HINDER BAND PAGE
 HINDER
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CURRENT NAME
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Hinder |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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2001 |
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LABEL
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Universal Music |
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GENRE
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Rock |
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STYLE
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- |
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LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2007-05-10, 02:15 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2007-05-13, 11:13 |
The Oklahoma City based hard rock Hinder came to life in 2001 when guitarist Joe "Blower" Garvey and drummer Cody Hanson discovered a singer called Austin Winkler in a cover band at a college dorm party. Recruiting bassist Cole Paker the quartet began rehearsing original material and playing shows right away. Two years later the young band had attracted a loyal local following and sold out shows as they opened for several established acts.
Hinder headed off to Canada in order to record the album "Far From Close" which was released by the small Oklahoma City label Brickden Records in 2003 and quickly sold out the 5,000 copies that were pressed. Paker decided that the growing popularity of the band did not fit his family situation and opted out. His replacement was found in July 2004 in Mike Rodden. At that point Hinder would also recruit rhythm guitarist Mark King.
In February 2005 Roadrunner Records had shown interest in the band as a label representative attended a local show at the Bricktown Live in Oklahoma City. However, no deal was signed and instead major labels Atlantic and Universal initiated a bidding war over the band, eventually being won by Universal. In June work began on the sophomore opus "Extreme Behavior" with the assistance of producer Brian Howes (frontman of Los Angeles based hard rock act Closure) and Mike Fraser at the Armoury Studios in Vancouver.
Upon finishing the recording sessions US touring would ensue towards the end of July alongside Canada's Theory Of A Deadman. During live dates 2006 the band performed a cover version of Eddie Money's 1986 hit "Take Me Home Tonight" which they recorded in November with Eddie Money himself guesting during the sessions. The track "Shoulda" on "Extreme Behavior" had originally been written and recorded by the Canadian band Social Code for their "A Year At The Movies" album but was tossed in the trashbin after the album had been finished and was therefore brought to Hinder by their record company as they were trying to finish up their album.
"Extreme Behavior" received almost universally negative reviews from the media but it still reached platinum sales in September 2006. The respected website All Music Guide referred to it as one of the worst albums of the year. Their breakthrough single "Lips Of An Angel" topped the pop charts that year. Early 2007 saw the band out on the road with Burden Brothers and Black Stone Cherry and they had also opened up three shows for veteran rockers Aerosmith in December 2006. On December 22nd, 2006, Hinder released an acoustic version of the Christmas carol "Little Drummer Boy" as a Christmas present to the members of the Hinder Army, their online fan club.
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
