Hoobastank1998 - 02: - Foot In Your Mouth

: Themes of betrayal and gossip are central, with vocalist Doug Robb addressing "fabrications" and "tabloid stories" that inevitably "get back to me".

The song is a direct confrontation of social duplicity and "fake" personas within a local music scene. Hoobastank1998 - 02 - Foot In Your Mouth

: At this stage, the band was drawing heavily from the funk-metal of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the quirky energy of contemporaries like Incubus . : Themes of betrayal and gossip are central,

While "Foot In Your Mouth" remains a deep cut for longtime fans, it represents the raw, unpolished energy of a band still experimenting with its identity before shelving the saxophone for a more streamlined rock sound on their self-titled 2001 debut . it represents the raw