Hinder: 'We Bring The Fun Back Into Rock-n-Roll!'

After their successful debut album "Extreme Behavior," the new hope of rock-n-roll, Oklahoma City band Hinder is in the extreme demand. Guys are tearing between shows, parting and writing songs for their new album.

We caught both of the guitar players of the band, Joe "Blower" Garvey and Mark King, in the middle of their Canada tour and talked to them about what it is like to live a real rock-n-roll live.

Ultimate-Guitar: You're right in the middle of your tour. How is it going so far?

Blower: Oh, it's awesome!

You're playing shows with Godsmack. How do you get along?

Blower: We're getting along actually pretty well. It's been a lot of fun, a lot of parting.

Mark: We all get along, we all love rock-n-roll. Most of the time the radios are setting up afterparties everywhere, so we go tear up wherever we go! It's a good time!

"We're getting along with Godsmack pretty well. It's been a lot of fun, a lot of parting."

In your own opinion, what is that about your debut big label LP 'Extreme Behavior" that made you so popular straight away?

Blower: We just live up to that extreme behavior. We're a party band, we like to bring the fun back into rock-n-roll - that's what we're all about!

So, that's your life-style?

Mark: Oh, yeah! It's all about one big party. We just want to make sure everybody else's having a good time too. Just live the life I guess!

Why did you decide to make "Lips of an Angel" your next single?

Mark: Actually our fans pretty much pushed that forward. That was our most requested song apart from "Get Stoned." That was their choice.

You say you're gonna shoot a video for "Lips of an Angel" soon. Can you tell me about the video?

Mark: It'll be pretty literal with the song. We're gonna be jamming in a room and then do some acting. We're gonna do acting for the first time, which should be pretty funny! We'll go along with what the lyrics say - like the guy is with his girlfriend and then his ex-girlfriend will call? it'll tell the story basically.

"Actually our fans pretty much pushed forward making 'Lips of an Angel' our next single."

Do you have any plans after the tour is over?

Mark: Yeah, after we shoot the video, we go out with Nickelback. We'll be touring up till Christmas and then also next year.

Are you already working on the songs for the new album?

Mark: Oh yeah, always writing! We just grab guitars, get a melody down and start going from there.

What is the songwriting process in your band like?

Blower: Usually our singer Austin and our drummer Cody write kind of the backbone and then present it to the rest of the band and we all put our inputs in and make the song happen.

Your songs have a huge sexual energy behind them. How personal are your songs?

Mark: Oh, they are personal! Everything happens! None of them is made up for sure!

Talking about "Room 21" - a song about a guy getting it on with a bitch he met at a pub - how personal is it?

Mark: Yeah, this one is personal too.

"Take all the money and put it right back into the band - don't spend it."

Ummm? who was in this situation?

Mark: That was probably Austin in that one.

Some musicians say they've got their own formula for popular songs. Do have any kind of formula for writing songs or they just go from your heart?

Blower: Well, like we said, all of them are from personal experiences. We definitely want to get that hook in there and make it catchy, but there's no kind of formula. We just write from the heart and see what happens.

Talking about your equipment, do you use different instruments in the studio and on stage?

Blower: Oh yes, we definitely? Ermm? actually no. We use the ones that we tour with 'cause we want to really dial in the sound on stage compared to what the CD actually sounds like. So we try to use the same instruments to really dial in the sound of live show.

How do your live and studio rigs look like and do you have any endorsements?

Mark: We're endorsed by Mesa Boogie Amps, so we use those. I'm actually up to today looking for a Gibson endorsement and that's what Blower plays for guitars. Mike's on Warwick right now. Cody plays Tama drums. What else do we have, Blower?

Blower: That's it right now

"Our songs are personal. None of them is made up for sure!"

Austin's voice sound like he's drunk a thousand of Jagermeister bottles and smoked tons of Malboros. Did he really?

Mark: *laughing* That's pretty accurate!

You've got that "Cat Fight" competition of girls on your website. I know some bands do similar staff to find girls to date. What do you do it for?

Blower: I think the girls just kind of send their pictures in and we just kind of look at them and post them up as they come in.

Mark: We just kind of leave it up to the fans and see what they think.

Do you usually read your interviews or reviews on your music?

Mark: I do the homework on myself. *laughing*

Any advice for aspiring musicians and people trying to get into the business?

Blower: Just work hard! And also one of the key things when we started out was playing the local scene to get a nice little local fan base. Take all the money and put it right back into the band - don't spend it. Keep building your fans. And when it comes to the band, it's all a matter of blood pretty much - finding people you wanna get with.

Mark: Practice EVERY DAY!

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Comments

[fireoptic]

I just heard Hinder's album for the first time yesterday.. I can't stand their music honestly.. Its just another stereotypical band like switchfoot/nickelback/staind/chevelle... They're singer is just f*cking annoying. They do have one song with an okay intro though.

[jackusaureles]

!!!!! hahahaahahaahaha BLower!

[FS Guitar]

fireoptic wrote:

I just heard Hinder's album for the first time yesterday.. I can't stand their music honestly.. Its just another stereotypical band like switchfoot/nickelback/staind/chevelle... They're singer is just f*cking annoying. They do have one song with an okay intro though.

yea i actually bought it a while back (no idea why) and was extremely dissapointed. i think there are really like 3 good songs on the entire cd, and they're all probably going to be singles. they're not "bringing the party back to rock n roll", they're just making it shallow.

[snooch2thenooch]

haha blower, good music died in the 80s and its never coming back.

[Smitty101]

you guys are retarded,,,, hinder is a good band... dont leave shitty comments if you dont like the band..

[Loomis-Amott]

Saw them when they opened for Godsmack. It was kinda funny, all the guys w/ metal band shirts like me were kinda huddled in the back when hinder played, haha.

[DaddyTwoFoot]

Hinder are bringing the shit back to rock n roll, not the fun.

[lithium500]

Rock and roll never died or lost it's fun.

If it died then none of us would be listening to it, and if it lost it's fun then why the hell would you listen to it.

Checked.

[xion665]

lithium500 wrote:

Rock and roll never died or lost it's fun.

If it died then none of us would be listening to it, and if it lost it's fun then why the hell would you listen to it.

So true, its just a matter of opinion nowadays. What you like and dont like. People who grew up with music in the 80's are liable to say that good music died when that was over. Hell, most of us are prolly gonna say the same thing twenty years down the road about the music of today. So, yeah.

[adamk991100]

I do like these guys, when I saw them open for Godsmack. But they don't bring back rock n' roll so much. They're not a bad band, but they're not that "superb" either.

[GiantRaven]

xion665 wrote:

lithium500 wrote:

Rock and roll never died or lost it's fun.

If it died then none of us would be listening to it, and if it lost it's fun then why the hell would you listen to it.

So true, its just a matter of opinion nowadays. What you like and dont like. People who grew up with music in the 80's are liable to say that good music died when that was over. Hell, most of us are prolly gonna say the same thing twenty years down the road about the music of today. So, yeah.

Unless of course, you're actually open-minded about things

[BlueZephyr]

WOW. I didn't know that so many people hate them. When they said that they bring the fun back into rocknroll, I was like wtf?!?! Haven't rocknroll bands being doing that ever since rocknroll started?! I hate the singer's voice. Sounds like Godsmack.

[Schizopathic]

OH, man! Hinder is so.....terrible?! Yep, that's the word I was looking for. terrible. I mean, they're a new band playing nu-metal after nu-metal has already died. Nu-metal was strung up to a tree and hanged, and then it's dead corpse was dragged behind Metal horses, and then the Metal townspeople threw it off a cliff. And it landed on sharp Metal rocks, and after decomposing the Metal rats came and ate it, and then they got Nu-metal food poisoning and almost died, but they're Metal, so they'll never die!

[lead131619]

the fun was never lost in rock n roll music today isn't rock n roll 99% of the music today sucks! its all about bands who made rock'n'roll what it is \m/
Zeppelin, for #1 and then you have bands like Aerosmith, Alice Cooper Motley Crue Hendrix and up to grunge Nirvana and Alice in Chains and music died after the mid 90's it sucks today and for a band that sucks like them to say they put the fun Back in rock'n'roll f**k them it was always fun till bands like them came.

[NemesisX]

I was quite impressed with them.. I think they're good. A couple of their songs aren't brilliant, but they're still fun.

Rock on!

[2muchTV]

As far as I have heard,... they're kinda for girls. "Lips of an Angel". C'mon

[chillllllllllll]

Schizopathic wrote:

OH, man! Hinder is so.....terrible?! Yep, that's the word I was looking for. terrible. I mean, they're a new band playing nu-metal after nu-metal has already died. Nu-metal was strung up to a tree and hanged, and then it's dead corpse was dragged behind Metal horses, and then the Metal townspeople threw it off a cliff. And it landed on sharp Metal rocks, and after decomposing the Metal rats came and ate it, and then they got Nu-metal food poisoning and almost died, but they're Metal, so they'll never die!

lolz

[S2S]

I'm pretty sure their claim of "bringing back the fun to rock and roll" can be squashed with one thought that's on everybody's mind:

Who the hell are Hinder?

[Dr. No]

I don't know much about them except for Get Stoned is a crap song.

[kurtcobain44444]

hinder sucks

[Gibson_Rocker13]

S2S wrote:

I'm pretty sure their claim of "bringing back the fun to rock and roll" can be squashed with one thought that's on everybody's mind:

Who the hell are Hinder?

haha so true man, so true

[_godsmack_]

hinder sucks ass, they dont deserve to be on tour with godsmack

[Blindjoker]

everyone listen to black stone cherry they are ****ing rock n' roll no these guys

[595Metallica595]

Schizopathic wrote:

OH, man! Hinder is so.....terrible?! Yep, that's the word I was looking for. terrible. I mean, they're a new band playing nu-metal after nu-metal has already died. Nu-metal was strung up to a tree and hanged, and then it's dead corpse was dragged behind Metal horses, and then the Metal townspeople threw it off a cliff. And it landed on sharp Metal rocks, and after decomposing the Metal rats came and ate it, and then they got Nu-metal food poisoning and almost died, but they're Metal, so they'll never die!

so true, and hinder is some new nu metal band no one even knows about, and about everyone who knows about em thinks they suck ass. hinder doesnt have a right to say anything

[Blindjoker]

black stone cherry has the talant to bring rock n' roll back not these cocksuckers

[_godsmack_]

hinders most common known songs are lips of an angle and a song about getting stoned...some hippie band if you ask me

[_godsmack_]

plus...makes sense why the band wrote get stoned though...talking about getting wasted and how the sex is better, since guys getting wasted is the best way for them to get gay sex with them..

[595Metallica595]

uh blower??? is he the guy that blows the band members? is that how they got the song "lips of blowe.. an angel? what???

[_godsmack_]

no blower is just his pet name, they all have pet names for eachother..

[_godsmack_]

You say you're gonna shoot a video for "Lips of an Angel" soon. Can you tell me about the video?

Mark: It'll be pretty literal with the song. We're gonna be jamming in a room and then do some acting

jamming in a room and do some acting...sounds like a porno to me

[x_themetalfan_x]

_godsmack_ wrote:

You say you're gonna shoot a video for "Lips of an Angel" soon. Can you tell me about the video?

Mark: It'll be pretty literal with the song. We're gonna be jamming in a room and then do some acting


jamming in a room and do some acting...sounds like a porno to me

Yeah, except I can't whack it to numetal.

[[mr_mister]]

hinder is so gay. they're totally like... nerds. lol.
their music sucks and they cant play for shit. plain and simple.

[IronBeast]

wierd, they're playing a show where I live right now haha, I had never even heard of them until they came here, I still haven't heard their music

[sockmunkeprofit]

so hinder is what you get when the music industry is deperate. Its bands like these that lack intergretity and substance that distract people of whats really out there. artists who dare to be different. besides those guitarists aren't the best in the world, rock and roll stopped when led zeppelin stopped.

[ibanez_rocker]

their music isnt that bad, and they put on a decent show live

[aliceinnirvana]

I just cannot for the life of me like this band.

[_godsmack_]

Do you have any plans after the tour is over?

Mark: Yeah, after we shoot the video, we go out with Nickelback

the hell is this bands problem?

[clincher09]

people that just smoke and drink and sleep with random women and then write about it, how original, and that guys voice is so raspy and annoying

[mark-burger]

i know one thing about them, there signed and have an album. beats anything anyone here's ever done. and after you insult me go whack off to guys dressed in women's clothes. if you honestly have nothing better to do with your time than read news about bands you hate then get a hobby or get laid.

[haotehmao]

jackusaureles wrote:

!!!!! hahahaahahaahaha BLower!

I second that.

[sockmunkeprofit]

Nobody wants to know what you do on your free time behind closed doors. And besides their a perfect example of how pathetically easy it is do get signed. Trust me just look at nickle back. and if we didn't read news on bands we hate this site wouldn't exsist and neither would you.

sockmunkeprofit wrote:
And besides their a perfect example of how pathetically easy it is do get signed.

haha, go sign a major label deal then huh?

[MTVget0FFtheAIR]

**** these posers

[Artisan_Bassist]

I kinda like Hinder..or at least, I've liked what I heard. I dunno about the whole album.

[BassNewbie]

I like them. their from Ok my homestate.=)

[CarlShahuesa]

Wow, some of you need to get get a f*cking life. I really dont care if Hinder's only song that anyone has even heard of is the Stoner song,("Get Stoned" for u some of u lesser educated retards out there). If they are able to tour with a band like Godsmack, even if they only open for them, then obviously, they have some potential that the recording business snatched up. Now, if you think that the recording business is desperate for talent, then obiviously again you havent taken the time or effort to find out how it works. Read this article "How To Become A Professional Guitarist & Musician: Facts And Myths" (its on this site) and get f*ucking educated before you say stupid sh*t like that with no evidence. And why waste time and effort to go on the internet and rant about a band u HATE??? Like all of you f*ucktards that said that, it makes sense.

[SGstriker]

CarlShahuesa wrote:
Wow, some of you need to get get a f*cking life. I really dont care if Hinder's only song that anyone has even heard of is the Stoner song,("Get Stoned" for u some of u lesser educated retards out there). If they are able to tour with a band like Godsmack, even if they only open for them, then obviously, they have some potential that the recording business snatched up. Now, if you think that the recording business is desperate for talent, then obiviously again you havent taken the time or effort to find out how it works. Read this article "How To Become A Professional Guitarist & Musician: Facts And Myths" (its on this site) and get f*ucking educated before you say stupid sh*t like that with no evidence. And why waste time and effort to go on the internet and rant about a band u HATE??? Like all of you f*ucktards that said that, it makes sense.

SO true....

[sockmunkeprofit]

Okay carl lets say your somebody walking down the street and a man comes up to you and says " i like your look kid, how'd you like to be in music". then poor little nieve you would say " really mister, you mean it". then the man turns into the devil and then exclaims " all you have to do is sign over your soul, and suck my cock, for you and now ever of all eternity are off the artistic roll call". and before you do make assumptions like they way you did. and this is just an edicated guess, but I'm guessing you still live with your parents and you listen to pussy bands like godsmack and hinder. don't believe everything you see or hear especially on the net. that article was full of shit and beneath you just like your opinions. so bye...

[blister_17]

Even if you love this band (and I don't) you can't ignore the fact that they sound the exact same and have the exact same stupid messages as 75% of the other "fun rock bands" out there. The singer sounds as if someone took the lead singer of Disturbed and kicked him in the nuts and yelled "Make crappier lyrics and do Justin Timberlake dance moves with your arms in your videos!". The only exception is that Distubed is good. I'd throw these guys in the toilet along with... wait a minute... I can't think of any much crappier bands at the moment...

[CarlShahuesa]

I can still live with my parents because i'm 16. But I still know how the music business works, a lot more than you do, thats for sure.

[CarlShahuesa]

Oh and by the way, I listen to AC/DC. Angus, in my EXPERT opinion, is the greatest guitarist. Ever. And the dumb ass story about the devil made ABSOLUTELY no sense whatsoever. And Blister, dont all modern rock bands sound the same? Don't they have the message of sex, drugs, and just live life to its fullest? Thats typical for all bands, including Disturbed. Who do you listen to? I told you my fav was AC/DC, because that there is a classic sound. And a crappier band? Green Day. (Gone and went f*cking emo.)

[Stonewall X]

Actually, Carl, the message of sex, drugs, and living life to the fullest is NOT typical of all modern rock bands. Disturbed have written some relationship songs, but they are not about wanting to get drunk and have sex. Also, look at other bands like (and I know I'm probably gonna get flamed for a couple of these, but I'm only trying to make a point) Soilwork, Alter Bridge, Dark new Day, Black Label Society, Chevelle, Damageplan, and Creed. Most of these bands became popular (or at least released their debuts) within the last ten or so years, give or take a year. These bands have either no or very few and far between songs about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.

I do agree with you that a lot (not all) of bands today do sound the same.

As for Hinder, I've only heard Get Stoned and Lips of an Angel, and I think they're pretty terrible. My opinion is that they are trying to bring back hair metal, which I personally cannot stand at all.

[erotic sweaters]

I like hinder's music a little but this interview pisses me off. they are playing music for all the wrong reasons. if you want to play music for a living, do it because you love playing music, not as a way to get laid. all the people who just play for sex are making terrible music because they don't care if it sucks, they just care if it'll get them sucked off. I hate people like that.

[misirlou]

i am literally suffocating on cliches.

[sockmunkeprofit]

carl thank you for proving me right. and your only sixteen so i can't blame you for being so gullable. and believe crap like "the myths and things to become a guitarrsist" I'm sorry...not sorry for what i just said but sorry of the idea that your gullable and stick up for bland american rock bands like hinder. hope you move out of your parents place soon and realize what the real world is like. you bastard.

[mojogodzilla]

hinder is ruining america, along with nickelback, ashlee simpson, dane cook, avril lavigne, etc.

someone please tell me how "lips of an angel" is any different from any song any boy band ever did? and don't say they wrote it themselves, because anyone could write those songs. in fact, a lot of people get paid to crank those things out like in a factory. i dont like mass produced pop rock. give me something original.

[brian the emo]

to all who love hinder i salut you because you know what good

[RelientKaddict]

mark-burger wrote:

i know one thing about them, there signed and have an album. beats anything anyone here's ever done. and after you insult me go whack off to guys dressed in women's clothes. if you honestly have nothing better to do with your time than read news about bands you hate then get a hobby or get laid.

F***ing hell yeah! You guys can call these guys names when you're signed... Why waste your time whining about how you hate this band when you could be playing...
Pathetic... I'm recording a homebrew album, and you're all like "Hinder sucks ass!". What a stupid waste of time... "I think I'll spend my entire life whining about bands that I don't like, because I'm just a lamer with nothing to do..." Get... A... FRIGGIN' LIFE!

[LaLaLaLoopy]

Ya Hinder is kinda a 80's style poser band,not great musicians but refreshing to hear an album that doesnt have all the typical whining songs about how bad their childhood was and their parents were mean and dont understand my lame ass problems.boo hoo crap."The fun back into rock n roll" aaggh! I guess their trying.

checked*