In The Event That...

You've got an MMMBop

by Monica Weymouth

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Published: Sep 18, 2007

HansonWed., Sept. 26, 8 p.m., $30, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-336-2000, www.hanson.net

Even though it's been a solid 10 years since Hanson emerged from Tulsa, Okla., with their infamously catchy single, you can probably still sing a couple of verses. Since Middle of Nowhere, the brothers have done quite a bit of growing up (all three are married, and two have children) and started their own label, 3CG Records. But according to little brother Zac, you can still expect some "doo-bops" between songs off their latest album, The Walk.

City Paper: What can we expect at a Hanson show?

Zac Hanson: One thing about us is that every show is different. There's a lot of stuff off the new record, but there's old stuff and covers, too. We've done Police songs in the past; we've done Radiohead.

CP: So, um, do we get to "MMMBop"?

ZH: Oh yeah, we do fan favorites. We're not afraid of who we have been. It's part of who we are.

CP: Your fans are pretty diehard. What gives?

ZT: They make doing shows so much fun. The fact that we've gone through a good part of our lives together — I was only 11 when we started — might help explain it. Our fans are like Deadheads, but maybe with less pot and they know more lyrics.

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