The Hooters

Formed in Philadelphia in 1980 around Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, The Hooters develop melodic rock nourished by new wave, roots rock, folk, ska and reggae, with a marked taste for arrangements where guitars, keyboards and melodica cross, an instrument to which the band owes its name. After making its mark on the local Pennsylvania scene, The Hooters released Amore in 1983, then gained wide visibility in the mid-1980s with Nervous Night in 1985, notably propelled by 'All You Zombies', 'Day by Day' and 'And We Danced'. The band appeared the same year at Live Aid in Philadelphia, before broadening its audience in Europe with One Way Home in 1987 and tracks like 'Johnny B' and 'Satellite', where pop songwriting opens to social and political themes. The trajectory of The Hooters also includes collaborations around Cyndi Lauper, with Hyman and Bazilian having participated on its first album, as well as the band's presence at The Wall concert in Berlin in 1990. After Zig Zag in 1989 and Out of Body in 1993, then a pause in the mid-1990s, The Hooters resumed touring in the early 2000s, mainly in Germany and Central Europe, before publishing Time Stand Still in 2007 and Rocking & Swing in 2023. Still active, The Hooters preserves this identity both radio-friendly and anchored in an American rock tradition open to pop influences.