According to
Austin Winkler,
Welcome to the Freakshow, the fourth studio album from Oklahoma-based post-grunge/sleaze rockers
Hinder, was created in the throes of "a really, really dark drug binge" that resulted in a post-recording hospital stint for the notoriously rowdy frontman, suggesting that the band had finally reached the rehab portion in its extremely long reading of
Mötley Crüe's The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. While
Freakshow may have been conjured in darkness, it's hardly a downer, offering up 11 tracks that run the gamut from crass, high-energy "underbite rock" anthems ("Save Me," "See You in Hell," "Wanna Be Rich") to lighter-melting power ballads ("Should Have Known Better," "Talk to Me," "Anyone But You"). ~ James Christopher Monger