Matchbox Twenty, Alanis Morissette and Mute Math fill Philips
Robert Kelly 'Rob' Thomas was born Feb. 14, 1972, on an Army base in Landstuhl, Germany. His parents divorced, and Rob spent most of his childhood in South Carolina and Florida. After leaving home and high school at 17, he hitchhiked around the Southeast, crashing where he could. He eventually turned to writing music. Robb D. Cohen/ www.robbsphotos.com
