It turns out that Kevin Jonas is a secret punk rocker! In a bonus clip from this past weekend's "When I Was 17" episode, which also featured Bret Michaels and Katherine McPhee, the Jonas Brother, now 22, admitted it was at an MXPX concert that realized he wanted to be a musician.
"So when I was 17, I went to pretty much like my first show, on my own which, was a MXPX show ... the ticket was $15. That was fantastic. I was like, 'I can afford that,'" he recalled. "MXPX is a pop punk band. I got their tape from my uncle a long time ago."
Kevin admittedly played that album out, and despite the sonic differences between MXPX and the JoBros music, he said they had a huge influence on him. "That album really stayed with me," he explained. "Even though our sound is not necessarily there, it definitely had some influences on who I am as a guitarist."
Not only did Kevin learn how to play guitar through the band's music, he also learned how to be a performer. So, basically, we have MXPX to thank for the Jonas Brothers! "I will remember [that concert] forever because it was the first time I saw a band interact with an audience in way that I wanted to bring to the way we interact with our fans today," he recalled. "To see a band that could play and sing and really entertain the crowd and the crowd was just so into everything, it really blew my mind."
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