A show where Hannah Horwatt and K. Broch co-hosts of the podcast She Said… Let’s! Podcast co-hosted plus Ryan Cabrera stopped by to perform a few songs and Dan from Hoobastank called in!
Whether you’re on your way to work, winding down after a long day, or counting how many weeks it’s been since quarantine began, it’s never a bad time to dig into The Rockstar Dad Show!
This week Jaret and Gary catch up with Doug Robb of Hoobastank. The band recently went viral on TikTok thanks to the “I’m not a perfect person” challenge. Doug joined in on the trend with his own video, and he chats with the guys about content creation, online communities, and more.
Later, Doug introduces us to his family and shares how life changed for him after becoming a dad. From moving back to his hometown to touring with kids, they’ll cover it all. Tune in now!
Good Charlotte, Kelly Clarkson, Hoobastank and Simple Plan will lend their support to the ever-growing tsunami-relief effort by performing live at the MTV Asia Aid benefit event in Thailand. Alicia Keys will also be featured the event, which is set to take place on February 3 at the IMPACT Arena in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok and benefits UNICEF and other Thailand- and India-based organizations. Jennifer Lopez will contribute a prerecorded performance to the show, while Sting, Nelly, 50 Cent, Ricky Martin, Green Day, Moby and Ronan Keating will submit specially taped messages of support that will air during the broadcast.… Read more »
When word came out last week that Hoobastank were canceling the remainder of their U.S. tour, fans began to worry. After all, this isn’t something that happens all the time. For a band that’s been on the road nonstop for more than 14 months to skip out on some shows must mean that something cataclysmic has happened. A meteor striking the Earth. A volcanic eruption. A motorbike accident, like the one guitarist Dan Estrin suffered in 2003. But it actually was a nasty case of bronchial pneumonia that sidelined Hooba frontman Doug Robb, finally bringing their whirlwind four-continent jaunt to… Read more »
Hoobastank’s lead singer, Doug Robb, has a pretty good reason why he is canceling the remainder of the band’s December tour: pneumonia. The band’s label announced Robb is still ill with bronchial pneumonia Thursday, though the condition is not said to be serious. Robb’s management insists that the singer is on his way to a full recovery, despite a trip to the hospital over the weekend. He is expected to take the rest of the month off in order to recuperate at his home in Los Angeles. Some of the shows affected by the alt-rock singer’s illness include KROQ’s annual… Read more »
Cleveland – In pinpointing the platinum success of Hoobastank’s sophomore Island album, “The Reason,” lead singer Doug Robb tells Billboard the high-profile inclusion of the album’s title track on last-season episodes of “Friends” and “The O.C.” proved pivotal in breaking the band to new listeners. “That was probably the single largest reason why the audience basically tripled,” says Robb. “Because once it hit top 40 or pop radio, which is something that we were really hesitant about because we’re not really a pop band, the success of those formats really just opened doors to a lot of new fans. And… Read more »
Music is a major aspect of the highly anticipated Xbox game “Halo 2,” due Nov. 9 at U.S. retail outlets. Beyond Incubus’ exclusive four-movement suite, “The Odyssey,” the game and companion soundtrack album feature a new Breaking Benjamin track, “Blow Me Away,” and Hoobastank’s “Connected.” The bulk of the “Halo 2” soundtrack features new symphonic compositions by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori. The pair penned the original “Halo: Combat Evolved” soundtrack, which has sold about 40,000 copies, according to Nile Rodgers, who assembled the music for the new game via his company Sumthing Else Music Works. Rodgers, who produced the… Read more »
