[AUDIO] Emily Joy interviews Hanson for am 640 (Canada)

[AUDIO] 680 News: Hanson Talks About New Hits

This three-brother band is best known for their 1997 hit “Mmmbop.” Hanson performed Thursday night at the CNE Bandshell. Music reporter Rudy Blair spoke with the band backstage to talk about past hits and new music.

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[VIDEO] Hanson X-Factor Interview

Almost 20 years after their first visit, Hanson are back in Australia to share their new Motown-inspired album, Anthem, but also some classics, too!

Boys to men: Why Hanson are embracing their boy band past

“Crank it up, roll the windows down, go fast.”

That was how Isaac Hanson described the first track, titled Fired Up, from the band’s new album Anthem.

It’s a far cry from the group’s breakout 1997 hit MMMbop, but the eldest Hanson brother said similar themes have been present throughout their work.

Issac and Taylor Hanson chat to WAtoday.com.au's Candice Barnes. Photo: Aleisha Orr

“MMMbop ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you’ll have the in the face of challenge and strife,” Isaac said.

“Truth be told, that song in many ways was about us choosing to pursue music in spite of other things going on.”

“We decided that we were going to go forward with [a music career] because this is what we love and that has been a consistent theme throughout our whole career.”

Isaac and Taylor had their first taste of a Tim Tam slam. Photo: Aleisha Orr

Frontman Taylor said the song was partly inspired by “friends that didn’t get” the brothers’ early determination and passion for music.

“The cool thing about where we are and the fact that we’ve started so young is, I’m 30, but we’ve been doing this since we were kids,” he said.

“In many cases, we’re peers with bands that have maybe just put out a couple of records. There’s just so much more ahead of us.”

While there is a renewed interest in the group following the release of Anthem, their sixth studio album, the band said they had “never really stopped”.

“We were really at the beginning of the generation of people who grew up with web access,” Isaac said.

“Were it not for that, our ability to stay connected with fans, like our Australian fans, would have been practically impossible as we wouldn’t have been able to maintain that constancy, even when you’re busy somewhere else.”

Taylor said that history had brought them to a “good moment” where they felt they could appeal to fans of “different ages”.

“I don’t think we’re ever interested in pushing aside what we’ve done in the past, but of course you want to move forward,” he said.

“If you go to see a Hanson show now, you see a range of people we’ve literally grown up with, you see people who’ve discovered it halfway through and maybe only heard two or three albums.”

Despite the overriding theme, the band said their music has a new perspective. Each of the brothers is now married with children.

“We never really wrote about our autobiography, but I mean for sure in the love songs there’s a little bit more about keeping it together and staying true to things as opposed to the first infatuation with someone,” Taylor said.

“Really we’ve always written songs that were about things beyond ourselves and that’s part of what’s great about being an artist, being able to sit down and imagine a story and tell it.”

Youngest brother Zac is currently “under the weather” and so will likely miss out on some sightseeing, though he has still taken to the drums during the tour.

Taylor and Isaac said they were determined to check out some of Western Australia’s “natural beauty” for themselves. Taylor, “a photography nerd” is carrying around a vintage camera on tour to capture some of the sights.

“We’ve seen a lot, you see all the sights. Of course you see a lot of hotel rooms and airports and radio stations but we kind of take it in as you can,” said Isaac.

“Hopefully as we make Australia a regular touring stop for ourselves, only having been two years since our last run through the country, we’ll have a few days to see new things.”

Hanson will play Metropolis Fremantle on Friday night. Tickets are available here.

[AUDIO] Hanson with Clarisy, Shane and Kymba - Mix 94.5 Perth

[VIDEO] Interview: Hanson – “All Musicians Are Entrepreneurs”

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.

[AUDIO & PHOTOS] Hanson on MIX 102.3 Adelaide

We Have A Beer With Hanson

Joda, Soda, Snowy and our lucky prize winner Bernadette headed down to SA Brewing to meet and greet Hanson!

Bernadette won the prize for being "Adelaide Biggest Hanson Fan". She told us:

"In 2005 I met Hanson out the front of the Mix 102.3 station, after getting there at 1am in the morning. We tried to follow them in my car but they pulled over and told us to stop following them. I LOVE HANSON SO MUCH, It would be the best 30th birthday gift if I could have a beer with Hanson."

Isaac and Taylor from the band proved very knowledgeable on beer and even brought along some of their own beer Mmmhops for everyone to try!

Hanson Play HQ tonight - Tickets From Oztix

Read more at http://www.mix1023.com.au/photos/we-have-a-beer-with-hanson#OxO7oVpXCAtwPg1K.99

[AUDIO] Hanson on Dan and Maz

[AUDIO] Hanson On Fifi & Dave, Aug 8

[AUDIO] Hanson On Dan And Maz Aug 8, 2014

Full Interview on Monday

Hanson Interview

It’s been almost 20 years since they Mmmbopped their way to the top of the charts in Australia, and despite musical and personal ups and downs the band of brothers known as Hanson are making music better than ever.

The trio from Tulsa, Oklahoma have just released their sixth studio album,Anthem, which eldest brother and guitarist Isaac describes as having an “aggressive nature to it”.

The release is being likened to AC/DC’s High Voltage, full of raw energy and bold guitar riffs, but is still recognisably Hanson with their trademark melodies and ‘60’s-inspired soul style.

“It’s got our own twist on it as well, which is inevitable, after all, it is our record,” Isaac laughs. “The record runs the gamut, but anyone who is particularly familiar with a Hanson record knows that we are a bit schizophrenic. When it comes to musical styling we tend to run the gamut from poppy to rocky to R&B to somewhere in between… on any given record.”

Inevitably their music has evolved as their lives have, far from the fresh-faced pre-teens of the nineties, the brothers are now family men with 11 children collectively. As we chat, Isaac is multitasking and nursing his brand new, very content baby daughter. “Parenthood is the hardest and most rewarding work you’ll ever do, but that is always true because the harder you work on something, the more rewarding it is.”

The guys have certainly never shied away from hard work and they have a lot to show for it. Between ever-expanding families, the trio also participate in countless fan-only events, take to the streets with their HIV/Aids charity Take the Walk, release music under and run their own label 3CG, and have even released their own beer. The opportunistically named Mmmhops was created to coincide with the 21st anniversary of the band.

“I would say [the name] would not work were it not for the right flavour. It is a pale ale and pale ales are known for their very strong hoppy signature,” Isaac says. “It was driven by our love of beer, there’s no question about that.”

We tend to run the gamut from poppy to rocky to R&B to somewhere in between

Growing up and working closely together for over two decades can’t always be easy and Isaac reveals there was a possibility that Anthem might never have been made. “We had a bit of a falling out. We spent very little time together in the summer of 2012. Tensions got high and things got said that shouldn’t have been said and people were reasonably upset. Actions and words do hurt sometimes. You have to take a little bit of time to learn to say you’re sorry. We took that time and then walked in carefully to the process and luckily made a record that I feel extremely proud of, but it wasn’t without its challenges,” he says.

Despite their jovial attitudes in interviews, boys will be boys behind the scenes and Isaac says that coming from a supportive family helps them resolve any conflicts that arise. “Being brothers and being in a band is not always easy. Taylor, Zac and I are extremely different people… it takes continued work and effort to establish respect and care for one another.”

Just “don’t mistake good manners for passivity,” says Isaac laughing, “we’re not wilting flowers by any means”.

With a renewed bond and fresh focus the band wanted to find a way to thank their “extremely enthusiastic and ever loyal fans” on this trip to Australia. Isaac says, “The Australian fans have been so amazing over the years and so engaged and so enthusiastic. We thought ‘We should add a few shows to this run’.”

Those extra shows will include set-list voted gigs – where fans can visit the band’s website and vote for the songs they want to hear. This is something that Isaac shares Hanson find really fun to do.

“We try to find things that we feel would be interesting if our favourite band did it. The good thing is whatever the fan’s favourite songs are, they get to decide and it doesn’t really matter what my favourites are,” he says.

SOURCE: Leigh

Hanson on Mornings

As they make their stop in Sydney for the first of two shows that take part of the Australian leg of the Anthem World Tour, Hanson visit the "Mornings" studios to play one of their timeless hits, Where's The Love. Not only that, but the guys also got interviewed, and we have to say, this one is one of the best interviews we've seen so far. Wicked! Check it out below.

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Hanson Chat | Video

August 08, 2014: David and Georgie chat to the Hanson brothers about their new album 'Anthem'.

Hanson perform 'Where's the Love' | Video

August 08, 2014: 90's pop sensation Hanson perform their mega-hit 'Where's the Love' live in the MORNINGS studio.

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Look who we just found hanging out in the @channel9 greenroom... #HANSON!!! See them perform LIVE on #Mornings9 NEXT! pic.twitter.com/3nv870YirL
— Thinking'Bout Hanson (@TBHansonArg) August 7, 2014

What a performance @Hansonmusic!!! @DavidCampbell73 @GeorgieG #Mornings9 pic.twitter.com/6LVmznBIej
— MORNINGS (@Mornings9) August 8, 2014

[PHOTO] fiwillan: Oh hey. Just hanging out with my mates at work #Hanson pic.twitter.com/lyVyuw5qjv
— Thinking'Bout Hanson (@TBHansonArg) August 8, 2014

.@Hansonmusic on @Mornings9!!! Awesome guys & fab performance ;) #Mornings9 pic.twitter.com/QsgvKErf6n
— Annie Chapman (@anniechapman91) August 8, 2014

Source: Mornings.
Article: Thinking 'Bout Hanson Argentina.

[AUDIO] Hanson on The Rush Hour Gold Coast

2Day FM Breakfast Best Bit: Chat with Hanson!

HANSON take a ride....

06 August 2014 , 7:40 PM by Halina Baczkowski

Hanson came to Brisbane and Rebecca Levingston wanted to make sure they saw the city at its finest so she invited them to take a ride with her on the Brisbane Wheel.

4 rotations and 13minutes of questions, it sounds like a whirlwind ride but it's amazing what you can learn about 3 international pop stars in a short time!

Drive With Scott Lamond - 94.7 ABC Local Aug 6 (Gold Coast)

Interview KIIS 1065 FM - Kyle & Jackie O (Sydney)

Hanson turn the camera on us!

It's not often (or ever) that your superstar guests start filming their own interview - but that's what happened when Hanson joined us in studio!

Watch above as the former teen heartthrobs joined us in studio and we learn that Hanson fever is still very much a thing.

Read more at http://www.973fm.com.au/shows/robin-terry-bob-in-the-morning/videos/hanson-august-2014#ldOyQiteLKuQzllu.99

Interview on B015 FM (Brisbane, Australia)

Labby, Stav & Abby interview Hanson and take fans questions for them as they visit Australia for their Anthem World Tour.

[AUDIO] Isaac Hanson Interview on Fifi & Dave (Australia)