Hoobastank: So grumpy, so uncool.

STOMP_Team · #1 29-01-2007, 06:53 PM

Watch the interview in STOMPcast and see a side of Hoobastank we didn't expect! Do you think the boys could've handled criticism better?

kalashnikov74 · #2 29-01-2007, 10:41 PM

Just saw the video. The guys are not grumpy. They are downright rude. Yet our media gives these hooligans so much respect. Look at the Asian stars, who are real superstars. they turn up for concerts on time, they make a lot of effort to please their paying fans (just check out S.H.E's elaborate costumes and energy during their successful concert).

We are to be blamed if we still carry our colonial hangover and worship the whiteys. Asian performers rock, ang moh bands can go to hell.

Core2Duo · #3 29-01-2007, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kalashnikov74

Just saw the video. The guys are not grumpy. They are downright rude. Yet our media gives these hooligans so much respect. Look at the Asian stars, who are real superstars. they turn up for concerts on time, they make a lot of effort to please their paying fans (just check out S.H.E's elaborate costumes and energy during their successful concert).

We are to be blamed if we still carry our colonial hangover and worship the whiteys. Asian performers rock, ang moh bands can go to hell.

Wooh. watch your words there bro.

toinfinityandbeyond · #4 29-01-2007, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kalashnikov74

Yet our media gives these hooligans so much respect. Look at the Asian stars, who are real superstars. they turn up for concerts on time, they make a lot of effort to please their paying fans (just check out S.H.E's elaborate costumes and energy during their successful concert).

We are to be blamed if we still carry our colonial hangover and worship the whiteys. Asian performers rock, ang moh bands can go to hell.

hey dude our media's ALWAYS given every celeb respect. asian, european, US wadever.

'colonial hangover'? i think our country's given both the west and east music industry an equal exposure. it really depends on which side you listen to more.

i do remember certain asian superstars who came over to singapore and gave the "i'm too cool for you" attitude as well, even worse than how hoobastank portrayed in this vid.

Skylar337 · #5 30-01-2007, 01:06 AM

First of all, I don't even listen to Hoobastank. But being an Ang Moh Rock Band fan, I'd like to speak out.

I wasn't surprise to see how they reacted in the video. My sister have seen them before in Australia (though she just went for fun), and reviewed their guitarist as being snobby. I do not agree with most of what kalashnikov74 said. Hoobastank do not speak for all Ang Moh Bands. If you were saying bands like the Backstreet Boys, then you can rest your case 'cause boybands do act like their the best. Franz Fardinand, a band from the UK who came last year and they were such friendly lads. Muse also from the UK came last month and they were not too bad. Fans who have met them outside the concert said their vocalist was very friendly.

So far, Hoobastank are the only band toured Singapore, I've heard that acted rudely. But I can't really put all the blame on them. Stomp did ask some silly questions that might have offended them. Did you Stomp?

Hatesong · #6 30-01-2007, 01:28 AM

one band doesnt represent everyone... but hoobastank's overrated to hell anyway.

el_nino · #7 30-01-2007, 02:15 AM

They sure are going to need their best Reason to explain themselves...

pinkbunnierocker · #8 30-01-2007, 01:23 PM

obviously you people dont know them very well. those four guys are the nicest guys ever. i dont know why you think they are grumpy or rude. they arent. i suppose you like it when people ask you the same questions over and over and over and over and over again? i suppose you like doing a couple of months touring the US in a trailer and then heading straight to asia to do a tour there and then flying back to the US to complete another few months on the US tour?

ive been seeing Hoobastank for four years and each time i have met them they have done nothing but be gracious and warm. they gave a free concerts back in 2006. they take the time to greet fans when they walk around outside. i remember it was late after a Hoobastank concert and cold and i was waiting for my ride to come get me. i was in downtown chicago at midnight. the boys came out dying of hunger and thirst. they waited with me until my ride came. and its not just me..a one shot deal. they are this nice to all their fans. they go hang out with you, they'll always give autographs and pictures. they'll joke and laugh. they are so laid back. they are well known for doing concerts in flip flops and torn, stained shorts and dirty tee's.

now i dont know why they acted the way they did, but how are they rude and grumpy? because they are telling the truth? they're not sarcastic or mean. they have stated in the past and now, and all the time for that matter that "The Reason" was not an album they are very proud of and they didnt really want that song as a single. the record label was pushing them to release it because radio stations were playing it all the time. before you judge, at least know what you're talking about

Pilar_Rocks · #9 30-01-2007, 03:10 PM

Ok..I watched the video. I've been lucky enough to meet these guys a couple of times. I have to say--they are the absolute kindest, nicest, respectful people you'll be lucky enough to meet anywhere. They've never let the success from The Reason or any other album go to their heads. They do meet their fans, they take time out of their very busy, demanding schedules to sign whatever we shove in-front of them, they'll take pics with us and they actually TALK to their fans. I honestly don't know of any other celebrities out there that are as real and down to earth as the boys in Hoobastank.

Now...did they look tired in the video? Yep.
Have they been massively touring Asia lately? Yep again.
Were the questions intriguing? Unfortunately, no.
Try to imagine, folks, having to give several interviews before a concert. Sure it comes with the territory, right? Of course it does. But--any reporter worth their salt will have done a modicum of research through past interviews to know which questions have been asked again and again and know to avoid those, so the interview isn't redundant--to either the artists or their fans.
Now, were the questions rude or have that in-your-face feel? Oh heck yes they did. It MAY be a cultural difference, where we Americans wouldn't be quite so...how shall I say...blunt?...yes, let's use blunt, so as to not offend any more feelings out there. So...Americans wouldn't be so blunt or pushy in the question-asking. Quite honestly, if you ever get a chance to visit Hoobastank's fan club, you'll get a much better idea of what these guys are about. They post to their fans, reply to our chatter, banter with us, share stories of their personal lives and still have time to go on tour, give free tours for the fans, send out fan posters, talk to fans during interviews, help us get into their concerts and pretty much knock themselves out to make the fans happy...and I haven't even started on how amazing their concerts are!

Just last month, I took a friend to their concert in Denver. She had a vague idea of who they were from The Reason and hadn't realized they did 'If I Were You'. After the concert, she was so impressed by both their performance, their banter and interaction with the fans coupled with how sweet they were during the Meet n Greet after the show--she wanted all of their cds as Christmas gifts!

Get to know the guys in the band and you will not be disappointed. In-fact, they may just enlighten you.

Custom_Funk · #10 30-01-2007, 04:43 PM

ok, seriously, if the goal of this ridiculous, poorly edited "interview" was to create controversy or elicit some sort of negative response from the band or just to generate conversation on your mesage boards, then, wow...job well done...get ready for a surge of messages from some majorly pissed off fans...all dying to tell you just how deceptive and offensive your false characterization of this awesome group of guys is."Grumpy and Uncool"?, more like "Exhausted and Trying to Avoid Confrontation." I mean, my God!! The wording of all of those questions was so provacative and "in your face"!! It's like there's no right answer...It almost seems as if the "journalists" behind this piece went into the situation with a preconceived idea of what kind of interview they wanted, and a preconceived idea of how they wanted to wrongly portray this truly awesome band as a group of arrogant jerks. Yea...Those Grumpy, uncool guys sound terrible...Man...They even had the nerve to stay after the show and sign things for/ meet with their fans. What a disconnect between the people, the media, and the artists...From what I hear, the band loves their overseas fans (and would love to come back and play again), and tons of people in Singapore adore the band...why is the media so bound and determined to ignore, and, apparently, try to change those pertinent facts?! I guess I could give the journalists the benefit of the doubt...maybe there's some language barrier or cultural difference...but I think manners and respect should carry over... In this interview, they clearly did not. How dissapointing...