the blog quebecois

i've found a reason for me
to change who I used to be
a reason to start over new

-- hoobastank

You might start with your name, which is, with all due respect, the stupidest name for a band since Hootie and the Blowfish.

In fact, it ties in neatly with my thesis -- my Grand Unifying Theory, if you will -- that bands that start their names with the letters H-O-O are pretty much doomed to the K-Tel One Hit Wonder category.

Of course there are exceptions. Hooey Lewis and the News had a tidy little career. And we mustn't forget that seminal 60's English band, The Hoo.

Okay, so maybe my theory isn't completely airtight.

Still, "Hoobastank" stinks.