Matchbox 20

matchbox twenty (originally Matchbox 20) is a rock band from Orlando, Florida. The current members of the band are Rob Thomas, vocals; Brian Yale, bass; Paul Doucette, drums; and Kyle Cook, lead guitar. more...

Thomas, Yale and Doucette had played the band Tabitha's Secret in Orlando, Florida before splitting apart to form Matchbox 20 with Cook and rhythym guitarist Adam Gaynor.

They released their first album, yourself or someone like you in 1996. While their first single, "Long Day", was a rock radio-only smash, the album soon spun off several Top 40 hit singles throughout 1997 and 1998, including "Push", "3 A.M.", "Real World" and "Back 2 Good". The album eventually went on to sell over 12 million copies in the US alone, earning diamond status.

Before recording their next album, Itaal Shur, Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas wrote a song for Carlos Santana's comeback album, Supernatural, on which Thomas sang lead vocals. The song, "Smooth", became the album's lead single and a gigantic smash hit in 1999, and Shur, Thomas and Santana would earn several Grammys for writing it.

In 2000, Matchbox 20 renamed themselves matchbox twenty and released their second album, mad season. The video for their first hit single, "Bent", made fun of singer Thomas' heightened profile by showing the other band members mug and beat him mercilessly. The evocatively arranged ballad "If You're Gone" became a big hit, especially on adult contemporary formats; "Mad Season" was also a hit.

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