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.