billy Madison, Dave Chappelle in Half Baked, Britney Spears in Crossroads and most recently, 13: The Musical for Netflix. She is also known for her documentary work on Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child and The Punk Singer about Kathleen Hanna. After having 2 kids with her husband Mike D of the Beastie Boys she started a career in television and has directed on shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Dead To Me, The Politician and P Valley.  She directed the pilot for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She continues to work in documentaries, episodic television and feature films.

You can fine Tamra on Instagram @tamradavis1

HANSON: Gearing Up

By | August 24, 2023

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For more than 25 years we have been members of the Recording Academy (The Grammys) and in recent years Taylor has served alongside other members in our region to champion the music community and music fans. This week we all gathered along with our states Lt Gov Matt Pinnell and artists from across the state to work on strengthening the music industry in Texas and Oklahoma. Truly a collection of styles, generations and regions.

Front row (l to r): Lt Gov Matt Pinnell, Taylor Hanson, Dari Lynn, Wanda Jackson
Back row (l to r): Paul Wall, Fred Jones, D “Dangerous” Rob, Kode Ransom, Majeste Pearson, Paul Benjamin, Leona Mitchell, Maggie McClure, Kelly Coffey, Shane Henry

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