Hoobastank: What Happened To The Band Behind 'The Reason'?
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So what does Hoobastank even mean? Well I honestly have no idea. *
That’s because for al ot of interviews the band gave early in their career they told interviewers different answers as to where the name came from. One was that it was a name for someone from california who has a shoe fetish, another was that it was a street name in Germany, while another answer was that it was the middle name of their bass player. My favorite answer was that it was the H in Jesus H Christ. In reality it seemed like the band just came up with the name thinking no one else would have the name.
The group would spend a few months recording their major label debut that was self titled. Estrin would be the principal songwriter first coming up with song ideas telling the buffalo news “i’ll break out all my recording equipment. - my guitars, bass guitars and drum machines and play a riff over and over again. Eventually I’ll create the whole song, record it and i’ll take the tape to rehearsal and show it to the other guys.Doug Robb will take it and try to develop a vocal melody over what im playing and develop lyrics. ” The band would work with Incubus producer Jim Wirt who they credited with having hone their sound and he would also help the band write some songs.
Hoobastank would release their self titled major label debut in November of 2001. The lead single Crawling in the Dark would be their breakthrough hit. The introspective single Crawling was the catalyst that helped kickstart sales of their major label debut record after LA Station KROQ started playing the song. reaching No. 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart while also having crossover success peaking at number 68 on the hot 100. .
But Crawling in the Dark wasn’t their most successful song from the album. Their second single Running Away would be the biggest song off the record peaking at number two on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and was a crossover hit peaking at number 44 on the hot 100 chart. The third single Remember Me would peak at number 28 on the mainstream rock tracks chart. The success of the singles helped propel their major label debut album to go platinum. THe press made it seem like the band were an overnight success and riding the coattails of Incubus, Robb would joke that the album was selling so well because it was cheap but would later add that he received a lot of emails from fans who stated “the songs have really reached them in a deeper way than just musically and they can relate to ta lot of the lyrics. “ with the band being credited as being more introspective than it’s peers.
The New York Daily News would publish a story on the band in 2001 “Landing a major label deal is a lot like selling real estate. Both sometimes operate on the same mantra “location, location, location.” Since the members of Hoobastank went to the same high school as members of linkin park and incubus, record labels soon started circling the area like sharks. It wasn’t just Hoobastank who benefited from their association with Incubus and Linkin Park as other local bands including Hot Wire and Vent also got major label deals. Vent would feature Incubus frontman brandon boyd’s younger brother.However, Incubus would probably have the biggest influence on Hoobastank with their frontmen kind of looking similar, Incubus taking Hoobastank out on several tours and with the groups sharing a producer in Jim I
rwin. The New York Daily News profile would use the headline “Hoobastank, At Least The Name is Original,” ouch. But the band chalked up the similarity to hoobastank because they both shared the same influence Mr. Bungle. their guitarist Estrin at one point was even a roadie for Incubus
First Major Label Studio Album - crawling in the dark, running away.
While Hoobastank would frequently be labeled as nu-metal in the press, would call their music between the extremes of metal and pop with Robb telling the kansas city star “i don’t want to be like one of those bands that can go only go out with certain musical styles or for that matter be only able to write one certain style because there’s a lot heavier stuff in us to write and there’s a lot of mellower stuff to wri
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Hoobastank or Incubus?
I like both but kinda prefer hoobastank more as I know lore tracks.
Not by alot but reminds me I need to delve into Incubus more.
I don't think they're a incubus rip off either.
@@jonw3462
Their Crawling in the Dark Demo (I think thats what it was called) was included free with many of the purchases of Morning View thats how I discovered Hoobastank
@@jonw3462 What are lore tracks?
I love Incubus' S.C.I.E.N.C.E more than anything Hoobastank has done.
Hooverstink don’t have anything as memorable as Drive or the Warmth. So Incubus easily.
I'm about to put $7 worth of Hoobastank in the jukebox.
I came to the comments to say the same thing 🤣
Awesome reference. 😁
Hell ya
Hoobastank is a terrible name. That definitely didn’t help.
Agreed.
May as well have named the band Dog Shit.
They sold over 20 million albums think they did just fine
@@Truckerkris32 True. I love the album The Reason still today. Like the music, but I thought it was a bad name.
@@Truckerkris32Would’ve been 50 without that name 😄
@@jordanbrucelol
A rare case where the critics were correct
Had a chance to open up for them in 2004. Bass player, drummer were totally cool. Singer was a douche.
I remember they were on Howard stern and Howard said the same thing
@@rnrtruestories it's a shame because their first record was so good. Anyways, great vid man!!
Surprised you didn't mention that 2004 MTV awards show botch.. I remember that very well.
i think i knew them from driven to destruction
I don’t know what happened to them, but I’ve been crawling in the dark, looking for the answers….I’ll show myself out now…
That was really bad
Geeze dude
So that's The Reason for you to be here? Why are you Running Away? This is Gonna Hurt
I saw these guys open for Korn in 2003 and they didn't go over well to say the least
All your jokes are getting Out of Control
That Moutain Dew opening 🤣🤣🤣
Young Channing Tatum before he blew up
Hoobastank means Uber Stank or really good weed. The original bass player was foreign/Scandinavian with an accent and he once told them "I have some Uber Stank." and they were like "What is Hoobastank?".
That made me like their name at least
Made up story. It’s for “who’s butt stanks” directly from Dans mouth
@@tellthetruth7497 your butt stanks.
@@tellthetruth7497you’re right
Ouch. I didn't expect as much hate as these guys are getting in the comments. Running Away and Crawling in the Dark were great songs. Didn't like The Reason at all. But all hate? Come on.
I agree. I even the the reason. Idk why that song gets the hate, it was catchy AF.
'Without a fight' is my jam. Where's my EBA gang at?
That’s what I’m sayin lol weird❤
Personally I love Hoobastank and they’re in my top 5 favorite bands!
your name is vitriol and you're lecturing us on criticism? Pot.....kettle.....black!
That guy is made up of PS2 graphics
"Hoobastank" means "Whose Butt Stank?". I met them in Socal back in 95 long before they became popular and were playing small gigs around the area. They told me themselves that's what Hoobastank means.
Facts. Dan told me the same
Forgot my dew…Mountain Dew fan?
Was.
Only Baja blast
Nah, not really. Seems like a pretty random question.
Why do you ask?
😎✌️
You can only be a fan of it if you are an immature little child.
@@bigbubba7753 yes tropical lime. It’s actually good. I don not care for any other flavor of it though just Baja
crawling in the dark isn't half bad
It’s bad
I enjoy that song
I get Hoobstank, Simple Plan, and New Found Glory mixed up. Yellowcard too.
How dare you insult New Found Glory that way. Check out NFG's guitarist's vocals on the Shai Hulud albums he worked on. Epic shit. I'll always respect that guy for being apart of some of the low-key best hardcore albums of all time.
Unironically still love this band. Most of their non-popular tracks are actually better than the singles. "Did You" still goes hard
Hey Nick didn't think I'd see you here! Just got done watching your Twisted Metal season 2 video
@@nvstronaut
I agree. Two of my favorite are Unaffected and What Happened to Us.
Someone brought up that mike shinoda went to a different high school, but Buffalo news feature on hoobastank mentions him going to the same school here buffalonews.com/article_972bedc0-88f1-5617-86bf-ea99d8eb1be6.html
Mike and Brad and Dan and Doug went to the same high school Mike was one year below and they were all friends.
Hoobastank...at least we're not LostProphets!
Well, not many molest babies.
100% though
Yeah, but the bar shouldn't be in hell. If you have to compare yourself/someone with the worst to look not so bad, you've already lost.
Or Anti-Flag!
Sad i was alot lost prophets fan too 😔 Ian ruined it.
HoobaStank? " they Stank"😂
Kooterstank
Bootystank
😂😂
My friend called them Hoochie Skank😂
I don't care what people say bad about the Stank. Their first 2 records are fantastic in my opinion. Out of Control is still on my frequent listens.
doesnt mean theyre good 🤣
@@michaeljames4630 Good is relative to your tastes. What's good to me may not be good to you, and vice versa. So you can have your opinion, and so may I.
@@CrAck-MoNey thank you
@@michaeljames4630 Of course. I love that we have different views. That's what makes life interesting. We don't have to be mad at each other. We just need to respect each other's differences.
Worst band name next to Limp Bizkit 🙄
Oh come on hobastank is kinda gay but no name is nearly as stupid as limp bizket! Even korn is a pretty dumb name in my opinion (even though I like that band) but LB named their band after a game that the loser of has to eat a biscuit covered in jizz for f sake!
This is what actually happened. The lead singer couldn't hit the notes live. There are several live videos of him sounding bad.
I might be in the minority, but my god that song "the reason" is awful, like "sex is on fire" awful.
Kings of Leon are great lol you're trippin
You're not in the minority both are horrible
No I’m with you those songs are dawgschit
@@joshuadurham9699KoL's first 2 albums are fire as fuck but I will give it to OP for "sex on fire" being awful lol
Hoobastank and Incubus are super cool, I remember listening to them when I was in school, it was a shame that they dropped the saxophone, because I was a saxophone player in school.
The Reason acoustic versions is better than the original 😊
I remember my friend Corey and I walking down old town Pasadena on a Friday night in 2001 and hearing an acoustic set playing from a cafe. The song ended and the singer said we are Hoobastank. She busted out laughing and said they’re not getting nowhere with that name. A few months later we saw them feature on MTV. We still weren’t into them.
Thanks for putting these episodes together!!!
Were they playing Equators? Used to play there with my band around that time 😅
Yes it is!
That’s cool you played there, it’s a nice looking place!
I had to google map my steps.
At the time i didn’t catch the name of the location.
All I remember was. My friend and I left Qs and started walking west on the leftside Colored Blvd. The
the cafe wasn’t exactly on Colorado Boulevard. If you walk down an alley the cafe was there.
Hoobastank did sound good acoustically but when I heard them on MTV , I didn’t like what they sounded.
These guys are great. I was their opening act back in 2011 in Qatar. Totally pro.
Oh yeah, the band with the worst name ever
naming the band hoobastank was biggest fumble, still a fan
Exactly. Right up there with Goo Goo Dolls.
Well at least they didn't name it "I wrestled a bear once" yes that is a real band name...
@@allencarey7336 Was. They broke up. Also, they played nutty metal so it kinda fit.
why do names have to be so serious lol its the best name ever
Smart plan. It makes people still think of them
I've always called " The reason" the douche bag song/anthem.
Thank you! It is such a messed up non-apology song. "I messed up HARD in our relationship, but I'll be better for the next girl BECAUSE of You." Gives me the ick. 🤢
@@plinko84 "I'm not a perfect person" that's such a cop out.
They were always jokingly referred to as Incubus lite... then The Reason blew up and they just stank
You get compared to incubus you’re doing something right
@@michaelwills1926 Not when everyone is saying, "You're trying to be like Incubus... and you're failing."
Please, a backstory on the band Fuel.
I did one ages ago but I should update it with way more info ruclips.net/video/cNprskSyeMo/видео.htmlsi=dGPju2-nyzswFiHl
There was no Reason.. Nuff said!
Funny seeing all the hate for this band on here.
I still listen to all of Hoobastank's Albums
Singles are good - sit down and listen to some of the non singles and you might be surprised!
My brother was in rehab in Georgia and my grandmother wanted to visit him from Tennessee so I drove her down. While driving her car I noticed she had the hoobastank album that just came out. I was shocked.. turned out she bought it just for “the reason” she hated the rest. We ended up listening to that damn song 30 times on the way to visit my brother. She dedicated it to him in her own little world. She loved me but REALLY loved my brother. My brother turned out fine and my grandmother is gone but it was a nice memory spending that time with her
This brings me back to all the corniest parts of the early 2000s
That damn Trapt song.... blaaggghh
Hoobastank was one of those rare cases where the critics were 100% RIGHT! They SUCKED!
I like the name. Hoobastank was an expression friend's used around that time. Good band. They left their mark in history.
To me Hoobastank is discount Incubus.
They were an amazing ska band. Their first album they don’t make basketball shorts like they used to was GREAT!
It was disappointing to see them let the horn section go in order to adopt a more mainstream sound ESPECIALLY because one of the saxophone players was their biggest supporter and was always the one out promoting them at the shows before they were signed.
I was a huge fan and they had a huge following and I imagine those other fans have just as little respect for them as I do.
They were like a crappy Incubus and "the reason" is absolutely terrible. I remember them performing it live once on MTV and it was so awful, the singer was so pitchy and off key, it was pure cringe. Good riddance.
Yep they hubbastunk big time
Discount Incubus.
@@bangslamwham88 stinkubus
Yeah they just straight up sucked
Chris hesse (drummer) is one helluva producer/engineer he did good friends of mine "get dead"'s most recent release they are killing it on that album. Highly recommend.
Get Dead rules.
@vednev6931 indeed. I have a cameo in this ones for johnny. I don't think it would have been possible to be more hung over 😆.
Only remember Zack Galifianakis goofing on them when he hosted SNL for the first time in Mar. 2010
Is that the piano monologue?
He also makes fun of them on TAEASGJ
They are a nonsense band with a nonsense name with one good song.
Your being generous about the one good song
Liked a few of their songs, but that name. I just couldn’t take that name seriously.
Hoobastank? They stank 😅
Hoobastank. A perennial favorite on worst band names lists everywhere.
Awful band Awful music
I'll be honest absolutely hated this band with every fibre of my being.
It’s not just critics that hate that band!!
Never heard of them
I still like the Reason. Do people hate it because its slow or consider it "mushy"? Seems like some people just need everything to always be turned up to 11 🤷
What Happened To Us is a pretty solid track
Hoobastabk was the best. I loved theirs albums.
They were an awful band. The singer was absolute trash
The reason is a fantastic fricken song. Don’t get the hate.
The critics were right in this case.
Yeah they hoobastunk
As in many cases though
Ayyo
They Ultimately Sucked!
The song. Up And Gone. Is one I like.
They were absolutely horrible live. He couldn't sing the chorus of the reason because he couldn't hit the note, so he would point the mic towards the crowd. If you can't sing the only hit you have, it's over.
You're a hating a§, I heard and he hit the notes foh.
I had the pleasure of seeing Hoobastank and Incubus back to back at a show once. They are very similar, but they come out of the same scene and have the same influences. That show was one of the most awesome nights of my life. They both kicked ass, large amounts of substances were ingested, and we even had a 20 person hackeysack game, lol. It was awesome.
Hoobastank means Whose Butt Stank.
It astonishes me when a band "complains about the success" of a song, album, etc.
If their name had been used by a band for late 80s Seattle, it probably would have blown up(in a good way). I think they genre of music makes their name just seem goofy.
I always thought it was “Whobuttstank” hidden for tongue in cheek purposes
That’s true
he looks like mike shinoda - 2:08
Another cookie cutter 90's band
Prob because their name was hoobastank …
Terrible band name
I think a huge part of the problem is they had such a dumb band name. Even if they didn't suck, I'd have a hard time telling my friends back in the day that we should listen to HOOBASTANK.
Haha what are the odds I refreshed my feed and you’re doing a video on Hoobastank, after i just commented about them on your P.O.D. video I just watched (that I think you posted 5 or 6 months ago)? I’m supposed to be starting prep for gig tomorrow, but I have a few minutes. Lol.
Whatever gets said in this video, I had a great experience working as background on their Remember Me video. K, time to watch…
I can't not giggle every time I hear someone genuinely and ser3iously say "Hoobastank."
I imagine that's what happened to them.
Dumb name, good song.
I thought of them as Incubus Junior, but without the level of talent that Incubus had, which is even more of a dis since I thought of Incubus as Mr Bungle wannabees in the beginning. Then Incubus grew up and these guys got left even further behind.
I've never really listened to them. I could never take a band seriously with a name like that. It is obnoxious though when a band has that one soft song that girls love that is really not indicative of their catalog, but the extra sales make it a hit until the pseudo-fans drop off and the band falls back into mediocrity.
Because they sucked?
They hoobastunk
I have 3 of their albums and are easy listens they have good energy. I also felt they sounded like Incubus but you listen to them they couldnt be further apart.
I have a vague memory of seeing an interview where they said Hoobastank means “Whose butt stinks?” it may have been on MTV or MuchMusic
Even when putting aside my general disdain for late 90s/early 2000s pop/rock, I could never get past this band’s ridiculous name. I could almost respect that they became self-aware about this fact and thought about changing it, but that they didn’t realize this until after building a following cancels that out.
I do like Faith No More’s and Mr. Bungle’s stuff, but boy did a lot of awful dreck come about claiming to be influenced by them. 😖
I didn't know critics hated them but i genuinely think they suck mainly just by vocals and not making sense at all. They may not be bad people but i just think its all over the place
The reason i click is to see what happened
Nice one
wtf Hoobastank played ska at one point? Dude I gotta hear this
Go hear there first album it’s wild
Right? I didnt even know they were ska at one point
FR. I gotta listen
everybody was ska in the mid-90s lol
@@georgejackson4424 Eh not really
The comparison is because Incubus helped them out. They all grew up together and Incubus kinda pushed em and let them open for them.
No! Don't listen to James Brown, listen to Tool and David Lee Roth instead.
Some band's were never meant to exist.
This band is so incredibly lame
I actually saw them with Incubus and Phantom Planet. It wasn't a bad show once Phantom Planet was done.
Thats cool must of been around the same time I saw them in 2004 with phantom planet and lost prophets at Purdue university.
@@5starview I think it was around then
Phantom Planet > Hooba Stench
3:11 Why was the Buffalo News quoted? Or I guess a better question is why was the Buffalo News reporting on them? I'm from Buffalo.... seems so random. Was it a different Buffalo than in NY?
I hated the reason, was a fan of the band, but that song did more harm to them in the long run
Hoobastank changed the game
These guys were not too bad. Better than most of the 90s bands
(Alian ass farm)
I did them earlier in the year
@@rnrtruestories ok that was a really shitty band. I won free tickets to see them , so lame, I left. Bad sound, singer couldn't sing, guitars out of tune. Shit I play better than them. They covered a Michael Jackson song for crist sake
I dont think they realized that Incubus is a real word.
Incubus/Succubus.
Kind of a cool name for a band. A little deviant for sure.
Ok the H is Jesus H christ is pure gold. They shoulda stuck with with that. Jesus hoobastank christ. The merchandise sells itself
I covered The Reason at a gig here in Brazil l, circa 2022, and marked them on Instagram. Robb liked it but asked me to move on to other songs.
They didn't have an original sound and "The Reason" is pretty mediocre. Fade into obscurity is an understatement.
The name is most likely from "Whos Butt Stank?" or "Whos Bud Stank?"
John Cusack
Out Of Control is a hardcore gateway song for real though lol. Imo they definitely had a few great standout songs but a lot of mid ones too. They seemed to lose the spark they had after the second album, third one was way too soft iirc. But hey, for a little while they were a crossover guitar bass and drums led artist. Which is still a win for rock music. It's better than Imagine Dragons winning rock awards 🤷
“He wrote a majority of the album about something to show lack of interest in it” 😉