yahoomusic: hey chatters, the time has finally arrived! welcome our favorite brothers three! Isaac, Taylor and Zac of Hanson!
Yahoo_HANSON: Taylor: Hey everybody, thanks for coming let's chat
Isaac: hey everybody good to be back, hope everyone is having a good 2000
sweet_angel_4ever_2000: If you could have any artist do a cover of any one of your songs, who and what song would it be and why? -Tori in T.O.
Yahoo_HANSON: Hmmm...
Yahoo_HANSON: Black Crowes....This Time Around
Isaac: which is the new song off the album and you can hear it online at www.hansonline.com
T_Town_Trio_Luver: Have you guys thought about learning any other kinds of instruments besides keyboards, drums, and guitar? Anything new? (Not congas, bongos)
Yahoo_HANSON: Isaac: Taylor plays a little guitar, we've been doing some writing on double guitar recently...I play a little piano, Zac plays a little piano...I've been thinking about picking up a saxophone, but I'm only experimenting with it...not seriously.
Yahoo_HANSON: To answer directly. Yes, we've thought about it.
moelases: Have you ever written a special song for a girl you liked?
Yahoo_HANSON: Isaac: Yes....
Taylor: Most of the girls don't know it..we've written a lot of love songs and there are many girls who've been in relationships that we've written about so yes
Yahoo_HANSON: Isaac: i think I gave one girl a cassette tape with songs on it for Valentine's Day...a long time ago
Yahoo_HANSON: Zac: I'd never admit to something like that
Yahoo_HANSON: Isaac: That is probably a smart policy
hitzims: Hey Hanson, I'm 15 and from Ontaria, and I'm a HUGE Hanson fan but for the life of me I can't figure out what the song "Pictures" is about. Can you tell me?
Yahoo_HANSON: Taylor: The song is about somebody being crazy about someone and seeing in their mind pictures of them all around them...b/c they're thinking of this person all the time
Yahoo_HANSON: Isaac: They're seeing them everywhere they go.
MOLLY4114: Wow! Isaac, the guitar riffs and stuff that I've heard on Hansonline are really great! Did you learn anything on the guitar from Jonny Lang when he came in the studio with you? I know he's really great... - Molly, 14
Yahoo_HANSON: Isaac: We didn't get an opportunity to jam with him unfortunately...he laid down a bunch of tracks...but I could learn from him...he's a really great guy and we really enjoyed his contribution to the record
karmasfate: What new kinds of sound can we expect to hear in the new album?
Yahoo_HANSON: Taylor: There's a lot of things...There's DJ Swamps...Jonny Lang played on three songs
Yahoo_HANSON: Isaac: two full solos and at the end of the single
Taylor: John Popper played on the album
jen_46_2: what was it like going into the studio after such a long break?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: In a lot of ways, being creative for the entire time we never stopped. While we were on the road and at home we were demoing and in a constant creative mode but it was nice to get back into the studio
Yahoo_HANSON: I: we really enjoyed getting back in the studio, it's a creative time and place and doing the things like with Jonny Lang it was a great experience
gigglelro: will you be my valentine?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I think it's hard to be a valentine over the internet but we can all pretend
I_luv_itz_2000: Zac, i have been thinking about buying a drum set, which do you recommend? - Sarah
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: DW Drums are amazing drums, some of the better drums out there...that's most of what we used on the album. T: but for a beginner they're not necessarily cheap but they sound really great
groovygurl03: I know a lot of people used to consider Hanson POP music. How has y'alls music changed in the past 3 years?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: The music is still pop music but I think it's taken an evolution
I: It's got a new raw edge
T: It's taken a new rock & roll direction...it's still pop music, but it's got an edge that it didn't have before
SommerLovin: Taylor, read any good books lately?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I was reading Catcher in the Rye earlier this year. It was interesting. I guess every person has read it at some point in his life.
Yahoo_HANSON: I was reading Old Man & the Sea...and I just finished Atlas Shrugged
abea_cn: Hi! Er...I am Chinese. You know there are a lot of HANSON FANS here in China. So are you planning to come to China?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: The plan is we're going to start promoting the record in March and we're going to go all thru Asia and to the places where we didn't get to last time around
mbop4vr: Have you thought of an opening band for your tour?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Yes we have..
T: There's a band called Larry Land and they're going to tour with us in the U.S...we're going to take them on tour and see if they can get interest in labels I: We're not sure if they're going to be in Europe or not but definately in the U.S.
jen_46_2: what music do you listen to now?
kori4music: LARRYLAND!!
Yahoo_HANSON: T: All the Crows--Black Crowes, Sheryl Crow, Lauryn Hill, Lenny Kravitz...all the 50s 60s sould music that's on our playlist...
BopGrlA: Do you guys like any music by the Beatles or Billy Joel?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Are you kidding? I love both of those...
Z: The only answer to that is Yes!
I: We love Billy Joel first of all. I have the record Storm Front in my car, been listening to that the past few days
Yahoo_HANSON: Love both those artists
itzinthecitay: Hey guys! Happy Valentine's Day! I was just wondering, what have you been up to besides the recording of TTA? It sounds great by the way!!
Yahoo_HANSON: I: First of all Happy Valentine's Day to you too.. We've been preparing for some playing, working out some of the songs for live performances
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We've taken up rock climbing, surfing..
I: continue to ride our motorcycles...dirt bikes
T: Everything..when we're in town we see our friends, everything...We've just kept busy
SUSIE_girl_2004: hanson r the coolest people in the world
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thank you very very much. You're the coolest for saying that
Yahoo_HANSON: I: That's quite a compliment
KateJDAice99: Happy Valentines Day! Does Zac have any solos on the new album? If so, on what songs?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: The song Wish That I Was There is a Zac solo song..We joked that Zac has a Rod Stewart growl in there
I: he's all over the album
bizkit_girl_4eva: What's the one thing you've learned about like, media hype and stuff since becoming "Stars"?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Well, I think the one thing is just to not take it too seriously..
Z: Not to think of yourself as a star
sea_belle_04: Rock climbing like real mts n stuff or walls?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Both T: We do a little bit of both. To practice we go to rock climbing gyms and then we worked up to real walls -- Joshua Tree and San Bernadino National Forest
I: It was very fun. San Bernadino has amazing views...absolutely beautiful
junior_conformist: Hey guys, what's poppin? Happy Valentines Day! I noticed that you had the very shawanky DJ Swamp guest on your new album. Do you guys enjoy listening to techno (I hate to label, but you know what I mean) or did you just want a little master skitchin' on the track? -Hayden, Detroit (nanu nanu? Someone watching Nick at Nite?)
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We just wanted to have a little master skitchin on the track..and he was someone who was a very great DJ..the coinicidence in finding Swamp was that another DJ couldn't get to the studio and he ended up being perfect for the album
A_Rose_In_The_Rain: Okay this is for Isaac. You're out of high school now right? What are your plans for college and will you be moving out of your parent's house anytime soon?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Yes, I'm out of HS...I don't have any direct college plans at the moment. I'm auditing classes her and there...and if I do go to college I'll be a music major and I'm already that in real life..but I definately do encourage people to pursue college. At this moment I just don't have the time.
twintassy: Hi! Is there artwork in the CD by you guys like the last one?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Some of the very final artwork is not completed. I'm not sure if there will be...but it's possible
itz_silver_raine: is 'moe records' a real record company? meaning, can you sign other acts to it?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: MOE Records is currently an imprint of Island/Def Jam...it's not like we have a staff of people
Yahoo_HANSON: I: The answer is very technical..it's not an operating record label, but we own the masters to the mmmbop record so the company was licensing the record...so no it's not a real record label
hansonxprincess: Are you tired of asking the same question "Why did you cut your hair?"
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Are we tired of it? Well we sort of knew when we chopped it off that we'd get that question..we're glad we did, b/c we think it's just hair...and if we want we'll grow it back
chair_girl83: Any favorite snacks you guys ate a lot of in the studio?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We at a ton of Chex Mix...
T: Our grandma always made chex party mix...she wasn't in the studio with us but we went out and got it in the grocery store
I: Everyone kept saying, "We've got to stop getting this...it's addictive!" as we're all scarfing it
mmmbop4me: Will you write songs about aliens again? -andiee/16/f/indonesia
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We wrote a song about an alien but it was kind of a joke
T: The first song we wrote was the Man from Milwaukee about an alien..so you never know what you're going to write about..so you never know
lucky_thirteen_2000: What was the last movie you guys saw?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Zac hasn't seen The Sixth Sense...
T: We saw it on the plane and we were really late. That was a great movie
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Oh yeah, Galaxy Quest
T: that was a great movie
I: And before that The Green Mile which is a great movie
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Anyone who hasn't seen it has to go see it
TaysMyMan: so how many valentines did you get today? Love, Rebecca *come to Boston!*
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I haven't checked...
T: We're not sure how many we've gotten..
I: We tend to get them in spurts and they start early
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We don't know for sure
mghitz: are you guys gonn be in mtv's making the video?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Yes we are...
T: March 6 the single comes out and that's when the video will debut and the making of the video will be shown on that day
blueirizz: The new songs are a lot more mature than those on the first albums. I really like a lot of the songs that I've heard, even though I'm not a die hard Hanson fan. These new songs are really great. Is there any real inspiration you turn to or is life in general your inspiration?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I think we tend to write about all kinds of different things and it's whatever comes into your mind. Life is your inspiration. You never know what's going to happen... Some of the songs are about death, about relationships breaking up, some about being crazy about a girl, about what you believe in
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We write songs about every facet of life
itz_lindz: Ike, got any new guitars lately?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Yes I did. I got one..The first guitar I bought in like a year or more..A 1966 Gibson ES335 and it's Cherry Red
Yahoo_HANSON: T: It's a beautiful vintage guitar and it sounds awesome
sweet_candy_bee: Do you guys watch "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Vanessa
Yahoo_HANSON: you can hear it on the album
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I've seen it once or twice.
T: We've seen pieces of it but we're not diehard viewers.
ChatYahoo_Lisa: Think you would win if you played?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: It takes a lot of..
Z: Useless knowledge
I: We're not huge trivial pursuit people I guess
California_14_f_skateboarder: what's the coolest thing you've done lately?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Doing four wheelers in the desert
T: We were shooting the video for If Only, the first single internationally, and we were on four wheelers out in the desert. It's hard to say that's the coolest, but it was a lot of fun
hitz413: You guys are like my idols! You inspired me to learn how to play music. I took up the alto sax and flut and I can play all the songs on Middle of Nowhere! You rule!!
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Wow! Thank you very much. It's always cool to see someone who's been inspired by the music.
Z: Yeah!
life_of_a_write: I heard that 'Smile' was not going to be on the new album. Me being a naturally smiley person, I'd like to kow what you plan on doing with it?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: The songs, we recorded 17 songs and we had to cut...which was a difficult thing to do..we kept them for different things maybe for b-sides on a single, maybe in a movie..Hopefully you'll end up hearing it
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I think there are a couple of extra songs on the Japanese release of the record
Yahoo_HANSON: T: So you might hear it on that
Toria_01: What producers are you guys hoping to work with in the future?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: There's a lot of great producers out there. We've met a lot of them recently. One person is Ric Ocasek who we started working with early in the process and maybe we'll end up working with him.
Yahoo_HANSON: I: He's a great guy and a very talented person
vanessa_th: If you were wooing someone you liked which song would you pick from "this time around"?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: There'a not a lot of straight forward love songs on the album, but you'd have to go ballad with Save Me. If you went up tempo you'd go with If Only or Wish That I Was There...we're pondering the meanings of these songs
mmm_Marcia: taylor, last v/d you had your ear pierced. What did you pierce today?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: I have no new pierceing, but I have considered piercing something else...
frickinlastergirl009: Hey guys! What's your favorite comic strip?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: Calvin & Hobbes
I: Peanuts is great
tripbill41: Hey Ike hows it going. Have you changed your preferenes on Amplifires, or did you still prefer "Matchless?"
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I still have my two matchless amplifiers and I love them. I have a couple of Marshalls...I've been trying out this amp called Orange, it's a british company. There's a company called Line Six that does a plug in for pro tools and also does and also does amplifires, so we used those on the album
ava_alicia: To date what interview has been the most memorable?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: That's a really interesting question.
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: There was an interview with someone on the phone and they asked us where did we meet
Yahoo_HANSON: I: some of the most memorable interviews I've had have been on the phone with a DJ in Austrailia named Ugly Phil
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Anyone from Australia probably knows him...
I: And man is he Ugly
Hanson_will_always_Dominate: Hey guys! I saw one of your concerts in Dallas and it rocked! Thanks for putting on a great show. Are there any plans for the new tour yet? Ashlie
Yahoo_HANSON: T: There are plans for a new tour...rough plan is to start in the summer in the states and then throughout the world the rest of the year. We're excited to go to Latin America, Europe, Asia...a lot of places we didn't get to go last time that we're dying to go
Yahoo_HANSON: I: And of course many places in the US that we're ready to go
ace240000: Now c'mon guys, spill it! Are there any lucky ladies in your lives?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Unfortunately, no
Z: A girl named Betsy...
hitz117: Zac, what is your fav video game?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: I don't know..I've heard Rainbow 6 is really good, haven't tried that out yet
redjellybeans3: Taylor, can I have a Valentine's Day kiss? Please! *Bats my eyelashes and gives you a puppy dog face* -Lindsay, 16
Yahoo_HANSON: I: This is awkward, I wish we'd known each other
kaovavoom: Do you really despise being compared to *NSYNC and other 'boybands'?
green_skittle3: hey zac..have you ever thought about dying yer hair blue or orange?
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: Yeah. I just realized that the color wouldn't look good on me.
T: Zac is considering purple, but I don't know about blue or orange
jordan_44646: I saw an interview with you on MTV and you menntioned that there are guest appearances on your album. Who are some of those appearances?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: There were several guest appearances..Jonny Lang played on a song called You Never Know which opens the record. On Hand in Hand on the very end of This Time Around..And John Popper on In The City and If Only.. Also on the record are Swamp, Rose Stone from Sly and the Family Stone brought in the choir for Dying to Be Alive, David Campbell did some string arrangement on the album..Those elements added something cool to the record.
Barefootedalways: You are so awesome to help out Larry Land (and in general of course) Do you think you'll continue to help good bands like them get press?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: It's always fun to be able to help other bands get out there...we're just one other band who gets to do what we love to do.
Yahoo_HANSON: There's another band Athenaeum
I: Their record Radiant is really good...guitar driven pop
T: Hopefully we'll get to get other bands seen by more people
ChatYahoo_Lisa: Hey when DOES the CD come out?
ChatYahoo_Lisa: Is there a release date yet?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: The record comes out May 9 in the US
T: and the first single comes out march 6
I: You can see the video on MTV that day and making the video as well
weirdme4ever: Do you plan on doing any movies?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: No plans to do any movies...what Zac always says is that any movie we'd do would turn into a comedy b/c we're not actors
Dr_PeppeR_Gal99: Zac - people are freaking out (not me). Do you really have a gf named Betsy..or are you starting a rumor??
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: I'd rather not tell
hitz117: how did you come up with the new album title? - molly/18/f/louisiana
Yahoo_HANSON: I: The song This Time Around b/c it was the first single, and the sound of that song
T: represented the album very well..
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thought it represented the musical style of the band & where we were headed
moehansonlover: When was the pic on the cover of This Time Around taken?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: The picture was taken...towards the end of the recording process..early November in Los Angeles
taisiaj: You're scheduled for Rosie & Letterman, but what about Jay Leno again? (we saw you twice there) PROUD Hanson Mom, 35
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We are in NY during that time period, which is why we're going Letterman and Rosie..We'd love to go on Leno if they'll have us. Jay Leno is a great guy. Hopefully we'll be doing his show very soon also.
KLP562: Hi, my name is Kathee. I'm from Michigan. I just wanted to tell you guys that I love all the song clips and so far my favorite is "If Only" I think that it's going to be your biggest hit yet! Congratulations on a job well done!
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Thank you very much. Thanks so much for your support.
freckles_in_texas: Where is your favorite place to perform? Casey - Texas - 15
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Hopefully we haven't explored all the places, so we'll give you that answer later on this year
maura_113: Hey! What do you do on long plane rides
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: Sleep and eat bad airplane food
I: Airplane food is getting better but sometimes you run into really bad stuff
T: Review photo shoots
I: watch movies, possibly read too
PolygramPrincess: Tay, I made a dictionary including, TAYriffic, TAYsty, TAYter tot, poTAYto, and TempTAYtion!!
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Wow that's very creative
chasing_butterflies: Tay, who is your favorite piano player? Zac, who is your favorite drummer and Ike your favorite guitaris and why? -Ewa, 20
Yahoo_HANSON: T: As an artist I'd say Billy Joel, his playing style and songwriting...he's definately a good one
Yahoo_HANSON: I: I'd probably say Chuck Berry, he's kind of the founder of the electric guitar..He's a rock and roll icon. One of my first. I also really admire Jonny Lang, b/c I think he's a great player
Yahoo_HANSON: Z: As far as drums, I don't have one person I really admire..you just really enjoy a good drummer
ChatYahoo_Lisa: How can we hear the new music?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: for any of you that don'e know, if you like to hear some of the new music that's coming out you can go to www.hansonline.com
T: And there's new stuff at www.hanson.net
moetoes8224: Do you still have a hard time with crazy fans trying to get into your life?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: The weird thing is fans coming to your house, that's the kind of thing that continues to happen some times you're not psyched to see fans at your front door and there's definately some stories of that
megahansonfan: Will you guys be doing anything special for MOE members during the tour? Like letting fans go backstage, etc?
Yahoo_HANSON: I: We will be doing a very similar thing as so what we did last time..we brought a group of moe members backstage -- 10 to 20 people -- and the way we did that was if you bring your moe card with you..we bring a staff of people to search the audience for moe members randomly so bring your moe card to the concerts b/c you could get a backstage pass and we'd love to meet you.
Yahoo_HANSON: There will also be reserved seating for Moe members at concerts..a first come first serve kind of thing
amber_tara_tom_cathy: Why did you put out 2 different singles at the same time?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: We were trying to market it better..and the states have a different market than Europe..the answer is technical but it was a choice we chose to make
Yahoo_HANSON: This Time we'll probably switch them around
iznogood_85: Hi guys I'm Cyrielle from Geneva, Switzerland. It's 3:00 pm here in Switzerland. Ok, here's my question. During your next tour do you plan to come to Switzerland?
Yahoo_HANSON: T: First of all, thank you for staying up and chattin with us
I: I hope you are enjoying yourself..
T: We don't have all the dates set yet, but
I: We'd love to come to Switzerland...we'd love to come visit there
Peaceful_River: Life seems so hard for me right now, but you guys really help me get through each and every day through your music. I just wanted to tell you thank you so much you really help me survive! Love and peace through Him, Heidi
Yahoo_HANSON: I: Thank you very much
T: Thank you Heidi, we hope you like the new music and keep listening all the way
I: We are having a home page contest and the address is home.hansonline.com (no Ws) and it's basically a contest to make the coolest homepage and the winner will get something very cool
Yahoo_HANSON: T: Thanks everybody for coming to the chat. We'll talk to you soon and thanks Yahoo! for coordinating this..We'll talk to you soon!
