Laying Down Tracks

Musicians Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso started jamming after they met on the set of the Hannah Montana sitcom, starring their younger siblings Miley Cyrus and Mitchel Musso. The guitarists decided to form a band called Metro Station. One day, an intern at Columbia Records was surfing the Web and discovered the band's MySpace page. Columbia liked the catchy tunes so much, it offered the band a record deal. The band is currently on tour with Fall Out Boy. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mason Musso spoke to CE about Metro Station's road to success.

Current Events: When did you first get interested in music?

Mason Musso: Ever since I can remember. When I first picked up a guitar when I was 13, I couldn’t put it down.

CE: How did Metro Station form? Tell us about your rise to success.

Musso: [Trace and I] met on the set of Hannah Montana. … We started playing music together, and it just kind of clicked. … It’s been a journey. It definitely has happened overnight, but ... we’ve been working for two and a half years now, and it feels good to have that pay off.

CE: What is your music about?

Musso: Stuff that’s going on, relationships, things going well, things going badly. Life, love, loss … losing friends. I feel like we’re still very youthful. ... [Our lyrics are about] things either we’ve gone through or seen our friends go through. [Our single “Kelsey”] is basically just about a relationship and about how you care for someone.

CE: What is the band's key to success?

Musso: Staying together. All bands have problems and go through things. We always try to talk to each other. … We definitely have our fights and everything, but at the end of the day, we love each other.

CE: What goes through your mind when you get up on stage?

Musso: I just go into like stage mode, let the audience inspire me. The crazier they get, the crazier we get. I get more anxious than nervous.

CE: What is your favorite song to perform?

Musso: “Control.” Blake, Trace, and I wrote that song. We like to close our set with that one. After you play the same songs every night, it’s hard to say. … [“Control”] is about how you’re with this girl, but at the same time, you kind of what to get away and change things up, and whatever happens, happens.

Photo: Metro Station (left to right): Anthony Improgo, Mason Musso, Blake Healy, and Trace Cyrus (Courtesy Columbia Records)

Comments

[Albert Yu]

I think this band is great. I enjoy music very much, especially bands like this one, and I love the singer very much, too. I think all singers probably need to have this enthusiasm in their songs.

[South Decatur Elementry 4th Grade group3]

I like the band, and I also like the song Shake It. The idea of the band is cool. The guys rock! That band is awesome.

[South Decatur Elementery Grade 4 group 6]

This blog is really cool. It would be cool if they played their music on Hannah Montana. We'd like to hear the song Control. I bet that we would like it. We love this article!!!