-- The brothers lived in Ecuador and Venezuela as kids. There , they developed a love for 50's and 60s music by listening to the Time/Life compilation records, turning them fanatics of American rock "n" roll greats, from Chuck Berry to the Beach Boys, Johnnie Taylor to Aretha Franklin.
-- Their parents are singers. Both sung in a Gospel band. A such the Hanson boys grew up Literally hearing and breathing music.
-- Mom and Dad definitely influenced their misic.
-- They like country music too.
-- Only 6,9,11 yeard old they begun writing,recording and releasing songs in 1992
-- Isaac was only eight when he wrote his first song.
-- About five years ago, the three brothers sang acapella at a Tulsa arts festival.
-- Two years later, they went on road and played in schools.
-- they weren't pushed into shobiz by their parents who just encouraged and supported them all the way.
-- They were discovered at a South Bay Southwest Music conference by their manager, who got them a record deal.
-- The Hanson brothers begun performing live at various events in the country.
-- The Hanson family is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
-- There are more than three hansons. Infact, there are six. The rest are: Jessica, Avery and Mackenzie. And there's a humor that there's another hanson comming..due on January i think...
-- All the brothers are homeschooled.
-- They've written 100 songs among themselves. They recorded two self-released cd's (boomerang and MMMbop) before going mainstream
-- They recorded some of them at home. Their verdict:They're "interesting."
-- Their first hit single is the catchy "MMMbop" from their debut CD, middle of nowhere, a collection of pop,rock,soul and gospel songs.
-- "MMMbop" became a hit single just four weeks in release.
-- During a gig at a Tulsa Bar called The Blue Rose Cafe, they had to perform outside as they were too young to get in.
-- What makes them tick? altogether, their different personalities combine into magic!
-- Don't think doing Music is enough stuff for them. They'd like to produce other artists. And guess what? They's like to be actors,too!!!
-- Adults are getting on the band's wagon, too.
-- The blond,sweet-looking threesome has charmed big-time celebs like David Letterman, Rosie O' Donnell, Reigs and Kathie Lee, and Jenny McCarthy.
--The guys made plenty of homemade recordings-all the guys agree those first songs sound really interesting.
--They've taken classical piano.
--They usually practiced inside the house, until their parents converted the garage into a recording studio. Not to be confused with Jim Henson,Shirley Manson,Beck Hansen, Dan Jansen, or Hans Christian Anderson.
--They have their signatures on every tune written here, and actually wrote some of the best songs --"thinking of you","mmmbop" - without any help.
-- And there's an undeniably sweet naivete that works in these songs, where the worst fear is "when you get old start loosing your hair"(mmmbop).
-- They've got soft songs from time to time like Yearbook, Weird,and Lucy.
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