Matchbox Twenty

Matchbow Twenty is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida who joined together in 1995.  The groups’ members include:

• ·      Rob Thomas – lead vocals, piano
• ·      Paul Doucette – rhythm guitar, back ground vocals
• ·      Brian Yale – bass guitar
• ·      Kyle Cook – lead guitar, background vocals
• ·      Ryan MacMillan – drums, percussion

Rob, Paul, and Brian were all part of their own band with two other members based out of Orlando, when they dropped the other two men and picked up Kyle and Ryan.  They formed their group Matchbox Twenty and in 1995 signed with Atlantic Records.  A man who came into the restaurant that Rob and Paul were working at inspired the name of the band.  The man was wearing a very old jersey with the number “20” on the back – Paul saw this jersey and the only legible word he could see on the jersey was “Matchbox.”

The band has released three studio albums with a fourth on the way.  Their first album Yourself or Someone Like You was released in 1996 and was certified “diamond” in the United States and went multi-platinum in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.  Needless to say after the release of this first album, Matchbox Twenty had massive popularity around the world.  Their next two albums received platinum and double platinum standings in the United States.

The release of their fourth studio album has been much anticipated since their third album was released in 2002.  Talk of this fourth album has been around since 2010 when the band said that they were going to begin working on it.  More recently, Matchbox has gone on record saying that their fourth studio album will be released sometime in 2012.  On March 27, 2012, Rob Thomas tweeted that the new album’s first single will be released in June and the album will be released in September.

Matchbox has received one people’s choice award and in total have been nominated for 12 other music awards.