[18][19] Hanson alongside Winkler and Garvey recorded their first band practice with a karaoke machine and for the next week let everyone they knew listen to their tape.

[26][27] After touring nonstop in support of Extreme Behavior from 2006 to late 2007,[28] Hanson and his other bandmates began writing and recording for their next album.

[30][31] Hanson released Take It to the Limit with Hinder November 4, 2008, the album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

[40] Hanson and Winkler wrote the majority of the material for the album with additional help from former Faktion[41] guitarist Dutton,[42] The Warren Brothers,[43] and country music artist Jeffrey Steele.

[46][47] The album spawned 5 singles, "All American Nightmare",[48] "What Ya Gonna Do",[49] "The Life",[50] "Hey Ho"[51] and "Red Tail Lights".

[63][64] During Hinder's downtime Hanson also provided drums for Dutton's country group, Drankmore with Dutton on lead guitar, Jarrod Denton on vocals, Hanson on drums and then Garvey, Mark King and Mike Rodden from Hinder providing extra guitar during live shows.

[69] On July 23, 2013, Hanson along with the rest of his bandmates were involved in a tour bus accident resulting in injuries for members of the band and crew.

[70] Hanson announced via the band's social media accounts that while traveling to their show at the Boise Music Festival their bus was unexpectedly cut off by another vehicle and resulted in a crash that left members of the band and crew suffering multiple injuries and were required to spend the night at the ER.

Upon Winkler's official departure from the band in November 2013 Hanson and the three other members of Hinder quickly began searching for a new vocalist to replace him.

The group also played sets of songs at Major's Bar in Edmond, Oklahoma with fellow Hinder band-mates and other good friends.

[81] After negative reviews Hanson and the other band-mates in Hinder decided Nolan Neal's voice was "too country" for the band.

[85] In January 2016 Hanson announced in an interview that they are already writing songs for the next full length Hinder album and that they will be releasing an acoustic EP titled Stripped on May 13, 2016.

[86][87] After embarking on an acoustic tour during the spring and summer of 2016 in support of the new Stripped EP, Hanson along with the rest of his bandmates began heavily writing and recording material for Hinder's sixth studio album.

[95][96] On August 30, 2017, it was revealed by the attorney Blake Johnson[97] via The Oklahoman[98] that Hanson and the remaining band-members in Hinder filed a lawsuit against Winkler[99] for allegedly unlawfully using the band's trademark to promote his solo career after exiting the group in 2013.

[103][104][105] In support of the new album The Reign,[106] Hanson participated in Hinder's fall 2017 co-headlining tour with Buckcherry's lead singer Josh Todd,[107]Adelitas Way,[108] and Wayland.

[109] In early 2018 Hanson announced via an Instagram story he and Dutton have begun working on new music and shared multiple short clips of unreleased demos.

[118] Hanson revealed the duo's origins in an exclusive interview with Loudwire stating "The decision to form the group came about organically, with the pair initially approached to write music for a commercial in 2011 that was in the vein of The Black Keys.

[135][136] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns Hanson worked with Dutton on new Dangerous Hippies material, releasing the song titled "1982" on May 1, 2020.

[144][145][145] Even though the band's Extreme Behavior 15th Anniversary Tour was canceled due to COVID-19, Hanson and his Hinder band-members performed a socially-distanced concert with Buckcherry on September 19, 2020, at Rivers Edge Live in Wisconsin.

[166] Hanson released a new single with Hinder titled "Live Without It" on September 13, 2024, the groups first new original song in five and a half years, since 2019's "Halo".

[173][174][175] A few days after the release of "Everything Is a Cult" Hanson announced via Hinder's social media pages that they band would embark on their "Back To Life Tour 2025 with special guests Saliva,[176] Kingdom Collapse,[177] and Kelsey Hickman as support to promote their latest singles and upcoming new album.