Matchbox Twenty<BR>
Z100 interview in New York, NY<BR>
May 22, 2000<BR>
Z100 with Cubby<BR>
<P>
Cubby:  After these few commercials here, you'll hear Matchbox Twenty live in
studio. We're next on
               Z100...come on in, guys!
<P>
Cubby:  Clap<BR>
Rob:  We are here. That is not us clapping. That's adoring fans filling the
studio. <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah. We have ladies in the studio, too. We have to get to them in a
minute. <BR>
Adam: Ohhh. <BR>
Cubby:  But, uh, to my right is Adam. You know Adam Gaynor...guitar and
vocalist. <BR>
Adam:  What's goin' on, Baby Cubs? <BR>
Cubby:  Rob Thomas, smack dab in the middle of 'em. How ya doin', Rob? <BR>
Rob:  I'm right here in the middle of you. <BR>
Cubby:  And Paul; it is Doucette, right? (pronouncing it with an "s" sound) <BR>
Paul:  Yes it is, sir. <BR>
(Adam and Rob clapping) <BR>
Adam (I think): Good job! <BR>
Cubby:  I don't think you, uh, had, uh, a kinda different pronunciation of the
last name...maybe like a
               French, like Doucettahhh... <BR>
Paul:  No<BR>
Rob:  Some do... <BR>
Paul:  Yeah<BR>
Rob:  People always call it like Paul Doucettee. <BR>
Paul:  Doucettee, or... <BR>
Adam:  That's a good one. <BR>
Paul:  Douchette; I, I get all kinds of things. It's Doucette. <BR>
Cubby:  Doucette<BR>
Paul:  Yes<P>
Cubby:  Thanks for comin' out, guys! <BR>
Rob:  Thank you for having us. <BR>
Cubby:  Your first radio interview, ever. <BR>
Rob:  Ever<BR>
Paul:  Ever<BR>
Cubby:  Wow! <BR>
Rob:  I'm brightened by all this! <P>
Cubby:  Seriously, man! Welcome to Z100 and Rob and; you live here now, don't
you? <BR>
Rob:  Yes, I do. <BR>
Cubby:  And the rest of the band...what do you...? <BR>
Paul:  I live in L.A. <BR>
Rob:  That's Paul's. <BR>
Paul:  I'm Paul and I live in L.A. <BR>
Adam:  I'd like, uh... <BR>
Rob:  Sorry<BR>
Adam:  ...like to give New York props by saying, uh, Uncle Adam is born in
Manhattan. That's all... <BR>
Rob:  Thank you very much...Paul... <BR>
Paul:  Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute...I can join this game...both
my parents are from
           Brooklyn. <BR>
Cubby:  Ok...there you go. <BR>
Adam:  My dad is from Brooklyn. <BR>
Rob:  My wife is born and raised in Queens. <BR>
Adam:  I had a dog... <BR>
Paul:  My fiancee was born in New York...I don't know where. <BR>
Cubby:  (laughing) Wait; where's Kyle? <BR>
Rob:  Kyle is in New York. <BR>
Paul and Adam:  Kyle is in New York, sir. <BR>
Cubby:  And we're missing Brian; where's Brian? <BR>
Paul: Also in New York. <BR>
Rob:  Also... <BR>
Adam:  We haven't seen him since last summer. <BR>
Rob:  You know, uh...you know, they were coming and then they didn't. <BR>
Paul:  This microphone sounds like we're talking through tin foil. <BR>
Rob:  You know what they told us? We could only have three people here. <BR>
Cubby:  Oh, they did not! <BR>
Paul:  Yes, they did. Yes, they did. <BR>
Adam:  They said, Cubby... <BR>
Rob:  They said lose two members cause... <BR>
Adam: They said something like, the Cubster gets dizzy with more than three
people at once. <BR>
Cubby:  (laughing) You know what, though... <BR>
Adam:  That's what they said! <BR>
Cubby:  You know; I bet you Kyle or Brian is drunk somewhere. <BR>
Adam:  That's...well, I don't wanna say that. Is this live radio? <BR>
Cubby:  We are live...yeah. <BR>
(Rob laughing) <P>
Cubby:  Now, actually; can we, ya know...it's no...it don't hurt to be, ya
know...honest. Last time you guys
               were here; when you were promoting the single, "Push"; everyone
was like, "You're drinking
               the night before, right?" <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<BR>
(Adam and Paul laughing) <BR>
Cubby:  And you came on the Z Morning Zoo like, (in a drunk way) "Hey, man!" <BR>
(Rob and Adam laughing) <BR>
Cubby:  You guys were pretty tired, weren't you? <BR>
Rob:  We were...yeah; we were pretty tired...pretty loaded. <BR>
Paul:  Yeah, lit. Are, are tired...very tired. That's a good way to put it...we
were very tired. <BR>
Adam:  Those were the days, though, of frolicing in carefree rock n' roll. We've
changed; we've changed. <BR>
Cubby:  That's right. <BR>
Rob:  Oh, yeah. <BR>
Cubby:  Well, speaking of which...you're here. <BR>
Paul: I lost my shoe...<P>
Cubby:  Mad Season comes out tomorrow. Explain to me what a band feels like;
like you guys, before the
               release date of the big album. Your second album; all the
pressure's on you... <BR>
Paul:  Oh my, God... <BR>
Adam:  My skin is a glitter. <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Cubby: Rob? <BR>
Rob:  You know...you know what the...a funny thing is, is, you know, I mean you
put this record out,
          and...and it's gonna; you know, it has a life...it goes on, you know.
And, and this whole big waiting
          for the first day is kinda, just waiting to let the air out...like
heuuuu... <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah<BR>
Rob:  Finally, it's out there. Let it be out there, you know. It's all this
build up, and all this build up. <BR>
Adam:  I'm just hoping, like fifteen people go out and buy it, you know? Then
we'll be happy. <BR>
Cubby:  You might; you might out sell N'Sync. <BR>
Rob: The whole time; the whole time...yeah, right! <BR>
Adam:  I didn't know; I didn't...the whole joke about it...or, just not say
the... <BR>
Cubby:  We might cure cancer. <BR>
(Rob laughing) <BR>
Cubby:  Now, come on...2.4 million; let's do it...come on, ok... <BR>
Adam: Ok, ok...come on, kids...go out there and buy six copies each. <P>
Cubby:  (laughing) How different are you guys as a band? Uh, compared to maybe
four or five years ago? <BR>
Rob:  Uh, I think we're...exactly the same, except better musicians...than we
were four or five years ago. <BR>
Paul:  That's pretty fair. <BR>
Rob:  You know, I think we're getting... <BR>
Cubby:  Cause you know each other more... <BR>
Paul:  Mmm hmm<BR>
Rob:  You know; I mean, we've all grown up a lot. I mean, you know, we all
don't; we're not all looking
          for the next party every five minutes, you know. And we're...and
we're...paying a lot more attention
          to...to different things, and...yeah. <BR>
Paul:  A lot of the illusions have been taken away. <BR>
Rob:  Yeah...right, yeah. <P>
Cubby:  When was the last party you've guys went to...? <BR>
Paul:  I can't even tell you...I have no idea... <BR>
Adam:  On the way over here, we stopped for a half... <BR>
Rob:  Yeah, yeah...we stopped at this little... <BR>
Cubby:  (laughing) Alright... <BR>
Rob:  But, other than that... <P>
Cubby:  Alright, you can talk to Matchbox Twenty at 1-800-242-0100...we got a
call! <BR>
Adam: I love... <BR>
Paul:  Wow! <P>
Cubby:  Your name and where you're from? <BR>
Caller:  My name is Donna Holden from Staten Island, and my question is, what
made him hook up with
             Santana? Is it; was it because to bring Santana back out in the
spotlight after so many years of not
             being, um, you know...big anymore? <BR>
Cubby:  Well, uh, she said, "him". I think you meant... <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<BR>
Cubby:  Rob Thomas...yeah. <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<BR>
Paul:  Rob did that on his own. <BR>
Rob: (laughing) Yeah<BR>
Paul:  Santana, he was...was playing on the street and Rob said, "No, no...you
can't be doin' that...!" <BR>
Rob:  (laughing) My, God...no, I, I think it was the opposite. Like, I'm a huge,
huge fan, and I, I jumped
          at the chance to, you know; to, to do it. I was, I was honored to do
it before I ever, uh, before it was
          out, and people heard it, and became, you know, the huge album that it
was, and it was...a beautiful
          album, and I had one twelfth of it. You know, and that was all, you
know; I was just a part of a
          huge thing... <BR>
Cubby:  Now... <BR>
Rob:  It was Supernatural. <P>
Cubby:  Was the rest of the band cool with it...were you guys all, "Here goes
Rob, man..." <BR>
Adam: Yeah...we're just glad he came back. <BR>
(Cubby and Rob laughing) <BR>
Cubby: You thought you lost him? <BR>
Adam:  Yeah... <BR>
Rob:  Where is he? <BR>
Adam:  We were like, pulling him...calling him, "Come on, man. Seriously, you
gotta come back now; I
              mean, what's going on?" <BR>
Cubby:  Matchbox Twenty... <BR>
Adam:  I was like, "Okay?" <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Adam: "Okay?"<P>
Cubby:  Matchbox Twenty's in the house. Your name...where are you from...give me
the question. <BR>
Caller:  Hi, this is Liz from (…?)
Scatawah, New Jersey. How do
             you think your new sound is going to affect your fans? <BR>
Cubby:  New sound? <BR>
Adam:  New s...? <BR>
Rob:  It's going to make their skin all a glitter... <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Adam:  I think it will make you dizzy! <BR>
Rob:  I don't think we...do we have... <BR>
Paul: Yeah<BR>
Rob:  ...a new sound? <BR>
Cubby:  I guess what she's trying to say, is...it's a new album... <BR>
Adam:  (kinda singing) New sound... <BR>
Cubby:  It's a... <BR>
Adam:  (kinda singing) New sound... <BR>
Cubby:  ...new album...will the fans dig it? Will the same fans that bought the
first... <BR>
Paul:  Ohhh...who knows... <BR>
Rob:  Who knows...ohhh wow... <BR>
Paul:  We can only make a record that we...that we really like. <BR>
Rob:  Yeah... <BR>
Paul:  And hopefully people will like it. We really hope they do, but who knows. <BR>
Adam:  It's still got those damn catchy tunes, though. <BR>
(Cubby laughing) <BR>
Rob:  If it were, you know...if it were up to the band...if it were up to every
band, then I think that
          everybody would just like, check that box off... <BR>
Paul:  Exactly<BR>
Rob:  Like, "Oh, I'll take ten million, please. Yeah, I'll take ten million
fans. I'll take..." <P>
Cubby:  Right. Um, now, how...where did you guys record the album? You recorded
it kinda
               everywhere...or in one place? <BR>
Rob:  Uh, well, you know...two...two places. <BR>
Paul:  Yeah, the bulk of the record was done in, uh, Atlanta. At a place called
Tree Studios... <BR>
Rob:  (in a high pitched voice) Tree! <BR>
Paul:  And then... <BR>
Rob:  Then... <BR>
Paul:  Then, the other part... <BR>
Rob:  There were three tracks at the seventh corner of hell. (He said something
like that) <BR>
Cubby:  You know, I heard something about Nashville, too... <BR>
Paul:  We were at Nashville for awhile. We mixed it in Nashville, and... <BR>
Rob:  And did our backup vocals in Nashville...and... <BR>
Paul:  And... <BR>
Rob:  And all the orchestrations in Nashville. <BR>
Paul:  Yup<P>
Cubby:  And you worked with dual Grammy winner, Matt Ser... <BR>
(All clapping) <BR>
Rob, Paul, and Adam:  (shouting) Matt Serletic! <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah, there we go! <BR>
Adam:  The catfish, the catfish<BR>
Paul:  Yeah, Matt's also... <BR>
Rob:  Matt's...yeah...he really is. I mean, he, he's one of our...our really
good friends. You know, he's
           become the sixth member of this band. You know, he's had so much to
do with everything that
           we're doing, you know. And, the fact that he's our age, and the fact
that he's, uh, a close friend on
           top of being our producer makes it a lot easier... <BR>
Cubby:  By the way... <BR>
Rob:  ...to work with him. <P>
Cubby:  It's very cool...the liner notes...who you thanked. You thanked a lot of
people in here...Adam.
              Actually, every band member thanked different people. Um...Rob,
did you thank Edwin
              McCain...is that in here? <BR>
Rob:  Yeah! <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah, how... <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<BR>
Cubby:  How...why Edwin McCain? <BR>
Rob:  That was, uh...uh... <BR>
Adam:  He wrote the album...Edwin McCain... <BR>
Rob:  Yeah, yeah...he wrote the record (laughing) <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Adam:  Like, he wrote the album... <BR>
Rob:  Um, Edwin...Edwin, uh, I thanked him, uh, you know, for a lot of reasons,
though. He's been, uh, a
           huge supporter...uh...but...on top of that...he played at my
wedding...for me and my wife...he
           played our first dance. I thought it was really nice, and that's
why... <BR>
Cubby:  Was that "Brick House" by the Commodores? Was that...? <BR>
Rob:  (laughing) Yeah, that was...that's our song. <BR>
Cubby:  (laughing) That's like everybody's song... <BR>
Rob:  That's our song. <BR>
Cubby:  No, what is your song? Is it like an Edwin McCain song? <BR>
Rob:  No, our...well...well, "I'll Be" is...was our...was like our song,
that...that, you know. Whenever we
           hear it, we...you know...we...aaaaaw<BR>
Cubby:  And "Push" was his song, right?! <BR>
Rob:  Yeah, right... <BR>
Cubby:  (laughing) At his wedding...? Awww...forget it. Uh... <BR>
(Rob laughing) <P>
Cubby:  Uh...1-800-242-0100 to...you're uh...you're on the phone with Matchbox
Twenty. <BR>
Caller:  My name is Heather and I'm from East Meadow. And I was just wondering
what you guys have
             been up to between albums? <BR>
Cubby:  Well, we know what Rob's been up to. What about the rest of the guys? <BR>
Adam:  Hey, Paul...what have you been doin', man? Seriously...you need to tell
me! <BR>
Paul:  Uh... <BR>
Rob:  I'm gardening! <BR>
Paul:  Uh, I did a song with Gordon Lightfoot... <BR>
(Rob and Adam laughing) <BR>
Paul:  Uh...brought back his career... <BR>
(Rob and Adam giggling) <BR>
Paul:  Um...what did I do? Uh...I, I got engaged. I, uh...I bought a
house...that's it. I just kinda, like, uh,
           gone straight on with my life. What did you do, Adam? <BR>
Adam:  I was, I was doing a puppet show with Rick James down at the Century 21
village... <BR>
(Cubby laughing really hard for a long time) <BR>
Adam:  (giggling) So, uh...I don't know. I don't know, man. You know...the usual
stuff. <P>
Cubby:  (still laughing) I can't recover from that! Uh...your name...where are
you from? <BR>
Caller:  My name is Carinella, I'm from Yonkers. I'd like to know who...which
song is, uh...Rob Thomas'
             favorite? I'm wondering 'cause, uh...mine is "Push".<BR>
Cubby:  Uh...well, ok. I guess including the last album and this
album...what...do you have a favorite
               song? <BR>
Rob:  No...um...uh...right now my favorite...it goes, you know, I go back and
forth, just like I do with mo
          things, and, you know...my things. <BR>
(Rob and Cubby laugh) <BR>
Rob:  (sassy) My thangs! <BR>
Paul:  What was that? <BR>
Rob:  I, um...I think...right now my favorite track of ours is...is "You Won't
Be Mine". It was just a lot of
          fun to listen to. <BR>
Paul:  (bored) Big rock<BR>
(Rob and Paul giggle) <BR>
Cubby:  Uh...before we...before we...play "Bent"...<BR>
Adam:  (imitating Paul) Big rock<P>
Cubby:  The new single, "Bent"...before we play it; we got a couple of things we
gotta plug. I mean...plug,
               plug, plug... <BR>
Adam:  Oh, right on... <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<BR>
Cubby:  In about twenty minutes...uh...on AOL...keyword: Live... <BR>
Adam: (in a sexy voice) Liiive! <BR>
Rob:  Live<BR>
Cubby:  (spelling it out) L, I, V, E...or live...or live... <BR>
Rob and Adam (in background): Liiive...liiive! <BR>
Cubby:  Keyword... <BR>
Rob:  Keyword: Nude<BR>
Adam:  (in a sexy voice) Liiive! <BR>
Cubby:  (giggling) Seven...no...don't say that! You... <BR>
Rob:  (giggling) Sorry<BR>
Cubby:  You know someone will go to that... <BR>
Adam:  No, no, no...liiive! <BR>
(Rob, Paul, and Adam giggling) <BR>
Cubby:  (giggling) You guys, you guys are doin' an AOL chat tonight, seven o'
clock...AOL... <BR>
Rob:  Eh... <BR>
Paul:  Yes<BR>
Cubby:  Live<BR>
Rob and Adam:  (in sexy voices) Liiive! <BR>
Rob:  (in a sexy voice) Nuuude! <P>
Cubby:  And Letterman? What's up with Letterman? <BR>
Rob:  Letterman is...is gonna be a lotta fun tomorrow. We're doin' it and we're,
uh...we're doin' it, but
          we're doin' it out on 53rd Street...we're closin' up the street right
outside eh, the Ed Sullivan
          Theater. We're lettin' people come down and just come on down...we're
gonna play. We're playin',
          uh, one song for Letterman...they're gonna film for Letterman...and
then, we're doin', uh, another
          four or so...for, uh, the CBS Webcast and for the, uh, for it's gonna
be over at our website... <BR>
Cubby:  Oh<BR>
Rob:  It's gonna launch tomorrow, and we're... <BR>
Adam:  Ohhh...I've been…I've been told through the people through the
glass...that's 4:15... <BR>
(Cubby giggling) <BR>
Rob:  4:15? <BR>
Adam:  We're lookin' at right across Broadway, and we're... <BR>
Cubby:  Oh, yeah! <BR>
Adam:  What was the street...what was the street...? <BR>
Paul:  Let's get a crowd out there...! <BR>
Adam:  Right out at where the Miss Saigon thing is...you're supposed to be
there. And ya know what...? <BR>
Rob:  Yeah, right by Miss Saigon is where... <BR>
Adam:  If you're there, we're gonna throw stuff at ya. <BR>
Cubby:  Ok...yeah...4:15 tomorrow...be a part of this...you can be a part of the
audience...you don't have
               to... <BR>
Adam:  Yeah<BR>
Cubby:  ...go to Letterman to be a part of this... <BR>
Adam:  No, no, no... <BR>
Rob:  No<BR>
Paul:  No... <BR>
Adam:  This is all about the street, my friend... <BR>
Rob and Paul:  Yeah, the street... <BR>
Cubby:  (giggling) You guys... <BR>
Adam:  We're street... <BR>
Cubby:  You guys are street! <BR>
Rob:  (giggling) Yeah! We are so street! <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah...alright...! <BR>
Adam:  By the way...I need some chese<BR>
(All giggling) <BR>
Adam:  Remember that whole thing? <P>
Cubby:  Ok...who wants to talk about "Bent"? I'm gonna play it right
now..."Bent"...<BR>
Paul:  Rob does<BR>
Cubby:  B...Rob? You wrote that, right? You wrote everything on the album,
right? <BR>
Rob:  No, I wrote, uh, "Stop" with Paul... <BR>
Paul:  That's me... <BR>
Rob:  Eu, uh, two songs with Matt Scerletic... <BR>
Cubby:  And "Bent" is...? <BR>
(Rob, Paul, and Adam giggling) <BR>
Rob:  Eu, and...and "Bent" I wrote...myself. <BR>
(All giggling) <BR>
Cubby:  Alright...! <P>
("Bent" begins) <BR>
Cubby:  Go ahead...introduce it...say, "This is Matchbox Twenty, dammit, and
we're on Z100!" <BR>
Rob:  Dammit! We're Matchbox Tw...wait...why...why the "dammit"? Why...why you
gotta be so mean?
          Awww... <BR>
Adam and Paul:  Awww... <BR>
Cubby:  Say whatever you want...you be the DJ. <BR>
Rob:  Hey everybody! This is Matchbox Twenty. (giggling) H...here's "Bent"...on
Z100! <BR>
Cubby:  We need a drink...!<P>
("Bent" plays) <<P>>
Cubby:  (before the music is done playing) Z100. Don't you just hate it when
DJ's talk over your song,
              guys? <BR>
Rob:  No, I love it! <BR>
(All giggling) <P>
Cubby:  Matchbox Twenty is here! Rob Thomas. Right in front of me...we got Adam
Gaynor...I'm not
               gonna even bring up the Gloria Gaynor joke, 'cause I know you've
heard it three thousand
               times... <BR>
Adam:  Actually...that is, actually...yes. <BR>
(Cubby and Adam laughing) <BR>
Cubby:  Uh...Paul is here. By the way, you get the, uh, Jerry Seinfeld... <BR>
Adam:  Hey, I do...I do. <BR>
Rob:  Awww...! <BR>
Paul:  Ohhh... <BR>
Cubby:  Adam looks like Jerry Seinfeld... <BR>
Rob:  I think he looks more like Kevin Nealon. <BR>
Adam:  I get that, too and I hate that, Rob. <BR>
Paul:  I think he looks more like Kevin Spacey. <BR>
Adam:  I think someone once told me I look a little bit like Shekhi Green. (He
said something like that) <BR>
Rob:  I think he looks a little like Sissy Spacek. <BR>
Adam:  Yeah...that's what I'm thinkin'. <BR>
Paul:  I had the biggest crush on Sissy Spacek... <BR>
Adam:  You did? <BR>
Paul:  For two years<P>
Adam:  "Coal Miner's Daughter"?<BR>
Paul:  Huh? <BR>
Adam:  "Coal Miner's... <BR>
Rob:  (shouting)  Boo! <BR>
Adam:  ...Daughter"?<BR>
Paul:  (shouting) Boo! <BR>
Adam:  (shouting) Boo! <BR>
Rob:  (shouting)  Boo! <BR>
Adam:  (shouting)  Boo! <BR>
Paul:  (shouting)  Boo! <BR>
Cubby:  "Coal Miner's Daughter" was a good movie...I saw... <BR>
Paul:  Yeah, that was a great movie. I saw... <BR>
Rob:  It was a damn fine movie. <BR>
Cubby:  I just saw it for the first time...last year... <BR>
Rob:  Really? <BR>
Cubby:  It came out in like 1980...I saw it on the Nashville Network... <BR>
Paul:  I love that movie. <BR>
Rob:  I'm from South Carolina, man...you can't be a redneck, unless you've seen
"Coal Miner's Daughter"
          like four hundred times, or... <P>
Cubby:  You know, you can talk about "Coal Miner's Daughter" and other of your
favorite movies tonight
               on AOL... <BR>
Rob, Paul, and Adam:  Euuu...Ohhh... <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah...uh...seven o' clock... <BR>
Rob:  Seven... <BR>
Cubby:  Keyword: Live...I...they told me to mention that three times... <BR>
Adam:  We...we could plug our website, too...which debuts tomorrow... <BR>
Rob:  Say it... <BR>
Paul:  Let's do it right now... <BR>
Rob:  Do it again, just to get it out of the way. <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah...one more time? <BR>
Rob and Paul:  Yeah, yeah, yeah<BR>
Cubby:  AOL tonight with Matchbox Twenty... <BR>
Rob:  (in a scruffy and sexy voice) Liiive! <BR>
Adam:  Keyword... <BR>
Cubby:  It's seven o'clock tonight...it's in fourteen minutes...key... <BR>
Rob: Is that live? <BR>
Cubby:  Keyword: Live<BR>
Rob and Adam:  (in sexy voices) Liiive! <BR>
Paul:  Yeah<P>
Cubby:  Now, what about your website? <BR>
Adam:  Yeah, we're debuting it tomorrow...I'm SOOO excited...the day the album
comes out...our website
              will debut...Matchbox Twenty, spelled out... <BR>
Rob:  Remember, Adam works... <BR>
Paul:  Yeah, Adam has worked EXTREMELY hard on this website. Now, come on... <BR>
(All clapping) <BR>
Adam:  I, I, I really appreciate that...thank you! <BR>
Rob:  Matchbox Twenty has a zone defense, you know...like everybody has these
things they're doing,
          and Adam has been working very hard over on the internet; and, and
trying to make sure that...that
          we're just as up to date as we can be; and that everybody, you know,
that...that's finding music that
          way, and try, you know, is living on the internet world can... <BR>
Adam:  Yup...kids are gonna be happy... <BR>
Paul:  Anyone's that's on the internet should know, that if you're on the
internet and you enjoy our
           website... <BR>
Rob:  Adam did that. <BR>
Paul:  It's Adam... <BR>
Adam:  Ohhh... <BR>
Cubby:  And it's free, by the way, right? <BR>
Paul:  Yeah<BR>
Cubby:  None of that, uh... <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<BR>
Cubby:  You know...uh...charging... <BR>
Rob:  It's a little live and nude. <BR>
Adam:  It's a little home to hang out and just put your feet up. <P>
Cubby:  Hey Adam...are you still the band's uh, non-smoker and, uh, allergic to
dogs? <BR>
Adam:  Yes...and, yes. <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Adam:  Yes! And I'm afraid to...yes...you know, I'm just...yes...I am actually.
I'm the only non-smoker and
              I'm allergic to animals...dogs and cats, in general. <BR>
Cubby:  Really? <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Adam:  Yeah...I don't know where to go from there! <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah, yeah... <BR>
Adam:  Just don't rub a cat against me! <BR>
Cubby:  Well, I...I was hopin' it would go into more like...you know... <BR>
Rob:  We brought you this Persian cat... <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah, yeah...exactly! <BR>
Rob:  We want you to sneeze! <BR>
Adam:  Yeah, I am...and it's a crazy thing 'cause, you know, everybody in the
band smokes, so everybody
              hates me...and I try to deal with it. <BR>
Rob:  Yeah, we're like...I...I mean...we're like...the rest of us are to Keith
Richards, just like... <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Adam:  But, they're all really...they're really sweet, and I feel very guilty
'bout it... <BR>
Rob:  Yeah, you know...when we met Adam...he...we all went together and Adam
wound up being the
          only guy that had his own room. <BR>
(All laughing) <BR>
Adam:  Serious... <BR>
Paul:  A non-smoking room<BR>
Rob:  So, he got the master bedroom...it was all macked out while we were making
the first record...we
          were all living in this one apartment and me and Paul shared a room... <BR>
Paul:  Yeah, you could not... <BR>
Rob:  Kyle and Brian shared a room... <BR>
Paul:  You could not shake hands with Adam...you couldn't do anything...but... <BR>
Adam:  Yeah<BR>
Paul:  ...there was a turning moment... <BR>
Adam:  Yeah<BR>
Paul:  One time he let, uh...he let Rob use his... <BR>
Paul and Adam:  Game Boy<BR>
Paul:  While Rob was goin' to the bathroom. <BR>
(All laughing and giggling) <BR>
Rob:  "Cause that's... <BR>
Paul:  And that was like it...we all knew... <BR>
Rob:  'Cause Adam didn't like to touch people... <BR>
Adam:  Nooo... <BR>
Paul:  Yeah<BR>
Adam:  There was a big problem I had...but I just wanted to say one other thing.
If we're gonna give
              props, I have to give props to Rob, who's the singer, of course,
and still is...and who gave me the
             master bedroom so that I could keep my health. <BR>
Paul:  Oh, come on... <BR>
Cubby:  (clapping) Rob...! <BR>
Paul:  Like there was a choice... <BR>
Adam:  (clapping) Thank you so much! <P>
Cubby:  Hey, Rob...I know you're sick of hearing about it... <BR>
Rob:  Who's crying? <BR>
Cubby:  But, congrats on the three Grammys with "Smooth", by the way... <BR>
Rob:  Thank you, man...you can't get sick of that...that's very nice...thank
you... <P>
Cubby:  That's very cool. Hey, tell me about...real quick...on the cd it says,
uh..."Enhanced cd...includes
               bonus audio, video tracks, free spinner, Winamp, and AOL
software"...is this, um... <BR>
Rob:  (giggling) It's all lies...is it great?! <BR>
Cubby:  No, uum...is it like limited edition, or if you buy the cd tomorrow,
will this be on everyone's cd? <BR>
Rob:  Uh, it's on everybody's cd. <BR>
Cubby:  Really? <BR>
Adam:  It's on everybody's cd...it...it's a great thing that...that's been
thrown into the software, so that we
             can have connections to the fans; they can come to the website,
they can get bonus videos of us
             playing the Australian live version, like you said...of "You and I
and I"; um...it takes you to this
             spinner thing which we programmed on, um, AOL which is this great
little, kinda internet radio
             station where we all picked like a hundred of our favorite songs,
and they give you like bonus
             tracks of our acoustic stuff that you can listen to, but it...it's
actually music that we like to
             hear...so it's kinda fun...like you can just put that on and hear
stuff that we listen to... <BR>
Cubby:  Like "The Thong Song"?!<BR>
Adam:  Eh...we put that on like three times, actually... <BR>
Paul:  It's aaall that! <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<P>
Cubby:  What...what is your guys favorite song...let's go down the list...the
favorite current song you hear
               on the radio all the time when you're traveling... <BR>
Rob:  Right... <BR>
Cubby:  Rob? <BR>
Rob:  Right now on the radio? <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah<BR>
Rob:  Uh...David Gray..."Babylon".<BR>
Adam:  Nice<BR>
Cubby:  I've never heard of that. <BR>
Paul:  Is that on the radio? <BR>
Rob:  Yeah... <BR>
Paul:  Is it really? <BR>
Rob:  Yeah, but it's just... <BR>
Paul:  That's a great record...buy that record...David Gray. <BR>
Rob:  ...not on a lot of stations. <BR>
Cubby:  What about you, Paul? <BR>
Paul:  Uh...I...I can't properly answer that question...I don't listen to the
radio... <BR>
(Adam giggling) <BR>
Rob:  Ahhh... <BR>
Paul:  (giggling) I'm sorry. <BR>
Cubby:  And Adam? 
Adam: Uh, uh...Rick James...the, the...greatest hits is out! Uh...besides that...I can't, I can't always help but get a little misty
everytime I hear "Mandy" by
              Barry Manilow. <BR>
Rob:  You know, I gotta say...in all honesty, I... <BR>
Paul:  No...no, no, no...I found a song I liked...I'm sorry. <BR>
Adam:  Which one? <BR>
Paul:  I, I'm goin' out...I know this is gonna shock people. I love that new
Third Eye Blind song. <BR>
Rob:  Yeah<BR>
Paul:  That "Never Let You Go"...<BR>
Cubby:  Oh, yeah...! <BR>
Paul:  That's a great song! <BR>
Cubby:  That's now new, anymore; it's been out forever. <BR>
Paul:  Oh... <BR>
Rob:  I like Angie Aparo's... <BR>
Paul:  I'm very behind in the times. <BR>
Rob:  "Spaceship"<BR>
Cubby:  Angie Aparo's... <BR>
Rob:  There ya go<P>
Cubby:  ...very cool. <BR>
Rob:  He is out with us on, uh, on this club tour that we're doing right now. <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah, who's opening up for you at Irving Plaza, Wednesday night? 'Cause
I have sold out... <BR>
Rob:  It would be... <P>
Cubby:  ...tickets...listen! <BR>
(Sound of a phone dialing plays) <BR>
Cubby:  Ain't that cool?! <BR>
Rob:  What... <BR>
Adam:  What was that? <BR>
Cubby:  That means call in right now... <BR>
Rob, Paul, and Adam:  (clapping) Oh, oh, oh...! <BR>
(Sound of a phone dialing plays) <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah, alright! 1-800-242-0100... caller one hundred will see Matchbox
Twenty at Irving Plaza... <BR>
Rob:  Could we see...? <BR>
Cubby:  Wednesday night! <BR>
(Sound of a phone dialing plays) <BR>
Rob:  Could we see Adam... <BR>
Paul:  Ohhh... <BR>
Rob:  ...sneal over there and just start pressin' that damn button? <BR>
Paul and Adam:  Yeahhhh... <BR>
(Sound of a phone dialing plays) <BR>
Cubby and Adam: (shouting) Wooo...! <BR>
Paul:  Can you just, like...if you put your finger on it and it...it'll just
keep going? <BR>
Cubby:  Oh...yeah...let me show...I don't know. <BR>
Adam:  Hey, Cubby? <BR>
Rob:  This is good radio, my friends... <BR>
(Sound of a phone dialing plays) <BR>
Paul:  Nooo...that's a big...no... <BR>
Cubby:  Yeah...yeah... <BR>
Adam:  Hey, Cubby...Cubby? I, I have some friends that can't get into the
show...can I call? <BR>
Cubby:  Go ahead...call! <BR>
Rob:  (laughing) Can I still call... <P>
Cubby:  Yeah...yeah, who's opening up the show for you Wednesday night? <BR>
Rob:  Angie Aparo<BR>
Cubby:  Ok...there ya go... <BR>
Rob:  Remember that<P>
Cubby:  That's why...uh, a tour...w...well, besides Irving Plaza, are you gonna
come back and do
               something even bigger? <BR>
Rob:  Yeah...uh...well, you know, as soon as we're done with this club tour,
which was...which was gonna
           be like eight shows...and now we just bumped it up for like a whole
month, 'cause...it...ya know...it
           looked like it was gonna be a lot of fun. And then as soon as that's
over, we're going to Europe,
          and then we'll be there for like a month. And when we come back, we're
gonna try to set up, a,
          uh...a college tour...like, maybe college arenas would be good... <BR>
Cubby:  Awesome. Where it all started...kinda. <BR>
Rob:  Yeah...yeah...well, we're right now where it all started...these clubs.
Except for us, it was the
          Mercury Lounge...it wasn't, you know...Irving Plaza. <P>
Cubby:  Yeah, well guys...we wish you nothing but multi-patinum success... <BR>
Rob:  Thank you... <BR>
(All clapping) <BR>
Cubby:  Matchbox Twenty... <BR>
Adam:  Thank you guys for being so sweet. <P>
Cubby:  I'm gonna let you guys go now, because you're on AOL...did you know
that?! <BR>
Rob:  Live! <BR>
Adam:  (in a sexy voice) Liiive! <BR>
Cubby:  Live... <BR>
Adam:  (in a sexy voice) Liiive! <BR>
Cubby:  Keyword: Live<BR>
Adam:  (in a sexy voice) Keyword: Liiive! <BR>
Cubby: Nine minutes away...talk to Matchbox Twenty. Thanks for comin' out, guys! <BR>
Rob:  Thanks, man! <BR>
Adam:  Thank you<BR>