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Hinder - All American Nightmare

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RIYL

Nickelback
Puddle of Mudd
Three Doors Down
Vomiting in your mouth

Release Date

12/07/2010

Label

Universal Republic

Tracklist

1. 2 Sides of Me
2. All American Nightmare
3. What Ya Gonna Do
4. Hey Ho
5. The Life
6. Waking Up the Devil
7. Red Tail Lights
8. Striptease
9. Everybody's Wrong
10. Put That Record On
11. Good Life

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Mike Duchnowsky	rustycage

If you’ve ever questioned the existence of God, then look no further for your answer than Hinder’s latest album All American Nightmare. If God existed, there is no way he or she would allow a band like Hinder to form and enjoy any kind of success, let alone release three albums with major label support. The ten songs on here are absolute garbage, with cringe-worthy lyrics that will appeal to dimwitted Americans who love NASCAR, strippers, and George W. Bush.

If you've heard Hinder’s previous two releases or any song by Nickelback, then you know what to expect from All American Nightmare already. It’s more of the same over-produced, paint by numbers rock songs fronted by a singer that should make any rational human being want to smash a handful of feces in his face. Record labels wonder why the music industry has gone to shit, yet they’ll drop tens of thousands of dollars to let bands like Hinder make music; this genre started to get old ten years ago so it’s just getting ridiculous now.

It’s been done many times before here at Decoy, but the best way to describe the douche-baggery found on this album is to take some snippets from the thought provoking lyrics.

From “2 Sides of Me:”

“This ain't a love song, but don't get me wrong, I'm gonna love you all night long while your turning me on. Just stick around it's like a match to gasoline, I'm nice as hell til I get mean.”

From “All American Nightmare:”

“I make the good girls bad, and bad girls worse; nice guys are last 'cause I’m always first. I’m a freak show sucker for how it feels; turn the girl next door into hell on heels. I’m red white blue tattooed and just don’t care; I’m the all-American nightmare.”

From “Striptease:”

“You're one mean stripper with a microphone, and I'd respect you more if you just took off your clothes. You're a waste of free minutes and a dance routine, and your daddy had to buy the record company.”

As you can see, All American Nightmare works better as a comedy album more than anything else. Hinder’s only saving grace is that there are a few decent riffs and solos throughout the record and the band does an adequate job of playing a terrible style of music so they get a few points for that reason. If you’re looking for a good laugh, listen to some of the songs online and follow along with the lyrics, otherwise treat All American Nightmare like a pile of dead bodies covered in burnt hair and vomit, which is to say: STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS.

--Nicholas Fritz