Cody Hanson
| Cody Hanson | |
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| Born |
May 24, 1982 Plano, Texas, U.S. |
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| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Republic, The End |
| Associated acts | Hinder, Austin John, Drankmore |
| Website | hindermusic |
Cody Hanson (born May 24, 1982) is an American-born musician, songwriter and producer. Hanson is best known for being the drummer and one of the founding members in the Oklahoma based rock band Hinder and co-owning the production company Back Lounge Productions with fellow Hinder bandmate Marshal Dutton. Hanson has also provided drum work in the country group Drankmore.
Hanson was born in Plano, Texas but relocated to Jones, Oklahoma with his family when he was 1 year old.
At the age of 12, Hanson received his first drum kit as a Christmas gift. He immediately fell in love with the drums and began teaching himself how to play, he started a band in middle school but lost interest in the drums by high school and began playing guitar.
While studying business and marketing at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2001, Hanson with the help of Joe "Blower" Garvey, met Austin John at a college party while Austin was singing in a cover band. Hanson bragged of Austin saying he was "blown away" and "he has the kind of charisma very few people have and that unique voice. You can't really compare him to anybody." Shortly after, the three got together and formed Hinder. Before forming the band, Hanson said that he had not picked up a set of drumsticks for over two years before the day Hinder began.
Hanson alongside members Austin John and Joe "Blower" Garvey recorded their first band practice with a karaoke machine and for the next week let everyone they knew listen to their tape. For the next few years Hanson continued to go to school for business and marketing but he insists that he learned how to get more "fucked up" than anything, but he took everything he knew and incorporated it into the music business.
In late 2003 Hanson released his first EP with Hinder titled Far From Close. The EP was released via Brickden Records and sold 5,000 copies. After the release of Far From Close Hanson quit school to focus on Hinder full-time.
After the success of the groups debut EP Far From Close and extensive touring, including building a local fan base at the local Oklahoma City club The Blue Note, Hanson and the other members in Hinder were offered recording contracts with Atlantic Records, Roadrunner Records and Universal Records, eventually signing with Universal in January 2005.
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