Extreme Behavior in Bloomington, MN

Released in September 2005,
Hinder
's
Extreme Behavior
revives the riffs and misogynistic tone of 2001 albums from
Puddle of Mudd
and
Nickelback
for a whole new batch of undergrads. This isn't so much
post-grunge
as it is straight-up dude
rock
. The artwork is a triggered response collage of lingerie and Jaeger, and the music blares like a stereo left on in the keg room, all swear words and electric guitar blab.
singer
Austin Winkler
is a stand-in for
Chad Kroeger
, and his lyrics? Like the chorus of lead single
"Get Stoned"
that asserts sex is better when the participants are angry and high,
Winkler
doesn't show a lot of class on
Behavior
.
do try a little tenderness here and there. They sound like a heavier
Wallflowers
on
"Nothin' Good About Goodbye,"
"Lips of an Angel"
carries the power
ballad
torch complete with a soaring solo stolen from
hair metal
's golden era.
"Homecoming Queen"
is another take on the good-girl-tarnished-by-big-bad-L.A. story; it's also a pretty obvious rewrite of
Guns N' Roses
'
"Sweet Child o' Mine."
For the most part,
are all about big dumb
, the kind of stuff that's happily ignorant of common courtesy or trying much of anything new musically. ~ Johnny Loftus