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 | Magnolia | Fight Or Flight |
2 | A Thousand Words | Fight Or Flight |
3 | Unaffected | The Reason |
4 | My Turn | FOR(N)EVER |
5 | Same Direction | The Reason |
6 | No Destination | Fight Or Flight |
7 | Right Before Your Eyes | Daredevil The Album |
8 | Running Away | Hoobastank |
9 | From The Heart | The Reason |
10 | Up and Gone (Acoustic) | The Target Release EP |
11 | Pieces | Hoobastank |
12 | Never There | The Reason |
13 | Up and Gone | Hoobastank |
14 | Just One | The Reason |
15 | Open Your Eyes | The Target Release EP |
16 | The Critic | The Target Release EP |
17 | Slow Down | Fight Or Flight |
18 | Running Away (Acoustic) | The Target Release EP |
19 | Lucky | The Reason |
20 | Crawling In The Dark | Hoobastank |