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Hoobastank (sometimes stylized as "h∞bastank") is an American (formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California) post-grunge band best known for their crossover hit "The Reason" (2003) and by their continued success in the modern rock market. Vocalist Doug Robb met with guitarist Dan Estrin in a high school battle of the bands competition and decided to form a band. They recruited Markku Lappalainen and Chris Hesse to form Hoobastank. In an interview with Yahoo's Launch, Doug Robb said the name had no particular meaning. "You're going to ask me what it means. It doesn't mean anything. And it's really cool,...

Irishman Mr. Irish Bastard, or that f@@@ing bastard, as he is fondly known to friend and foe alike, writes drink-drenched songs that capture the spirit of the country and the raw energy of his punk roots. It's rough, it's dirty and it's straight from the heart. The boys and girl have released "St. Mary's School of Drinking" and "The Bastard Brotherhood" in February 2008. The band is now going to hit the road, drink, party, be obscene and are going to get into some probably punishable acts! Coming along? .

The Sad Bastard Book Club was formed in 2004 as an actual book club in San Francisco. Since then, it has become a musical project of varying members and sounds. Over the past 9 years, they have created a number of conflicting biographies, making biographical information purposely sketchy and unreliable. The group released a number of one-off CDs from 2004-2007. Many of these recordings were put out by Devil's Ruin Records in 2008 as the album The Collected Short Stories of Carrie Anne Crowe. (An audio book of the same title was released featuring stories about the songs and some...

The Bastard sons of Dioniso is a power trio born in 2003 from the union of the experiences of three young musician from Trentino. They are inspired by the rock of the '70 with some punk attitude and the vocals style of the Beatles and Crosby Stills Nash & Young. .

Dr Bastardo aka Tom Wong, based in Brighton UK . see www.myspace.com/drbastardo peace .