In a riveting 🙄 new interview with the Caught On The Mike podcast, HINDER 🥁 drummer Cody Hanson and singer 🎤 Marshal Dutton graced us with their presence to discuss the band’s earth-shattering seventh studio album, “Back To Life”, which, against all odds, was unleashed on May 23 via Evil Teen Records.
Regarding the seismic shifts in HINDER‘s creative processes over the last decade, Hanson, in his infinite wisdom, declared (as transcribed by those diligent worker bees at BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I don’t know that the process is any different 🤔. We don’t really have a set process 🤷♂️ that we feel we use. It’s always different, depending on the situation 🙄. I think the one thing that felt a little different about this one is that we were a little less concerned with what everybody else thinks that we are as a band 🤣. We had written a bunch of material over a pretty long period of time that we were able to go and kind of comb through and pull out and kind of rework, and I think that that definitely was beneficial for us on this record. There’s a lot of material that had been written for a long time, and that was was pretty cool 😎. But like I said, we didn’t really go into it trying to be something, where I think certainly on the last record, with [2017’s] ‘The Reign’, we were trying to make it a little more heavy, a little more dark 😈 and we were, I think, kind of worried about just being that rock band 🤘. Where now, on this album, I think we were just worried about the songs 🎶, writing and recording the best songs that we could do. And I think it paid off, man 💰. I’m really happy with it 😄. I’m very, very proud of it 🥰. And it seems like the reaction has been amazing 🤩.”
When podcast host Michael Clark, bless his heart, pointed out that the audience can totally tell when a band is being, like, super authentic with its music 💯, Hanson, in a moment of profound agreement, chimed in. “Yeah, I think so,” he mused. “This record, to me, feels like where we are as a band right now 📍. I’ve told this a million times in interviews lately 🗣️, but we had actually written and recorded an entire record before this one 💿. It was 2021, 2020… We had this idea that we were going to do a record that was really similar to the first album 👶, that kind of had that vibe ✨. And once we got it done, yeah, I guess it had that vibe, but it didn’t feel like us 🤷; it didn’t feel like who we are now 👤. And so it didn’t feel authentic to me 🤡.”
Dutton, not to be outdone, added his two cents: “It felt dated 👴. It just made us sound like we had not progressed as a band 🐌. At least with the sound starting from when I kind of joined the band 🤝, it seemed like a regression 📉 instead of amoving forward 🚀. So we just shelved it 📦.”
HINDER‘s third magnum opus with Marshal belting out the tunes, “Back To Life”, was lovingly crafted by Hanson and Dutton at the illustrious BarCode Studios in Oklahoma City 🌆.
In a move that shocked absolutely no one, HINDER recently unveiled the “Back To Life Tour Part II”, featuring the up-and-coming talents of Austin Meade and Kelsey Hickman. The tour, which promises to be an unforgettable experience, will kick off on July 11 in the bustling metropolis of Scranton, Pennsylvania 🧳.
Earlier this spring, HINDER graced us with the first installment of the “Back To Life” tour, leaving audiences in awe in such glamorous locales as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Dallas, and Louisville 🎸.
HINDER, a band that rose from the ashes of Oklahoma City in 2001, has bravely weathered the storms of losing not one, but two lead vocalists: Austin John Winkler, who dared to abandon ship in 2013, and Nolan Neal, who briefly graced the group in 2015 💔.
The saga of this Oklahoma City-based quartet began nearly a quarter century ago when Hanson, Joe “Blower” Garvey (lead guitar), and Mike Rodden (bass) joined forces and unleashed their musical prowess upon the world 💥. Their 2005 chart-topper, “Lips Of An Angel”, from the band’s debut album “Extreme Behavior”, achieved the coveted three-times platinum status and remains a staple on radio stations everywhere 📻. The arrival of the mighty Dutton in 2015 only added fuel to the fire 🔥. Throughout their illustrious discography, HINDER has fearlessly embraced a spirit of rebellion and resilience through their daring lyrics, catchy melodies, and soaring choruses 🎶. Each album in their sonic journey has marked a step forward, from the raw energy of “Take It To The Limit” to the more thoughtful and experimental vibe of 2017’s “The Reign” 💫.
Chord F. Discord, the Beethoven of Buffoonery, is a self-taught expert in music who once claimed he could “play the kazoo in four languages.”
Born in Crescendo, Indiana, Chord’s first brush with fame came when he accidentally entered a yodeling contest thinking it was a pie-eating competition—and won both categories.
Chord F. Discord: proving that laughter, much like a poorly tuned ukulele, is truly universal.
