Strong Enough to Break
Encyclopedia
Strong Enough to Break is a documentary film
by Ashley Greyson
that follows Hanson
's struggle to release a follow up to their second studio album
, This Time Around, and the creation of their independent record label
3CG Records
. The documentary was shown at many college
campus
es around the United States
during their 2005 tour and also at the 10th Annual Hollywood Film Festival in 2006.
The Strong Enough To Break DVD/CD can now be ordered via the official Hanson store. Orders began shipping September 14, 2009.
which looks at Platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artists Hanson and their three-year struggle with their record label, Island/Def Jam. With the music industry in the aftermath of corporate mergers, deregulated radio, and an uncertain future, Hanson is faced with the challenge of making a new album while dealing with an endless array of obstacles. Throughout their trial and tribulations, they must learn to cope with an insatiable record label executive, incompatible producers and ultimately with each other.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by Ashley Greyson
Ashley Greyson
Ashley Greyson is a film and music video director, cinematographer, editor, and producer, who usually works with the band Hanson. He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts....
that follows Hanson
Hanson (band)
Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations...
's struggle to release a follow up to their second studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, This Time Around, and the creation of their independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
3CG Records
3CG Records
3CG Records is an independent record label started by the pop/rock group Hanson in October 2003. "3CG" is the acronym for "3 Car Garage", a reference both to the album Hanson released as a compilation of songs they had previously released independently , before they had chart success, and to the...
. The documentary was shown at many college
College
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campus
Campus
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es around the United States
United States
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during their 2005 tour and also at the 10th Annual Hollywood Film Festival in 2006.
The Strong Enough To Break DVD/CD can now be ordered via the official Hanson store. Orders began shipping September 14, 2009.
Synopsis
A documentary film by director Ashley GreysonAshley Greyson
Ashley Greyson is a film and music video director, cinematographer, editor, and producer, who usually works with the band Hanson. He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts....
which looks at Platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artists Hanson and their three-year struggle with their record label, Island/Def Jam. With the music industry in the aftermath of corporate mergers, deregulated radio, and an uncertain future, Hanson is faced with the challenge of making a new album while dealing with an endless array of obstacles. Throughout their trial and tribulations, they must learn to cope with an insatiable record label executive, incompatible producers and ultimately with each other.
Cast
- Isaac HansonIsaac HansonIsaac Hanson is an American musician best known as a member of the pop rock trio Hanson, which includes his two younger brothers Taylor and Zac...
as Himself - Taylor HansonTaylor HansonTaylor Hanson is an American musician best known as a member of the pop rock band Hanson. He sings both lead and back-up vocals, and plays keyboard, percussion , guitar, harmonica, and piano...
as Himself - Zac HansonZac HansonZachary Walker "Zac" Hanson is an American musician, best known as a member of the pop band Hanson. He plays drums, percussion, piano, guitar and also sings back-up and lead vocals...
as Himself, Narrator - Stephan JenkinsStephan JenkinsStephan Douglas Jenkins , is an American musician best known as the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Third Eye Blind. Under Jenkins's leadership, Third Eye Blind has sold over eight million copies of four albums: Third Eye Blind , Blue , Out of the Vein , and Ursa Major...
as Himself - Carole KingCarole KingCarole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
as Herself - Danny KortchmarDanny KortchmarDanny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
as Himself - Allen Kovac as Himself
- Matthew SweetMatthew SweetSidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s...
as Himself - Greg WellsGreg WellsGreg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,...
as Himself - Jeff Fenster as Himself
- Christopher SabecChristopher SabecChristopher Sabec is an entertainment attorney, manager and executive who has worked with Dave Matthews Band, Hanson, the Jerry Garcia Estate and Tea Leaf GreenSabec currently is the co-founder and CEO of DigitalRights...
as Himself - Glen BallardGlen BallardGlen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
as Himself - Lyor CohenLyor CohenLyor Cohen is the North American Chairman and CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group . He has been a pioneer in the development of hip hop music and influential in the development of hip hop music acts, including Beastie Boys, Foxy Brown, LL Cool J, Jam Master Jay, Nas, Run-D.M.C...
as Himself
DVD Features
- Over 60 minutes of deleted scenes and interviews
- 5 never before released songs
- 15 demos from the recording of "Underneath"
- Exclusive 2003 Interview (filmed before leaving Island/Def Jam)
- Deleted scenes from the writing and recording of "Underneath"
- New interview about the demos filmed in 2009
CD Tracklisting
- Dancing In The Wind (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson)
- Crazy Beautiful (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson)
- Underneath (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Matthew SweetMatthew SweetSidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s...
) - I Almost Care (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Matthew Sweet)
- Wake Up (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson)
- Dream Girl (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson)
- Breaktown (Taylor Hanson, Mark Addison, Jez Ashurst)
- Someone (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Damon Lee, Dominique Grimaldi and Emma DaumasEmma DaumasManuelle "Emma" Daumas is a French songwriter and performer, particularly well known for her participation in Star Academy.-Beginnings:...
) - Let You Go (Isaac Hanson, Zac Hanson, Carole KingCarole KingCarole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
, Jez Ashurst) - Hey (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Greg WellsGreg WellsGreg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,...
) - My Own Sweet Time (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Glen BallardGlen BallardGlen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
) - Out Of My Head (Stephen Lironi, Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson)
- Penny & MePenny & Me"Penny & Me" is a song written and performed by American pop-rock band Hanson. It was the first single from the band's sixth commercial studio album, Underneath...
(Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson) - Love Somebody To Know (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Stephen Lironi)
- Teach Your ChildrenTeach Your Children"Teach Your Children" is a song by Graham Nash. Although it was written when Nash was a member of The Hollies, it was never recorded by that group, and first appeared on the album Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released in 1970. The recording features Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar...
(Graham NashGraham NashGraham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...
) - Strong Enough To Break (Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zac Hanson, Greg Wells)