Excerpt from a SPIN Magazine interview with Matchbox 20 (December '98)

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Dec 08, 2098 Source: SPIN Magazine Submitted By: Y. C. SPIN: What bands do you consider to be your peers? THOMAS: I love REM, U2, Dave Matthews. People who are about writing songs. But I don't want to say they're my peers and have them open up SPIN and go "Fudge him! I don't know what he does." So I'd have to say bands who are on the road playing every night. In a way, The Backstreet Boys are our peers because they're putting their ass into it, working all the time. SPIN: Who would win a Celebrity Death Match: Matchbox 20 or the Backstreet Boys? THOMAS: Those guys dance around a lot, so they've gotta be pretty, um, healthy. But we'd take em. SPIN: Have you heard NSync? THOMAS: No, but I've met them. They're from Florida. They came up to me at (trendy New York Nightspot) Moomba, saying "Hey home, you kickin it in the hotel?" I didn't know who they were. They wear big chains that say NSync... Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: Eugene Submitted by: John Comment on this item. Next Item: Tying One On (Entertainment Weekly, December 6, '98) Prev Item: Who "owns" the BSB? A letter from a fan