1997 wasn't exactly a banner year for musical creativity.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f5/hanson-launching-mmmhop-beer-yes-boy-band-hanson-284388/
Congratulations on starting thread #7 on this topic
All kidding aside, this is a little bit disgusting. I'm not sure what market they think they are appealing to by associating their beer with a $#!tty song from a has-been boy band from the 90's that was primarily popular among girls age 9-14.
I feel like the Hanson brothers would have more success not even acknowledging their identity on this new venture.
Edit: Oh wait, apparently they are still a band. I had no idea. Weird....
I'll buy some of this when it comes out. And put it in the cellar, right next to my Billy Beer
maxstout said:sweet mother of god, it's the arbor mist of beer.
This whole thread is very funny to me.
My sister fell in love with Hanson when they first came out. However, unlike almost everyone else, she never fell out of love with them. For the past fifteen years she's been traveling all over the country whenever she can to watch them play, and they play a lot.
Now I can't tell you in their music is any good now or not, but I can tell you it is pretty impressive that they have managed to stick together and continue to put out albums for so long.
Believe it or not, they manage to sell out almost everywhere they go, so they must be doing something right.
...I feel like a weirdo for knowing this much about Hanson. I might punch my sister the arm later, just on principle.
Wow! My first post here on the site and this is how I'm going to make my first impression...defending Hanson. Oh well.
Anyway, I'm sure I'll catch all kinds of flak for this, but:
1) This is actually a pretty clever marketing ploy to get money for charity. The band is from Tulsa, OK so the need to raise money for the tornado ravaged area is personal to them, and many of their teeny-bopper fans from the height of their career are now prime beer drinking age.
2) I (like most of you) made fun of this band when I was in my mid 20's and "mmmbop" came out, but the band was really forced into this teeny-bop pop crap by their record label. There was actually quite a falling out, and the band left their label due to artistic differences. While I'm not a huge fan, some of their newer stuff now that they are 20-30 somethings and independent (label-free) isn't completely terrible. Some of it is actually even pretty good.
OK. Gentlemen, I am now ready to receive your wedgies and taunts.
Thanks to the %@*&!!^% that got Spice Girls stuck in my head.
Whoa! Wait a minute. I thought these are the Hanson brothers.
"Sister". Riiiiiiiight.
#1 is completely wrong. I heard about this beer somewhere around 2 years ago (or quite awhile ago, anyways). It was in no way developed for the need to raise money for charity related to that Oklahoma tornado.
homebrewdad said:Okay, feel free to blast me for this, but I think that it's funny, and a smart bit of creativity. They get some free press this way, and likely sell a good bit more beer than they would have otherwise.
What if it's good beer? And if they are donating proceeds to charity... how can it be a bad thing?
Loosen up a bit, people. Beer doesn't only come from burly bearded men who look like they belong on a crab boat adrift somewhere in the Atlantic.
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