For every Beyoncé, Pink or Christina Aguilera—you know, female pop artists with actual musical tal-ent—there are a dozen other so-called pop divas

whose only real “talent” is looking good in as little clothing as possible. Thanks to a recording studio trick called “Auto-Tune,” these ... ahem ... singers ... need not actually sing in tune. They simply need to look good—and shake those money makers.

It’s no surprise, then, that “real” musicians resent the Britney Spears’ of the world for becoming massively success-ful while possessing little to no actual musical talent. One such group of musicians, the platinum-selling rock band Hinder, got angry enough that they decided to channel that frustration into a song:

“You’re one mean stripper with a microphone, and I’d re-spect you more if you just took off your clothes.

You’re a waste of free min-utes and a dance routine/You ain’t no Madonna, no you ain’t no pop queen.

Gotta shake that ass ‘cause we know you can’t sing/You think that you’re the real deal/You’re nothin’ but a strip tease.

And I got a stack of ones, but it ain’t for your CD/I’m only sayin’ what everybody thinks.

So take it off nice and slow, or take it off my radio/You’re nothin’ but a strip tease.”

The song—custom made for an adult nightclub and featured on the new StripJoints CD—is called “Strip Tease,” and it comes off of Hinder’s brand new disc, the band’s third, titled All American Nightmare. As the quartet’s drummer and co-founder Cody Hanson explains, the band was only too happy to record this track.

“We were sitting around, talking about some of the bullshit that was out on Top 40 radio—all of these pop divas—and talking about how shitty the songs were, how these people have no talent whatsoever, and how we were pissed off at it,” says Hanson. “So we just barreled in and wrote ‘Striptease,’ and it was a lot of fun. The lyrics sort of speak for them-selves; it’s a pretty big stab. You’re a wanna-be stripper with a microphone; you think that you’re the real deal, but you’re nothing but a striptease.”

Not that Hanson or Hinder have anything against strippers. On the contrary, they’re about as adult entertainment-friendly as a rock band can be. In fact, the band recently made a VIP

package available to their fans that included, among several other things, tickets to the AVN Awards Show (the “porn” awards show) in Las Vegas on January 8 at the Pearl Theater inside The Palms Casino.

“Doing the (AVN/VIP package) is always something that we wanted to do,” says Hanson. “We’re also putting on a private show at The Palms, as we’re good friends with the Maloofs [who own The Palms]. Vegas is always a good time.”

They’re connection to the adult entertainment industry stretches into the adult club realm as well, as the band fre-quently sets up radio promotions at different clubs across the country. Is there a better way to write off a business expense?

“Any time we can go to a club, we’re down for it,” says Hanson. “It’s a pretty sweet deal to go to a strip club and it’s considered work!”

Like the band themselves, Hinder’s music is no stranger to adult nightclubs. Tracks like “Better Than Me” and the chart-topping “Lips of an Angel” from ‘05’s multi-platinum debut album Extreme Behavior feature Hinder frontman Austin Winkler’s trademark raspy vocals and catchy guitar hooks courtesy of Joe Garvey and Mark King. With the hard rocking, dripping-with-swagger tune “Striptease” now in their arsenal, it’s a safe bet that Hinder will be on your club’s playl-ist for some time to come.

“It’s always awesome to walk into a strip club and hear your stuff playing, or watching a chick dancing to one of your songs—it doesn’t get cooler than that!” says Hanson, adding that his personal favorite clubs are the Brass Rail in Toronto and his home town club, Night Trips in Oklahoma City. “Plus, having your songs played (in the clubs) is important, ‘cause a lot of guys are going into strip clubs. What other time are you going to have their attention like that?”

Visit www.HinderMusic.com for more information.

TIRED OF ALL THE POP DIVAS? HINDER HAS YOUR REMEDY—AND A GREAT TUNE FOR YOUR CLUB—WITH “STRIPTEASE”

“Having your songs played (in the clubs) is important,

‘cause a lot of guys are going to strip clubs. What other time are you going to have their attention like that?”

— Hinder drummer Cody Hanson

by Dave ManackDJ Booth feature interview

TIRED OF ALL THE POP DIVAS? HINDER HAS YOUR REMEDY—AND A GREAT TUNE FOR YOUR CLUB—WITH “STRIPTEASE”

N.E.R.D.“Hypnotize U”Ever since 2001’s “Lap

Dance,” N.E.R.D.‘s music has had an undeniable presence within adult nightclubs. And for good reason: their catalog just plays ... really, really well. Funky, tran-scendent and irresistibly dance-

ready, the trio offers up another track for your entertainers with “Hypnotize U,” the second single off of N.E.R.D.’s Nothing record. Leader Pharrell Williams channels his inner Isley Brothers to concoct a slower yet sexual track that is built around men’s wanton desire of women. Produced by Daft Punk, this cosmic coupling of progressive hip-hop and alternative instrumentation creates a song that works well on either the stage or in your VIP room. We can’t be certain that strippers serve as inspiration for N.E.R.D., but we’re glad they make us believe they do.

Ciara“Gimmie Dat”It’s rough being an R&B pop

star nowadays. For every Be-yoncé and Rhiannon, there are a choir full of marginally talented, vaguely familiar-sounding young women who all have songs on the radio that are here today,

gone today. Which is why it’s probably a good idea to have the video for Ciara’s “Gimmie Dat” playing at the same time your DJ is spinning her record. Once the bass hits and the song goes into the fi rst hook, your customers may ask who in the hell (or heaven) is singing this thumper. Oh, and did we mention she’s hot? (Hotter than Beyoncé—yeah, we said it.) Lest we forget her hip action—fl uid and effortless—that is a true testament to proper orthopedics and carnal choreog-raphy. “Gimmie Dat” might even be enough to inspire your dancers to pick up on Ciara’s routine. She’s doing it right.

Big Boi“Tangerine”In 2010, most of the talk

within the state of hip-hop had been centered on Kayne West, Lil’ Wayne and/or Eminem. And, in all fairness, rightfully so. The three had the best hip-hop records of the year, and there’s

a good chance your club will be playing tracks off of those

discs this very night. But just inches under the main-stream’s radar was Big Boi’s Sir Luscious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty album, also one of 2010’s best. From this record comes “Tangerine,” Big Boi’s Southern-playalistic’s stripper shout out. With a fl ow and beat that recalls old-school Outkast (Big Boi has always been more traditional than his counterpart, Andre 3000), a guest spot from fellow Georgian, T.I., references to Atlanta’s famed Magic City club, and enough euphemisms of female anatomy to fi ll an Urban Dictionary page, “Tangerine” is all dirty south no matter

where it’s spun.

Travis Porter“Make it Rain”Travis Porter is actually a

group, rather than a solo artist, that have been making mu-sic via the mix-tape in Atlanta for some time, but were just recently signed to Jive Records.

Their fi rst mainstream track, “Make it Rain,” sounds exactly like if three dudes wrote 16 bars in fi ve minutes inside a VIP Room in some local strip club. (Hey, good enough for us!) Utilizing the most overused cliché since “shake that ass,” what the song lacks in original metaphors it makes up for by using off-color humor and sly, if not completely on-the-nose, lyrics. These aren’t thugs yelling about bitches and hoes; they’re kids happy that their IDs are completely legit. And you can’t say it isn’t relatable. It’s like what we’ve all heard before: Write what you know. These young Turks just love them strippers. Wanna hear a song about it? Here it goes.

Pink“F***ing Perfect”After well over a decade

of making sticky pop tunes batched in with a healthy share of thoughtful ballads, who would have thought that Pink would be still be played inside adult nightclubs? Maybe it has

something to do with the balance found from one song to the next. Her vocals are consistent, never overblown, and hardly ever annoying. While “F***ing Perfect” doesn’t have the hyper tempo of “Get the Party Started” or “Funhouse,” it fi ts well for your entertainers who like to slow down their sets for the song or—hark!—those who actually perform a routine. Pink has shown that her music is always unpredict-able, but never unwelcome.

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DON’T BE A N.E.R.D.! IT’S TIME TO SAY “GIMMIE DAT”NEW “STRIPJOINTS” CD ... IT’S “F***ING PERFECT”!

by Dave Manack

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