Best known for big hits like “Push”, “3 a.m.”, “Bent”, “If You’re
Gone”, “How Far We’ve Come” and the karaoke favorite “Unwell”, the
popular alternative pop-rock group Matchbox Twenty will be performing in
Manila this November.
Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995, the band is composed of Paul Doucette on drums, Kyle Cook on guitars, Brian Yale on bass and singer-songwriter Rob Thomas on vocals.
Voted Best New Band by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine in 1997 and winner of a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Musical Group in 2004, the group is just as popular for their live shows as they are for their radio-friendly tunes.
The Hollywood Reporter described one of their shows as “a Gen Xer’s
dream radio station come to life” while the Minneapolis-based Leader
Telegram declared it “a fantastic show worth seeing time and again”.
Singer Rob Thomas has been singled out by the Minneapolis Tribune as “money because he has a radio voice that’s just as effective live”. Outside of Matchbox Twenty, Thomas has successfully carved a solo career in his own right, scoring big hits with “Lonely No More”, “Little Wonders” and “Her Diamonds”. He is also the voice behind Carlos Santana’s 1999 monster hit, “Smooth”.
In 2004, the Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Thomas with its very first Starlight Award, an honor given to young songwriters who have a lasting influence in the music industry.
Although the band reached the pinnacle of their popularity during the late 90s and early 2000, they are hardly considered a nostalgia act. Unlike such contemporaries as the Gin Blossoms, the Goo Goo Dolls and Better Than Ezra, Matchbox Twenty continues to light up the music charts with every new release.
All five of the band’s studio albums have reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 200 album chart, with their latest, 2012’s “North” debuting at number 1 while yielding a new Top 40 single in the US with “She’s So Mean”.
Even as many fans equate Matchbox Twenty with Rob Thomas, it’s not the one-man band that it’s perceived to be. Thomas and Doucette both admit that collaboration plays a key role to their success.
“Matchbox Twenty existed a lot as a vehicle for Rob’s songwriting in the beginning. Through the years Kyle and I have slowly started to write more and more songs. When we got back together we wanted to reflect that within the band,” Doucette said in a recent promotional interview for “North”.
Thomas concurs and while admitting that collaborating with his bandmates felt “weird” at first for someone like him who is so used to writing music alone, he has learned to accept and even embrace this method of creating music.
“You just have to leave your ego at the door,” he acknowledged. “When you’re in the room together it’s just everybody throwing out their ideas at each other. You have to dare to suck, dare to say something stupid and dare to take things in a wrong direction, and everyone in the room has to follow that and let it go along until it becomes something. It’s a little nerve-wracking but pretty damn exciting.”
The results are pretty damn exciting, indeed, as far as the band’s countless fans are concerned.
For the first time since their 2008 tour, they’re back on the road to promote their greatest hits compilation “Exile on Mainstream”, playing to SRO crowds around the globe. Matchbox Twenty can’t wait to thrill fans again with not only their well-loved classics but also with their equally engaging new material.
Presented by Music Management International, “Matchbox Twenty Live in Manila” is happening on November 8 at the Mall of Asia Arena. For ticket information, visit www.smtickets.com.
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Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995, the band is composed of Paul Doucette on drums, Kyle Cook on guitars, Brian Yale on bass and singer-songwriter Rob Thomas on vocals.
Voted Best New Band by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine in 1997 and winner of a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Musical Group in 2004, the group is just as popular for their live shows as they are for their radio-friendly tunes.
Singer Rob Thomas has been singled out by the Minneapolis Tribune as “money because he has a radio voice that’s just as effective live”. Outside of Matchbox Twenty, Thomas has successfully carved a solo career in his own right, scoring big hits with “Lonely No More”, “Little Wonders” and “Her Diamonds”. He is also the voice behind Carlos Santana’s 1999 monster hit, “Smooth”.
In 2004, the Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Thomas with its very first Starlight Award, an honor given to young songwriters who have a lasting influence in the music industry.
Although the band reached the pinnacle of their popularity during the late 90s and early 2000, they are hardly considered a nostalgia act. Unlike such contemporaries as the Gin Blossoms, the Goo Goo Dolls and Better Than Ezra, Matchbox Twenty continues to light up the music charts with every new release.
All five of the band’s studio albums have reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 200 album chart, with their latest, 2012’s “North” debuting at number 1 while yielding a new Top 40 single in the US with “She’s So Mean”.
Even as many fans equate Matchbox Twenty with Rob Thomas, it’s not the one-man band that it’s perceived to be. Thomas and Doucette both admit that collaboration plays a key role to their success.
“Matchbox Twenty existed a lot as a vehicle for Rob’s songwriting in the beginning. Through the years Kyle and I have slowly started to write more and more songs. When we got back together we wanted to reflect that within the band,” Doucette said in a recent promotional interview for “North”.
Thomas concurs and while admitting that collaborating with his bandmates felt “weird” at first for someone like him who is so used to writing music alone, he has learned to accept and even embrace this method of creating music.
“You just have to leave your ego at the door,” he acknowledged. “When you’re in the room together it’s just everybody throwing out their ideas at each other. You have to dare to suck, dare to say something stupid and dare to take things in a wrong direction, and everyone in the room has to follow that and let it go along until it becomes something. It’s a little nerve-wracking but pretty damn exciting.”
The results are pretty damn exciting, indeed, as far as the band’s countless fans are concerned.
For the first time since their 2008 tour, they’re back on the road to promote their greatest hits compilation “Exile on Mainstream”, playing to SRO crowds around the globe. Matchbox Twenty can’t wait to thrill fans again with not only their well-loved classics but also with their equally engaging new material.
Presented by Music Management International, “Matchbox Twenty Live in Manila” is happening on November 8 at the Mall of Asia Arena. For ticket information, visit www.smtickets.com.
For more CHIKA Patrol updates FOLLOW or LIKE CHIKA PATROL on Facebook and Twitter and ADVERTISE with us email at ilovekakulay@gmail.com
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