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Matchbox Twenty Biography
Upon the release of their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like
You, in the fall of 1996, Matchbox Twenty were pigeonholed as one of
the legions of post-grunge guitar bands that roamed the American pop
scene in the middle of the '90s. As their first single, Push, climbed
the charts, it was widely assumed (at least by cyncial critics) that
they were a one-hit wonder, but Yourself or Someone Like You continued
to spin off singles well into 1998. By that time, the group's blend of
'70s arena rock and early-'90s American alt-rock -- closer to Pearl Jam
and maybe R.E.M. than Nirvana -- had become the sound of mainstream
American rock. That transition slipped underneath the radar of many pop
music critics and fans. Yourself or Someone Like You sold millions of
copies without ever truly dominating the charts -- by 1998, it had gone
platinum five times; by 2000, ten times. At no time did the record top
the charts, but it was always around, a staple of modern rock, adult
alternative, and Top 40 radio alike. Matchbox Twenty were omnipresent
because they managed to blend the structure and sentiment of '70s arena
rock with '90s hard rock, thereby winning a large audience by seeming
simultaneously classicist and modern. They were a little more
classicist than modern, but that's the reason why they became America's
most popular rock band of the late '90s -- even if nobody quite
realized that they had achieved that status.
The de facto leader of Matchbox Twenty is lead singer and songwriter
Rob Thomas. An Army brat born on a military base in Germany, Thomas
spent much of his childhood between his mother's house in Florida and
his grandmother's place in South Carolina. The stress of the constant
movement spilled over into his schoolwork and he dropped out of high
school at the age of 17. He spent some time wandering around the
Southeast, singing in a variety of rock bands before he made Orlando,
FL, his home base. There, he met bassist Brian Yale and drummer Paul
Doucette, and the three spent several years drifting through local
bands before Matchbox Twenty officially formed. They rounded out the
lineup with Adam Gaynor (rhythm guitar, vocals), who had previously
worked at the Criteria Recording Studios in Miami, and Kyle Cook (lead
guitar), a former student of the Atlanta Institute of Music.
The band hooked up with Collective Soul producer Matt Serletic and
recorded a batch of demos, which helped the band secure gigs throughout
the U.S. Soon, the band signed to Lava, a subsidiary of Atlantic
Records, and recorded its debut, Yourself or Someone Like You, also
with Serletic. The album was released in October of 1996 to little
attention, but Matchbox Twenty continued to tour America, cultivating a
fan base. They eventually landed their single Long Day on several
influential radio stations, which paved the way for their breakthrough
hit, Push. In the spring of 1997, Push began climbing its way to
the top of the modern rock charts, as it received heavy airplay from
radio and MTV. By the summer, the single was in the modern rock Top
Ten, and Yourself or Someone Like You had reached the album Top 40 and
gone gold.
As it turns out, Push wasn't the culmination of their work but the
beginning of a somewhat surprising success story. During the fall of
1997, the record picked up momentum, as 3am became a bigger hit than
Push, propelling Yourself or Someone Like You to multi-platinum
status. Early in 1998, the group was named Best New Band by Rolling
Stone's annual reader's poll -- proof that, even if Matchbox Twenty
weren't winning critics, they were winning over a wide, mainstream
audience. The band and its debut album continued to sell at a steady
pace throughout the year as the singles Real World and Back 2 Good
joined Push and 3am as radio favorites. Throughout it all, Matchbox
Twenty stayed on the road, at home and abroad. They did well in foreign
territories, including Canada, but they truly connected with Australia,
where they went platinum eight times; in neighboring New Zealand, the
band went quintuple platinum.
Matchbox Twenty reserved 1999 as the year to record their eagerly
anticipated second album, but they didn't disappear from the spotlight,
due to the unexpected success of Smooth, a Santana song co-written
and sung by Rob Thomas. Smooth was one of many songs sung by
celebrities on Santana's cameo-studded comeback album Supernatural, but
it was the one chosen as the lead single. A wise choice, as it turned
out, since it became a true pop phenomenon, topping many radio charts
and driving Supernatural to multi-platinum sales and many industry
awards. Throughout the second half of 1999, Smooth was inescapable,
as it and Supernatural sat on the top of the pop charts. Its success
brought more attention to Matchbox Twenty, and Yourself or Someone Like
You rocketed to over ten million copies sold -- which now qualified it
for the RIAA's Diamond Award, which is only granted to records that
have moved over ten million units. On top of that, Thomas was named
BMI's 1999 Pop Songwriter of the Year, for Smooth and his work with
Matchbox Twenty. Early in 2000, Thomas won three Grammys for Smooth
-- Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration
With Vocals.
All of this success happened as Matchbox Twenty were recording their
second album, again with producer Matt Serletic. The success raised
expectations for the new album, entitled Mad Season, which was released
in May 2000. Two years later, the band emerged with its third album,
More Than You Think You Are. With this particular record, the band
shared songwriting duties as a whole for the first time ever. ~ Stephen
Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine