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ARTIST: Hoobastank
TITLE: Every Man For Himself
LABEL: Island
GENRE: Alt. Rock
BITRATE: 234kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 58min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-05-16
RIP DATE: 2006-05-02
Track List
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01. The Rules 0:52
02. Born To Lead 3:48
03. Moving Forward 4:27
04. Inside Of You 3:08
05. The First Of Me 5:24
06. Good Enough 3:21
07. If I Were You 4:18
08. Without A Fight 3:20
09. Don't Tell Me 4:12
10. Look Where We Are 3:28
11. Say The Same 4:01
12. If Only 3:28
13. More Than A Memory 7:15
14. Finally Awake 4:02
15. Waiting 3:05
Release Notes:
enjoy Every Man for Himself just as much, if not more. "There are a lot of bands who
have success, then think they can do whatever the fuck they want on their follow-up,"
says Estrin. "On the other hand, we just DO what we do, and we do it well."
sound. The epic "More Than a Memory", for example, features flutes, accordion, chimes
and trumpets. "I was listening to a lot of Pink Floyd at the time, especially The
Wall," remembers Estrin. "I like albums, and songs, that take you on a journey, that
Beatles, and even tails off like "Sir Psycho Sexy," that old Red Hot Chili Peppers
song. I just like applying lessons from bands I admire."
Listen to "Moving Forward" and prepare to recognize a very familiar classic rock
stealing. We made it our own style."
yourself."
Estrin agrees. "I want our fans to be happy -- our hardcore fans, not those people who
I value the opinions of our hardcore fans. If THEY think something is crap, it affects
me."
in the air? Call Hoobastank. "A lot of bands that made it big with a ballad come back
and it has a more interesting structure."
there all the time, but he was cool," says Robb. "The song was about people wishing and
with musical ideas during sound checks, then record a demo later, hand it off to Doug
for melodies and lyrics, and finally, fly home with the whole band to record the
finished product during non-tour weekends.
affected us in a positive way. Maybe it was the energy of being on tour, but I think
the results came out far better than our previous two records."
Individuality and personal choice are the overriding themes to Every Man. "The First
"the first of me", instead of "the next of you." "The songs definitely reflect the
good they have it. There was some of me in that, definitely."
kind of the rogue track," says Robb, chuckling. "We deal with a lot of more serious
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