Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that
takes the classic mixtape approach to building
a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
Tonight, I'm excited to welcome Cody Hanson of
Hinder to the program. Now, for those of you
that listened to me back in the TuneStyles days,
I had the pleasure of speaking with Cody, along
with Marshall Dutton and Blower. Feels like many
moons ago, 2019. It's probably ages ago. But
I'm super excited to have that opportunity once
again tonight. On My Weekly Mixtape. Cody, it's
great to see you again, man. Hey, man. Good to
see you as well. Sorry you only have just me
tonight. Well, we're going to make the most of
it. But since this is your first time on My Weekly
Mixtape, I'd like to start by asking you my first
time guest question. And that is, what does the
word mixtape mean to you? Ooh. Man, what a question
right off the bat. Oh, I don't mess around. I
mean, I don't know. I guess there's several different
ways you could take this. I mean, obviously,
I remember back in the day in middle school when
you would, you know, you were trying to trying
to get the girl, right? You'd make her the mixtape.
You know what I mean? Now you just go to Pandora,
right? Or, you know, Apple Music and just put
on a playlist or whatever. But yeah, I mean,
I guess it would just be. a collection of your
favorite songs for whatever you want that mood
or that vibe to be. Well, we've got a lot to
talk about tonight because we're going to be
diving into the 20th anniversary of Hinder's
debut, Extreme Behavior, as well as the band's
brand new album, Back to Life, which is the first
since 2017's The Rain. And I'd like to start
by talking about that because over the last two
decades, Hinder's sound has evolved. So I'd love
for you to talk about the evolution of the band's
music over the last two decades. Yeah, I mean,
you know, obviously with Marshall taking over
at the lead singer position, I mean, you know,
obviously that in and of itself just changes
everything. But, you know, the fact that we kind
of just do everything on our own in -house now,
we've been doing it for so long, writing and
producing together. You know, obviously, as you
as you grow up, you know, you you mature and
grow as a writer and as a producer and as an
as an engineer. You know what I mean? So, yeah,
I mean, things just kind of have to evolve and
change. And, you know, we we don't fight it.
You know, like a lot of bands, especially bands
that came out around our time, they're still
trying to recreate that first thing that made
them popular. And, you know, I kind of think
we're taking the opposite approach. We're writing
the songs that we want to write and we're producing
those songs for those songs, what they're supposed
to be. We're not trying to do what we think everybody
else wants us to do or be what everybody else
wants us to be, if that makes sense. Makes 100
% sense. And the thing I've always liked about
Hinder is the fact that as a band, you've always
worn many musical hats. And considering my tastes
are all over the map, that plays into why I love
this band. You get hard rock. You get power ballads.
You get the acoustic moments. And you also get
those pop sensibilities. So between the four
of you, where do the branches of Hinder's sound
derive from? Oh, that's, I mean, yeah. I think
we're just, we all like so many different styles
of music. You know, I grew up. listening to country
and i grew up listening to gangster rap and uh
i grew up listening to you know jimi hendrix
and buddy holly and bad company and then i got
into metallica and pantera and i mean it's you
name it and i was into it you know i just and
i know marshall's the exact same way so you know
when when we get in the studio and sit down to
write we just we just kind of let it all come
out, you know, and sometimes you'll have an idea
and you'll think back, oh, do you remember this
song from the 90s? Or do you remember this song
from, you know, just back in the day? And, you
know, we'll try to pull inspiration from all
these different genres and styles of music. And
I think it's a good way to keep things interesting.
It certainly is. Now, the last time you and I
talked, which was, like I said, back in 2019,
feels like decades ago, the band was working
at the time on a new album. which if I recall,
you had said was reminiscent of the Extreme Behavior
sound. But as time has gone on, you ended up
shelving that album entirely. Can you talk about
that experience? And even if it's not directly,
what led the band towards this new album? Yeah,
I mean, as you said, we were intentionally trying
to make a record because we knew the 20 -year
anniversary was coming up. And so we thought,
That might be a cool moment to make a record
that people are looking for, that we're fans
of the first album. Once we really got into it
and we had it all done, mixed, going into mastering,
and we just decided, you know what? This doesn't
feel right. This doesn't feel like who we are
now. We decided to just leave it on the hard
drive. At that time, to be honest, we had decided
we weren't going to do new music at all. We kind
of figured, you know what? The reason we were
making this album was because we thought people
wanted to hear the first album. So we thought,
why mess with that? Let's just go. Let's play
shows. Let's play the songs that people know,
that people are coming out to hear. And so, yeah,
we, like I said, decided not to do new music.
And then we sat down one day and just decided
to write. Ended up writing our newest single,
Bring Me Back to Life. I'm in a phase now I've
been for days now Can you pick me up You know,
that song was, it felt really special at the
time. You know, I mean, it still does, obviously.
I love that song, but it was something that felt
fresh and different for us. And it felt, it felt
exciting again. And it reminded us that we actually
know how to do this. You know, we know how to
write songs. We know how to produce music. So,
yeah, that was kind of the jumping off point
for the new material. So, yeah, pretty grateful
for that song. Well, I have to ask because the
opening lyrics on Bring Me Back to Life are,
I've got nothing left to say that I really want
to put into a song. There's got to be a story
there. I mean, yeah. I mean, when you've been
writing as long as we have, sometimes it's really
difficult to be inspired to write a new song.
You know what I mean? You sit around and you
try to think of concepts that you haven't done
before, and it just becomes a little daunting.
That was actually Marshall's idea. We're sitting
there trying to trying to come up with a concept
to write about. And he's like, what if we just
wrote about that? You know, like not being inspired,
not having anything to say. And so that's kind
of where we started was with that opening line.
And then obviously, you know, the song kind of
grew from there and became something else a little
bit. I mean, it is it is about being uninspired
and life being kind of. I don't know, being stuck
in the same old routine and, you know, wanting
someone to come in and kickstart you and bring
you back, bring you back to life. So, yeah, that's
kind of the story behind it. And that is where
the album's title comes from, Back to Life. I
guess it's safe to assume that none of the tracks
from that scrapped album actually made the leap
onto this album. They did not, for whatever reason.
I mean. I need to I need to go back. It's been
it's been a few years since I've listened through
those through those songs. So it might be fun
to go back and revisit them. But, you know, I
think right now they're probably just going to
live and die on the hard drive. They're going
to wait for when you guys do like Bruce Springsteen,
having the tracks box set will do a hinder one
down the road with all the unreleased material,
because I know as a fan, I want to hear it because
I know as an artist, I sometimes feel like I'm
my own worst critic. So what you guys might be
saying, oh, God, it's just something that doesn't
sit right. I bet you there's probably a good
number of songs on there that the Hinder fan
base is going to eat up. Yeah, you might be right.
You know, it just kind of we'll just have to
see what happens, you know, with time as you
go back and listen to older, older material.
Sometimes it hits you in a different way. And
I mean, to be honest, that's kind of what happened
on on this one. You know, we went and revisited
older material that we had written for, you know,
some of our side projects that we were planning
on doing. And, you know, it had decided not to,
you know, to continue with them. But yeah, some
of those tracks we kind of reimagined as Hinder
tracks, you know, and kind of gave them that
like Hinder rock element back into them. And
it completely changed some of those songs and
made them contenders for the album. So, yeah,
there are a few on there that are from other,
you know, for other projects. Well, going back
and looking at the band's discography, like Clockwork.
For the first six albums, there was either a
two or three year gap in between the albums.
You had Extreme Behavior in 2005, Take It to
the Limit in 2008, All American Nightmare in
2010, Welcome to the Freak Show in 2012, When
the Smoke Clears in 2015, and The Rain in 2017.
The shelved album would have been 2020, which
kept you on that two or three year cycle. So
here we are in 2025, there's been an eight year
break. Did breaking up that two to three year
album cycle, maybe rejuvenate the band's creative
spirit in a sense? You know, I don't know if
I would say that necessarily because, you know,
Marshall and I, we always write and record music
for, you know, whether it's other projects or
other bands or just sometimes just for fun. So,
I mean. There are a handful of songs that I did
by myself, for example. I doubt anybody will
ever hear them, but we've done a lot. Like I
said, we had a couple of side projects that we
did just because creating music, that's who we
are. That's what we do. And like I said, some
of those songs were written during that break.
So I wouldn't necessarily say that it changed
much for us, to be honest. Okay, that's fair.
Well, Back to Life is being released on Evil
Teen Records, which is the label that's owned
by the legendary Warren Haynes. Can you talk
about how the band got connected with them for
this release and what they bring to Hinder versus
your experiences with, let's say, Universal Republic
and The End, who put out the last two Hinder
albums? Yeah, to be honest, we haven't even,
we've never spoken with Warren. It's his wife,
Stephanie. Yeah, she's been running running point
on everything and her along with a guy that has
worked for us and in our camp behind the scenes
named Jason Duarte. He moved over to that side
and started working with Steph. And so he's the
one that actually introduced us and made everything
kind of happen. So, yeah, it's it's been a it's
been a really cool experience. You know, she's
just so she's so laid back. She doesn't try to
get involved on the creative side and make changes.
She just lets us do what we want to do. Let's
us be the band that we want to be. I think that's
really made a difference for us. It's given us
a little more confidence going into creating.
It's made it definitely enjoyable. It's made
it a lot of fun. Like everything that's happening
that you're seeing, it's us. And that's nice.
Now, would you say that for the first couple
albums that when you were with Universal, with
the major label, was there a pressure that was
constantly on the band, especially after Extreme
Behavior had the hits like Lips of an Angel and
Get Stoned? When you got to... take it to the
limit. I know there's that old edict that you
have your entire life to write the first album
and 35 seconds to write the second one. Was that
something that came to play for you guys? No,
not really. When we went up to Vancouver where
we did both of our first two albums, when we
went up there, we didn't have a lot of material.
We had pretty much, I don't want to say a metal
album, but it was a really dark, heavy album
written. Right before we left to go to Canada,
we had actually been talking with another producer
by the name of Warren Riker out of L .A. And
he did a bunch of the heavier stuff. He did Down.
That was really the only one I can remember now.
But so we were getting ready to head out to L
.A. to work with him. And then the last second
changed our mind and went to Vancouver and worked
with Joey Moy and Brian Howes to do our demos,
what became the demos for the first record. So
when we got there, you know, we kind of just
jumped in and started writing. So we sound like
we had all these songs, you know, for a long
time. So we did have them for about a year before
we started actually recording for the album.
So, yeah, so that wasn't the case for us. But
I forgot where I was going with that. What was
your initial question? The initial question was
if there was after the success of Extreme Behavior,
was there any pressure from the label to kind
of recreate the magic on Take It to the Limit?
Yeah, definitely. Which is where the song Without
You came into play. You know, if you listen to
that song, it is kind of a rewrite of Lips of
an Angel. You know, it's very, even the chord
progression is very similar. You know what I
mean? So we actually referred to it as Lips 2.
And we didn't play it for a long time because
of that. But I mean, now, after taking a break
from it for so long and going back, it's really
not as similar as I remembered it being. But
yeah, I mean, there's there's always that that
pressure, you know what I mean? And when a label's
involved, there are always several people, cooks
in the kitchen, I guess. There are a lot of cooks
in the kitchen. And we got lucky, though, I will
say that when we were with Universal, we had
a really, really great A &R guy. I don't know
that we fully appreciated it at the time. But
he had a lot of great ideas that really helped
some of those songs in the end. And he was a
really good dude. So I kind of miss having him
around, if I'm being honest. Tom McKay was his
name. He's a really good guy. Awesome. Well,
the next song I want to dive into is actually
the first single you released from the album
back in late 2024. And that's the song Live Without
It. Why it's hard to keep trusting you And now
I'm getting older The fire's getting colder And
it feels like wasting time Is there any question
Why I shouldn't let this thing Judging from the
comments from fans online, they've really flocked
to this song from either the band's live show
or the track's rotation on Sirius XM Octane.
And I kind of found that compelling because usually
all you hear from fans and if you read YouTube
comments is, I stumbled across this on my YouTube
feed or on my Spotify. And you don't hear people
talking about live performances or radio airplay
pretty much at all at this point. Given that
streaming wasn't an option when Extreme Behavior
came out 20 years ago, has the band's mindset
at all changed in terms of releasing music? And
how much has streaming factored into that? I
mean, obviously, it changes everything. You know
what I mean? once you're done with a song obviously
i mean you're you go immediately into into marketing
and into like what's the plan how are we going
to get this music out to all these people so
i mean your entire plan is is based around streams
now because you're not nobody's selling anything
right like I mean, there are a handful of artists
out there that can actually sell records. But
for the most part, it's all based around streaming.
So you're trying to figure out, you know, your
different plans. Where are we going to put this
budget here for ads? And what are we going to
link it to? You know what I mean? What platform
is going to be the most supportive to put us
on these playlists? And how do we pitch for those
playlists? And there's just a lot that goes into
it now. And it's, to be honest, I mean... Since
it's been so long for us, it's kind of a foreign
concept. And it's something that we had to play
a little bit of catch up on and kind of learn
the ins and outs of. And we're still learning
about it every day. So it's kind of fun, but
it's also a little scary because it's not the
old way of doing things, which we felt like we
knew how to do. OK, so then are you embracing
the physical medium for this release? Are you
going the streaming only route for now? Yeah,
we are going to. I know for sure we're doing
vinyl. I believe we're going to do CDs. I don't
know what that's going to look like yet, how
many, where they're going to be distributed to,
but we are definitely planning on doing that.
And that's another thing that's cool about Evil
Teen and Steph is that she's kind of from the
same school of thought as we are. You know what
I mean? She manages a bunch of other bands that
are... a little older and, you know, that have,
I guess, heritage acts is what they would say
now. So she gets it. She knows exactly how we
feel about it. So it's cool to be in a partnership
with somebody like that. Well, if I can just
raise my hand and say that if you are selling
CDs as somebody who owns nearly 5 ,000 of them,
I need a copy. That is awesome. Where do you
have the room to store 5 ,000 CDs? One of my
closest friends on the planet built me a cabinet.
I actually de -jewel case them and I have them
in little mini sleeves. So they look like little
vinyl LPs and bins and you pull a bin out and
you can flip through them like vinyl records.
That's amazing. I got to see a photo of this.
I'll make sure to send that your way when we're
done here. And then for the people listening,
I'll post that image over on the episode page
at myweeklymixtape .com. But with that said,
look. 25 years in radio. When I was in college,
I worked at a record store. There were always
promos, demos. I would go to see bands and just
grab stuff when I was there and at shows. And
then obviously the stuff that I want to buy in
record stores and indie record stores all over
the place. So yeah, it adds up. And yeah, it's
a sickness. I understand. That's awesome. I actually
just saw or found some of our old promos the
other day. One with, it was us on the bottom.
And I think it was had get stoned on. And the
top of it was the band 10 years and their first
single wake or wasteland. That's what it was.
And yeah, I thought that was pretty cool. I've
got a box in the attic of, of all those old promo
items that I kind of forgot about. I'm going
to go revisit. Yeah. By all means. Yeah. It's
kind of fun. Well, I do want to acknowledge something
here because this is the 20th anniversary of
extreme behavior. And I want to give props to
hinder for kind of taking the road, less traveled
in this situation. Because you could have very
easily just trotted out the 20th anniversary
deluxe edition of Extreme Behavior. But instead,
the band decided to just say new album instead.
Was that something you guys did intentionally?
And if so, what was the mindset behind that?
Because I think it's brilliant. Well, thank you.
Thank you. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's kind
of the same reason why we decided not to put.
put out that that album that we thought was you
know reminiscent of of that first album you know
it's everything it's not who we are anymore you
know i mean yeah those those songs are i mean
they're ingrained in us right that i mean it
is who we are but yet now as as a band you know
we're looking toward the future you know we have
new new fresh ideas that we we want to get out
and um you know i think i think that's important
to kind of just keep marching forward We're not
done yet. We're not that old. I mean, I know
we've been around for a long time, but we started
when we were pretty young. So we have a lot of
life left in us. And there's something I want
to talk about with some of the new songs that
are on this album, because some of them have
been in Hinder's live rotation for the last several
years, especially one we talked about earlier,
Bring Me Back to Life. Did road testing these
songs before recording them impact the final
studio version in any way? On that one, not not
really. It didn't it didn't change much. You
know, we recorded it. It's funny. We ended up
recording that song three different times. Oh,
and I can't tell the difference really between
the two. Yeah, that one that one just kind of
once we did it, it kind of stayed, you know,
and we we wrote that song and planned to release
it, had a plan and it was about to come out.
And then something would change. We'd have to
move the date. And then, you know, we almost
put it out on a different label. So we ended
up going to L .A. and recording it with another
producer. And that went in a handful of other
songs and, you know, just didn't end up working
out. So we came back and rerecorded it again
and, you know, ended up with Evil Teen. So, yeah,
that one was just one of those songs that I think
we got it right the first time. That's how we
felt. You know, there will be a rock version
because, you know, that song is a little. It's
a little lighter than some of what you typically
hear on, say, Octane or the active rock format.
So we did just finish a rock version that's a
little bit heavier. So that might be fun for
people to hunt down. While we're on the live
thing here, Hinder's a band with, as of today,
seven studio albums under its belt, plus a number
of cover songs that you've recorded and released
as bonus singles over the years. As the hits
piled up for the band, the set list almost becomes
beholden to certain songs because, i .e., the
fans have spoken. If Hinder walked off stage
and did not play Lips of an Angel, the people
would revolt. But then there's the subset of
fans, and I think I might lump myself into this
group that love the hits, but I kind of want
to hear some of the deeper cuts. I want to hear
Loaded and Alone. I want to hear Drink You Away.
I want to hear How Long. And then there's the
band who want to continue to push forward musically
with your new material. How does Hinder strike
a balance that, in hopes, pleases all three of
those pillars? It's hard. You know, it's really
difficult to do, if I'm being honest. You know,
we kind of get into little arguments about it
every time, you know, a tour rolls around. But,
you know, you just do the best you can. And like
you said, you put in the hits, right? Because
that's the reason people are coming to shows,
the majority of people anyway. That's why they're
coming. And then you put in your new stuff that
you feel like you need to get out, right? You're
promoting that new stuff. So, you know, you just
pick two or three. You know, we try not to go
more than three. you know, because we don't want
to drive people away. We want to keep them interested,
you know, and then so whatever's left in the
set list for the time, you know, to fill the
slot, then you just kind of decide, you know,
go through the, go through the catalog and start
making decisions, you know, and a lot of it'll
be kind of dictated by tempo a lot of times,
you know, because you don't, you don't want a
set that's all ballads or something that's just
in your face the whole time. Right. So, so yeah,
I mean, I would say like tempo and feel will,
will dictate a lot of it. Well, I touched on
cover songs before briefly when we were talking
about the live shows, but I'd like to take a
moment to talk to you about some of those covers,
because as far as I'm concerned, you guys have
put out some certifiable bangers over the years,
including your take or your reimagining, if you
will, of Eddie Money's Take Me Home Tonight,
which was on the deluxe. Walmart edition of Extreme
Behavior, if I'm not mistaken. Because there's
like sub -levels of deluxe editions that at that
point in time, every store was getting their
own exclusive copy of every album ever. Real
tough time to be a CD fan at that point. But
I digress. Back in 2019 when we talked, you had
either just released or were about to release
the band's cover of The Eagles' Life in the Fast
Lane that you still play to this day. Using those
two songs as examples, simply because, and I'm
going to be honest here, I'm just being selfish.
I want to hear the stories behind those two cover
songs. But overall, what's the band's MO when
it comes to putting your stamp on a song? Man,
you know, it happens. It's different every single
time. You know, like with the Eddie Money track.
I mean, how could you not do that song? You know,
it's just, I mean, that song's amazing. You know,
it's got everything you want in a song. I mean,
that one, it just kind of happened. We just kind
of had a conversation and did it. With the Life
in the Fast Lane version, I actually, I was sitting
down one day with an acoustic guitar and I was
like, oh, you know, I don't think I've ever,
I've never learned that riff. I'm going to just
kind of see if I can kind of learn it, you know,
and I'm just doing it by ear and kind of struggling
through because I'm not, you know, I'm not a
real guitar player, you know what I mean? i i
was kind of playing it different and i noticed
like oh wow this is kind of this this seems a
little more this is really interesting it's like
dark and it's like in this like like in a minor
key almost you know and and so um so yeah so
i i took it to marshall and and you know he thought
it was it was really interesting too so we decided
to just kind of You know, the lyrics of that
song are kind of dark and ominous way. So we
thought it would be really cool to just make
the production and the overall feel of the song
kind of match the lyrics. While we're on cover
songs, I want to take it now and kind of flip
the coin because we are talking about the 20th
anniversary of Extreme Behavior. And as of you
and I recording this, Lakeview released a brand
new studio cover. of lips of an angel. So on
the flip side of hinder covering songs, what
is it like for the band to hear your song re
-imagined by another artist? And then to add
to that, just what are your thoughts on their
version overall? I would be, would have been
extremely thrilled if they hadn't released it
on this same day as our, our new single. No,
I mean, I don't know, man. Like what, what a,
what a cool thing to have happen. You know, I
mean, for, for me, I mean, that song has been
covered a million times and I've, I, you know,
I've, I've heard a million of them, I feel like,
but we are huge fans of Lakeview. And, uh, you
know, that's, that's one of those bands that
almost every night after the show, when we're,
you know, sitting on the bus party and drinking,
whatever, trying to wind down that album comes
on almost every single night. And, uh, So, I
mean, to have one of our favorite new bands cover
our song like right now at this time, I think
it's awesome. I mean, it's what a compliment.
So we're thrilled. And they nailed it, too. Oh,
they did a great job of it. I just want to say,
if you ever want to do a right back at you to
Lakeview, I could seriously hear Hinder's version
of Home Team in my head. I'm just saying, dude.
Yeah. I mean, honestly, like. A lot of their
songs I could I could hear, you know, that way,
because I mean, they already kind of do them
in that style anyway. Right. They're they're
they're heavy. They're heavier than we are. You
know what I mean? But yeah, dude, all their songs
are great. Their entire album front to back is
is incredible. I mean, incredible songwriting.
So, yeah. Well, we've talked about two of the
singles from Back to Life, but I kind of want
to dive a little deeper now and shift to some
of the album tracks for a few minutes, if you
don't mind. Now I have my personal favorites
on the album, but I'm not in the band. What are
some of your favorite songs from this new album
and what's your connection to them? That's so
hard. You know, like I'm really, really proud
of this entire album front to back. So, you know,
obviously Bring Me Back to Life is one of my
favorites on the album, but there's so many.
Reminiscing You, I think is a really, a really
strong song. in our bedroom staring at the ceiling
and it's cold now thinking about the summer when
we saw the chains go cause it was so out and
the chill in my bones is hurting my soul and
it's wrong in the house it's kind of sad I'm
reminiscing when there's no one here to listen
would you hear me out if I shout about your daughter
Bad Decisions is another one that I really like.
It's a little more fun, a little more lighthearted.
It's got that heavy rock thing to it, so that's
cool. I mean, the whole thing. I was going to
throw Rearview into the conversation. I think
that one's another banger on there. Yeah, thanks.
I keep getting that. I keep telling everybody
that's like my second least favorite song on
the record. Really? I don't know why. I have
no idea why. I still love it. Like I said, I
love the song. It's just like in order of my
favorites, I think that one's pretty far down
there. But I guess I'm going to have to revisit
it because literally, I keep getting that. One
of our really good... Good Friends is like obsessed
with that song, so. It certainly hit me in the
sweet spot for where I live musically. So that
one, I'm just throwing that out there. I love
that. No, I think that's great. I mean, I don't
know. I don't get them all right, you know? All
right. Well, look, this is a show that's centered
around mixtapes and creating playlists and playlist
curations. So I have to ask you, Cody, if you
were creating the ultimate hinder mixtape, which
I don't know, we'll go with. let's just say five
songs across your seven albums that you would
say would be, now this is not rattling off a
greatest hits mix here. This is a mixtape. So
this comes from your personal views of the songs,
because that's what mixtapes are about, putting
your stamp on it. So what would Cody Hanson's
five song hinder playlist consist of? At first
I got to remember all the songs. I'd say probably
one of my all -time favorite Hinder songs is
a song off of When the Smoke Clears called If
Only for Tonight. So I'd say that one is definitely
on there. The Best is Yet to Come is another
6 -8 ballad. I think that song would have to
be on there. Another song off of When the Smoke
Clears would be Foolish Eyes. Love that song.
Hmm. It's tough. It's tough. And then I'm going
to have to say, I'm going to, I'll, I'll throw
up and we bring me back to life on there, you
know, um, from the new album. Um, what is that
for? That's four. Yep. I got one more. I got
one more. Um, normally we do 20, so I made it
easy on you, you know, literally. Uh, yeah. And
then probably, I don't know. I really like, um,
man, this is hard. This is really hard. We'll
go with just make it easy and say all American
nightmare. I think that's a really cool, really
cool rock track. Pick up your copy of hinders
back to life starting today on streaming as well
as vinyl. And I'm just going to say it. They're
going to put out CDs in the future. I hope you
do. I sure as hell hope you do. And be on the
lookout for when hinder rolls through your town
because they are always killer live. Cody, I
honestly hope it's not another six years before
our next sit down. Thank you so much for joining
me on My Weekly Mixtape. This has been a blast.
Always a pleasure, man. Thank you so much. And
to the mixtapers listening, I put a playlist
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where you can hear the songs from the new album
as well as all the songs we've talked about tonight.
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