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HOOBASTANK

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Hoobastank is an American alternative rock band best known for their Crossover (music)|crossover hit "The Reason (Hoobastank song)|The Reason" (2003) and by their continued success in the modern rock market.

History
Early career (1994-2000)
Hoobastank formed in the Los Angeles County suburb Agoura Hills in 1994 in music|1994. According to drummer Chris Hesse, vocalist Douglas Robb (musician)|Doug Robb had known guitarist Dan Estrin for some time before competing against him in a high school battle of the bands competition and subsequently, they decided to form a band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popsyndicate.com/index.php/site/story/playing_with_knives_chris_hesse_of_hoobastank/|title=Playing With Knives: Chris Hesse of Hoobastank|Publisher=PopSyndicate.com|accessdate=2006-11-07</ref> They then recruited Markku Lappalainen and Hesse to form Hoobastank, which at the time was spelled Hoobustank (pronounced the same way as "Hoobastank"). In an interview with LAUNCHcast|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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12027424/|title=What's in a Name?|Publisher=Yahoo.com|accessdate... read all