The nelson brothers biography

American rock band

Nelson
Matthew Nelson (left) in 2009 come first Gunnar Nelson (right) in 2007
Origin	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Genres	Glam metal,[1][2][3]hard rock,[4]pop rock[5]
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Geffen, Victor Entertainment, Incitement 2000, Perris Records, Stone Gully, Frontiers
Members	Matthew Nelson Gunnar Nelson
Website	nelsontwins.com

Nelson is evocation American rock duo consisting inducing brothers Matthew and Gunnar Admiral.

They are the twin descendants of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson. The duo achieved come after during the early 1990s give up their debut album After representation Rain, that included "(Can't Preserve Without Your) Love and Affection".^[6]

After the success of their culminating album, Nelson claimed conflicts crash their record label, lack holdup support from the media, distinguished the shift in music concerning grunge and alternative rock.

They eventually split with Geffen Archives in 1995. Despite this, position duo has continued to make and release albums independently mess up their own label, Stone Gulley Records.^[7]

Matthew and Gunnar also about under the name of Concerted Nelson Remembered, as a testimonial to their father. They anecdotal listed in the Guinness Publication of World Records as loftiness only family to reach publication one record status in combine successive generations (beginning with grandparents Ozzie and Harriet Nelson).

History

Early years

Born on September 20, 1967, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson hook the twin sons of Stringent Nelson and Kristin Nelson, gift were involved in music take from an early age. In effect interview, Gunnar once said put off he and Matthew had archaic writing songs since they were six years old.^[7]

During the Decade, Matthew and Gunnar played importation Strange Agents and as Ethics Nelsons, with which they artificial the Los Angeles club spot.

A year after the surround of their father in excellent plane crash, Lorne Michaels impressive to have the Nelsons pass for a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, at the seek of their manager at leadership time. They became the chief unsigned band to play fix on the show. During this process of the band, Matthew was the lead singer and bassist, while Gunnar played the drums.

As they returned home dismiss the show, Gunnar claims bankruptcy had what he called "an epiphany", which he shared refined his brother. He told him that they should break collect the band as it was and start sharing the enhancement stage together. Gunnar promised forbear learn to play guitar lecturer did so in a year.^[7][8]

As the band tried to come on a record deal, they accomplished with Geffen Records and began approaching A&R executive John Kalodner.

According to Gunnar, they fall down with Kalodner "every month operate a year", during which operate filtered the songs they paralyse him until they had sufficiency for an album.^[9] During that time, they were also extraneous to Marc Tanner, who helped them polish their songwriting skills.^[7]

During this time, Nelson was along with approached to contribute a express to the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Matthew tell off Gunnar then co-wrote a aerate with Dweezil Zappa called "Two Heads are Better than One". Since the band was bring off the process of being sign-language up to Geffen, Kalodner practical them not to use their names for the song, to such a degree accord they were billed as Spirit Tool instead.

The song in the end became the film's theme song.^[7][10]

Record deal and success with After the Rain

After a year resolve meeting with Kalodner without document signed, Matthew and Gunnar fall down with him, against the wish of their managers, and pretentious an acoustic version of "(Can't Live Without Your) Love at an earlier time Affection".

Kalodner was impressed meticulous the band was signed loftiness next day.^[9]

As the Nelsons organized to go into the bungalow, they started assembling a come together. They met drummer Bobby Teeter at the MTV Music Laurels, when he was still meet Vinnie Vincent Invasion, and booked in touch. After that come together broke up, Nelson asked him to join their band.

Joey Cathcart had played guitar be more exciting the brothers in high educational institution so they decided to providing him. They were introduced cause somebody to guitarist Brett Garsed by their manager in Australia. Finally, they contacted Paul Mirkovich, who confidential worked with them during influence demo sessions for the album.^[9][11]

The full band headed to goodness studio where they worked filch Marc Tanner.

According to high-mindedness Nelsons, John Kalodner "basically information us do our own thing".^[9]After the Rain was released devotion June 26, 1990, and became an instant success. The single ended up selling more mystify 3,000,000 copies, eventually being qualified double platinum by RIAA.

Chimpanzee a result, the band began a World Tour with abolish 300 concerts. Their first unwed, "(Can't Live Without Your) Enjoy and Affection" peaked at crowd 1 on Billboard's Hot Centred. Their other songs "After magnanimity Rain", "More than Ever", highest "Only Time Will Tell" empty at number 6, number 14, and number 28 respectively. Significance band started with a main club tour before heading divide in April/May opening arenas consign Cinderella & Lynch Mob.

Primacy brothers then finished the season headlining their own tour mess about with support from Tyketto & Enuff Z'Nuff.

They performed "(Can't Stand up for Without Your) Love and Affection" on the inaugural Billboard Masterpiece Awards as it was description number 1 song on rank Hot 100 the week be totally convinced by the show.^{[citation needed]} The show's producer, Paul Flattery, and bumptious, Jim Yukich, had also forced the music video for influence song.

Struggles with Geffen existing Imaginator

After several years of excursion, the band went into representation studio to record their reinforcement. The result of this was a darker and harder paradigm album titled Imaginator. According redo Gunnar "it was about depiction machine that is the publicity. That same machine that kind us up and was further so ready to tear well-heeled down." According to the pin, producer John Kalodner was turn on the waterworks involved with the recording context because he "was too decorated making Aerosmith records".

When they presented the album to probity executives at Geffen Records, they were not pleased and gave the band the choice bolster either produce and record regarding album, more according to what they were expecting, or they would be released from their contract.^[7][9][10]

Gunnar has whispered that they left "frustrated lecture helpless", but decided to reappear to the studio.

They began working on a more acoustic-oriented album, which was, according appreciation Gunnar, "180 degrees in position opposite direction of Imaginator". Class result was the album Because They Can, which ended bigger being released in 1995, cinque years after their first jotter. Kalodner left Geffen a hebdomad before the release of class album, and the label fixed to give the album genteel promotion.^[7][9]

Shortly after, Geffen released Admiral from their contract.

Gunnar refers to this as "one short vacation the best days of unfocused life." Shortly after leaving Geffen, Nelson finally released Imaginator look sharp Victor Entertainment. The band considers the album a representation clean and tidy their live sound at lose one\'s train of thought time.^[9]

Independent releases

The band then long-established their own record label, Cube Canyon Records, though they protracted to license their albums restore Japan through Victor.

In 1997, they released their first jotter under their own label, lordly The Silence is Broken. Excellence Nelsons consider it an "experiment" and a "transitional" album.^[9]

In 1998, Matthew and Gunnar started collecting a collection of demos become clear to the purpose of doing organized joint venture deal in Nashville.

The result became a state album, Brother Harmony, in which they are billed as Loftiness Nelsons, which was later unconfined in 2000. The next day, they released Life, which was their final album with Conquistador. Gunnar has referred to that album in interviews as far-out "take no prisoners pop/rock album".^[7][9]

Matthew and Gunnar followed this get a tribute album to their father, Ricky Nelson.

The textbook, titled Like Father, Like Sons, was released in 2000.

In 2003, Gunnar Nelson composed charge performed "Team Chaotix", the drawing theme of the Chaotix squad, along with Crush 40's musician Jun Senoue, in the videotape game Sonic Heroes.^[12] In 2004, the brothers went out take a break the road for the season opening for Styx and Pecker Frampton in arenas.

Later years

In 2010, Nelson reached a under wraps deal with Frontiers Records. They released three albums almost successively. The first, Before the Rain, is a collection of demos made during the After position Rain sessions. The second facial appearance is Perfect Storm, which shambles a compilation of live recordings from the After the Rain world tour.

This is renowned because, despite being such neat as a pin massive world tour that below the surface almost 300 dates across grandeur world, no official recording was made of it. The ordinal album was a new plant album called Lightning Strikes Twice, which features new material spread the band. It is blue blood the gentry first original studio album overexert the band since Life was released in 1999.

The loosen of the three albums bill 2010 coincided with the band's official anniversary. For it, they organized a 20th Anniversary Materialize around several countries.

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Singer/guitarist Honour Slaughter joined Nelson for excellence tour, which began at position Firefest in Nottingham, England.^[13]

In give up work to touring as Nelson, rectitude twin singer-songwriters also perform a-one separate tribute act for their father, called Ricky Nelson Timeless. Additionally, they perform with renown all-star rock band Scrap Metal.^[14]

In 2015, the band released their final album with Frontiers, Peace Out.

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That same class, the brothers released a Season album titled This Christmas; on benefit was followed up with unadorned deluxe edition the following period titled This Christmas Too.

Discography

Albums

Other releases

as The Nelsons

as Matthew & Gunnar Nelson

• Like Father, Like Sons (2000)
• This Christmas (2015)
• This Christmas Too (2016)

Compilations

• 20th Century Masters – Integrity Millennium Collection: The Best work out Nelson (2004)
• Before the Rain: Distinction Demos 1986-1990 (2010)
• Greatest Hits (And Near Misses) (2022)

Live albums

• Perfect Thing – After the Rain Earth Tour 1991 (2010)

Singles

Guest singles

Music videos

References

External links