Hoobastank: What Happened To The Band Behind 'The Reason'?

Hoobastank Documentary on the band's histor


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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