| The Jonas Brothers are an American pop rock | | | | power-ballad crescendo. In 'Goodnight and |
| band from Wyckoff, New Jersey.The Jonas | | | | Goodbye,' the album's most ambitious cut, they |
| Brothers band was started as a solo project of | | | | combine Warped Tour-style punk with |
| the youngest member and brother, Nicholas Jonas. | | | | musical-theatre trimmings inspired by Nick's years |
| Once it was brought to the attention of recording | | | | on Broadway in Les Mis'rables and Beauty and the |
| company that he had two other musically talented | | | | Beast. Throughout the album, the boys reflect on |
| brothers as well, they were quickly signed as | | | | a variety of emotional hardships without losing |
| "The Jonas Brothers" to Columbia Records. The | | | | their grip on the positive vibe that underpins all |
| boys recently converted labels though to | | | | their music. |
| Hollywood Records. The group is composed of | | | | Remarkably eclectic yet bound together by the |
| three brothers, Joe Jonas, 17, Kevin Jonas, 19, | | | | brothers' trademark harmony vocals, the CD is |
| and Nick Jonas, 14. Before settling on the name | | | | the natural result of the wild times the Jonases |
| "The Jonas Brothers" the brothers considered | | | | have experienced lately. After spending much of |
| "Sons of Jonas" and "The Jonas Trio". They | | | | 2006 supporting their debut on the road with |
| released their first album, It's About Time, on | | | | tween-scene heavyweights such as Jesse |
| August 8, 2006. Their newest self titled album, | | | | McCartney, the Veronicas and Aly & AJ, the |
| Jonas Brothers is set to release August 7th 2007. | | | | brothers found themselves reaching a new |
| The Jonas Brothers have been featured on MTV's | | | | audience earlier this year when the Disney |
| Total Request Live, with their music video for | | | | Channel put the band's 'Year 3000' video into |
| "Mandy" reaching the number four. Also, The | | | | heavy rotation. 'As soon as that happened, the |
| Jonas Brothers made number 2 in TRL's top ten | | | | song entered the Top 10 on iTunes and our |
| with their video "Hold On". The group has also had | | | | MySpace comments doubled,' Kevin marvels. 'It |
| its music featured in the Nickelodeon television film | | | | was almost impossible to keep up with the new |
| Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up. They performed "(Yo | | | | friend requests!' It didn't get any easier: The |
| Ho) A Pirate's Life for Me" for DisneyMania 4, and | | | | band's profile continued to rise over the next few |
| were featured on Cartoon Network's Cartoon | | | | months thanks to appearances on Radio Disney |
| Cartoon Fridays program. Their father was in | | | | and the Meet the Robinsons soundtrack, where |
| charge of getting the band's record deals. He also | | | | the Jonases remade Kim Wilde's 'Kids in America' |
| aids them financially. They have also reached the | | | | as 'Kids of the Future.' Eager to provide their |
| top of Radio Disney's chart with their song "Year | | | | quickly expanding fanbase with new music, the |
| 3000", followed by "Mandy", "Hold On", "Kids of | | | | band entered L.A.'s Seedy Underbelly studio in |
| the Future", and "Poor Unfortunate Souls". They | | | | February with producer John Fields, whose work |
| will also be guest starring in the hit Disney Channel | | | | on Switchfoot's The Beautiful Letdown had made |
| Show Hannah Montana titled "Me and Mr. Jonas" | | | | the boys huge fans of his. 'John lives rock music,' |
| which will appear after the DCOM High School | | | | Joe says of the producer, who's also worked with |
| Musical 2. | | | | Rooney and Pink. 'We always thought it would be |
| In 2007, a new fictional television series entitled | | | | so cool to work with him.' |
| J.O.N.A.S! starring the trio as a group of | | | | They worked quickly, recording the album from |
| government hired spies is to debut on the Disney | | | | beginning to end in a mere 21 days, a feat they |
| Channel.[1][2] Their full names are: Kevin Paul | | | | accomplished in part because they knew the |
| Jonas II, Joseph Adam Jonas, and Nicholas Jerry | | | | material so well: Where their debut featured work |
| Jonas. On August 7th 2007 The iTunes Music | | | | by a handful of professional songwriters, The |
| Store named the single "Hold On" as number | | | | Jonas Brothers only contains songs penned by the |
| three on their "Best of the Store" Playlist. The | | | | Jonas Brothers themselves, with occasional assists |
| Jonas Brothers will be opening for Miley Cyrus on | | | | by pals like Bleu ('That's Just the Way We Roll'), |
| a 54-date concert tour starting October 18, 2007 | | | | P.J. Bianco ('When You Look Me in the Eyes') and |
| in St. Louis, Missouri and ending January 9, 2008 in | | | | the boys' own backing band ('Games'). 'As |
| Albany, New York. In 2007 They Began | | | | brothers, we just know how to work together,' |
| Appearing In Commercials For Baby Bottle Pops | | | | Nick explains. 'When we signed to Hollywood,' |
| Singing The Slogan. | | | | Kevin remembers, 'we told the label, 'Hey, we |
| Ask the Jonas Brothers who they're hoping to | | | | have some demos of songs we've been writing |
| turn into fans with their new self-titled CD and | | | | for the past year and a half.' We thought it'd be |
| they won't say 'everybody.' But that's precisely | | | | so funny to just record those songs for the |
| what they'll mean. 'We're aiming for people our | | | | album to see what we could get away with. But |
| age,' says 17-year-old Joe. 'But we also wanna get | | | | those turned out to be the songs on the record!' |
| kids younger than us,' adds 14-year-old Nick. 'And | | | | The brothers say their writing reveals a lifetime |
| older people, too,' 19-year-old Kevin pipes up. The | | | | of influences'everything from My Chemical |
| highly anticipated follow-up to the New Jersey | | | | Romance to the Backstreet Boys to Weird Al |
| siblings' 2006 debut'which featured the TRL hit | | | | Yankovic (with whom the band recently shared |
| 'Mandy''The Jonas Brothers is sure to make good | | | | the stage at New Jersey's Bamboozle festival). |
| on the band's goal: It's a high-energy pop-punk | | | | Still, what you really hear on The Jonas Brothers |
| disc overflowing with insanely catchy hooks, | | | | is the sound of three young musicians finding their |
| muscular guitar fuzz and mature songwriting that | | | | own voice'their own distinctive blend of Nick's way |
| reveals just how much growing up the boys have | | | | with an R&B vocal, Joe's love of danceable beats |
| done since we last heard from them. | | | | and Kevin's obsession with guitar solos. 'This album |
| Talk about something for everyone: In 'S.O.S.' | | | | is so us,' says Joe. 'The first one was us kind of |
| they attack a fierce dance-rock groove, while in | | | | coming into what the Jonas Brothers could be,' |
| 'Hello Beautiful' they go soulful and acoustic. | | | | Kevin adds. 'Whereas this one really shows off |
| 'Games' rides a laidback reggae groove the Police | | | | where we're at right now.' The youngest Jonas |
| would envy, then switches gears into a zippy | | | | but perhaps the wisest, Nick concludes thus: 'We |
| Ramones-style rave-up. 'Hollywood' pairs a tricky | | | | love what we're doing and we want to do it for a |
| funk beat with divebombing guitar lines,' and | | | | while. |
| 'When You Look Me in the Eyes' builds to a | | | | |