Hoobastank

Hoobastank (also colloquially referred to as Hooba or The 'Stank, formerly known as Hoobustank) is a rock band best known for their hits "Crawling in the Dark" (2001), "Running Away" (2002) and a hit single, "The Reason" in 2004. more...

Pre-Career

Hoobastank formed in the Los Angeles County suburb Agoura Hills in 1994. Vocalist Doug Robb met with guitarist Dan Estrin in a high school battle of the bands competition and decided to form a band. They recruited Markku Lappalainen and Chris Hesse to form Hoobastank, which at the time was spelled Hoobustank. In an interview with Launch Yahoo Doug Robb said the name had no particular meaning. "You're going to ask me what it means. It doesn't mean anything. And it's really cool, it's one of those old high school inside-joke words that didn't really mean anything." Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park attended the same high school as the members of Hoobastank.

Hoobastank started playing gigs in their local area and, with their unique saxophone section headed by Jeremy Wasser, recorded a self-released album called They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To in 1998. By this stage, they had developed a strong reputation in Southern California. This attracted interest from Island Records who signed the band in 2000. The band's reputation grew further on tours with the similar sounding band Incubus, who come from the same area as Alien Ant Farm (Los Angeles). They also covered a variety of songs, such as Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."

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