好把戏合唱团

Post-grunge quartet Hoobastank formed in the Los Angeles suburb of Agoura Hills in early 1994, after vocalist Doug Robb met guitarist Dan Estrin at a high-school battle of the bands competition. The two chose to join forces, and after adding bassist Markku Lappalainen and drummer Chris Hesse, Hoobastank was born. While the heavy alternative sounds of acts like Tool and Alice in Chains were primary influences, Hoobastank tempered the gloomier elements of that music with a suburban California groove and an eye for accessibility. Their self-released demo generated strong local buzz upon its 1998 release, and soon the band had moved from backyard gigs to shows up and down the Cali coast. Hoobastank's eponymous debut album dropped in November 2001, and the singles Crawling in the Dark and Running Away were hits at radio and MTV. On a 2005 co-headlining tour with Velvet Revolver, the band received a chilly reception from some audiences and rumors of a feud between Robb and VR frontman Scott Weiland were soon filling Internet message boards. If I Were You, the first single from their 2006 album Every Man for Himself, addressed the whole affair.

1994年初，“后垃圾乐”四人组合“好把戏合唱团”在洛杉矶郊区亚哥拉山成军，此前主唱道・罗伯与吉他手丹・埃斯特林在一次高中乐队斗歌比赛中相遇。二人决定联手，并在吸收贝司手马库・拉帕雷内恩和鼓手克里斯・海瑟之后，成立了“好把戏乐团”。尽管主要受到了“工具乐队”和“艾利斯的锁链乐队”等团体另类重摇滚曲风的影响，但“好把戏合唱团”通过融入加州郊区风情的节奏感并着眼于此类音乐的大众化从而将其中更为阴郁的元素予以谈化。他们于1998年独立发行的唱片小样在当地产生了巨大的轰动，不久乐队便从小打小闹的演出转战加州沿岸的舞台。2001年11月，“好把戏合唱团”的同名处女作专辑问世，单曲《在黑暗中爬行》和《逃离》成为了电台和MTV电视台的热播曲目。在2005年与“丝绒手枪乐队”的联袂巡演中，该乐队受到了一些观众的冷淡，而罗伯与“丝绒手枪乐队”主唱斯科特・韦兰德不和的传闻迅速充斥了网络留言板。而他们在2006年的专辑《人人为己》中的首支单曲《如果我是你》便对整个事件做出了回应。