{"id":4570,"date":"2014-08-16T17:27:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/?p=4570"},"modified":"2014-08-16T17:27:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T16:27:17","slug":"boys-to-men-why-hanson-are-embracing-their-boy-band-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2014\/08\/16\/boys-to-men-why-hanson-are-embracing-their-boy-band-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys to men: Why Hanson are embracing their boy band past"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">15 August 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">by Candice Barnes<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/action\/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-3dr5z\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cCrank it up, roll the windows down, go fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">That was how Isaac Hanson described the first track, titled\u00a0<i>Fired Up<\/i>, from the band\u2019s new album\u00a0<i>Anthem<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s a far cry from the group\u2019s breakout 1997 hit\u00a0<i>MMMbop<\/i>, but the eldest Hanson brother said similar themes have been present throughout their work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4572\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2014\/08\/16\/boys-to-men-why-hanson-are-embracing-their-boy-band-past\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-1.jpg?fit=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wa-today-interview-tim-tam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Issac and Taylor Hanson chat to WAtoday.com.au&amp;#8217;s Candice Barnes. Photo: Aleisha Orr&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Read more: http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/about-town\/boys-to-men-why-hanson-are-embracing-their-boy-band-past-20140815-104i97.html#ixzz3AZZwSIEr&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-1.jpg?fit=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4572 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-1.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Issac and Taylor Hanson chat to WAtoday.com.au's Candice Barnes. Photo: Aleisha Orr Read more: http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/about-town\/boys-to-men-why-hanson-are-embracing-their-boy-band-past-20140815-104i97.html#ixzz3AZZwSIEr\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-1.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-1.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Issac and Taylor Hanson chat to WAtoday.com.au&#8217;s Candice Barnes. Photo: Aleisha Orr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cMMMbop<\/i>\u00a0ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you\u2019ll have the in the face of challenge and strife,\u201d Isaac said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruth be told, that song in many ways was about us choosing to pursue music in spite of other things going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4573\" style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/2014\/08\/16\/boys-to-men-why-hanson-are-embracing-their-boy-band-past\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-2.jpg?fit=619%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"619,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wa-today-interview-tim-tam-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Isaac and Taylor had their first taste of a Tim Tam slam. Photo: Aleisha Orr&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-2.jpg?fit=619%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4573 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-2.jpg?resize=619%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Isaac and Taylor had their first taste of a Tim Tam slam. Photo: Aleisha Orr \" width=\"619\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-2.jpg?w=619&amp;ssl=1 619w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wa-today-interview-tim-tam-2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaac and Taylor had their first taste of a Tim Tam slam. Photo: Aleisha Orr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<p>Front-man Taylor said the song was partly inspired by \u201cfriends that didn&#8217;t get\u201d the brothers\u2019 early determination and passion for music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cool thing about where we are and the fact that we&#8217;ve started so young is, I\u2019m 30, but we&#8217;ve been doing this since we were kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many cases, we\u2019re peers with bands that have maybe just put out a couple of records. There\u2019s just so much more ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there is a renewed interest in the group following the release of\u00a0<i>Anthem<\/i>, their sixth studio album, the band said they had \u201cnever really stopped\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were really at the beginning of the generation of people who grew up with web access,\u201d Isaac said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere it not for that, our ability to stay connected with fans, like our Australian fans, would have been practically impossible as we wouldn&#8217;t have been able to maintain that constancy, even when you\u2019re busy somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said that history had brought them to a \u201cgood moment\u201d where they felt they could appeal to fans of \u201cdifferent ages\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re ever interested in pushing aside what we&#8217;ve done in the past, but of course you want to move forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go to see a Hanson show now, you see a range of people we&#8217;ve literally grown up with, you see people who&#8217;ve discovered it halfway through and maybe only heard two or three albums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the overriding theme, the band said their music has a new perspective. Each of the brothers is now married with children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never really wrote about our autobiography, but I mean for sure in the love songs there\u2019s a little bit more about keeping it together and staying true to things as opposed to the first infatuation with someone,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally we\u2019ve always written songs that were about things beyond ourselves and that\u2019s part of what\u2019s great about being an artist, being able to sit down and imagine a story and tell it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngest brother Zac is currently \u201cunder the weather\u201d and so will likely miss out on some sightseeing, though he has still taken to the drums during the tour.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor and Isaac said they were determined to check out some of Western Australia\u2019s \u201cnatural beauty\u201d for themselves. Taylor, \u201ca photography nerd\u201d is carrying around a vintage camera on tour to capture some of the sights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve 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,\u201d said Isaac.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully as we make Australia a regular touring stop for ourselves, only having been two years since our last run through the country, we\u2019ll have a few days to see new things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hanson will play Metropolis Fremantle on Friday night. Tickets are available\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #484848;\" href=\"http:\/\/tickets.oztix.com.au\/?Event=42979&amp;utm_source=songkick\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<em>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/entertainment\/about-town\/boys-to-men-why-hanson-are-embracing-their-boy-band-past-20140815-104i97.html\" target=\"_blank\"> WA Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 August 2014 by Candice Barnes \u201cCrank it up, roll the windows down, go fast.\u201d That was how Isaac Hanson described the first track, titled\u00a0Fired Up, from the band\u2019s new album\u00a0Anthem. It\u2019s a far cry from the group\u2019s breakout 1997 hit\u00a0MMMbop, but the eldest Hanson brother said similar themes have been present throughout their work. 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