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No, Rob Thomas has not ever left Matchbox Twenty, and is not planning on it.
Eighties Matchbox Original Two Track Demo was created in 2001.
Rob Thomas is most famous for his role as lead singer in Matchbox 20/ MatchBox Twenty. However, after the band dismembered in the early part of the new century, Rob Thomas was signed as a solo artist.
Matchbox 2o refers to 20 matches being in a book of matches, because there are 20 cigarettes in a box of cigs to be lit. Or, Matchbox Twenty is claimed to be a name that drummer/guitarist Paul Doucette came up with. When the band had first gotten together, they were sitting in a restaurant, and a guy walked in with a 20 on his shirt. "Matchbox Twenty" immediately hit Paul, and that's where their name came from.
"Matchbox Twenty" is considered to be in the rock genre(2), but you can furth catergorize "Matchbox Twenty" in Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge and Pop Rock(1). Source(s): 1- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_20 2- http://www.singingfool.com/artist.aspx?aid=11629