Hoobastank

Hoobastank
Dan Estrin, Douglas Robb, Chris Hesse, Josh Moreau (2006)
General information
origin	Agoura Hills , California , United States
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , post-grunge , nu metal
founding	1994
Website	www.hoobastank.com
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar	Douglas Robb
guitar	Dan Estrin
bass	Jesse Charland (since 2009)
Drums	Chris Hesse
former members
bass	Markku Lappalainen (until 2005)
bass	Josh Moreau (2005-2008)
saxophone	Jeremy Wasser (until 2000)
saxophone	Derek Kwan (until 2000)
bass	Dave Amezcua (2008-2009)

Hoobastank is a rock band from the United States that was formed in 1994. She became known through songs like Crawling in the Dark (2002), Running Away (2002) and most notably The Reason (2004).

history

Hoobastank was founded in 1994 in Agoura Hills , Los Angeles County . The name has no special meaning. Hoobastank says the name is just one of those high school insider words that don't mean anything.

Originally the band consisted of six members, Douglas Robb (vocals), Daniel Estrin (guitar), Markku Lappalainen (bass), Chris Hesse (drums) and two saxophonists: Jeremy Wasser and Derek Kwan. The music style was mostly ska . Over the years, Hoobastank have built a reputation for themselves in southern California . So in 1998 they released the album They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To… without a record company, back then under the name Hoob u stank . This attracted attention at Island Records , so that Hoobastank signed a record deal with them in 2000.

The music style of Hoobastank changed. They decided to do alternative rock . Therefore, Hoobastank separated from the saxophonists Jeremy Wasser and Derek Kwan. They also changed their name from Hoobustank to Hoobastank.

In 2001, Hoobastank released their first official album, Hoobastank , which went platinum in the US. With the single releases Crawling in the Dark (US # 68) and Running Away (US # 44) they were quite successful. Towards the end of 2003, their second album The Reason was released. The single of the same name was the band's greatest success to date, the single even reached number 2 in the US charts and also made it into the top 20 in Germany (highest position # 15). Other singles like Same Direction and Disappear followed, but could not achieve the same success as The Reason . The album The Reason came to No. 3 in the United States and No. 51 in Germany.

In 2005 Markku Lappalainen left the band. He was replaced by Josh Moreau, who now plays bass.

The cast of Matt McKenzies, a member of the punk rock band Tsunami Bomb , as bass player confused most, as he was only used as a temporary solution during the Velvet Revolver tour in 2005. On a website he emphasized that he would only play during his own band break and VR tour and that only because he had good friends at Hoobastank.

Hoobastank's third official album Every Man for Himself (# 32 Germany) was released in Germany on May 5, 2006. The first single from it is If I Were You , the second Inside of You and the third Born to Lead .

At the beginning of October 2008 the band announced that the new album had now been recorded. The first single from the album is called My Turn and had its radio premiere on October 14th. On the same day the band announced that the new album will be called For (n) ever , which was released on January 27, 2009.

On March 29, 2018, Hoobastank announced the album Push Pull , which was released worldwide on May 25, along with the first single More Beautiful .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2001	Hoobastank	-	-	-	-	US25th platinum (50 weeks)US	First published: November 24, 2001
2003	The reason	DE51 (20 weeks) DE	AT19 (15 weeks) AT	CH13 (20 weeks) CH	UK41 gold (5 weeks)UK	US3 × 2 Double platinum (67 weeks)US	First published: December 9, 2003
2006	Every Man for Himself	DE32 (3 weeks) DE	AT68 (1 week) AT	CH45 (4 weeks) CH	-	US12 gold (10 weeks)US	First published: May 8, 2006
2009	For (N) ever	-	-	-	-	US26 (3 weeks) US	First published: January 27, 2009
2012	Fight or Flight	-	-	-	-	US66 (1 week) US	First published: September 11, 2012

More albums

• 1997: Muffins
• 1998: They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To
• 2002: The Target
• 2004: Let It Out
• 2006: La Cigale
• 2009: Live from the Wiltern
• 2009: The Greatest Hits: Don't Touch My Mustache
• 2010: Is This the Day?
• 2010: Icon
• 2018: Push Pull

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2002	Crawling in the Dark Hoobastank	-	-	-	UK47 (2 weeks) UK	US68 (19 weeks) US	First published: April 2, 2002
	Running Away Hoobastank	-	-	-	-	US44 (20 weeks) US	First published: July 16, 2002
2004	The Reason The Reason	DE15 (19 weeks) DE	AT5 (20 weeks) AT	CH6 (29 weeks) CH	UK12 silver (7 weeks)UK	US2 Gold + gold (ringtone) (38 weeks)US	First published: April 27, 2004
	Same Direction The Reason	DE49 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 5, 2004
2005	Disappear The Reason	DE99 (1 week) DE	AT75 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	First published: January 31, 2005
2006	If I Were You Every Man for Himself	DE58 (9 weeks) DE	AT60 (3 weeks) AT	CH100 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: May 1, 2006

more publishments

• 2002: Remember Me
• 2003: Out of Control
• 2006: Inside of You
• 2006: Born to Lead
• 2008: My Turn
• 2009: So Close, So Far
• 2009: The Letter (feat. Vanessa Amorosi )
• 2010: Never Be Here Again
• 2010: Is This the Day?
• 2012: This Is Gonna Hurt
• 2013: Can You Save Me?
• 2013: Incomplete
• 2018: More Beautiful
• 2018: Push Pull

Soundtracks

Hoobastank contributed a song (in brackets) to the soundtrack of the following films or games:

• 2002: The Scorpion King ( Losing My Grip )
• 2002: Aggressive Inline ( Crawling in the Dark )
• 2003: Daredevil ( Right Before Your Eyes )
• 2004: MX Unleashed ( Out of Control )
• 2004: Spider-Man 2 ( Did You )
• 2004: Catwoman ( Same Direction )
• 2005: Halo 2 ( Connected )
• 2005: Sing Star - The Dome ( The Reason )
• 2006: Guitar Hero 2 ( Without a Fight )
• 2007: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ( Born to Lead )
• 2007: Elite Beat Agents ( Without a Fight )
• 2009: Transformers - Die Rache ( I Don't Think I Love You )
• 2009: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 ( Sick of Hanging On )
• 2014: Doctor Games (film) ( The Reason )
• 2017: Sonic Forces ( Fist Bump)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2004: for the album The Reason 2004: for the single The Reason  France 2004: for the album The Reason  Italy 2017: for the single The Reason

Platinum record  Canada 2004: for the album The Reason

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	-	70,000	aria.com.au
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	100,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	4,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	gold1	-	300,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	8 × gold8th	4 × platinum4th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Hoobastank at laut.de
• Hoobastank at Discogs (English)