Sweet boyband Hanson expose the darker side of the music industry on their doco 'Strong Enough To Break'.
The doco follows the band during recording of what was meant to be their third album on Def Jam/Island, 'Underneath'. Initially planned as a studio diary, it documents their ongoing wrangles with their record company, who apparently rejected over 80 songs during the process. The band eventually opted out of their contract and the album, finally released on their indie label 3CG (3 Car Garage, referring to their home studio) in 2004, became one of the highest charting "independent" albums in US history, topping out at number 25.Throughout 2005 the band travelled around the US screening the Ashley Greyson documentary and answering questions about the trails and travails of the music industry. The film recently premiered as a special selection for the Hollywood Film Festival and the band plan to release a DVD version before the end of the year.
Zac Hanson told Billboard that the film is important, "not because it's about Hanson - because who cares, we're just one more band - but because there are so many similar stories, like what happened to Fiona Apple and Wilco. It's sort of the norm."
