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Matchbox Twenty

Though he cites Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, and Al Green as musical favorites, Matchbox Twenty's singer-songwriter Rob Thomas plays music cut from a different cloth. While he has certainly expressed his inner rage and soul's discontent via song since M20's first single, "Push," his band works a far meatier spectrum akin to the grunge bands of previous years (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana), albeit with a catchier attack. As Thomas grows as a songwriter and musician (something of which he's clearly capable, given his hugely successful, Grammy-winning "Smooth" collaboration with Carlos Santana), it wouldn't be surprising to hear Thomas fronting a very different band in a few years.

Still a relatively young group, Matchbox Twenty formed after Thomas played...
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