Pogo Brain
I mean, logically it makes sense. Mmmbop was a hit when they were just kids. Add a decade to their already radio-worthy musical skills and you probably come out with some pretty talented grown ups. I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that this absolutely excellent cover of Ain’t No Sunshine is being performed by Hanson.
Music Feeds
Hanson, the American pop-rock sibling trio responsible for provoking teen hysteria in the mid 90s, are currently in the country playing shows on their Anthem World Tour. Music Feeds managed to catch up with brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zac and chat about what it’s like balancing the music and the business.
“It starts with passion for the music, you do the business because of the passion for the music,” explains Taylor. “All musicians are entrepreneurs whether they realise it or not,” adds Zac. “You have this band or this music you created and it has this identity, and just like someone who started a cool hotel chain, you have this responsibility of, ‘how is this going to be represented in the world?’ I care about it, I’m making it, I’m creating it, so I want to be a part of all those processes.”
The pop-rock trio sad their “view form the top” and bad experiences with major label mergers in a “messed up” industry gave them the push to go out and do things on their own, establishing their own label and deciding themselves how they want their music to be shared.
“It has been cool to watch technology catch up to the way we wanted to run our business as a band,” says Taylor. “Bandwidth is high, mobile is really cool. Things we always wanted to do when we first started the label are kind of coming of age now.”
Hanson continue their run of dates in Australia at The Hi-Fi in Sydney tonight, before playing Fremantle and Auckland.
Fired Up
Ive Got Soul
Where’s The Love
Tragic Symphony
Thinking Bout Somethin
Cried
Weird
Georgia
Sunny Day
For Your Love (I solo)
A Song To Sing (T solo)
Been There Before
This Time Around
Smile
Penny and Me
Give a Little
Get Up and Go
If Only
MMMBop
Get The Girl Back
In The City
Lost Without Each Other
Rollercoaster Love
Sound of Light
Never Let Go
More Than Anything
Leave the Light On
Stories
Get Out Of My Heart
This week’s Photo of the Week was taken by Katie at the Hop Jam soundcheck.
The AU Review
Hanson stormed through another pop-tacular set to a sold out show in Adelaide last night. Superfan and AU photographer Lauren Connelly was there to capture it!
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Radio Info Australia
Photo – Rodney Magazinovic
What happens when a teen duo grows up? They buy a brewery. And their fans grow up too.
Nine years ago, Bernadette Agostino waited outside Adelaide’s Mix102.3 from 12 midnight for the chance to catch a glimpse of her favourite band, Hanson. Bernadette and her friends even trailed the band in her car as they left the station. Eventually, Hanson had to pull over and ask her to stop following them.
This week that determination finally paid off when Bernadette won a Mix102.3 search for Adelaide ‘s biggest Hanson fan, and Mix 102.3’s Jodie, Soda and Snowy took her to West End Breweries Bar 107 to join the band for a cold MmmHops Ale, named after their global hit MmmBop.
The Hanson Brothers are passionate craft brewers, and loved the chance to compare their own brew with some of the local product at West End Breweries.
And no, this time Bernadette didn’t follow Hanson home.
3news
Pop-rockers Hanson have vowed to press on with their Australia/NZ tour after doctors prescribed “vocal rest” for one of their members.
Drummer/singer Zac Hanson has fallen sick on the band’s tour Down Under and he has been ordered to rest his voice.
His brother bandmates have decided not to cancel the upcoming shows and will press ahead with a gig at Sydney’s The Hi-Fi venue on Wednesday night.
In a series of posts on Twitter, Zac reveals he will still take to the stage with his siblings, but won’t be singing as usual.
He writes, “Well I have lost my voice all together, but if you all are willing we will still make the HiFi rock tonight. You can’t stop us!… Went to the DR (doctor) today and was told I need ‘vocal rest’ so I need the crowd tonight to do all my parts. You guys up for that?”
Hanson are due to perform in Auckland at the Powerstation on August 17.
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