La música alternativa es uno de los estilos musicales más populares a nivel internacional. El rock alternativo fue producido como una alternativa a la música a finales de los 80 y principio de los 90. Siendo en esta última década donde alcanza gran aceptación por parte de los amantes de la música, y esto se debió en gran medida a la colaboración de bandas punk de los años 70 y 80. La baja en popularidad del rock alternativo fue debido a la sobresaturación del mercado causado por los ejecutivos de compañías disqueras quienes solo pensaban en ganar plata.
Hoobastank es una banda de Rock Alternativo de Los Ángeles (Estados Unidos), formada por Doug Robb (vocalista), Dan Estrin (guitarra), Markku Lappalainen (bajista) y Chris Hesse (batería). Robb y Estrin se conocieron en un concurso de grupos de música californiano, el Agoura Hill, en 1994. En ese concurso ambos representaban a su propio instituto y compitieron entre sí, pero finalmente se unieron para formar Hoobastank; poco después se les unirían Lappalainen y Hesse.
En 1998 lanzan su primer álbum They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To bajo el nombre de Hoobustank, que editan ellos mismos, y comienzan una gira por la costa oeste americana. En dicha gira vendieron bastantes discos en los locales donde actuaban, pero el éxito de la banda se debió principalmente a su difusión vía Internet, sobre todo en países como Inglaterra, Israel, Rusia o Brasil.
All of the things
that happened just so I can be here
who's pulling the strings?
do I have company?
cause I'd like to think
that I'm in control of my own destiny
all of the signs begin to point the other way
And who would have known
that I'd be standing right here next to you
cause I never saw it coming
and who would have known
that I'd get control of things I do
all the could have should haves
never would have happened anyway
Maybe it's me
or maybe there's something more to it
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that I'm in control of when and how I go
what if I stepped outside
and I got blown away
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that I'd be standing right here next to you
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and who would have known
that I'd get control of things I do
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Happened anyway
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never would have happened to me
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cause I never saw it coming
and who would have known
that I'd get control of things I do
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never would have happened me
and now I know that everything
that's going on around me
is meant to be
they're gonna happen anyway