Nikhil Dev

Hinder is a rock band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma which became successful from their album Extreme Behavior which was written by Brian Howes of Closure. They formed in 2005 and they were immediately signed to an independent label, and released their first EP, Far From Close. It sold about 5,000 copies. This EP came to the attention of Universal Records, in which Hinder was introduced into a major record label contract. Although All Music Guide called Extreme Behavior one of the year’s worst albums, throughout 2005, the album was heavily anticipated, and Hinder won the monthly Launch “Who’s Next” contest for emerging bands. Their Brian Howes and Mike Fraser produced album, Extreme Behavior, was then set for release in the United States.

Hinder is currently on tour with Burden Brothers and Black Stone Cherry. The band played three dates with the mega rock band Aerosmith in December 2006.[1] Hinder jumped on to the rock scene with their debut single “Get Stoned”. The band then toured in support of Extreme Behavior. The band’s second single, “Lips of an Angel”, did far better on the charts, hitting #1 on several, and garnered international attention. “Lips of an Angel” is now being covered by country artist Jack Ingram, whose next album is tentatively titled This is It. The band’s third single from their debut album will be “How Long”.

The fourth single is called “Better Than Me”.

“Well, hopefully late next year. Depends on how the next single does. The next single is “How Long” and then we’ll come back with “Better Than Me”.

On December 22, 2006, Hinder released an acoustic version of the Christmas carol “Little Drummer Boy” to the members of the Hinder Army, their online fan club.

“Extreme Behavior” track “Shoulda” was originally written and recorded by Canadian band Social Code for their “A Year At The Movies” album, but was scrapped when finalising the album. The song was brought to Hinder by Universal when trying to finish up their album.

Members 

Austin Winkler
Joe “Blower” Garvey
Mike Rodden
Mark King
Cody Hanson

Hinder’s official website

hellogoodbye is a power pop/synthpop band formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001. They are signed to Drive-Thru Records and released their first full-length album, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! in 2006, in addition to their previously released EP Hellogoodbye and DVD OMG HGB DVD ROTFL. In 2005, the band appeared on MTV’s The Real World: Austin and won MTV2’s Dew Circuit Breakout.

The band was initiated in 2001 as a recording project by Huntington Beach High School student Forrest Kline. With the aid of fellow student Jesse Kurvink, Kline started recording synthesized power pop songs on his computer, which originally only served the purpose of entertaining their friends. However, hellogoodbye’s fanbase grew steadily, as more and more of their songs appeared on MP3.com — a total of eleven which spread on fan-assembled CD-Rs labeled The Parachute EP and served as demos for both their following EP and full-length. Originally The Parachute EP was planned to be officially released containing four songs, however, only a handful of copies were burnt by Kline himself. According to Kline, the band name was inspired by the Beatles song “Hello, Goodbye”, as well as a line from the TV series Saved by the Bell, and the general transience of opportunities.

In 2002, hellogoodbye began playing local concerts in front of crowds of hundreds without even having a release out. For live shows, vocalist/guitarist Kline and keyboardist Kurvink were accompanied on drums by either Parker Case, who would later form the now defunct JamisonParker and is currently a member of Say Anything, or Aaron Flora, formerly of the band Throwdown. Flora and bassist Marcus Cole soon joined them permanently, completing the band’s line-up.

Though California indie label Drive-Thru Records signed hellogoodbye in January 2004, everything the band does is still entirely done by themselves, ranging from recordings and album artwork to posters and merchandise designs. Shortly after their signing, Kline and Kurvink recorded the band’s debut EP, Hellogoodbye, which spawned a music video to the song “Call n’ Return.” The video featured Kline and Flora playing a comedic game of tennis against Cole and Kurvink. In March 2004, drummer Flora left the band and was replaced by then 16-year-old high school dropout Chris Profeta (formerly of A Cutthroat Kiss).

The EP was finally released on August 17, 2004 and supported by various U.S. tours. During one of them, the “Sounds of Change Tour” with An Angle, Socratic and Steel Train, hellogoodbye flipped and totalled their van and trailer after Cole dozed off behind the wheel while driving through Pennsylvania on October 22, 2004. None of the band’s members were injured.

While participating in 2005’s South by Southwest, a music festival in Austin, Texas, the band appeared on several episodes of MTV’s The Real World: Austin. The cast of the TV series produced a video documentary about three bands on the festival’s line-up (the other two being Halifax and Enon), including interviews and live footage. The appearance certainly gave a boost to the band’s popularity.

On November 22, 2005, hellogoodbye released a DVD titled OMG HGB DVD ROTFL. It featured two hours of concert and touring footage, as well as music videos to the five songs off their debut EP. Following the release, the group was also featured on the third and fourth installment of the Drive-Thru Records DVD series. In December 2005, the band won MTV2’s Dew Circuit Breakout, competing as Los Angeles’ representative against New York City and Chicago finalists Pete Miser and Tub Ring. The prize included $10,000 cash, a set of Gibson equipment and an opening slot on an upcoming major U.S. tour.

In 2006, hellogoodbye appeared on the Vans Warped Tour. On August 8, 2006, Drive-Thru Records released hellogoodbye’s first full-length CD Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!. The album contains mostly re-recorded versions of previously released songs, five of which were scheduled to be on hellogoodbye’s never-released 2002 debut album (”All Time Lows”, “I Saw It on Your Keyboard”, “Two Weeks in Hawaii”, “Figures A and B”, and “Touchdown Turnaround”). On November 7, 2006, hellogoodbye released an internet only remix EP called Remixes!, which can be purchased at the iTunes Store, as well as the band’s MySpace page.

In January 2007, the single “Here (In Your Arms)” saw a resurgence on Top 40 radio and entered the Billboard Hot 100 (peaking at #14) and the Pop 100 (peaking at #9). In the same month, they also appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and began a headlining tour of Japan and the United Kingdom, supported by Houston Calls and Plain White T’s. In April, they will headline the side stage at Give It a Name 2007. On March 13, 2007, they released an iTunes exclusive three song EP, which features three different remixes of the song “All of Your Love”.

Members

Forrest Kline
Jesse Kurvink
Marcus Cole
Chris Profeta

Official website

I know that I have been off course of blogging for quite some time. But there are just too many things right now that needed more attention. Things are getting more and more busy. So many things to to think about, so many plans to be made. So Many commitments that I have made to myself. All these need time. But I think I have forgotten to take pleasure in the smaller things in life. So here I am back to what I used to do the best.

The Mountain View trip has been one of the best I can have. These are so many things that I learned from that. So many things that i want to implement but they just aint feasible. But the most important thing that I learnt is to live my life to the fullest without thinking much about what is goin to happen tmrw.

Have been seriously thinking of starting something big in the world of music. I need to practise more. Just that I am not finding the right company to practice with. But will come up with something over the time.

Even though I started writing today, Still I am busy.  So will think of writing something later.