The guys in Hoobastank like to screw with our heads
by never giving us a true statement when asked "What does Hoobastank mean?"
Im sure its just because they are so annoyed with the question
but here are a few of the many stories that have been told.
(Story 1)
It's our bassists Markku's middle name
(Story 2)
It means 'whose butt stinks'
(Story 3)
It's a butterfly from South America or Australia and it emits this odor that's kinda like a defense. I dunno. Is it Australia? Is that where it came from? Some kinda weird butterfly. We got it out of the dictionary-something like that. Just some kind of complete nonsense.
(Story 4)
The name Hoobastank is an old high-school joke between Dan and I. The word doesn't really have too much meaning, a la Jamiroquai.
(Story 5)
It means that feeling you get when you're watching Olympic figure skating and you're really rooting and pulling for the girl to pull the triple Lutz, and then she slips and bails and you go, 'Oh!' That's kind of like a hoobastank right there.
(Story 6)
It stands for the H in Jesus H. Christ
(Story 7)
It's 'hopscotch' in a foreign language
(Story 8)
It's the scientific term for the styrofoam used in packaging- that's where our symbol came from"
(Story 9)
It's what Dan and Doug were called in high school because they both had a foot fetish
(Story 10)
They got their name from a drunk man on the street
(Story 11)
Hoobastank is the cheese on doritos
(Story 12)
There is a Hoobastank street in Berlin
