Q97.9
Portland, Maine
02 March 2004LAURIE: Hanson! The brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma who sold 8 million copies of the album Middle of Nowhere.
TAYLOR: Good morning!
LAURIE: Isaac, Taylor, and Zac. Now, identify yourself and can you give us your current age?
ISAAC: Hey, this is Isaac and I'm 23.
TAYLOR: Hi, this is Taylor, I look like I'm 20 but I'm actually 45. [laughs]
ZAC: Hi, this is Zac and I like walks in the park, and carriage rides, and I'm also 18 and a Libra.
LAURIE: A Libra, fabulous! Any Virgos in the batch?
TAYLOR: No, I'm actually kidding. What are you Zac?
ZAC: Um no but I'm a Scorpi- something.
TAYLOR: He's something dangerous, we all know.
MEREDITH: I know what I am... I'm old.
TAYLOR: That's a new star sign, that's one they don't talk about very much.
LAURIE: It's the one where it looks like a wheelchair, it looks like the handicapped parking sign.
TAYLOR: Wow, that's amazing. God's master plan is a made design, a wheelchair made in the stars!
LAURIE: You guys are nuts... hey Taylor, are you still married?
TAYLOR: I'm still married! Yeah.
ISAAC: He's still married! After almost two years!
TAYLOR: This is amazing, this is the world of celebrities. It's like you got married last week... "so you're still married?! Wow!"
ZAC: What has J Lo done to marriage?! [laughs]
LAURIE: And aren't you a father also?
TAYLOR: Yes I am, I have a 15-month-old baby, he's awesome.
LAURIE: You can't even drink alcohol!
TAYLOR: Isn't that amazing?
LAURIE: Legally!
TAYLOR: Technically, legally is the point.
ZAC: He can be drafted for a war, children and yet married but he can't drink any alcohol.
TAYLOR: Technically can't drink alcohol.
ISAAC: He can't buy a beer!
LAURIE: Now Isaac, how are you doing honey, cos you had a lot of beer there...
ISAAC: That is the rumor, right.
TAYLOR: That was the rumor because he went to the hospital night after his birthday and we…
ZAC: Had too much partying.
ISAAC: Basically I gotta explain this because basically it was a freak accident in Chicago. There was some really aggressive elevators. My hand was about to get closed in the elevator and I pulled the elevator open and because of that it pinched a vein, cos it was so hard to pull the elevator door open and…
ZAC: Because he's really weak.
ISAAC: I'm a weakling.
LAURIE: Wait, it wasn't a heroin binge?!
ISAAC: No, no, it was not.
ZAC: That was related! He didn't want to stop that!
ISAAC: Basically evolved into a severe blood clot and my arm changed color and everything.
TAYLOR: Went to his lungs and that was really...
LAURIE: Oh my god, that could have killed ya!
ISAAC: It can be very dangerous, but you know what, I had a good doctor and it's just one of those weird things you just never really know.
ZAC: I swear it's like we're gonna leave this interview and you're gonna be… you know Ike's gonna fall over and die the way he's making it sound!
TAYLOR: We got the wheelchair star sign, we've got me at 45, Ike's dying of blood clots.
LAURIE: What happened to the cute boys with the long hair?!
ISAAC: The cute boys are not gone, they're still here.
LAURIE: Kuddos on the hair cuts now.
MEREDITH: It looks much better.
JEFF: You look styling.
ALL: Thanks very much.
LAURIE: You guys will never be asked which one's the little sister.
ISAAC: Oh oh oh OUCH!
TAYLOR: Ouch!
ZAC: I hope not because I don't want to meet the woman that looks like me!
ISAAC: Zac's just a hair bit too butch.
ZAC: I don't think I'd look right in that thong underwear.
LAURIE: Weren't you guys on a box of Eggos?
ZAC: Hey, there's nothing wrong with Eggo Waffles, okay? LEGGO MY EGGO.
ISAAC: You know...
TAYLOR: You know, we actually did do something with Eggos.
ZAC: It's a great product, come on guys... and they just came out with syrup too!
ISAAC: Hey Zac hey Zac!
ZAC: Don't you see those commercials for the dip sticks where it's just a stick and it comes with your own dipping stuff…
ISAAC: Hey Zac hey Zac!
ZAC: OH GOSH IF I'M EVER IN THE HOSPITAL!!
ISAAC: The contract with Eggo is over, it's cool.
LAURIE: We're talking to Isaac, Taylor, and Zac, of course the Hanson brothers.
MEREDITH: Taylor, your wife, was she a Hanson fan?
TAYLOR: Yeah she was.
LAURIE: So you married a groupie?!
TAYLOR: Not exactly.
ISAAC: No.
ZAC: No, no, no, not a groupie, she happened to be someone who enjoyed Hanson.
TAYLOR: Yeah, exactly.
ZAC: There's a funny joke in the band that she really married three people because we spend so much time together; we're so involved in every moment that she couldn't help but love the music or go insane.
ISAAC: Exactly or shoot herself, but that'd be weird.
ZAC: She opted for loving the music.
LAURIE: Now the new album that's being released in April, Underneath, you guys actually are making just as much noise to how you're releasing this as much as to the actually music because you're putting it out on your own label.
ISAAC: 3CG was just the option for us. It's not necessarily the option for everybody.
TAYLOR: It's all about, for us it's all about getting close to our fans... for us this is all we're about 20 years, 10 years from now.
ISAAC: Zac's looking at Taylor like…
ZAC: 20 years? 10 years?! 60 years! 80 years! Come on, guys!
ISAAC: Hey I'm still going ahhh! [old voice]
LAURIE: Can you guys pretend you're 80 singing "MMMBop"?
(they all try to sing "MMMBop" being old)
TAYLOR: I can see it happening right now.
LAURIE: Are you guys gonna tour behind Underneath?
ISAAC: Absolutely.
TAYLOR: You know what, we are gonna be everywhere and anywhere.
MEREDITH: Better come to Maine!
ISAAC: There's nothing more that we want to do then go to Maine.
LAURIE: I believe you!
ZAC: I got up this morning and I was thinking, "where do I want to go? MAINE." That's a logical option.
ISAAC: Hey man, it's not called MAINE for no reason, it's the MAIN place to be.
TAYLOR: Ah, good morning, I want to go to Maine.
ZAC: When we're there, there will be Hanson MANIA!
TAYLOR: Wow, that was LOW!
LAURIE: Isaac, Taylor, and Zac, it's Hanson, their new album Underneath, coming out in April. Thank you guys for talking to us.
ZAC: April 20.
LAURIE: April 20th. You guys rock! I can't wait for it, thank you for talking to us.
ISAAC: Thanks for having us.
LAURIE: Bye Hanson!
TAYLOR: Bye!
ISAAC: See ya.