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Hinder
Background information
Origin Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Genre(s) Hard rock/Post-grunge
Years active 2005–present
Label(s) Universal Music Group/Universal Records
Website http://www.hinderonline.com
Members
Austin Winkler
Joe "Blower" Garvey
Mike Rodden
Mark King
Cody Hanson
Hinder is an American Hard rock/Post-grunge band from Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. They formed in 2005 and they were immediately signed to an
independent label, and released their first EP titled "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. The single ""Get Stoned" from Extreme
Behavior was also released on iTunes as a free Single of the Week in August
2005.
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. The band's third single from
their debut album is "How Long". The fourth single is called "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.
The band played the main stage UK Download Festival on 8th June 2007.
Entertainment
Turner Network Television announced that they have teamed with
multi-platinum rockers Hinder to remake Steppenwolf’s classic hit single
“Born to be Wild” as the network’s beat-driven anthem to promote its 2007
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series coverage. The song serves as the primary musical
bed for all six of TNT’s races, as well as for the network’s multiplatform
marketing campaign surrounding its exclusive race coverage. To accompany
Hinder’s cover of the rock-and-roll classic, the network also produced a
full-length music video of the song for the band that debuted exclusively on
NASCAR.COM on June 6.
Discography
Albums
Extreme Behavior
* Released: September 27, 2005 (U.S.)
* RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum
* U.S. Sales: 2,410,281
* Chart positions: #6 (U.S.), #1 (Australia), #168 (U.K)
Singles
Album
2005 "Get Stoned"
138
Extreme Behavior
2006 "Lips of an Angel"
"How Long" 1
2007 "Better Than Me"1
"Homecoming Queen"1
"Born to Be Wild"3
* 1 Currently active on charts.
* 2 Future single.[2]
* 3 Currently the theme song for NASCAR on TNT
Videography
Get Stoned (2005)
Lips of an Angel (2006)
Better Than Me (2007)
Born To Be Wild (2007)
1Homecoming Queen (2007)
1: Possibly made into a music video; not known yet.
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