RADIO TRANSCRIPTS

K92
Roanoke, Virginia
23 February 2004

DANNY: After the broadcast on Friday we were very lucky to be able to sit down and talk on the phone with the band Hanson, superstars, multi platinum artists… well home schooled kids grown into adults. Hanson on the K92 Mornin' Thang.

HANSON: Hi hello!

DANNY: Oh my goodness.

TAYLOR: Good morning Danny and Zack, hey.

DANNY: So how are you guys doing?

TAYLOR: We're doing good.

ZAC: I don't like the way you spell your name Zack, z-a-c-k, ya know you just gotta drop the k

ZACK: You leave off the last k? For what?

ZAC: Yeah well for just the C. [laughs]

DANNY: So are you guys touring right now, are you driving around the country are you in a van?

TAYLOR: Well actually the van is down by the river right now.

ZAC: Down by the river!

TAYLOR: Yeah well we're just beginning to launch this record, the record comes out in April, and uh…

ISAAC: We're doing a bunch of stuff.

TAYLOR: Honestly we are just kinda all over the place. We were just in Japan a week ago and then we were in…

ISAAC: And we played a show there.

TAYLOR: …LA shooting the first video, ya know we're just all over the place. Not in the van.

ISAAC: But we are playing some shows in the north east here coming up unfortunately a little ways away from you guys and then some shows in LA.

DANNY: Hey man have Hanson, will travel.

ISAAC: Yeah exactly.

TAYLOR: Actually we'll be in uh, We'll be in Alaska tomorrow and well be polar bearing.

ZAC: For anyone who doesn't know what that is, that's jumping into freezing cold water but naked. DJ's: Uh

ZACK: Ya know what? Early 2003 we got word in Iraq that "Like A Virgin" was number 1, we've just found out that "MMMBop" has cracked the top 10

DANNY: That's exciting.

ISAAC: In Iraq.

ZAC: Dude that's awesome. [laughs]

ZAC: That's so cool… Why are you following the charts in Iraq? I'm really interested.

TAYLOR: It's ok, you need some hobbies man.

DANNY: Ya know its something about the name Zack. Zack on this show is such a smart ass.

ZAC: Well, dude I've got a smart looking ass and I'm proud of it.

DANNY: See I'm telling ya.

ZACK: How old are you, 13? Talking like that.

ZAC: Un no.

DANNY: Taylor, you've got a kid right.

TAYLOR: Yes I do, I'm married and have a lil baby.

DANNY: Now was that because you were home schooled that everything got moved along faster cos you're just a youngen.

ZAC: Yeah we started anatomy at 5.

TAYLOR: The home schooling thing.

DANNY: But you are young though, you were like 19 when you had your son right?

TAYLOR: Yeah well let's think about this…I can't count… yeah, absolutely.

DANNY: I read it in US Weekly it must be true.

TAYLOR: Whatever you read in US Weekly is true. You know what its just amazing to, he's, it's the most, the coolest thing I've ever done to have the lil guy and being married it makes it that much more fun and its cool and obviously they are into this crazy game of being married to a band.

ZACK: With your family history when does his first single come out? All: Oooo

DANNY: That's a band joke. Some guy: I would like to say for the record that was not Danny or Zack that was some other dufus roaming by.

DANNY: Let's talk about this. Taylor you were, and probably no body else wants to talk about this, these are the hard-hitting questions. Taylor you were the hot throb, you were the one, the guy, but then you go and get married and have a kid and all this stuff here, and did you brothers thank you?

TAYLOR: Did they thank me?

DANNY: Does it knock down your stock?

ISAAC: We had no need to thank him.

ZAC: The only reason we thanked him was because he married a good girl, she's a great friend.

ZACK: Aww.

DANNY: So the other guys are you in any relationships, serious ones, any marriage in the works?

ISAAC: I am not, I don't even have a girl friend right now.

ZAC: I've been with a girl for a long time now so I'm pretty bum off the market.

ZACK: He's been dating since he was 12.

TAYLOR: Ike is thanking both of us now actually.

ISAAC: Needless to say I remind you the woman for me, exactly let's see um…

DANNY: Ike is the oldest Hanson and you're also the one who was an adult when the band started or at least you looked like one.

ISAAC: Oh well I mean I, I think due to the craziness that we've done this for so long being a band for 12 years I think we've all pretty much had a strong head on our shoulders for a pretty long time and I mean granted everyone knows how to goof off and have a good time and it doesn't change that we all love what we do and we know what we want to do and know that we want to be doing this for a long time.

ZAC: It was funny we were at the Barenaked Ladies show in Jersey last night and I was talking to Ed and he was like, "yeah we've been writing together for 15 years." I'm like, "dude we've been a band for 12 years and I'm 18."

ZACK: Take that back to Canada Barenaked Ladies, stupid Kraft Cheese and Macaroni.

DANNY: Ike, this is a hard-hitting question.

ISAAC: Okay, go for it.

DANNY: Now wait have you ever, have you ever seen Kathy Griffin the comedian stand up act

ISAAC: Yeah man, I can already tell you that yes it really did happen, it was a slight miss constitution of what she said exactly.

DANNY: I can't repeat it on the air, what she said. She was basically saying that you guys… and you were much younger then… and she was on stage and she asked u guys if you were getting some in a much more vulgar fashion.

ISAAC: I'll tell you for one she didn't say it the way she said she said it.

DANNY: The way she said she said it was pretty funny.

ISAAC: Hey man, it is comedy and I'm glad that she found good fun in it, she was very funny. we were on a TV show with her back, oh gosh, I would have been… I guess I was 18 then and that's when we were on the show with her.

TAYLOR: Ya know it's all about the punch line.

ISAAC: I'll tell you that show was funny including the Hanson joke.

DANNY: What was the Hanson joke?

ISAAC: Her little deal there…

DANNY: Oh the one we can't say. I was like on she a Hanson joke in front of you guys.

TAYLOR: Children can be listening.

DANNY: Yes exactly this is early in the morning but we'll put it on the website.

ISAAC: The FCC is listening.

DANNY: The whole transcript available.

DANNY: Well guys we've gotta run on to other things and I know you do too so we appreciate you talking to us.

ISAAC: Glad to talk to you also.

DANNY: New album Underneath, you're making butt loads of money off of this.

ZAC: Something like that, new album comes out April 20th.

DANNY: We saw the math on it cos your take is much more now that this is your own deal here.

ZAC: Ya know, it's really about getting closer to the fans. Its about being able to distribute the music in a way that represents the band in and even purer way and to be able to get to the fans in a way… it's just a better way to disrupt music for this band.

ISAAC: And it's also about Samaire Armstrong in the video from The OC cos she's cool.

TAYLOR: Yeah, well, she's great.

DANNY: She's not the one that's underage and getting the guy in trouble, that's Mischa.

TAYLOR: Yeah that's a different thing.

DANNY: That's a different one, well guys listen you have fun and Ike good luck with your love life friend. I feel your pain, so it's all good.

ZAC: Hey, yeah, we all feel his pain too, we have to deal with him everyday.

DANNY: See ya guys!