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There are lots of things you likely don’t know about Matchbox Twenty and solo singer Rob Thomas — that he survived a violent redneck childhood, that his weed-dealer grandmother hired a serial killer to off an ex-boyfriend, that he thinks Third Eyed Blind’s Stephan Jenkins is “really just a cock.” As Thomas releases new solo LP Cradlesong, Erik Hedegaard gets one music’s bona fide pop stars to peel back his mellow nice-guy exterior and go beyond “being one-dimensional,” as Thomas puts it, in a revealing profile in the new issue of Rolling Stone.
Grab the issue for the full story, and take a look back how far Thomas has come — his career, in photos:
• Rob Thomas’ Journey: From Matchbox Twenty Frontman to Chart-Topping Solo Artist
...Article Source: Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily