A NINETIES rock star seems utterly unrecognisable after discovering fame with a smash hit with Santana.
The German-born musician, now 51, received a whopping three Grammy Awards for singing on the band’s 1999 observe Clean.
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Rob Thomas, who’s a part of band Matchbox Twenty, initially penned the observe for George Michael.
But he then turned impressed by his spouse to complete off the lyrics to the tune, which he then confessed: ”actually opened up the door for me as a songwriter and a solo artist.”
The If You are Gone was then rocketed to a different stage of fame after it was revealed he penned all of the tracks on Matchbox Twenty’s new album.
On the time, Ron Shapiro, an government at Atlantic, mentioned: ”It was our intent to get Rob and this band a considerable quantity of credibility.”
Throughout his peak of fame, he had a blonde cropped coiffure.
He accessorised with two stud earrings and silver chain necklaces for an edgy look.
He additionally typically donned rock-star type lengthy fur coats and sun shades.
But after leaving their households and holing up collectively in a log cabin for a song-writing session, the band argued and drank in what he dubbed a ”$100,000 bender.”
Again in 2012, Rob recalled the incident which occurred the identical 12 months and informed Hollywood Reporter: ”We drank away 100 thousand {dollars} simply.
”We didn’t have Matt onboard but; we weren’t fairly positive what we had been going to do, so we had been like, ‘Let’s simply go there and begin and we’ll use no matter we use.”
But not one of the materials was used in the long run – though Rob nonetheless has the recordings.
He added to the publication: ”It was getting counterproductive it might be, like, 5 o’clock and even in the course of recording, we’d say, ‘Let’s take a break, get some wine and cook dinner.’
”It’s humorous listening again to the demos: the after-dinner demos is at all times all of us drunk round a microphone pondering that we’re actually doing nice.”
The Push hitmakers then made a vow to get clear – with cocaine banned.
Rob now performs as a solo artist – and nonetheless delights followers with Matchbox Twenty’s hits in acoustic type.
He has switched up his blonde locks for a brunette type.
The singer now opts for chunky knitwear and T-Shirts contrasting to the fur coats of the band’s hey day.
Ona latest Instagram snap, he was captured in well being retailer Entire Meals.
Just lately, we reported how Britpop music giants Area regarded utterly unrecognisable 27 years after discovering fame.
In the meantime, a Nineties rocker has traded in chart fame to develop into a psychologist.
Simon just isn’t the one member of Wallasey-based group The Boo Radleys to return to a traditional profession.
Bassist Tim Brown give up fame to develop into an IT instructor in Northern Eire.
In the meantime, we not too long ago reported how American rocker Dan Spitz traded in his guitarist function in metallic band Anthrax for a profession as a watch-maker.
A Nineties band additionally re-formed for a shock efficiency earlier than releasing a brand new single.
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