Hinder offers new take on favorite songs

Fans of hard rock band Hinder will hear their favorite songs in a different yet familiar light when the group performs tonight at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg. 

The Oklahoma natives’ “Stripped: An Acoustic Tour” tour has the quintet retooling — and in some instances, reconfiguring — their biggest hits and a few surprise cuts for a more intimate performance. 

Drummer and founding member Cody Hanson is hoping the show will let fans reconnect with the material while making older tunes sound new again. “It’s going to be a lot of fun. I am excited for other people to hear (the music) in a different way,” Hanson said during a phone interview. 

One particular song Hanson is excited to bring to the table is “Intoxicated,” from Hinder’s 2015 studio album “When the Smoke Clears.” “We did it in this alternate tuning and kind of changed the groove of it and gave it a swing feel,” he said. 

Hinder’s first taste of mainstream success came with the release of their platinum-selling 2005 debut album, “Extreme Behavior,” spawned the high-octane singles “Get Stoned,” “Lips of an Angel” and “Homecoming Queen.” The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart. 

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Since then, Hinder has put out four studio albums and the acoustic EP “Stripped,” which was released in May. “When the Smoke Clears” is the first to feature singer Marshal Dutton, who replaced former front-man Austin Winkler, and Hinder’s first release through independent record label The End Records. (Winkler left Hinder in 2013.) 

Hanson said the attitude within the band could not be more collaborative and copacetic. He said not being on a major label and being able have full control over making an album, start to finish — from writing and recording to mixing and mastering — as a rewarding and liberating process. “It had become such a chore to make new music and accomplish something. Things are how they should be with a band,” he said. “Now we get together as a band.” 

Hanson said a wealth of new material has been written for a potential follow-up to “When the Smoke Clears,” but the band is not in a rush to drop a new album. He said the music started to coagulate after the band’s previous tour ended. Though Hanson would not elaborate on the direction the next album may head, he did tease that the group is still fine-tuning the music. 

“We’re kind of experimenting a little bit with how things sound and things feel. Now we have a chance to sit on the music for a little bit,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. 

“We got lucky. We’ve been through a lot and learned a lot and hopefully grown up a little bit through this whole process,” Hanson said.

IF YOU GO

Hinder with Like a Storm

WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Sherman Theater, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg

COST: $25

INFORMATION: 570-420-2808, shermantheater.com