For what it’s worth, the name “Hoobastank” still means nothing and Robb is perfectly aware of where they fall in the annals of music history. In response to the attention, Robb created a profile and got in on the #NotAPerfectPerson challenge, posting a video of him clowning on his own band’s nonsensical name, the origin story for which kept changing whenever journalists inquired about it in the early ‘00s. Now, two decades after releasing their self-titled major-label debut, which housed nu-metal-adjacent anthems like “Crawling In The Dark” and “Running Away,” Hoobastank are experiencing an unanticipated resurgence in popularity via their 2004 single “The Reason,” which recently went viral on TikTok when users started posting about regrettable life choices set to the tune of the song’s earnest first line: “I’m not a perfect person.” Though Britney Spears and Hoobastank couldn’t be further apart on the millennium music spectrum - with Britney leading the era’s bubblegum pop craze and Hoobastank ostensibly lumped into the movement’s rap-rock retaliation along with Papa Roach, Korn, and Linkin Park - both acts were undeniably part of the same TRL-teen machine. “There was a full solar eclipse, and I had to share my solar eclipse glasses with her in the parking lot,” he adds. That’s my Britney Spears story,” says Robb, who has been experiencing his own wave of Y2K relevancy lately, via - what else? - TikTok. Unexpectedly, though, Hoobastank guy (to borrow from Eve 6’s Twitter meme-speak) has a Britney anecdote to share: “Britney Spears worked out at the same mom-and-pop gym that I have been going to for a while. The Reason is out on 4 October and can be bought here.Like a lot of other people this past week, Hoobastank lead singer Doug Robb and I are talking about Britney Spears. The Reason, which remains a streaming powerhouse and leads listeners to discover the rocking side of Hoobastank, averages 3.5 million on-demand streams per week. The heartfelt title track, ‘The Reason,’ was a major hit across many formats all over the world, and it’s complimented by perpetually catchy songs like the energetic “Out of Control,” the frenetic “Same Direction,” and the uplifting album-ending anthem ‘Disappear.’ Produced by Grammy-nominated hitmaker Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Daughtry, P.O.D.) and recorded at a number of locations including Benson’s own Sparky Dark Studio in Calabasas, California, as well as Valley Village and Bay 7 Studios, The Reason built upon the earnest, hard-charging musical palette established on the band’s self-titled 2001 Island Records debut, Hoobastank. 3 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and spawned two additional Top 20 hits ‘Out of Control’ and ‘Same Direction.’ ‘Same Direction’ also broke into the top 15 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and “Out of Control” made its way into the top 10 on the same chart. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and No. The titular song, which today has garnered over 1 billion streams globally, hit No. Having sold nearly 3 million copies in the United States alone, Hoobastank’s Grammy-nominated, RIAA-certified double-platinum The Reason firmly established the group’s position as a modern alt-rock outfit capable of shifting gears from sincere balladry to head-thrashers in a heartbeat.
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