Hoobastank is an american post-grunge band best known for their crossover hit "The Reason" (2003) and by their continued success in the modern rock market. 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
1 | The Critic | The Target Release EP |
2 | Ready for You | Hoobastank |
3 | My Turn | FOR(N)EVER |
4 | To Be With You | Hoobastank |
5 | Never Saw It Coming | The Target Release EP |
6 | The Reason | The Reason |
7 | Ready For You (Acoustic) | The Target Release EP |
8 | Better | Hoobastank |
9 | Open Your Eyes | The Target Release EP |
10 | Too Little Too Late | Hoobastank |
11 | Incomplete | Fight Or Flight |
12 | Open Your Eyes (Bonus Track) | The Reason |
13 | The Pressure (Bonus Track) | Fight Or Flight |
14 | Up and Gone | Hoobastank |
15 | Magnolia | Fight Or Flight |
16 | So Close, So Far | Fornever |
17 | Give It Back | Hoobastank |
18 | Crawling In The Dark (Acoustic | The Target Release EP |
19 | Sing What You Can't Say | Fight Or Flight |
20 | Lucky | The Reason |