in 1999 hanson was called in to play the drums on rick wakeman’s concept album "return to the centre of the earth", a sequel to the previous "journey to the centre of the earth" (1974). from 1999, hanson recorded with death in vegas. he participated on the "contino rooms" and "scorpio rising" albums including collaborations with iggy pop and liam gallagher. he also toured with the band in france, the u.k. and the u.s.a.