HINDER Hits Top Ten On Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart!

NEW YORK (By Serena Gallagher/ Universal Republic Records) - Universal Republic's coveted bad boys of rock, HINDER, soared to No 10 this week on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, with their acclaimed Gold-plus signature album, the aptly titled 'EXTREME BEHAVIOR." Their debut album continues to be the No 3 best selling rock album in the country.

HINDER has become the word-of-mouth-breakout story of the year, with their scorching CD notching nearly 53,000 copies this week alone, an astounding figure considering the album was released nearly a year ago. Critics across the board have praised HINDER for earning their hard-won success the old-fashioned way - no marketing gimmicks - just straight ahead, uncompromising, guitar-edged, rock n' roll. The tireless band has also benefited from a non-stop touring schedule that has included an early summer trek with hard rockers Godsmack and a lengthy tour with Nickelback, which winds up on September 16th. HINDER joins Staind for their next set of road adventures kicking off on September 17th in Dayton, Ohio.

The band's current single, the searing ballad "Lips Of An Angel" has ruled the rock airwaves for months, garnering a total radio audience of more than 223 million, with Yahoo, VH1 and MTV also embracing the popular video - directed by the legendary Nigel Dick, and featuring Entourage star Emmanuelle Chirqui. Both the single and the album continue to attract new believers, embodying HINDER's arena-rock brashness and making the group the most popular rock band on MySpace. Within a few months, they have climbed the MySpace Top 100 Artists chart to their current position, No 1 Top Major Artist in all genres.

HINDER exploded on to the rock scene last fall with their debut album 'EXTREME BEHAVIOR", achieving the rare feat of claiming the top spot on Billboard's Heatseekers chart twice in 2006. The group's lively brand of in-your-face rock has drawn comparisons to gritty peers such as Puddle Of Mud and '70's rock icons Bad Company as well as the Rolling Stones. HINDER formed nearly five years ago, touring their Oklahoma turf and beyond as they created a hard earned rep as the kind of fearless road warriors with a penchant for backstage debauchery emblematic of the hard rock creed.