Hanson Pics and Info

• Their parents names are Diana and Walker.
• Their family has musical background. Both their mom and dad used to sing when they were younger.
• They have 3 younger siblings named Jessica(8), Avery (6), and Mackie, the youngest brother is 3. (hey, my little cousin's name is Avery! What a coincidence! *:^P)
• When living in S. and C. America, they listened to a Time Life tape that had 50's and 60's Rock and Roll on it because they couldn't understand the radio.
• Their early influences were Otis Redding, Chuck Berry, etc. Basically, 50's and 60's rock 'n' roll. (Hmmm...I wonder why..j/k)
• They have sang MMMBop over 300 times.
• They were rejected by 12 other record companies before signing a 6 album record deal w/Mercury Records.
• Walker Hanson is an international financer for an oil company and were forced to live in Trinidad, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
• They wear earplugs during perormances so they can't hear the fans screaming.
• They have 2 other locally released albums. (Boomerang and MMMBop)
• They write their own songs and play their own instruments.
• When they were younger, their parents used to sing to them. Now, they are singing to Jessie, Avie, and Mac. (Awww...how sweet!!)
• They are homeschooled and have a math tutor.
• They are devout Christians.
• They collect legos.
• They have a table full of legos in their house.
• They entered a lego building contest and won.
• Hanson's ancestory is basically from Denmark. (Did you know that Legos originated in Denmark? Hmmm...)
• Learned how to harmonize by singing Amen at the dinner table.
• Dumbest question they have been asked is: How did you guys meet? (Pretty dumb, huh?)
• They like to play ping pong/table tennis.
• They love to swim. They have to swim at their friend's pool cuz they don't have one.
• They wrote their first songs about frogs and ants.
• The first song they ever wrote was Rain Falls Down.
• They used to practice karate on each other when they were younger.
• Tay and Zac have weekly arm wrestling contests. Tay always wins. :o)
• Tay and Ike are best friends.
• They carry a journal wherever they go so they can record their experiences.
• Their fav. store in Tulsa is called Liquid Sunshine.
• They are constantly homesick.
• They alwayz bring a snowglobe of Tulsa that their friend gave them and a turtle to remind them of Tulsa.
• If you listen very carefully on Madeline at 2:47 and 2:57 you can hear this guy say "complicated". It's really easy to hear.
• In the song Lucy, "Lucy" is based on the Peanuts character.
• "Mmmbop" is their ONLY AOL screen name.
• They have a bodyguard named Jason.
• They are not getting enough sleep. (Go figure!!)
• The most famous person they've met are the Spice Girls.
• They like to spit on people from balconies.
• When they were staying at a 5-star hotel, they were rollerblading on the 3rd floor while all the rich guests were yelling at them.
• They usually trash their hotel rooms cuz they are naturally messy.
• When asked what was their most embarassing moment...Zac says that it's himself, but they all agree it was the time they forgot an important part of the keyboard for their show and their mom had to drive to a store to rent a keyboard.
• They are currently on tour.
• Be sure to look for their "Where's Your Mustache?" milk ad in recent magazines.
• They have an authorized biography called MMMBop to the Top.
• Soon Hanson merchandise such as hats, t-shirts, mugs, etc will hit stores.
• They WILL NOT have an album out in December called Day Dreams in the Night. Ike said that they didn't want to pull a Hootie thing by having two albums conflicting w/each other on the charts, then both albums falling off the charts.
• They in the process of making a movie called My 3 Sons, a story about their lives.
• It is rumored that Tay did kiss a girl in the Where's the Love video, but they ended up editing it out. (Yes! *8o)
• When they were younger, their parents would go to church asking the brothers to do the dishes, but when Diana and Walker came home, they found a new song they had done, instead of the dishes.