Track Listing

1. Get Stoned
2. How Long
3. By the Way
4. Nothin' Good About Goodbye
5. Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)
6. Better Than Me
7. Room 21
8. Lips of an Angel
9. Homecoming Queen
10. Shoulda

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5828 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.com
In the liner notes to their major label debut, Oklahoma City's Hinder endorse tequila, Belvedere, Crown Royal, Jägermeister, and Mr. Watson 540. In "Get Stoned," photogenic Austin Winkler (who sounds tougher than he looks) rasps, "Let's go home and get stoned." Later, he adds, "The break-up is worth the make-up sex you're givin' me." In "Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)," the lead singer laments, "The vodka's running on empty." This is a problem because, "I can't stay sober/if it's over." But things pick up in "Room 21" where he meets a "b*tch" with "red lipstick and pale pink boots," who shows him a good time (yes, he said boots). And he doesn't even know her name! The days of big hair-and-spandex metal may be long gone, but in songwriting terms, Hinder's music is a throwback to the politically incorrect Sunset Strip days of Guns N' Roses, LA Guns, and Faster Pussycat. For some hard-rock aficionados, they will surely come as a breath of fresh air. For those with more refined tastes--a blast of stale cigarette smoke. That said, "Homecoming Queen" is surprisingly tender ("She never walked on water/'cause no one really saw her"), proving that way down deep inside, the frisky fivesome does have a teeny, tiny, little beating heart. Overall though, if the platinum long-player, which was cowritten with producer Brian Howes, has a message, it's this: Girl, you broke my heart and I hate you for it. Oh, and alcohol is good. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews

Not Nickelback at all
While people say these guys are the clones of Nickelback, I disagree, I never mistook themfor Nickelback of even connected the two together. And if you compare lyrics and the way Austin (lead singer) sings, I have to say that they've really made their own sound and music here. They have a great collection of songs and even soem variety (though not a plethera of it). They can get inside every person that listens and they have their own sex, drugs, and rock and roll...and alcohol way to them. They are the essence of rock and roll and I think that any person into the rock genre could find these guys have a great sound

Rock n' Roll's new bad boys!
Damn. What a great album. Every song is quality stuff! Definitely has some old school rock blended with the modern sound. If you like the old school days of Rock n' Roll like Bad Company, Aerosmith, or the Rolling Stones then this album is for you! Every song is a sing-along anthem waiting to burst into the top 10! Also, the singer really is the first singer in a long time that has "that" voice. That true rock n' roll voice! Well done record. Would definitely recommend it.

Give Hinder credit where credit is due.....
I have been listening to Rock N Roll for 35+ years now. There seem to be a lot of nay-sayers that like to compare Hinder to the likes of Nickelback and the rest. I especially enjoyed the one about the band Hinder just sitting around listening to Nickelback saying "we can do that". My answer to that is, Nickelback said the same thing when they heard Def Leppard, Def Leppard said the same thing when they heard bla, bla, bla.........and on down the line to the true originators of Rock N Roll and the Blues. Many of the best rock and roll bands copied themselves almost identically to take advantage of a certain style that was popular at the time. During the Beatles time frame everybody from the Turtles, The Dave Clark 5 and the BeeGees admitted to totally ripping off 'the sound' to sell themselves.

The fact is Hinder has stood out amongst thousands of Nickelback 'sound-a-likes' with their superior songwriting, awesome melodies, tight production, raspy emotional on-the-nose vocals and throwback sound to the big-hair era of the early 90's. If it was a piece of cake to break free of the local bar scene, we'd be deluged with bad copycats...fact is we are lucky to hear the good ones like Hinder. If you don't believe me, go to [...] and type in Hinder and see all of the sad singers trying to sound like Hinder.....then you'll truly appreciate how good Austin and the crew is at projecting their voice and sounding professional.

I just have one thing to say about Hinder, they ROCK. Catchy hooks, rockin' melodies, they weave you through an emotional maze that leave my throat sore at the end of this 10 song rollar coaster of rocking tunes and painful ballads. The whole CD is eirily familiar as you reminisce about lost love, girls, booze and partying...and well...isn't that what rock is supposed to be.