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"Hey brothers, you wanna do something awesome again together?"
Initially, David Massey from Sony signed Nick to his label. Kevin and Joe then decided to write with Nick as well. They brought their demo, "Please Be Mine," to David, and he signed them ALL on the spot.
The shows grew slowly from "50 people to over 200 people." This eventually resulted in "Mandy" being the No. 1 music video on TRL.
Nick would demand to stop for pizza and a Big Gulp on their way home from gigs. He would then pee every few miles until they got home. It was Kevin who realized something was actually wrong. Kevin recalled them all staying in a hotel together and when Nick was changing he looked at him and could "see all the bones in his back."
When Nick got out of the hospital, he didn't want to tell Sony about his diabetes. So when he checked out, he went out and the JoBros rocked the hell out of their show that they had scheduled.
Kevin Sr. was a pastor, and the JoBros weren't making a Christian album, but a punk rock album. Their music was not accepted by the church, which is what eventually resulted in Kevin Sr. having to resign.
"Their whole community just wasn't there anymore."
They were booed by senior citizens at the malls they played at. I can't even imagine.
They wrote the entirety of their self-titled album when they were at their lowest, and their hard work PAID THE FUCK OFF! Goodbye, New Jersey. Hello, Hollywood.
I bet Sony wasn't pleased about THAT ONE! That's what you get for underestimating the JoBros.
They all loved their experience on Camp Rock, but while they were off filming in Canada, they boys were BLOWING UP in America.
"OH HOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED." Wait, was this a dig at Sony??
"NOW I'M SPEECHLESS / OVER THE EDGE, I'M JUST BREATHLESS / I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D CATCH THIS LOVE BUG AGAIN." Thank you, Miley Cyrus, for being the inspo that gave us these lyrics.
My heart.
"It really stunted our growth. ... We couldn't evolve because of it."
"It created a recipe for fear and paranoia and insecurity. I think it started to take its toll on the [Jonas Brothers.]"
"I was frustrated creatively ... feeling like I got some music I could make on my own or with a side project." So Nick went off and started Nick Jonas & the Administration and returned to Broadway.
"I got a little taste of reality. ... It was my first failure. I think it was really tough for me 'cause I felt like I couldn't do anything without my brothers."
"For the first time, I thought, this was my thing."
"We felt like [Kevin] was going to air out a lot of our shit that we didn't want people to know about."
"Fewer and fewer people were coming to our shows. ... We lost sight of the fact that we were a band just having a good time. People liked seeing us happy, and we were not happy."
Nick felt like the Brothers were going in three different directions and he just "couldn't do it anymore." So he called it quits. Kevin and Joe didn't see it coming. Joe ended the conversation with, "I have nothing to say to you."
"What hurt the most is that it came from Nick, because he's my best friend. I thought that me, Kevin, and Nick were gonna do this forever. It was us against the world."
My heart.
In hindsight, Nick and Joe understood that taking Jonas Brothers gigs without Kevin was "fucked up." It took Joe falling in love with Sophie Turner for him to understand that Kevin, who was with Danielle from very early on, had other priorities besides the band.
They were thriving apart, but we all know they're best when they're together.
The only way that they all agreed to get back together is if they could have fun again.
"You know, it's funny how you spend so much time chasing happiness and the things you think will bring you that joy in life and not realizing that it's been there all along."
THE JONAS SISTERS!
"I am their number one fan. I know every lyric to every song."