Taylor: Hello? Chunga: I didn't know he had the flu, Taylor? Taylor: *laughs* Hey, there ya go man. Chunga: You didn't have to wake him up if he had the flu. I feel like a jerk now. Taylor: That's part of the guilt trip, dude. Chunga: We're talking with Hanson. Taylor Hanson to be specific cause the other two are sick. Taylor's kind of sick in his own right. More sick than Taylor is. Mr. West: So what did you do at Sundance, Taylor? I understand that they didn't let you into a lot of clubs cause you're underage. That they had to keep you in your own room. Taylor: Yeah well... That was part of the... That was a funny story. There's a couple funny stories about that. We kind of just went up to... meet some people. We have some friends that are connected to movies and we were invited to a couple of the big parties that were going on up there. Cause, you know, there's always parties. The Radiohead party, they have a new record coming out... um, so we were invited to go to there, kind of a listening party. It was insane cause we're invited by all the people that were, you know, hosting it and you get there and the laws for Utah are really really strict. So we get up there and they won't let us in. Chunga: Sure. Taylor: It was just like totally ridiculous. Mr. West: Now, let me get this straight. So because you're Taylor Hanson, you can like go and have some martinis at the Viper room if you want? Taylor: Well, sometimes yeah... You can probably wheeze your way. I know a lot of times, they'll let you at least go to a bar... They'll let you, you know, stamp your hand or whatever. As long as you don't drink. You can actually get into places like that. You know? Chunga: Oh okay. Taylor: Like, they'll give you a little leeway to go into some of those places. Especially if you're with, you know, some other people that are, you know, overage and you're... Chunga: With your posse. When you're with your posse. Taylor: When you're with your posse. Exactly. When the posse walks in, you're fine. But they were just not budging and so we made a big stink about it and uh so then, Isaac was marked. You know, they weren't going to let him in because they totally spotted him and I was kind of not seen as much. So, we um, found a couple of people that were from the party and they uh helped... the restaurant below the club... Chunga: So you just had to hang out... Taylor: Yeah, we were just kinda hanging out down there. Chunga: You're like "Man, this is great. I'm sure great I came to Sundance." Taylor: Yeah, exactly. That was kind of like "Okay, crap. What are we gonna do?" Um so then, I just... we bolt. Me and the person who was a representative from the party. And we just kind of walk up and she sorta grabs my arm and we kind of just go for the VIP room where she was taking me. And we get through so I'm safe. Chunga: So you're alright? Taylor: So I get in and Isaac's still... They've totally... you know, all the security guys are on him, you know? ... He's coming around the corner! You know? So.. Chunga: Keep that little Hanson kid outta here! Taylor: Yeah, exactly. So they totally had him spotted and uh, so I go up there and where it gets interesting is... I gotta go to the bathroom really bad. Chunga: Yeah. Mr. West: Right now? Taylor: Huh? Mr. West: Right now? Taylor: *laughs* Scuse me, I'm leaving! No, so that night I do. Chunga: Ohhh okay. Taylor: You know... you're drinking. I've been up there for like, what, two hours? You're drinking... and I've been up there for what so... Chunga: Sure. Taylor: And uh, so, I've gotta use the restrooms. But there's an upper level where we are and all the bathrooms are downstairs. And all the security guards are down there. Chunga: So this was like a little sitcom for you? Taylor: So there we are... I'm trapped. So all there is, is a window that goes out to the roof. Chunga and Mr. West: Ohhhhhhh no. *laughing* Taylor: So there you go. So I climb up to the roof and I find a corner... so you know, that's where I go. Chunga: You peed on a roof?! Mr. West: You peed on the roof at Sundance?! Taylor: Well, yeah. Chunga: Right now there are teenage girls on the roof! Taylor: They're not gonna let me back in. I think this is gonna be in Rolling Stone too. *Chunga laughing* So I go there and I'm like "Look, this is what I gotta do." and uh, find a corner and felt relaxation. I thought that was great. And uh... Chunga: Right now there's kids seriously going "I gotta find the roof that he peed on!" Taylor: Then I look over to the left and I realize that the alley way goes right up to the roof. And so, I call Ike on his phone and he jumps up on the roof and comes right through the window and there we are. Chunga: That's crazy. Mr. West: I hope he didn't climb up where you were peeing. Taylor: Well, no. Yeah, he avoided that particular spot. Chunga: Cause man. It's kinda cool for some kids but when he's your brother... Taylor: No, that's not really that cool. But I had to throw that in for the real affect. But the best thing is, throughout the whole party, there's kind of like megaton screens and stuff and uh, kind of, a couple hosts with camera's walking around. And the funny this is, by the end of it, we were there up on the screens talking to the guys. Chunga: Sure, and nobody cared at that point. Taylor: No. You were just like "Oh whatever." You know, the point is for all you eighteen year old guys out there... Chunga: Keep trying dude. Taylor: Keep trying man. *Chunga and Mr. West laughing* Keep on trying! Chunga: Or get a fake I.D. Mr. West: That was a good adventure for you that you'll remember. Taylor: Yeah exactly. Chunga: I bet that's how you guys all got sick. Being up there on that roof. Taylor: There you go man. It was a traumatic peeing experience. Mr. West: I bet it was. Chunga: Go go go go go. Oh my gosh! Hurry! So I just have so many questions and so many kids wanted to ask you. There's just no way I can get to them. When are you guys going on tour again? Anytime soon? Taylor: Well, we're working on the new record right now. That's part of why we were up at Sundance. We're talking about doing a documentary on this album process. And we're always filming stuff. We take digital camera's with us everywhere. We're kind of actively doing something now. And um, we wanted to see some documentarys and things while we were there and uh, so that was part of the reason we were there. But hopefully, we're going to try and get out on tour sometime in the summer but that's you know... that's sketchy because we're still working on this record. Chunga: Okay, yeah sure. And Sammy from Burmington, England wants to know "Why didn't you come to Europe?" Taylor: *laughs* Mr. West: She's mad! Chunga: She's mad at you guys! Taylor: She's mad? Well, we did go to Europe but we just didn't play any concerts. Chunga: Ohh, I see. Taylor: The thing is, you know, every time we come out with a, you know, a record.. And then we get letters from all over the place and they go "Come here, come here, come here." and sometimes we say too much. Say "Yeah, we're gonna come. We're gonna come." instead of saying what's honest which is "We don't know for sure. We want to come but we don't know for sure whether it's going to happen." Mr. West: And you guys have very little say in that... Taylor: Yeah, well, it's you know... it's a hard thing to route a tour. So getting your tour all the way to England because there's, you know, one particular fan going "Please come here." You know, the rest of the tour is rotted. Chunga: Sure. Alright, so I asked Zac this question and I expect an answer, young man. Taylor: Uh oh. Chunga: Just how much money do you guys make? Come on. Be honest with me. Taylor: How much money do we make? Chunga: What was the first real big expensive thing that you bought? When you realize, okay, "I am like the biggest rock star on the planet right now. I'm going to buy me something really extravagant and really expensive." what did you buy? Taylor: Hmm.. well. First of all, I was thinking about... *interview cuts off for two seconds, sorry!* So that's, I don't know... I'm not going to talk to you about that kind of stuff. Chunga: Sure, sure, sure. If you don't want to that's cool. Some people have no problem with it so I ask it to everybody. Taylor: Yeah, I think it's kind of an odd one. I don't think I'd feel right talking about that kinda stuff. It's, you know, it makes it possible for us to do this so I mean it's like... we were having a conversation with, with um a couple different artists who we're going to write with. And one friend, we were talking about Napster and record sales and stuff like that. And you know, people don't think about selling records, that's how an artist makes money so they can live. You know? So it's just keeps us going, you know? Chunga: Sure, sure. Absolutely. Mr. West: How about this question, Taylor? It's been bugging Chunga and I a lot. Chunga: Yeah, yeah. Who let the dogs out? Taylor: *laughs* Good question. Who did let the dogs out? I have no idea. Actually Steven Greenberg used to be our representative. Chunga: Is that right? Taylor: Yeah. Chunga: He's the guy that was responsible for that whole mess. Mr. West: That clears it up. Taylor: Mmhm. Thanks very much you guys. Chunga: Hey, can we have you hang on the line and do a liner for us real quick? Taylor: No problem. Chunga: Taylor Hanson of the rock band Hanson on the show. Very mature cats. Which I wasn't expecting at all. I expected him to say "I have more money than everybody!" Which he does... he does. So anyway, there you go. There's your damn Hanson interview. Nice kids. I feel bad that they were all sick. We got them all up out of bed and they're all sick. Mr. West: Well, if you're peeing on a roof, that happens. Chunga: Yeah, well, let is be a lesson to you youngsters out there. No peeing on roofs. You'll get sick. You'll get the flu. You pee on a roof, you'll get the flu. Mr. West: That's it. There you go. Chunga: R.E.M. here on 107.5 The End.