Matchbox Twenty

Upon the release of their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, in the fall of 1996, Matchbox Twenty was spotted as one of the legions of the post-Grunge guitar bands that toured the American pop scene in the middle of the decade. As their first single, 'Push,' climbed the charts, it was widely assumed that they were a one-hit-wonder, but Yourself or Someone Like You continued to spin the singles well into 1998. By that time, the band's mix of '70s arena rock and early-'90s American alt-rock, they had become the sound of mainstream American rock. The change slipped under the radar of a lot of pop music critics and fans.

Matchbox Twenty is an American rock band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995. Their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996), was certified 12× Platinum (diamond) in the United States. Their second album, Mad Season, released in 2000, charted in the top three on the Billboard 200. Their third album, More Than You Think You Are, was only certified 2× Platinum in the U.S., despite its singles receiving significant airplay. On September 4, 2012, the band released their fourth studio album, North, which debuted at number one.