A combination of non-stop touring and intra-band fighting nearly put the end to matchbox twenty, who almost didn’t come back from the brief hiatus in between the release of their ten-times platinum ...

Whatever happened to the Southern roughneck, the unrepentant Confederate who likes his motorcycles big, his whisky strong and his blues dirty? Southern rock used to be all about that rebel spirit. The ...

Bigger and bolder – two words that best describe Matchbox Twenty’s latest album, “Mad Season.” The band’s sound has definitely matured since their previous album, “Yourself or Someone Like You.” The ...

With her motherly eyes, Southern accent and T-shirt and jeans, Jan Smith, 43, doesn’t seem at first glance like someone who’d have a triple platinum rock album hanging on the wall. Sitting in her ...

Just as parents talk about the “terrible twos,” folks in the record business like to go on about the horrors of “the second album.” Any time a band makes a big splash with its debut, it seems as if ...