One theory is "Doug's brother is the vice president of BMW Motorcycles and lives in Germany. And there is this street out by his house that is called Hooba Street and before Doug could pronounce the name, he called it Hoobastank and it was kinda a cute thing and his brother still teases him about it to this day. When we were looking for band names it's almost impossible to find a band name that hasn't been taken. Anything remotely normal has been taken already. I don't remember how it came up but someone said it and we were like yeah."

Hello Sororitydude, Here is their official site : www.hoobastank.com More sites about the band: www.hoobastank.com/bio/ ( their biography) www.najical.com/hoobastank en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoobastank_(album) www.vh1.com/artists/az/hoobastank/artist.jhtml

Hi, you can watch videos & listen free to Hoobastank: The Reason, Crawling in the Dark & more, plus 59 pictures. Hoobastank is an American post-grunge band. www.last.fm/music/Hoobastank

Wikipedia encyclopedia defines: Hoobastank is an American rock band, best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason" and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away". They formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, with singer Doug Robb, guitarist Dan Estrin, drummer Chris Hesse, and original bassist Markku Lappalainen. They are currently signed to Island Records and have released four albums and one extended play to date. Their fourth album, For(N)ever, was released in January 2009. To date, they have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.