Blog: Viva La Mainstream!

Hoobastank are a fairly excellent example of why a band's name can be critical. When Hoobastank's self-titled first album came out in 2002, their biggest claims were a) they sounded remarkably like Incubus in a time when Incubus were a huge deal, and b) they had a goofy freakin' name. So with those facts to their credit, Hoobastank got a fairly decent reception from radio and MTV (back when TRL showed full music videos). And in Hoobastank's defense, their early success isn't entirely undeserved. Yes, singer Doug Robb takes several pages from Brandon Boyd's playbook, but [...]