Hoobastank, Halifax, Agent Sparks December 15, 2006

Hoobastank With Special Guests Halifx Agent Sparks Fri. Dec. 15 Admission: Advance: $17 Day of Show: $20 Times: Door: 7:30 PM Advance Tickets On Sale: 11/4/2006 At: 713.629.3700 Rock/Post-Grunge/Alternative: Post-grunge quartet Hoobastank formed in Los Angeles 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 were 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. The self-released, They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To 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. Island took notice and put Hoobastank on the payroll in August 2000, and tours with the likeminded Incubus and Alien Ant Farm followed. Hoobastank's eponymous debut dropped in November 2001, and the singles "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away" were hits at radio and MTV. The LP went gold, and the quartet supported it with a jaunt through Asia and Europe that summer. They offered the lead single "Out of Control" as a free download from its website before releasing the full-length The Reason at the end of the year. FOR MORE INFO PLEASE VISIT WWW.MERIDIANHOUSTON.COM