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May 6th, 2013<\/p>\n

\"live_zac_1\"<\/a>Check out our brand new interview with Zac Hanson<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old musician and his brothers \u2013 Isaac<\/strong> and Taylor<\/strong> \u2013 have been playing together for over 20 years now!<\/p>\n

The geniuses behind the pop culture classic \u201cMMMBop\u201d have a brand new album out titled Anthem<\/em>, complete with a catchy lead single called \u201cGet the Girl Back.\u201d<\/p>\n

JJ<\/strong> recently caught up with Zac<\/strong> to chat about the new record as well as their star-studded music video, and more!<\/p>\n

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JustJaredJr.com: We were at your showcase recently in NYC. We\u2019re loving the new music!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zac Hanson:<\/strong> Thank you! It\u2019s always interesting. A lot of the music we\u2019re playing is brand new, never been heard, besides the single. So it\u2019s always interesting to see the response from fans. It\u2019s a special moment because it\u2019s the first. Normally, the concerts have a level of participation, so that concert was not a typical audience by any means. It\u2019s really interesting to look at the faces and sort of see people enjoying it, processing it for the first time.<\/p>\n

JJ: We saw you smiling the whole time. Looked like you enjoyed it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZH:<\/strong> You can\u2019t have the job for this long and not decide to enjoy it. It\u2019s a decision you have to make every time you can on stage, like, \u201cYou know what, I\u2019m going to have a really great\"\" time.\u201d No matter how tired you are, whatever, you can\u2019t hear and the monitor guy screwed up the mix or something, you just have to walk in and have a good time.<\/p>\n

JJ: At this point, you guys have seemingly played all types of places and venues. Do you prefer bigger arenas or smaller venues?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZH:<\/strong> It all depends, but I think small venues can be really nice because they\u2019re intimate and it usually means only the really, really hardcore fans get in. It\u2019s the people that are going to go to 15 shows on a tour or 5 or 10 shows on a tour. That can make it really fun. It also means you can play songs you maybe wouldn\u2019t really play for a bigger audience. You can play that B-side or that verse of the song that\u2019s a little different because you know you\u2019ve got a really devoted group of people that will know those songs or will want to hear something they never heard before. When you play a bigger place, you know you have to play that audience a little different because you\u2019re probably playing for more people who are not following the band as closely. We still have fun with it. This music in particular from the new album plays really well anywhere, but it\u2019s a little more designed for a bigger room with a little more space. The sound is designed to have a little more natural reverb from the room.<\/p>\n

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JJ: How would you describe this album compared to your past ones?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZH:<\/strong> I think the best way to describe it is to start with the last record and sort of move forward. Shout It Out<\/em> was really, we\u2019ve always been really influenced by the 50s and 60s, Motown, Rock and Roll. I think Shout It Out<\/em> really put that in the forefront. So Anthem<\/em>, the new record, it has a lot of the same heart as Shout It Out<\/em>, but just a harder edge. There\u2019s just like there\u2019s more space in the sound. A lot of the music was really written thinking about the crowd participation \u2013 songs like \u201cFire It Up.\u201d It\u2019s certainly designed for the whole audience to scream back at you. That\u2019s the whole idea is building this thing together. This stuff wasn\u2019t really a big thing on Shout It Out<\/em>, or really, any of our records. There are definitely songs that can be considered Hanson anthems. Songs like, \u201cThis Time Around,\u201d from our second album. Or maybe a song like \u201cGreat Divide\u201d from our fourth album. We get to the point, I\u2019m like, \u201cWait, what album is that from?\u201d (laughs). But I think this record is just designed more to have that vibe, a little more blues and the guitars just make it come back.<\/p>\n

JJ: Definitely. So tell us about the video and how that concept came about.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZH:<\/strong> The goal of the video was to make\u2026 almost like a movie \u2013 something you can watch and feel like there\u2019s a story and there might be a place for another video, something that\u2019s continuing. Through random things like social media, we ended up nailing the cast. We asked both if they would be into doing the video. It was just a mutual\u2026we love their work, and their fans of the band. It was just perfect, a great group of people \u2013 Drew Seeley<\/strong>, a friend of ours named Alex Beh<\/strong> playing the male counterpart, Paul McDonald<\/strong>, a vast group of Hanson friends, famous and unfamous. It was great. It was a one-day shoot. We were able to get it done really quickly. It was a crazy day where we had to shoot the video in between two concerts, so we had to get there at 4 a.m. and get out before the band set up to do a concert that night. The challenge was fun and everybody was just great. I think people say that and it sounds cliche \u2013 \u201cOh, it\u2019s like a family!\u201d But I think it was like a really good party, like when you get all the right people at a party and you\u2019re just like, \u201cThis is a great vibe.\u201d With like the bowl at the door, when you say, \u201cEveryone put your cell phone in the bowl. You can\u2019t use it. Just enjoy everybody\u2019s company.\u201d One of the cool things too about the video is the ability to put out the feelers to fans. Like, \u201cHey if you want to be in this video, come and be in it.\u201d So most of the audience is made up of Hansen.net members or our fan club.<\/p>\n

JJ: Cool! You guys have been doing this for a long time. How has the fan base evolved over those 20 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZH:<\/strong> The core fan base has always been our peers. So when I was 12, there was a lot of 12-year-olds. And now I\u2019m 27, and there are lot of 27-year-olds. I think the coolest thing about our fan base is seeing these people who have continued to vibe with our music and make it a part of who they are, and how they go through the world. The tattoos, all the crazy stories of going on tour, meeting their partners at concerts, or best friends. Also, there\u2019s this handing down of next generation Hanson fans, that\u2019s a wild experience for me. Being in the band and watching it happen, meeting these people. The fans at 27 will walk up to you after the concert like, \u201cHey, I love you guys. I\u2019ve been to 30 concerts. And this is my little brother\/concern\/nephew\/whatever it is.\u201d Seeing that happen is a really cool thing.<\/p>\n

JJ: And what about being in a band with your brothers \u2013 has that gotten easier or harder over the years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZH:<\/strong> It\u2019s not easy. I think if anything, getting older probably does make it harder because you have that many more quirks, you\u2019re that much more stubborn, you have that many more responsibilities \u2013 kids, mortgages, you know? Things like that. When you\u2019re 12 and a car breaks down, you\u2019re not worried about that. Because a 12-year-old doesn\u2019t take a car to the shop to get it fixed. Somebody else is dong those things. Even if you\u2019re working really hard as a musician, you don\u2019t have those added stresses of managing the household, so to speak. We have a deep history obviously, 21 years as a band, so musically, that does probably get easier. We know each other so well and when you\u2019re playing a live concert and something\u2019s happening, something\u2019s going wrong, it\u2019s less frightening. You just sort of figure it out. Like, \u201cI\u2019ve been to this rodeo before\u201d (laughs). What happens next is you sing happy\"\" birthday to the sound guy (laughs) and that will give us three minutes to try to fix this problem, and if that doesn\u2019t work, we start a drum beat and that gives us another two minutes. You know certain things you can do to try and survive through those moments.<\/p>\n

JJ: You guys all have families now. How do you deal with balancing that and touring?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZH:<\/strong> We find ways, but the reality is, we live a crazy life. Making a choice to be in a band means that you\u2019re not going to do normal things. You\u2019re going to experience\u2026 the way you raise your kids, the way you lead your life, it\u2019s not going to be \u201cnormal.\u201d We have this amazing\"\" life and you have to have that to make it work because the hours are long. And even when you\u2019re not working, you\u2019re an artist, you\u2019re a creator. You\u2019re life plays into what you\u2019re doing every day. When inspiration strikes, you have to follow through with that. That can be at midnight on Sunday morning. It could be at 5 on a Monday when you\u2019re supposed to be doing something \u201cnormal.\u201d \u201cOh, it\u2019s the weekend, I\u2019m not supposed to be working.\u201d You just have to find ways to be really present. That\u2019s probably true of every relationship, but when you\u2019re time together is more limited because your work requires so much of your time, you have to be that much more present when you are together and really make those moments count. I\u2019m not always good at that, but that\u2019s at least what you have to try to do, I think. That\u2019s just how we make it through.<\/p>\n

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