1992-1996 EVENTS

Find out what Hanson was up to between 1992-1996. If a picture is linked, it will bring you to more pictures from that event. Hover your mouse over each photo for credits. Am I missing something? Please, let me know. Enjoy.

1992

Then called "The Hanson Brothers," Hanson had their debut 30-minute acoustic performance at Mayfest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1993

The guys changed their name to Hanson and began to take piano lessons with Donald Ryan and dance lessons with Ja'marc Davis, the founder of the band Raze.

March 1994

Hanson attended the last day of the South x Southwest music festival in Texas where they met and sang a cappella for Christopher Sabec, an entertainment lawyer who then represented the Dave Matthews Band.

Fall 1994

Hanson recorded their first independent album, Boomerang, in Nashville and Chicago.

18 June 1994

Hanson performed at the Big Splash water park in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

September 1995

Hanson filmed a Dr Pepper commercial and were selected and flown to Los Angeles, but the commercial was eventually scrapped and never made it on air.

late 1995

Hanson recorded their second independent album, MMMBop, at Louis Drapp Studio and Natura Studio, both in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was mixed at the Sound of Music in Richmond, Virginia.

1996

Hanson performed at Mayfest in Tulsa, Oklahoma and made copies of MMMBop for sale for the first time.

April 1996

Hanson performed at a local festival in Coffeyville, Kansas. It was at this performance that an A&R representative from Mercury Records, Steve Greenberg, visited to see Hanson perform.

Summer 1996

The Hanson family visited the Redwood State Park in California where Isaac made a "documentary" about their visit that can be seen in their video, Tulsa, Tokyo, & The Middle of Nowhere.

July-November 1996

The entire Hanson family moved to Los Angeles, California where Hanson recorded their debut album, Middle of Nowhere.

1997 events >

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