HOOBASTANK

Hoobastank merupakan grup musik asal Amerika Serikat yang beraliran rock modern. Band ini terbentuk tahun 1994 dan mulai melejit lewat lagu "The Reason" pada tahun 2004. Kata Hoobastank diambil dari kata "Hooba" dan "Slank". Kedua kata tersebut diambil dari bahasa pergaulan sewaktu masih duduk di bangku sekolah.

Grup musik ini terdiri dari Douglas Robb (vokal), Dan Estrin (gitar), Markku Lappalainen (bass) dan Chris Hesse (drum). Hoobastank merilis lagu single perdananya yang berjudul "Crawling in The Dark pada November 2001. Lagu tersebut melejit hingga masuk di posisi 68 tangga Billboard Hot 100 dan di pisisi 3 untuk tangga modern rock. Kemudian single kedua pun diluncurkan dengan judul "Runnung Away" yang juga menembus posisi ke 44 untuk Billboard 100 dan di posisi ke 2 untuk rock modern.

Pada album kedua, lagu andalan "The Reason" meledak dipasaran Amerika, Asia dan Eropa. Hoobastank saat ini sudah merilis album Basketball Shorts, Hoobastank (2001), The Reason (2003) dan Every Man For Himself (2006).Sebelum album Every Man For Himself rilis,Markku Lappalainen keluar dan digantikan Josh Moreau.

Album terakhir Hoobastank adalah FOR(N)EVER yang dirilis pada 2008. Dengan hit single My Turn, album ini berhasil menduduki posisi 7 di Billboard Top Rock Album di minggu pertama peluncurannya.


Anggota Sekarang
Doug Robb
Dan Estrin
Chris Hesse
Jesse Charland

Mantan anggota
Markku Lappalainen
Jeremy Wasser
Derek Kwan
Josh Moreau
David Amezcua


Discography

Album FOR(N)EVER (2008)










* "My Turn"
* "I Don't Think I Love You"
* "So Close, So Far"
* "All About You"
* "The Letter" (Duet with Vanessa Amorosi featured in Australian and European versions)
* "Tears of Yesterday"
* "Sick of Hanging On"
* "You're the One"
* "Who the Hell Am I?"
* "You Need to be Here"
* "Gone Gone Gone"
* "Replace You (Japan bonus track)"
* "Stay With Me (Japan bonus track)"


Album Every Man For Himself (2006)

* The Rules
* Born To Lead
* Moving Forward
* Inside Of You
* The First Of Me
* Good Enough
* If I Were You
* Without A Fight
* Don't Tell Me
* Look Where We Are
* Say The Same
* If Only
* More Than A Memory

Album The Reason (2003)

* Same Direction
* Out Of Control
* What Happened To Us?
* Escape
* Just One
* Lucky
* From The Heart
* The Reason
* Let It Out
* Unaffected
* Never There
* Disappear

Album Hoobastank (2001)

* Crawling In The Dark
* Remember Me
* Running Away
* Pieces
* Let You Know
* Better
* Ready For You
* Up And Gone
* Too Little Too Late
* Hello Again
* To Be With You
* Give It Back

Album Basketball Shorts(1988)

* Can I Buy You A Drink?
* Earthsick
* Educated Fool
* Foot In Your Mouth
* Karma Patrol Lyrics
* Naked Jock Man
* Our Song
* Stuck Without A Voice
* The Dance That Broke My Jaw
* The Mirror

Lagu single lainnya

* Connected
* Did You
* Losing My Grip
* Right Before Your Eyes
* Divine
* End Of Our Rope
* My Grip
* Never Saw It Coming
* Now Or Never
* Open Your Eyes
* Paper Promises
* The Critic
* Tin Walls
* Up And Gone (Acoustic)