January 25, 2002
HOOBASTANK
Hoobastank
(Island Def Jam / Universal)
1. Crawling In The Dark
2. Remember Me
3. Running Away
4. Pieces
5. Let You Know
6. Better
7. Ready For You
8. Up And Gone
9. Too Little Too Late
10. Hello Again
11. To Be With You
12. Give It Back
HOOBASTANK
By DARRYL STERDAN
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HOOBASTANK
Hoobastank
(Island Def Jam / Universal)
The singer sounds a little like a cross between Billie Joe from Green Day and Dexter from Offspring, but with some vocal coaching. The band sounds a little like a cross between nearly every nu-metal, modern-rock and post-grunge outfit from San Diego to Staten Island. Put 'em together and add all the stereotypical trappings -- the brittle guitar shred, the hip-hop-flavoured drum wallop, the multi-layered harmonies, yadda, yadda, yadda -- and you have Hoobastank, the latest in an ever-growing line of cookie-cutter, pretty-boy, here-today-and-gone-tomorrow rock bands. Yes, they have a few good songs. Too bad they have fewer new ideas to go with them. Pass.
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