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22 December 1998

CHATYAHOO_LISA: Hanson is here! We're about to get started!
TAYLOR: Hey everybody, welcome to the chat! Let's get this thing started.
ISAAC: Hey, the feeling's mutual.
ZAC: Hello all!

SWEET16_MICHELLE: Do you feel that music is changing back to alternative or staying more towards the pop/rock?
TAYLOR: I don't think you can ever predict where music is going. You've got Imbruglia who is very pop, and Hole, etc. That are much more rock. So, we have many things happening now at the top of the charts.

JNCOJEN: Hey guys! Any plans to make a video for any of your Christmas songs? - Mpls, MN
TAYLOR: I think a Christmas song tends to come back year after year, or at least you hope so, so our options are open.
ISAAC: But we haven't made one for this year.

ZING20 asks: Who is u'r fav character in star wars... I have heard many different things!
TAYLOR: Luke, everybody!
HANSON: Luke.
ISAAC: Han Solo, Chewbacca.

ITZROMO: Hanson thanks for the great music!!
TAYLOR: We love 'em all, we're big fans. Thanks for coming today, and for being great fans!
ISAAC: Because you're awesome!

JANEWAY_: What was it like being on Melrose Place?
TAYLOR: It's a lot different than you'd think it would be, it's not exactly a place, it's a studio, without much of a vibe.
ISAAC: Heather Locklear is very nice, we've met her several times.
TAYLOR: It's always good to try new things and different things. It was something new for us.

NIGHTFIRE99: Do you think that you are more creative on the road or at home when writing songs? What things inspire you?
TAYLOR: Right now we're in the middle of writing a lot of new songs for the next album. A lot of them were inspired by the road, travelling, some when we're relaxing at home. That's why the songs are different, and that's what makes an album and a band versatile.
ISAAC: I don't think any one place is more inspirational than another.

TAYS_10000_ROSES: Do you have plans to make a video for “Gimme Some Lovin?”
ZAC: Not at the moment.

MMMSAMANTHA: So what are your new year's resolutions?
ZAC: I've said this many times, but I’ll say it again, I won't die!
TAYLOR: I would definitely have to agree with Zac, that's a good thing to start with. You just hope for a good year.
ZAC: That I won't be killed by a nuclear bomb!
ISAAC: You know, I’d have to say, I’m just going to say that the record goes along very well.

VAMPIRESLAYER_2000: What was the last movie you saw? And what movie do you want to see right now?
TAYLOR: The last movie we saw was Prince of Egypt. Enemy of The State looks good, A Bug’s Life is supposed to be good. There's a lot of movies out, but that's what on our mind.

THREEHANSONBOYZ: What was your reaction when you first heard that they wanted you to contribute songs to the movie Jack Frost?
TAYLOR: Like we were saying, it's cool to try different things, and to be on a soundtrack is something new, and to hear your music behind different scenes is very cool.
ISAAC: It was interesting because we got to see early cuts of the movie when there were scenes missing, it's an interesting process. It's a lot like making the long form video we made, in little pieces, coming into its final shape.

NADROJ314: Hey there Hanson, this is Brooke. I have to say you guys are awesome! And my question is do you guys have an innie or and outtie belly button??
TAYLOR: We're pretty normal overall! We're all innies, that I remember - one second - let me check - yup!!

TAYMAKESMYDAYDABEST: What kinda food freaks you guys out?? Lol
TAYLOR: I think anything that's raw, like when you eat, besides certain vegetables, raw fish, sushi, steak tartar, when we were in France one of the people got reallly sick from it.
ZAC: In case anyone doesn't know what steak tartar is -- it's raw meat!

TSUKINO_YUME: Do you guys have any special Christmas traditions?~~Angela, Griffith, IN
ZAC: For a long time, we always had a small, plastic fake tree but the last few years we've gotten real trees, and this year it’s 13˝ feet tall, it was a real feat getting it decorated and to stand up straight!

LOVINHANSON4EVER: Hi this is Juline from Toronto, Canada. What's your favorite music video of other artists?
ISAAC: Hmmm. Oh yeah, we like the Third Eye Blind video “Jumper,” and also Everclear, “Father of Mine.”

JUGHEADJR: Taylor, what is your favorite thing to get at McDonald’s?!?
TAYLOR: Something not from McDonalds!
ZAC: For all you McDonald’s lovers - never mind. We're not huge McDonalds fans, but it does show up everywhere, so it’s something you are used to, so you can't wrong.

HURRICANEHANSON: What are your favorite songs of the moment?
TAYLOR: I'm trying to think. Umm, man...
ISAAC: We can list off a bunch.

BABY_BIRD_1440: What has been the hardest thing for you to adjust to on the road?
HANSON: It's hard.
ZAC: In the buses, there are really comfortable beds, but you feel like you're in a coffin. Sometimes you wake up facing the wall, it's like, oh my gosh. But I think travelling sometimes can just get on your nerves; on the other hand we enjoy travelling quite a bit, but you know there are down sides to everything.

HHMB_WSA: How do you guys feel about web pages being made about your siblings?- Salt Lake City, Utah
ZAC: We love to see all the sites, there are tons of them out there, some of them are amazingly creative. So, it's great to see how you guys interpret the band and see the music.

TWINKIE_JESS: Hey guys! I'm in D.C. I went to your concert here- it rocked! I just received my first issue of MOE - it's awesome! Anyway, what's this about a "special prize" you may receive if you subscribe to it?
TAYLOR: It's cool that you asked that. We can't reveal all the details yet. There is a special project that we are working on, for people that are part of MOE, but the details will be available on Hansonline.com in January. Look for those, it's very, very cool. We are looking forward to seeing how you respond to it.

JAVA_GIRL_2000: Taylor, what instrument do you like better?
TAYLOR: Well, I’m best at playing piano, so I guess you could say that's my favorite. But I would like to learn harmonica and more guitar, but we'll see what happens. We all like to grow and learn as many instruments as possible.
ISAAC: The more instruments you can play, the better, it's fairly obvious.

SNOW_WISH_15: What's your favorite Christmas song?
TAYLOR: I don't think we have one favorite. On the Christmas album, Snowed In, we did a lot of songs that were our favorites, songs like, “Run, Run Rudolph,” “Merry Christmas Baby,” and classics like “Silent Night.” Plus some original songs. But I don't think we have one, we are Christmas fans, as most people are, tis the season to be jolly!

ALLSMILES1214: Any one of you guyz can answer this question! What do you look for in a girlfriend??
TAYLOR: First of all, that's she's a girl (sarcasm!) But besides that, I don't see how you can say what the perfect girl is until you meet that person. Someone you have fun with and like to hang out with. It's pretty obvious...

SURFEYSISTA: If you knew that the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do today?
TAYLOR: I would be doing exactly what I’m doing right now. Because I am talking to tons and tons of people before the world ended.
ISAAC: I would probably get a girlfriend, get engaged - and basically elope.
ZAC: Basically, you know, grab all your parents credit cards, spend all the money, everything you always wanted to do, steal things, you know! Of course, that would be if the world was ending!
TAYLOR: And then you'd find out that the world is really ending, and you have all this useless stuff and you're in jail!

ITZALABAMAFAN: Hey Hanson! Do you go Christmas caroling?
ZAC: We haven't done it in a long time, but we have done it before.

MMMBOPLE: How did you get the name Wickit for your dog?
ZAC: Wickit is a character from Star Wars, the first ewok that Princess Leah met, it had the same face. But to get technical, actually Wickit was a boy and our Wickit is a girl. But she's very cute.

JORDI_35: Did you encounter any problems on the Albertane Tour? (Leah 16 & Jessica 13 Australia)
ISAAC: No real problems. There were technical difficulties from time to time at the shows, because that's the way it is.
ZAC: A couple of times we slipped from the water guns, or things like that.
ISAAC: One time I missed the riser when I was going to jump, and I ripped my pants!

TARAGIRL12: What are the weirdest rumors you've heard about yourselves?
ZAC: There is the Isaac has a glass eye rumour. It's not true!
ISAAC: I got a real kick out of it! I could take it out, but a different one in...
ZAC: Just crazy stuff, people we're dating, that we're not dating... Or, that we're dating a Spice Girl or something like that!

KDODI: What is your Christmas wish to all of your fans?
ZAC: As always, -- we wish them a merry Christmas and a happy new year. We love all the fans, you guys, and really appreciate having fans and continuing making music. So, our wish would be that you guys continue to enjoy it. And of course, that you guys have a happy, happy holiday season.

AWESOMEMMMBOP: I think you guys have the best senses of humor! Who are you more like? Your mother or you father?
ALL: Ooo.
ZAC: We're more like our father in the "male" part, because we are guys!
TAYLOR: A little of both. Our dad was always a bit of goofball in high school, and our mom was always go with anything, and fun loving.
ZAC: I'm not as much as a goofball as Taylor. And Isaac sometimes frightens us all!
ISAAC: We have no problem dissing each other, it's a brotherly love thing!

HNSNROCKS: Hi Hanson! My name is Christine and I live in ca...my question is: Ike, what was it like when you got your top braces off?
ISAAC: It sounded like this, rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnngggggggg, they took my braces!!! It was very cool, I was happy to get them off, I’d had them on for 3 1/2 years. And it feels really good! Now the trick is keeping track of your retainer, which I have almost lost 15 or 20 times in the last month.

COWS__MOO: Do you guys go looking for presents your parents hide... Eh hum... Santa hides or do you wait to be surprised?
ZAC: First of all, we sometimes go looking for presents, sometimes not. Usually we trade off, who goes off and gets them...
ISAAC: I'll be honest, I did not the last couple of years, I held myself back, I said, “Surprise is good...”

LOOPY4IKE_LOOPY4TAY_LOOPY4ZAC: Who is more weird at home?
ISAAC: We all take turns. Very seriously, we do take turns...
ZAC: Loopy, loopy, loopy!

JESSIE118: Do you play practical jokes on each other? Philly, PA
ISAAC: i: not really, sometimes though. We have a sense of humor. A sick sense of humor sometimes, I guess. You know like dropping a water balloon on someone's head when its 15 degrees out. It's mean but we do that sometimes.

TSUKINO_YUME: Do your fans usually interpret your personalities correctly, or are we way off? ~Angela, IN
ISAAC: For the most part, they've interpreted it fairly correctly, however, there are definitely misinterpretations along with them.
ZAC: A lot of time, it's ballpark, but there are things the fans haven't caught onto yet.
ISAAC: Which doesn't really matter, things you wouldn't know unless you really knew us...

ASTRO_138: What does your room look like? Any posters on the walls? (Cornwall, Canada)
ISAAC: No posters on the wall, never been big poster people.
ZAC: The three of us are in the same small room. It's kind of weird, we always end up being squashed in there.
ISAAC: We spend most of our time outside our room, it's mainly for sleeping. Drawers, chest, beds...

ELLEBELLE5: When do you guys plan on releasing a new album? Al/USA
TAYLOR: Right now we're in the middle of writing new songs, and demo-ing the songs mainly so we can get a good idea of where you’re going with the song.
ISAAC: Once this album comes out, which I imagine will be late summer next year, after that we'll be touring all around the world. We will go to Australia, South America, Asia, and also again in the United States.
TAYLOR: And we're really looking forward to that.

NIGHTFIRE99: What other types of artistic things do you enjoy?
ISAAC: We're all artists, Taylor and Zac are much better than I am. But computer-wise I enjoy doing art on the computer. We all designed the MOE logo and the tour logo, but I did it on the computer.
TAYLOR: Zac and I doodle and draw on almost anything we can find, and Isaac goes on the internet and does amazing things.
ISAAC: We have a link from our website to the yahoo chat, so thanks to all the yahoo Hanson club members.
TAYLOR: Thanks for making the club reach 10,000 members. Hopefully, we can look forward to more in the future. You guys rock!

ALBERTANEFOREVER: What happened to the song “Cried?”
TAYLOR: When you are working on a album like right now, we have 25 or more songs that you are putting down ideas on, “Cried” was one of those that didn't end up on the album, and actually recorded it, but it just didn't come out. It became a b-side on the “I Will Come To You” single.

PACHY_99: Happy holidays!! I was wondering what´s the best part of having achieved your dream and being able to do what you love the most all the time?
TAYLOR: Happy holidays to you too. You know, that sounds really awesome, when you phrase it like that. We've had a ton of fun making music since we started out, and we're just continuing to enjoy it.
ISAAC: And it's thanks to you that we are able to continue doing it, so we hope you continue to enjoy it so we can continue to make it. Hey there everybody in the chat. We wanted to let you know that you can join our fan club MOE thru our website, Hansonline.com. You can sign up for our club at Hansonline.com , and we're working on the fourth issue of the magazine right now. If you want to check it out, it has all kinds of exclusive articles and information for MOE members.

BILLYJF: Does anybody treat you normal anymore?
TAYLOR: We're not stars, so if people try to treat us that way, we have to remind them that we're not.
ISAAC: Anyone that is your friend doesn't treat you differently. You wouldn't hang out with anyone who treated you differently, it's annoying.
TAYLOR: We're normal - as far as we know!

SCOOTS17_98: Scoots from Dallas wants to know if you are performing anywhere for new years?
ZAC: It's possible, new years is awfully close, but probably not. We'll probably have our annual Hanson new year’s bash, which we always throw if we're not performing.

PEEPOLEWITNESSES: Hey Zac in the tour video, did you actually draw the roses?
ZAC: Yes. That was not a paint by number.
ISAAC: Our dad thought it was a paint by number when he saw it. It was not.

NICE12CHATWITH: What is your favorite TV show?
TAYLOR: One we kind of like that you know, is That 70s Show, it's pretty funny. And Friends, South Park, also Space Ghost: Coast To Coast, it's really pretty hilarious, it's on Cartoon Network at 11 at night.
ISAAC: We're actually going to be on an episode soon, we hope.
ZAC: It's pretty strange but really awesome. The cartoon is from the 60s.

TAYLORFAN4LIFE: How do you feel when you see girls crying at concerts?
ZAC: We send someone down to clear whatever it is from their eye!
ISAAC: We say, “Are we that bad!”
TAYLOR: We're definitely nothing to cry over, that's for sure!

TIZZYKITTY: When was the last time you built a snowman?
ZAC: We live in Oklahoma, and in Oklahoma you usually don't get enough show to build a snowman.
ISAAC: But when there is enough snow, we build castles and stuff. We love the snow!

HANSONFAN14402: Is it hard to make a music video?
TAYLOR: It depends on the video. I wouldn't say any of them are hard, but I would say there are some tedious parts to them. If it's a long shoot, or difficult parts, it can be tedious and time consuming.

LOLIPOP8: Do you open your gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas day?
ZAC: Both!
TAYLOR: Christmas day, really. For the really close Hanson family, which is still quite a few people, with seven kids, so nine in total.

HITZ_ADDICT: Do you like watching scary movies? ~ Chrissy 13 Argentina
ZAC: Some scary movies are really fun, especially when you have lots of friends that are really freaking out about them.
ISAAC: We have some friends that are terrified by scary movies..
ZAC: And that's what makes it so fun!

HANSYNC13: Would you ever like to work with any other music artists in the future?
TAYLOR: On the next album we're getting really close to being in the studio, and we're trying to work with different artists, artists we're fans of, we won't say their names yet, but people you are fans of, people talented instrumentally and people we admire, but we have different artists we are looking forward to working with.

ONLY14TAY: What was the coolest thing that has happened this year for you all?
ZAC: The coolest thing was that I turned 13. Actually that's a lie. I don't feel any different, but I guess that was cool. We had a little baby sister, and she's really cute. Almost a year ago.
ISAAC: We enjoy her company very much! And for me, turning 18 was probably one of the cool things, I had a great birthday party.
TAYLOR: We travelled a lot, saw new places and worked on new music, on the live video and live album was a lot of fun. It's always cool to get to do creative things on projects like that.

PEEPOLEWITNESSES: Do you remember any of the people you met backstage?
TAYLOR: It's hard to remember everybody because there's a lot of different people, but in different cities there are people you remember.
ISAAC: Why exactly you remember them it's hard to say.
TAYLOR: After you see them five or six times, it begins to click. Some fans are really devoted, and it just makes it more fun for us.

BABY_BYRD7: When is the next issue of MOE coming out?
TAYLOR: That will probably be in a couple of months. Probably February, I think.
ISAAC: Done and mailed out. Everyone should get it by February. That could change.

HANSON_GURLIE: How did you choose the songs to do in concert?-Kelsy,14,OR
ISAAC: Whatever songs we feel like playing.
ZAC: In concert we play every song off Middle of Nowhere. Then we had to select different songs off 3 Car Garage to play. Some songs don't come off as well in a live performance. So it comes down to that, and see if you want to do any covers. We tend to do several throughout the tour.

ZERN10: What amazing things does Ike do on the internet?
ISAAC: I don't know! Like I said before, we came up with the MOE logo and the tour logo, and then I created them on the computer.
ZAC: It's not so much that he's in internet crazy psycho, but the computer.
ISAAC: Zac and Tay are much better than me freehand.

RAYMAY52: What's up next for you guys? Rachel-Schertz, TX
ZAC: Hopefully there will be many chats to come. And of course, the next album which we are working on. There is a live album and a live video, and of course, the Christmas album is in stores. And next year, some new music, and playing shows. And also, for anybody in MOE, if you want to check out, if you go to Hansonline.com we need your emails.
ISAAC: If you want to be on an exclusive MOE email list, check out the MOE members center, go to http://Hansonline.com/inthemoe.html
yahoo_Hanson: that's an exclusive MOE emailing list. Again, thanks everyone from coming to the chat, we hope to see you very soon, hope you enjoyed it.
TAYLOR: Thanks you guys so much for coming to the chat, you rock, can't wait to do another one, happy holidays!
ZAC: Happy new year!
CHATYAHOO_LISA: Thanks for joining us! Have a wonderful holiday season! Bye!