On May 6, 2024, the album “Middle of Nowhere”, the first by American pop group Hanson, turned 27 years old. One of its tracks, the single “MMMBop”, was a smash hit that marked a generation, being chosen as one of VH1’s “100 Best Songs of the 90s”. In a conversation with Dannii Leivers, from Metal Hammer magazine, singer and guitarist Lzzy Hale talked about how seeing Hanson playing his hit on TV became the key to her new band, Halestorm, formed with Terrance, her brother.
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“My brother and I were watching Saturday Night Live in 1997 and we saw Hanson come out and play this ridiculous song (the catchy hit ‘MMMBop’). We thought, ‘We have to know who they are because they’re our age. Like us aren’t we there?’ We had a lot of conflicts that occurred when we started the band. Most people were like, ‘You guys are too young, you should do something else. So all these things happened, and then we saw those three brothers playing their music on a global scale, and we wanted to understand if you go online and listen to us, before we have a deal, you can hear how I’m doing the vocals, how I’m constructing a song. , and all that, because I was studying ‘Middle of Nowhere’ and I also thought Taylor (Hanson) was cute, and that probably started the whole bi thing. ‘Oh!
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Halestorm released their fifth album, “Back from the Dead”, in 2022 via Atlantic Records. Lzzy Hale is replacing vocalist Erik Grönwall, who left Skid Row to take care of his health. Although only confirmed for a few shows, she has already stated that she is willing to become the group’s official vocalist.
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