Hoobastank

Hoobastank (also colliquially referred to as Hooba) 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.

Early 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. 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." http://launch.yahoo.com/read/feature.asp?contentID=210845/1

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Los Angeles County - Agoura Hills - 1994 - Doug Robb - Dan Estrin - Markku Lappalainen - Chris Hesse - Launch Yahoo

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Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park attended the same high school as the members of Hoobastank.

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Rob Bourdon - Linkin Park

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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 bands reputation grew further on tours with the similar sounding band Incubus who come from the same area of Los Angeles and Alien Ant Farm.

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Island Records - Incubus - Los Angeles - Alien Ant Farm

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