Jonas Brothers
Call them precocious, call them adorable, just don’t call them the second
coming of Hanson. Because this brother trio is here to rock. And they
don’t do three-part harmony. New Jersey brothers Kevin, Joseph and Nicholas
Jonas were 17, 16 and 13, respectively, when they released their debut album
in 2006. They got their start when littlest bro Nicholas, in possession of a
soulful prepubescent voice, finagled a solo record deal with
Daylight/Columbia. When Columbia got wind that there were two other Jonas
brothers who were just as cute and musically inclined, Nick’s solo act
quickly became a trio, with Kevin on guitar and Joe and Nick switching off
on vocals, keyboards and percussion. Their first album was a collection of
hyper, hook-driven pop-punk that got the attention of tweens across America.
And that got the attention of Disney, which stuck them on a bazillion
soundtracks and then released their sophomore effort in 2007, all before
Nick was a sophomore. OK, sorry about [...]
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