Review: Hinder "Extreme Behavior"

So in case you haven't heard yet, Hinder is a modern alternative/hard rock outfit from Oklahoma. They put this CD out in 2005, but it really did not pick up much steam until the 2006 hit "Lips of An Angel." These guys are kind of an enigma: tough sounding with a vocalist who sounds like he's constipated and on the john after having eaten a dozen cheese graters. Yet, I bet their lyrics were written in crayon. This is probably what has earned them a lot of bad press, but hey - the formula works on the masses. And you can't knock them for having the best album cover of 2005, hands down. The CD has gone 2x platinum and spawned the additional chart hits "Better Than Me" and "Homecoming Queen."

The marketing behind this effort was exceptional...making the first (justifiably failed) single "Get Stoned" available for free on iTUNES, and keeping the CD priced below $10 for a long time at most major retailers. Not a bad deal even if only half the CD is worth writing home about. I look forward to the next effort from Hinder; with some maturity and production to lessen the grating vocals, the musicianship and songwriting has great potential for positive development.

Hinder on MySpace.

iPOD-worthy: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9

The video for "Lips of An Angel":