Biography
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. 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...
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