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Hey guys and girls,

 We've been out on this headlining run for a month now so I thought it was time for an update. The bus we travel on now has a decent internet connection so we're able to stay connected a little easier, as you may have noticed in the forums section.

 This is the first headlining tour we've done in a while. We had a great time touring with Nickelback this summer but it sure is nice to do our own shows, in front of our own fans. Every time we headline, we hear from the opening acts about how cool our fans are. The show is always a great vibe, people having a good time, just enjoying themselves. That makes us proud and even more appreciative.

 We're getting to play some songs on this tour that we've never played before. We're experimenting with songs (josh plays a stand up bass on More Than a Memory, Running away and Pieces both have pleasant surprises during the bridge) and we're playing a longer set than we normally play. We've been honing our backup vocal skills (Josh, Dan and I), something we've yet to try in our 12 year career as a band.

 Hopefully it's adding a much needed element to the songs and not too hard on the ears.

 We're proud to share the stage with our friends in Halifax and Agent Sparks. Both are great bands and very decent as people.

 We've been through some weather on this run. Unseasonably warm weather in South Carolina and Florida, typical ass freezing weather in Michigan, NY and PA. Almost everyone on the bus has had some sort of cough/cold/flu in the last month. I think we're in the clear now, at least there's no more snow on the ground.

 We really appreciate all of you that were able to make it out to a show for making them what they are: a LOTof fucking fun! The rest of you that weren't able to make it, we love you too, hopefully we'll see you next time. To all that we will see in the next couple weeks: We can't wait to put on the best show you've ever seen.

 Take care all

 peace

Chris

Same Direction

 

 

 

Whenever i step outside, somebody claims to see the light
It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience.
'cause everyone thinks they're right,
And nobody thinks that there just might
Be more than one road to our final destination

But i'm not ever going to know if i'm right or wrong
'cause we're all going in the same direction
And i'm not sure which way to go because all along
We've been going in the same direction

I'm tired of playing games, of looking for someone else to blame
For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing
For something to fill the space, was all of the time i spent a waste
'cause so many choices point the same way i was going.....

So why does there only have to be one correct philosophy?
I don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them
And why are you always telling me what you want me to believe?
I'd like to think that i can go my own way and meet you in the end.

But i'm not ever going to know..........

 

 

Pieces

 

Turn around and pick up the pieces
I, like a rock, sink
Sinking til I hit the bottom
The water is much deeper than I thought
Nothing to swim with
Kicking but I keep sinking
A lesson that no one could have ever taught
Cause I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Back where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
I see the picture
Blurry but now it's in focus
A fairy tale I purchased on my own
I finally woke up
Everything is better
A chance for me to open up and grow
I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Back where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
Suffocating sinking further almost everyday
Barely treading water knowing I will not give up
I will not give up
I will not give up
I can almost breathe the air
Right beyond my fingertips
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
One more push and I'll be there
Back where I belong
I'll turn around and pick up the pieces
Turn around and pick up the pieces

 

Out Of Control

 

I've done everything as you say
I've followed your rules without question
I thought it'd would me see things clearly
But instead of helping me to see
I look around and it's like I'm blinded

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't know
If I can trust you
I don't understand what you want from me

I feel like I'm spinning out of control
Try to focus but everything's twisted
And all alone I thought you would be there
(Thought you would be there)
To let me know I'm not alone
But in fact that's exactly what I was

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't know
If I can trust you
All of the things you've said to me

I may never know the answer
To this famous mystery

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me

It's in a mystery
It's in a mystery

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control...

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me
Cause I don't know
If I can trust you
All the things you've said to me

And I may never know the answer
To this famous mystery

Where should I go?
What should I do?
I don't understand what you want from me

I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control

 

 

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Crawling in The Dark

 

I will dedicate
And sacrifice my every
Thing for just a second's worth
To find my story's ending.
And I wish I could know
The directions that I take,
And all the choices that I make,
Will end up all for nothing.

Show me what it's for,
Make me understand it.
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.
Is it something more
Than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.

Help me carry on.
Show me it's ok to
Use my heart and not my eyes
To navigate the darkness.
You'll be ending me,
If I come in suddenly.
Will I ever get to see
The ending to my story?

Show me what it's for,
Make me understand it.
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.
Is it something more
Than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer!

So when the hell will I know (know know know know know know...).
How much further do I have to go?
And how much longer 'til I finally know?
'Cause I'm looking and I just can't see what's in front of me,
In front of me!

Show me what it's for,
Make me understand it.
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer.
Is it something more
Than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark,
Looking for the answer!

 

 

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                                        The reason

I'm not a perfect person
As many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear

I've found a resaon for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You [x4]

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you

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What's In A Name?



Unlike many of their rock peers, Hoobastank--who recently released their sophomore album, The Reason, featuring the huge crossver ballad "The Reason"--aren't a bunch of angst-ridden, self-pitying sad-sacks. Dan Estrin (guitar), Douglas Robb (vocals), Markku Lappalainen (bass), and Chris Hesse (drums) grew up as well-adjusted kids in the family-friendly South California suburb of Agoura, California, and this is apparent in their upbeat sound and close friendship with each other. After all of that whining from tortured-artist types like Staind and Creed, such healthy attitudes are indeed refreshing.

The affable Estrin, Robb, and Lappalainen recently stopped by LAUNCH's studios to talk about their wholesome upbringing, their friendship with neighborhood band Incubus, and of course, that puzzling band name of theirs. Here's how it went...

LAUNCH: I'm going to ask you the most obvious question ever, which goes against everything I believe in as an interviewer...

DOUG: That's all right, that's all right. Some people actually refrain from this question. But it's all right, we expect it.

LAUNCH: So...are you gay?

DOUG: Yes, 100 percent! Now that that's out of the way...

LAUNCH: Just kidding. Obviously, I mean I'm going to ask you about your band name. We've spent some time around the office trying to figure out what it means.

DOUG: That's the whole point, to be honest with you: You're going to ask me what it means. It doesn't mean anything. And it's really cool, it's one of those old high school inside-joke words that didn't really mean anything, and people started throwing meanings to it and everything, and when we started we were still in high school and it fit at the time. I think if we didn't have the success that we did growing as a band, we probably would have ditched the name a while ago. But it stuck with us, and people know it right away; it's one of those words you can't get right away, but once you do, you don't forget it. So we've gotten lots of cool explanations for what it is, and we just let them run with it. It's all art, you know. We don't really want to say what it means.

LAUNCH: Have you come up with variations for what you tell people when they ask what it means?

DOUG: We tell people sometimes that it's our bass player's middle name, and sometimes we say it's the "H" in Jesus H. Christ. Anything we can think of on the spot is usually what we tell them. Or people will come up to us and tell us, "Oh, I heard it means this..." We turn around and go, "Yeah, that's good, I'm going to use that one next time." So to me it just means four guys playing music.

LAUNCH: Do you ever kick around variations of the band name to entertain yourselves?

DAN: Yeah, I came up with "Boobsnsteak." There's "Oopsmistake," there's "Scubatank." I think that those are the three we have right now. The name it's kind of stupid you know. But Scubatank I really like.

LAUNCH: The band is sort of based in Southern California's Agoura Hills/Calabasas area, right?

DOUG: Well, I'm the only one who lives in Agoura Hills; Dan lives in Calabasas. But I think all of our beginnings was basically in Agoura Hills. That's where our first few shows were, and that's where I think our fanbase grew first. We like to use that as a home base.

LAUNCH: Is there anything about being from that part of L.A. that affected your music?

DOUG: I don't know...our music isn't very tortured. It's more positive. It's not all positive, but like, none of us were beaten by our parents, fortunately, and we don't have too many gripes. So I'm not complaining too much in our songs. It's mostly more of everyday-type stuff, life...you know, the questions that you and me ask in everyday life. I think that I was fortunate enough to have a strong family and live in a good neighborhood, a family-oriented neighborhood, so I don't have to sing about how rough it was. I think I'm lucky for that.

LAUNCH: It seems to me that being from Agoura has given a positive vibe to this band.

MARKKU: I think everybody in the band had somewhat of a good family. Which we were somewhat lucky to have. You know, a lot of people don't get that chance to have a good family, so we're just trying to be positive with all the B.S. that's going on out there and just trying to make people happy. We're not a band that's like, "Hey, look at us, our life is really sh-tty." We just try to make everybody happy and positive. That's what this whole music thing is about. We're not a depressed band, and our music shows it. Just our background and our families kind of gave us a good upbringing, and that's kind of where our positive music comes from.

LAUNCH: Going back to your music...if someone put a gun to your head and demanded that you explain what Hoobastank sound like, what would you tell them?

DOUG: "Rock. Heavy rock with singing. Please put the gun away! Help!" Basically. I don't think--they're probably going to shoot me for this--but I don't think it's very groundbreaking; I don't think we're doing something that hasn't been done before. But I think it's not very trendy. I think it's just rock music with good songs and lyrics, lyrics that people can relate to, grab onto; it's just stuff that I've been through just being a normal guy. I think a lot of people can relate to it, like songs like that never go out of style. Good songs are timeless.

DAN: I tell people that we're a rock band, and that we play rock music. We're not angry. For the most part we all have really good families, and we're all happy kids. We're not all depressed. It's just good rock music. I don't want to say it's "happy," 'cause it's not like happy rock music, but we want people to smile and have a good time--we don't want people to come to our shows and be pissed off. We want everybody just to unite and have fun.

MARKKU: I'd say it's in between, like, Britney Spears and Metallica. Somewhere in between those categories. I think it's just rock. Positive rock--nothing angry about our music. There's some maybe angry moments, but all in all, it's positive. Yeah.

LAUNCH: That's pretty cool. In the last five minutes, you've had a pretty positive attitude, which is in a way what rock is not supposed to be.

DOUG: Well, am I supposed to fit into like certain rock stereotypes? I hope not.

LAUNCH: You put out an indie record before making the jump to a major. What's the major difference about being on a major label?

DOUG: Where do you want me to start? It's so unbelievably different. We put out our first record by ourselves, and it was recorded over a three-year span because we didn't have enough money to record 10 songs in a row. So we gathered up as much money as we could, because we were all working 9-to-5 jobs, and then at the same time we found time to rehearse three times a week and then play shows also. So we'd save up money and we'd record two songs, and maybe two or three months later, maybe six months later, we'd record another two songs...so eventually, from '95 to '98, we had 10 songs and we put it out as our album. But on a major, we got to quit our jobs and got to have music be our job, and we got to write for about six months straight through--just concentrate on that, you know, five days a week. Sometimes it felt like a job, but it felt better than anything else I was doing. It was what I wanted to do. To be able to do it all at once rather than in a three-year span is great, and the record label, Island/Def Jam, has just been incredible. I've heard all these horror stories about bands being on major labels and being put on the shelf and all that. But for us it's been great; it's like an indie-label feel, but with a major-label oomph behind it. It's great.

DAN: Now it's different because none of us have day jobs. This is our job. We basically live on a tour bus and we play shows every single night. We don't have to get up early and go to work, although we do have to get up early sometimes to do interviews, but it's cool. I don't look at it like it's hard work. I enjoy this, it's just a really cool job. I don't have a day job. That's just the biggest difference.

LAUNCH: What's the coolest part about getting to go through this?

MARKKU: Quitting your job, definitely. Not waking up at like, 7 in the morning, going, "I don't want to go to work, I don't want to go to work." So that was like a big plus. We kind of live day by day, so you never know what can happen in the future. I pretty much just live my life day by day and take it slow and be all humble, and just ride the wave.

LAUNCH: What's one of the crappiest jobs you had before signing to Island?

DOUG: Hmm, crappy job...I don't think I've ever had a crappy job. Like everything I've ever done, I've pretty much wanted to do. I was a record store manager and so on, and I worked at the YMCA for six years. I was like a teen camp coordinator and a kindergarten teacher in the mornings. I love kids, and it was something I wanted to do; it was something that I would actually love to pursue if this music journey doesn't fall through. I'd love to go back and teach maybe elementary school. So I don't really have too many gripes about what I've done. I've never been in a position of like, "If I don't get a job, I'm not going to be able to put clothes on my back," like I said before. So I guess I'm pretty lucky.

LAUNCH: Markuu, I understand you used to have a pretty interesting job...

MARKKU: Well, I used to do art direction for adult entertainment. I did it for the money. So those of you that watch pornographic videos, you might see me in a couple of the videos. So it was kind of a fun job...kind of degrading for women. But the money was good, so what can I say?

LAUNCH: Was there a time in your indie days when you were wondering why you were doing this?

MARKKU: No, not for me. Some weeks were just like, "I'd rather go to sleep than go to practice," but I've done this all my life. I love listening to music, I love playing music. Those were actually pretty silly days, because we just wrote silly music. And it was all really experimental music back then, and we just had fun. We dressed up; it was all really silly. We weren't looking to make a career out of it, we were just having fun, but it gradually got bigger and bigger and bigger...we matured, and years later, here we stand. So it's kind of exciting.

LAUNCH: Do you guys tour well, do you travel well as a band?

DOUG: I think so. We're like all good friends, anyways. We've known each other for so long and we've been playing as a band for years, so any problems that would have happened, would have happened already. We've come so far already, and when we go touring and we're just so excited to be on the road. Nobody's fighting at all, we're just so happy we could care less where we're going and who we're playing for. We're just so happy and so surprised at it all. I love touring, these last few tours. We've been on the road 12 out of the last 13 weeks, but we've been home for a day now and I miss the bus already. I miss my bunk!

MARKKU: To me, it's like the grass is always greener on the other side: When you're out, it'd be nice to go home, and when you're home, it's like you can't wait to go back out. It's kind of a weird situation. I miss my dog when I'm on tour. That's the only thing I really miss. I come in and my dog is like, "I know you...yeah, it's you!" And he starts wagging his tail and peeing all over the floor.

DAN: I love playing shows. I love walking out there and seeing people out there. It's amazing to me. There's that and then there's, "I'm out there with my three best friends." We hang out together every single day, and we get mad at each other, but it's just really cool. I'm surprised at how well we've been getting along.

LAUNCH: What's it like being onstage?

DOUG: It's like you don't have to think about it when you go out there; you don't have to think about your throat drying up or where everybody's going to be or if everybody's playing the right notes. It's strange onstage...I don't want to say "in the zone," but it's an amazing feeling and time just flies, and the next thing you know, you've sung like 13 songs and it's an hour later. That happened two days ago in Phoenix: We played a set, 11 songs, which is like an hour's worth, and I looked back to see how many songs we had left and we were done, and I couldn't even believe it! It happened so fast. I can't even imagine sitting around for an hour--like, that would take forever. And the reaction from the crowd has been incredible.

LAUNCH: When you're on tour, what do you do when you're not onstage?

DAN: We sit on the bus...we don't really do much. We don't really have time to do much. Most of the time we'll be at the venue; if we're not performing, we'll be doing an interview. Or we'll go to dinner or we'll go to lunch or we'll go to the mall and we'll walk around. I mean, we don't get to do that stuff much, so when there's a mall like right up the street, we're like, "Let's go to the mall!" Or on a day off, maybe we'll go see a movie. There's not really much to do. You spend a lot of time on your cell phone.

LAUNCH: What's strangest thing that's happened to you onstage?

DOUG: I don't think this is strange, but it's kind of funny: The last show we played on the Incubus tour was in Pensacola, Florida. We knew we were going to get hazed somehow on the last show, so we tightened up our belt buckles real tight, because we didn't know what was going to go on. So we go out there and they were all on the side of the stage and it seems relatively harmless, so maybe 'cause they're friends they're not going to do anything. Like, OK, good. So I go back to get my Gatorade and I crack it open and start drinking it and it turns out that there's this much [hardly any] Gatorade and this much vodka [lots], and there's nothing else to drink. But at least I have the sugary flavoring; Chris, Dan and Markuu have the straight vodka in water bottles and nothing else to drink. And Incubus are on the sides just laughing, because I take this big drink and just go [makes gagging sound]. It's so bad, but we ended up finishing it and having a really good time onstage. But it was pretty cool. That was definitely one of the funnier things that's happened onstage. I mean, I've gotten hit with bottles and stuff like that, but I don't think that's too funny.

DAN: Also, when we were out on tour with Incubus and it was the last night of our tour and we expected them to do something to us, we started the song and all five band members came out onstage while we were playing and some of the guys started going to Chris's drum set and in the middle of the song. Mikey, their guitar player, took my speaker cabinets and faced them to each other so I couldn't hear anything. He took my pedal effects and turned them backwards, they just all started doing crap like that. It was cool, it was funny, but...

LAUNCH: Talk to me a little about Incubus, who are from Calabasas. Do you have a good friendship with those guys?

DAN: Well, I live in Calabasas. That's where I grew up, and I went to junior high school with most of the guys; I went to a different high school than them, just because I got into a little trouble and had to go somewhere else. But I met them years ago and became really good friends with them, and before they had a record deal I started to go with them to all their shows and I would roadie for them and just help Mikey with all of his guitar stuff. It was kind of lame, but it was kind of fun, you know? It was cool. I would just go and hang out with them. And then they helped us out a lot, and would have us play shows with them around L.A. It was really cool.

DOUG: You know, a lot of people say we sound exactly the same, and to me it's like apples and oranges--obviously because I know exactly what our band sounds like and I know exactly what theirs sounds like. But we've known them since like, '92, '93, so we're talking 10, 11 years. We used to go see them play in high school and at the teen center in Thousand Oaks and at Bar Mitzvahs, and likewise, they were at my house for our first show in the summer of '95. So we've been supporting each other like that, and they've been two steps ahead of us basically, and we've just had a great friendship. We hang out when we can nowadays--schedule permitting, you know. They're great guys.

LAUNCH: I know that they're a step ahead of you guys, or maybe two steps...

DAN: I would say they're like 100 steps ahead of us!

LAUNCH: Have you learned anything from them?

DAN: Yeah. I can't really think right now and tell you specific things, but watching them, they've always been steps ahead of us and we've watched things that they've done and changes that they've made for the better. I would say maybe that has influenced us--being friends with them and noticing those things. They're not like a band that we put their CD in and then go home and try to write guitar parts, but I listen to their music and go, "This is amazing music and they're amazing musicians."

DOUG: I think, if anything, it's our work ethic. They don't complain--they just work, they do what they're told. They're very un-rockstar-ish rock stars, and that's good. I think that's it's all a product of where we all grew up. I think that's where some of the similarities of the music might happen too, just because I think what you write, if you're writing from your heart--not to sound cheesy--what comes out is affected by your surroundings and the music you listen to and the whole thing. And all of us grew up at the same time, basically in the same types of communities, five minutes from each other, going to the same parties, playing the same shows and influenced by the exact same bands--you know, we're both Chili Peppers fans, Faith No More fans, stuff like that--so I think you can't avoid having some similarities, you know?

LAUNCH: Collectively, who are some of your influences?

DAN: When we started out we were really influenced by Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Those were the three bands we were all really influenced by.

LAUNCH: We've been asking artists this a lot lately: What's an album that changed your life, besides your own?

MARKKU: Primus...probably like all the Primus albums, pretty much. Les Claypool was a big influence on my bass playing. Pink Floyd was another big band that got me going and thinking. There's so many albums I used to listen to and go buy. But I'd have to say Les Claypool and the whole Frizzle Fry and Pork Soda. That was actually what turned bass into a lead instrument, because I actually used to play guitar and then bass, and bass players don't actually get that much love. Les Claypool, he took it to the next level. He was like my major influence.

DOUG: If I think way back, the album that really got me started into music was Van Halen's Diver Down, back in elementary school. It was just Eddie Van Halen's guitar, just something about it--I had to play guitar from that point on. I've always been a old Van Halen fan; even the new Van Halen stuff I was into up until a few years back. I think more recently it would be Faith No More's Angel Dust, which to this day is still my favorite album of all time. I just think it's still ahead of its time today, like 10, 15 years later. That album really opened up my eyes and ears to what a voice can do besides just sing.

DAN: I have two albums. The first was Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction. That record was just the record. I got that when I was younger; I bought the actual record, the vinyl, and it's got the original artwork on it and everything. It's awesome. That record just totally changed my life. And then I got Red Hot Chili Peppers' BloodSugarSexMagik. That changed how I perceive music, and the guitar playing on that album was amazing to me. So as a guitar player, I was heavily influenced by John Frusciante, who was their guitar player on that album. So it was those two records.

LAUNCH: So when Use Your Illusion came out, were you bummed?

DAN: No, it wasn't a bummer, I thought the songs on it were really cool. I actually just went out and bought GNR Lies today. I had a tape of it, but my tape players don't work anymore and I have a CD player in my car, so I went out and bought GNR Lies today.

LAUNCH: I understand that beside loving music, you're also avid sports fans; I know you titled your first indie album They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To. Is there a sport you really like to play in your spare time?

MARKKU: Not anymore. I used to skateboard and snowboard, but I can't take the chance of falling and hurting myself. Doug's the jock and knows all stats of football and baseball and basketball; I'd rather just be out there playing it than watching it on TV. I just grew up on sports, playing soccer, baseball, and football in high school. I just like to be active. Any sport, I'll give it a whirl, definitely.

DOUG: I play golf, I play tennis, I play hoops. On the road we play hoops with other bands and stuff like that--which isn't fair because I'm the only person in my band who plays basketball, so it's like me and three other guys just standing around. But any sports, man. I used to play football when I was in high school, like freshmen year. I've always loved sports for some reason. and golfing. We also get to skate all around the town, you know, so I take my skateboard with me.

DAN: My life is all about music--I'm just not interested in sports. I used to play baseball when I was a little kid, but I was never that into it. I'm all about music. When I'm not playing music, I'm thinking about music, or I'm watching MTV or MTV2 or VH1. I really enjoy watching those VH1 Behind The Musics. I really love those, that's like my favorite show.

LAUNCH: You guys seem to have your heads on pretty straight--you're not going to start screwing up so VH1 will have to make a Behind The Music about you, are you?

DAN: Well see, we're going to be the first band that going to be on Behind The Music that's straight!

 

Their band doesn't have a normal name, but the four guys of Hoobastank are normal guys. They have normal lives, they do normal things, and they have the same sense of humor as their fans. That's why Hoobastank - guitarist Dan Estrin, bassist Markku Lappalainen, drummer Chris Hesse, and singer Doug Robb - connect with them. Their songs have that intangible ability to speak for and to the things that normal kids think and feel.

 

 

"When we're on tour and pull up somewhere, we're wearing shorts and flip-flops, and we look like average Joes. I like that. We don't have to make ourselves up to leave the bus," Robb says. "We never take ourselves too seriously and we're not afraid to make fun of ourselves. When we talk to the kids at shows, we end up talking about ordinary things. It's not 'fan talking to rock star.' The band is what we have in common, but it's not all we talk about."

 

 

OK, they're not completely normal, everyday guys. Their first album went platinum thanks to the hit singles "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away," and they do work their asses off to get their breaks. But with their second album, The Reason, it shows that they're songwriters of uncommon talent, with a broader palette of songs, moods, and emotions than their self-titled debut. It's called progressing.

 

 

Formed in the mid-1990s in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills, while the quartet was still in high school, Hoobastank has since grown into a songwriting machine. Lots of time on the road has made them tight and the meticulous nature of Estrin and Robb - both of whom holed-up in their home studios, trading demos back and forth - guaranteed that The Reason's songs would have both muscular rock and melodic finesse. According to Robb, "the heavier songs are heavier and the softer songs became softer. If the first album was sort of middle-of-the-road, this one rides on both side of the road."

 

 

"Yeah," adds Estrin. "Some of the songs might come off as cheesy at first when I write them, but then Doug takes them and makes them…even cheesier."

 

 

Cheese jokes aside, the record benefited from the holistic approach of producer Howard Benson (P.O.D, Cold, and Crystal Method). "Howard focused on the lyrics and melodies and song structure, not individual parts," Robb explains

 

 

The album's first single, "Out of Control," presents the more aggressive side of the quartet. It was the last song the band recorded for the disc, and was written after they thought they were finished. The track touches on a common theme of the album.

 

 

"A few songs on this record are about religion and my complete lack of interest in it," say Robb. "A lot of it is about asking questions or questioning all that people see. It's not all about religion. 'Out of Control' was based on that and about opening your eyes after being blinded by being devoted to something. It could be about the person who devotes their life to their job and ends up feeling lost and, well, out of control.

 

 

There's plenty of hard-ass rock on The Reason, from the torrential guitar and lofty hook of "Just One" to the blast of "Same Direction" and the near-epic "Disappear," there's a lot to rock about. As for the softer side, there's the sweeping grandeur of the title track, which features a circular guitar arpeggio and Robb's soaring vocal line, it's an apology cum love song that they don't make too many of these days. They also recorded a version of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy," which didn't make the record. They were originally asked to cover it for Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo "It's not something we want to be known for, but we're holding it for something good. Maybe for the sequel…Deuce Bigalow, Electric Boogaloo."

 

 

It hasn't been all fun, games and Pro Tools, however. In August 2003, the guys were riding miniature motorcycles outside of the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach. Estrin, who bought the bike that day, was going about 10 miles an hour when he ran into a chest-high rope and hit his head on the pavement. It didn't look that bad at first. He got up, got back on the tour bus, but it was obvious that it was getting worse, so they went to the hospital. Estrin had a tiny skull fracture, with a blood clot forming underneath it. If it hadn't been removed that night he could have died.

 

 

The guitarist calmly explains, "It wasn't a real motorcycle accident. If I'd been wearing a helmet, I would have gotten up and everybody would have laughed at me. My head wasn't even five feet off the ground. It was such a joke, but it freaked me out that something that simple could cause something so serious."

 

 

It didn't slow him down too much though. "I've realized that I'm one of those people that can't wait for things to be handed to me. When I was injured, I should have been resting and getting better, but I was working just as hard as I would have if I had been fine. Aside from canceling a few dates, I kept working."

 

 

So in less than a month, it was back to normal. Because the music is the reason they do everything else.

 

 

 

It'd be easy to recap the career of Hoobastank: a couple of guys meet in a Battle of the Bands in Agoura Hills, CA, in 1994. They grab a bassist and a drummer, damn themselves with a weird band name, build up a local following, get signed, put out two records that earn accolades like "post-grunge ear candy," release a monster ballad ("The Reason"), get nominated for three Grammys ... well, we can go on. But here's why you should really give a damn about Hoobastank, and their third album Every Man for Himself.

 

Seven Amazingly Fascinating Things About Hoobastank

 

 

1) Guitarist Dan Estrin has a great story involving brain surgery and a catheter.

 

In 2003, during the band's tour for its multi-platinum second album The Reason, Estrin made a fateful purchase. "Everyone in the band rides street bikes and motocross bikes," says the guitarist. "I was fucking around on a mini-bike that I just bought. I was riding one around after a show ... and I smashed my head into concrete." The result? "They had to cut my head open. I just remember, before the surgery, I had two fears: they'd have shave my head and I'd wake up with a catheter in me. So I wake up, and lo and behold, my head's shaved and there's a tube in my dick."

 

 

2) There are flutes and seven minute songs on the new album (blame Pink Floyd).

 

If you liked the infectious pop-rock stylings of the last two Hoobastank albums, you'll enjoy Every Man for Himself just as much, if not more. That said, Every Man does offer up some variety, even while maintaining the band's core sound. The epic "More Than a Memory", for example, features flutes, accordion, chimes and trumpets. "I was listening to a lot of Pink Floyd at the time, especially The Wall," remembers Estrin. "I like albums, and songs, that take you on a journey, that almost come across as a movie. And that song definitely does - it's like Floyd, the Beatles, and even tails off like "Sir Psycho Sexy," that old Red Hot Chili Peppers song. I just like applying lessons from bands I admire."

 

 

3) Did we mention the Journey influence?

 

Listen to "Moving Forward" and prepare to recognize a very familiar classic rock refrain. "We wrote that song when Doug was driving one day and heard Journey's 'Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' on the radio," says Estrin. "We like Journey; we're not huge fans, but I really liked that 'na na na na' part of the song." He laughs. "I don't think it's stealing. We made it our own style."

 

 

4) Music critics despise them. The feeling is mutual.

 

"The album comes out in April. I expect we'll do some shows, meet fans, and have critics ready to tear it apart," says Robb. "Honestly, I want to go 'fuck it, it's not for you, it's for me and the guys in the band.' If we're happy with it, that's what counts. We get a lot of shit because we don't go out of our way to be 'different' ... we're just trying to be who we are. And that's actually the theme of the album - being yourself."

 

 

5) Speaking of message boards, you can find a lot of fun, weird stuff about Hoobastank on theirs... and some of it might be true.

 

 

* Dan used to be a roadie for Incubus.

 

* Chris worked in a plant nursery for 5 years.

 

* Doug and Dan used to be counselors at the YMCA.

 

* The name of the band? It's the "H" in Jesus H. Christ. At least, that's what Doug will tell you.

 

 

6) That's a real drill sergeant on the album. He's there for a reason.

 

"Born to Lead" features the barking cadence of Sgt. Dale Guy. "I wouldn't want him there all the time, but he was cool," says Robb. "The song was about people wishing and praying for things instead of doing something to accomplish their dreams. It's about getting off your ass, and I think the Sarge added a lot to the song's vibe."

 

 

7) They recorded Every Man for Himself in a really backward, inefficient, grueling kind of way.

 

The band started work on the album during Hooba's last mega-tour. Estrin would come up with musical ideas during sound checks, then record a demo later, hand it off to Doug for melodies and lyrics, and finally, fly home with the whole band to record the finished product during non-tour weekends. "It wasn't an ideal way of doing things," admits Robb. "But I think, strangely, it affected us in a positive way. Maybe it was the energy of being on tour, but I think the results came out far better than our previous two records."

 

 

 

 

Биография: Происхождение Hoobastank относится к ранним 90-м, когда Доуг Робб и Дэн Эстрин нашли друг друга во время соревнования двух конкурирующих школьных групп. Каждый был впечатлен умениями своего конкурента. В итоге они покидают свои группы, чтобы объединить усилия и начали сотрудничество. С приходом Марку Лаппалайнена и Криса Хесе их творческая активность только усилилась. Эти годы они выступают по всей Калифорнии и Аризоне, играют в различных местах, даже в таких экзотических, как Дворец и Амфитеатр.

В 1998 году Hoobastank своими усилиями выпускают свой первым альбом ''They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To''. В то время как диск продавался хорошо в местах выступлений и местных торговых точках, у группы стали появляться фаны и за пределами США - в Англии, Израиле, России и Бразилии. Парни продали все копии.

''Это неповторимое чувство, когда узнаешь, что наша музыка находит путь к слушателям во всем мире. Мы бы не поверили, пока не получили email от паренька из Бразилии, в котором он сообщил, что после прослушивания нашего альбома создал свой сайт, посвященный группе'', - говорит Эстрин.

В 2001 году, после успешного дебюта, Hoobastank готовятся выполнить обещания своим слушателям. Теперь они будут наслаждаться мелодическим резонансом нового альбома, над которым работали Джим Вирт (Jim Wirt) и Джей Баумгарднер (Jay

Baumgardner). Через стилистику жанра прямо на эмоциональное ядро, объединяя мелодичность и острый, резкий ритм электрогитар.
Альбом ''Hoobastank'' выставляет на витрину таланты квартета и устанавливает их как группу с собственным звуком и видением. В итоге он стал платиновым, благодаря синглам: ''Crawling in the Dark'' и ''Running Away''.

''Я никогда не забуду, как мы загружали наше оборудование в звукозаписывающую студию в первый день'', - говорит Крис Хесе, - ''я не мог поверить, что это происходит. Тогда это было таким сильным чувством узнать, что наконец-то мы получили шанс сделать настоящую запись''. ''Это было коллективное чувство возбуждения и предвидения в первый день записи'', - добавляет Марку
Лаппалайнен, - ''мы находились в студии шесть дней в неделю, десять часов в день в течение двух месяцев и это было замечательно. В конечном итоге, после прослушивания еще грубых и необработанных записей, мы все были такими счастливыми, что наконец-то закончили наш первый настоящий альбом. Мы ждали этого дня так долго''.

К своему третьему альбому ребята подошли осмысленно. За работу взялся Говард Бенсон (Howard Benson) (P.O.D, Cold, Crystal Method). Он сосредоточился на лирике, мелодичности и песенной структуре, а не на индивидуальных элементах. Релиз ''The Reason'' состоялся 9 декабря 2003 года. Первый сингл ''Out of Control'' представляет более агрессивную сторону квартета. Она была последней записанной песней и касается общей темы альбома...

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