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Where the Boys Are<\/strong><\/p>\n

29 October 1999<\/p>\n

By Chris Willman<\/p>\n

Whoa. Zac, the drummer for Hanson, is seven feet tall! Okay, not really. But when you crack the door to the studio where the teen-bro trio is jamming between recording sessions, the first thing you notice is that the pip-squeak is gone, his lanky ringer being a ponytailed, piccolo snare-popping Iron Giant. Only later, when they line up for a photo, will you realize Zac, now 14, remains an inch or two shorter than his older brothers and is still a baby-faced cutup, despite the impressive growth spurt. In any case, says Taylor, 16, \u201cWe do have a massive drummer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I used to be a scrawny little boy,\u201d jokes Zac, doing Dana Carvey as Schwarzenegger, \u201cand now I am buff!\u201d<\/p>\n

A few changes await the patient faithful, agrees Isaac, 18, the guitarist and elder statesman. \u201cWe had fans respond in all kinds of ways just when I cut my hair\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Zac chimes in: \u201cWe\u2019d get phone calls on the hotline that we have to give fans information, and it\u2019d be like, \u2018Isaac\u2026[sob]\u2026we\u2019re sup\u2026porting\u2026you [choking sob]\u2026 and your haircut!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you\u2019ll get the reverse response,\u201d adds the shorn one. \u201cNot that that\u2019s important. But it\u2019ll be interesting to see how people respond to the new record and how things have changed a bit there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inevitable segue would be to report how Hanson\u2019s sound is maturing. Yet there was already a fair amount of adolescent sophistication in their 1997 debut, Middle of Nowhere-seriously, have Sugar Ray, Sting, Diane Warren, or Madonna written a catchier melody or more pungent lyric in recent years than \u201cMMMBop\u201d?-so you hope the brothers don\u2019t grow too quickly out of their preternaturally accomplished pop-soul.<\/p>\n

Judging from the jams the boys off-handedly pump out, they\u2019ve become a very credible live rock unit. But this still untitled follow-up, due out next spring, is being recorded the old-fashioned way-piecemeal-with plenty of overdubs and loops. It is \u201ca little more band, a little more rock & roll, a little less poppy,\u201d promises Taylor. Disregard rumors that they don\u2019t play on their own recordings. \u201cWe\u2019re not singing on the album,\u201d Taylor corrects. \u201cRob Zombie\u2019s doing all the vocals.\u201d More believably, they report cameos by Jonny Lang and John Popper on the sessions, which are being laid down in L.A. with Nowhere coproducer Stephen Lironi (brought in after an aborted start with Ric Ocasek).<\/p>\n

Two and a half years ago, Hanson represented the face of \u201cteen pop.\u201d They\u2019ll reemerge in an environment where that means five guys with goatees busting Debbie Allen moves. But the brothers have a more historical context for youthful vim. \u201cI was thinking about what was so great about the \u201950\u2032s,\u201d says Isaac. \u201cAll those guys- Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Elvis, Chuck Berry- were under 21 when they first burst onto the scene\u2026.That\u2019s what was fun about having Jonny Lang come in. He can play like nobody\u2019s business, and he\u2019s a really great guy, and he\u2019s\u2026\u201d\u00a0a fellow former almost-sort-of-pip-squeak? Exactly. May teen pop-rock tower forever.<\/p>\n

Source: Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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