Matchbox Twenty

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乐队在1996年推出了首张专辑，全美销售量超过一千两百万张、第二张专辑四百万张的纪录,出道短短不过6年的时间，Matchbox Twenty却在乐坛缔下令人咋舌的非凡成就，隶属Post-Grunge音乐范畴的Matchbox Twenty，将走入90年中即告势微的Grunge乐派,铺下另一道血脉,并传承其扎实的音乐风格,表现出更具流畅感与精致度的音乐新导向。回朔至1996年甫出道的Matchbox Twenty,以首张专辑《Yourself Or Someone Like You》作为投石问路的创业作，但却没能立即引起乐迷广泛注意，直到1997年春天,推出单曲"Push"后，马上情势大逆转的将他们知名度扶摇直上，接着一连串的好评锋涌而至,各媒体杂志纷纷标出“年度最佳”等头衔,连创作核心Rob Thomas也因其散发之迷人气质，获选People杂志“50名全球最美丽的人物”。’99年Rob助阵Santana重新复出的首波单曲"Smooth"，不仅再次缔造2位音乐人事业高峰,更在乐界传为一段佳话，千禧年所推出的第二张专辑《Mad Season》，首波冲上Billboard流行单曲榜冠军"Bent",成为他们第一支跨入主流界NO.1作品,接着"If You Gone"获全美词曲协会颁发“年度最佳流行歌曲”奖项，光2张专辑在全球却早已突破2千万张销售量!!背负着各界殷切企盼与团员彼此更求好心切的理念下,终在2002年6月进了录音室，交出第三张大碟《More Than You Think You Are》！

Upon the release of their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, in fall 1996, Matchbox Twenty was pigeonholed as one of the legions of post-grunge guitar bands that roamed the American pop scene in the middle of the 90s. As their first single, Push, climbed the charts, it was widely assumed (at least by cynical critics) that they were a one-hit wonder, but Yourself or Someone Like You continued to spin off singles well into 1998. By that time, the groups blend of 70s arena rock and early-90s American alt-rock — closer to Pearl Jam and maybe R.E.M. than Nirvana — had become the sound of mainstream American rock. That transition slipped underneath the radar of many pop music critics and fans. Yourself or Someone Like You sold millions of copies without ever truly dominating the charts — by 1998, it had gone platinum five times; by 2000, ten times. At no time did the record top the charts, but it was always around, a staple of modern rock, adult alternative, and Top 40 radio alike. Matchbox Twenty was omnipresent because they managed to blend the structure and sentiment of 70s arena rock with 90s hard rock, thereby winning a large audience by seeming simultaneously classicist and modern. They were a little more classicist than modern, but thats the reason why they became Americas most popular rock band of the late 90s — even if nobody quite realized they had achieved that status.

The de facto leader of Matchbox Twenty is lead singer and songwriter Rob Thomas. An Army brat born on a military base in Germany, Thomas spent much of his childhood between his mothers house in Florida and his grandmothers place in South Carolina. The stress of the constant movement spilled over into his schoolwork, and he dropped out of high school at the age of 17. He spent some time wandering around the Southeast, singing in a variety of rock bands before he made Orlando, FL, his home base. There, he met bassist Brian Yale and drummer Paul Doucette, and the three spent several years drifting through local bands before Matchbox Twenty officially formed. They rounded out the lineup with Adam Gaynor (rhythm guitar, vocals), who had previously worked at the Criteria Recording Studios in Miami, and Kyle Cook (lead guitar), a former student of the Atlanta Institute of Music.

The band hooked up with Collective Soul producer Matt Serletic and recorded a batch of demos, which helped the band secure gigs throughout the U.S. Soon, the band signed to Lava, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, and recorded its debut, Yourself or Someone Like You, also with Serletic. The album was released in October 1996 to little attention, but Matchbox Twenty continued to tour America, cultivating a fan base. They eventually landed their single Long Day on several influential radio stations, which paved the way for their breakthrough hit, Push. In spring 1997, Push began climbing its way to the top of the modern rock charts, as it received heavy airplay from radio and MTV. By the summer, the single was in the modern rock Top Ten, and Yourself or Someone Like You had reached the album Top 40 and gone gold.

As it turns out, Push wasnt the culmination of their work but the beginning of a somewhat surprising success story. During fall 1997, the record picked up momentum, as 3am became a bigger hit than Push, propelling Yourself or Someone Like You to multi-platinum status. Early in 1998, the group was named Best New Band by Rolling Stones annual readers poll — proof that, even if Matchbox Twenty wasnt winning critics, they were winning over a wide, mainstream audience. The band and its debut album continued to sell at a steady pace throughout the year as the singles Real World and Back 2 Good joined Push and 3am as radio favorites. Throughout it all, Matchbox Twenty stayed on the road, at home and abroad. They did well in foreign territories, including Canada, but they truly connected with Australia, where they went platinum eight times; in neighboring New Zealand, the band went quintuple platinum.

Matchbox Twenty reserved 1999 as the year to record their eagerly anticipated second album, but they didnt disappear from the spotlight, due to the unexpected success of Smooth, a Santana song co-written and sung by Rob Thomas. Smooth was one of many songs sung by celebrities on Santanas cameo-studded comeback album Supernatural, but it was the one chosen as the lead single. A wise choice, as it turned out, since it became a true pop phenomenon, topping many radio charts and driving Supernatural to multi-platinum sales and many industry awards. Throughout the second half of 1999, Smooth was inescapable, as it and Supernatural sat on the top of the pop charts. Its success brought more attention to Matchbox Twenty, and Yourself or Someone Like You rocketed to over ten million copies sold — which now qualified it for the RIAAs Diamond Award, which is only granted to records that have moved over ten million units. On top of that, Thomas was named BMIs 1999 Pop Songwriter of the Year, for Smooth and his work with Matchbox Twenty. Early in 2000, Thomas won three Grammys for Smooth — Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

All of this success happened as Matchbox Twenty was recording their second album, again with producer Matt Serletic. The success raised expectations for the new album, entitled Mad Season, which was released in May 2000. Two years later, the band emerged with its third album, More Than You Think You Are. With this particular record, the band shared songwriting duties as a whole for the first time ever. Despite, or perhaps because of, the bands success and frequent touring, Matchbox Twenty decided to take a break from recording and in 2005 Thomas released his debut solo album, Something to Be. Featuring a more polished funk and dance-influenced sound, the album sold well and spawned several hit songs, including Lonely No More and This Is How a Heart Breaks. In 2007, the reunited Matchbox Twenty — with Doucette now on guitar replacing Gaynor, who left the band in 2005, and Push Starss Ryan MacMillan on drums — delivered the hits collection Exile on Mainstream which included a bonus EP of new tracks.

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