Topic: Bands you've discovered because of game soundtracks (Read 14979 times)

Sylens21 · « **on:** 21 Aug 2008, 09:10 »

I'll start: Deluka. Ever since I heard their single "Sleep is Impossible" on GTAIV, I've been infatuated with them. In fact, they released a Japan-only record (it may even be their debut), and I had to get it. Defintiely worth the 2,400 yen.

Edit: Not sure if this belongs in this thread or the music one, but whatever.

maxusy3k · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Aug 2008, 11:11 »

Theory of a Deadman. They were featured on the Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit soundtrack and I love them, even if they are pretty much Nickelback with a slightly less annoying singer.

San Andreas made me dig up all my old Stone Temple Pilots stuff as well, but there's not really been many bands I've discovered solely from game soundtrack contributions. Quake made me look into Nine Inch Nails, which I've never ever looked back from.

Melodic · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Aug 2008, 13:31 »

skate. has some awesome early punk that I missed somehow.

Fletch · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Aug 2008, 21:19 »

Omicron (Omikron?) ... David Bowie. >_<

Ancient · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Aug 2008, 21:20 »

The Sword from GH2. I am happy.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Aug 2008, 22:01 »

Megadeth and Graveyard BBQ from GH1, Danzig from GH2. Can't think of anything else, most of what I have found has been "Hmm, I like this band, what else is like them?"

maxusy3k · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Aug 2008, 23:05 »

Quote from: Fletch on 21 Aug 2008, 21:19

Omicron (Omikron?) ... David Bowie. >_<

Yes! I bought the Hours album just because of that game. Also yeah the Guitar Hero / Rock Band soundtracks have generally introduced me to a lot of tracks I wouldn't have otherwise heard, particularly the bonus stuff, though it's never really inspired me to check out the actual band themselves.

Xaris3514 · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Aug 2008, 23:32 »

Bang Camaro, Anarchy Club, Freezepop and Buckethead all from Guitar Hero.

Sylens21 · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 Aug 2008, 01:55 »

What that guy said^.

Also, Omicron (or is it really Omikron?) was awesome. Best intro song to a game ever. And the gameplay weren't too bad neither.

Stryc9Fuego · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 Aug 2008, 05:20 »

Lacuna Coil from Vampire: Bloodlines
Also Future Sound of London from Wipeout for the PS1

Zingoleb · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 02:04 »

Shit. I was so focused on such a small amount of music that GH actually really opened me up to a lot of bands...Rob Zombie, Queens of the Stone Age, Pantera, Dragonforce...of course, by the third one, I pretty much either knew or hated all the songs on that.

Then Radio X had a decent selection I liked...weird! I heard "Running Down a Dream" by Petty for the first time on GTA:SA and it just came on!

Koji Kondo, I love you.

Oh, man, looking up things on-line, I found Jim Cook, who does Metal Zelda. I'd recommend it if you like metal or the Zelda series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq7ap_be-NU

clockworkjames · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 09:06 »

SSX3, Burnout takedown/revenge gave me some new shit to listen to but alot of it was just more of the songs I liked already.

http://www.ragdollsoft.com/particles/ this game has a song by Dimrain47 who does some of the best electro/?????? stuff I have ever listened to.

Lead Head · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 15:25 »

Well not necessarily a band, whoever does the sound tracks for Half Life 2 does some good stuff.

Melodic · « **Reply #13 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 19:41 »

Kelly Bailey.

KvP · « **Reply #14 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 20:20 »

I didn't know or care at the time, but the first exposures I had to Nine Inch Nails and Skinny Puppy / Type O Negative were from Quake and Descent, respectively.

Lead Head · « **Reply #15 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 20:57 »

Quote from: Melodic on 25 Aug 2008, 19:41

Kelly Bailey.

Thanks! Been wondering for a while if they had released the sound tracks to the Half Life series yet. Just looked Kelly Bailey up on LastFM

Dimmukane · « **Reply #16 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 21:06 »

Well, for starters, if you buy Audiosurf on Steam, it comes with the Orange Box soundtrack.

Edit: Also, they tend to have new music on the radio every few days or so (music, rather than soundtracks).

Lead Head · « **Reply #17 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 21:17 »

Quote from: Dimmukane on 25 Aug 2008, 21:06

Well, for starters, if you buy Audiosurf on Steam, it comes with the Orange Box soundtrack.

Edit: Also, they tend to have new music on the radio every few days or so (music, rather than soundtracks).

OT:I was looking into AudioSurf, do you have it and if you do is it any good?

Noct · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 Aug 2008, 22:17 »

Audiosurf is 100% excellent, even if I pretty much treat it as the most badass visualizer ever. If you have more than a couple mp3s to rub together it's worth every penny.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 06:47 »

Yeah, it's easily the best 10$ game I ever bought. Followed by Geometry Wars 2.

CursedMortivore · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 07:53 »

David Bowie from GTA: Vice City. I listened to that one station that had mostly his songs on it all the time.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #21 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 07:57 »

I got interested in Iggy Pop and The Stooges because "Search and Destroy" was on Guitar Hero II. Other than that, I listened to a lot of the bands on the Burnout games when I was into crappy music.

Trynant · « **Reply #22 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 12:21 »

I now listen to Buckethead and and Queens of the Stone Age thanks to the Guitar Hero series. I tried listening to Muse and Dragonforce also thanks to Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but didn't really enjoy them that much. I liked Jesper Kyd after playing MDK 2. A combination of playing Rock Band and reading this forum and the QC Music Blog got me interested in The New Pornographers.

So yeah, games made me like new music

Harun · « **Reply #23 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 23:19 »

There were songs from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and David Bowie on Driver - Parallel Lines that I liked - despite not liking most of the stuff from both that I have previously heard.

also, a bit of a lol from me at all y'all who said they like songs from Guitar Hero. Although on a related note, when I first watched the "guitar queer-o" episode of Southpark when Stan's dad starting playing Carry On my Wayward Son, I totally wanted to learn how to play the song on a(n) (actual) guitar. That song is so awesomely fun to play btw - there's like 5 mini solos throughout the song.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #24 on:** 26 Aug 2008, 23:29 »

Freezepop. I fucking love "Science Genius Girl" and now I wish I still owned a copy of freQuency, DAMN IT.

Fluxuation · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 Aug 2008, 13:42 »

busdriver from one of the tony hawk games. I forgot which one.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 Aug 2008, 19:50 »

Tony Hawk's Underground. That was from one of his best albums, too. Come to think of it, that's also where I found Busdriver. Nobody else, though, that I didn't already listen to.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #27 on:** 02 Sep 2008, 04:23 »

Well not so much discovered but I've started listening to a whole lot of The Who since i learned how to play Won't Get Fooled Again on the drums in Rock Band. (that song is waaaaaaaaay fun)

Dollface · « **Reply #28 on:** 02 Sep 2008, 04:29 »

Soulwax

evernew · « **Reply #29 on:** 04 Sep 2008, 13:03 »

Quote from: KvP on 25 Aug 2008, 20:20

I didn't know or care at the time, but the first exposures I had to Nine Inch Nails and Skinny Puppy / Type O Negative were from Quake and Descent, respectively.

This.

And then there was Guitar Hero and Dragonforce.

futurelawman19 · « **Reply #30 on:** 05 Sep 2008, 22:39 »

Quote from: evernew on 04 Sep 2008, 13:03

Quote from: KvP on 25 Aug 2008, 20:20
I didn't know or care at the time, but the first exposures I had to Nine Inch Nails and Skinny Puppy / Type O Negative were from Quake and Descent, respectively.

This.

And then there was Guitar Hero and Dragonforce.

ohhhhhh yeah... have you seen the music video on YouTube? it's frickin nuts.

RedLion · « **Reply #31 on:** 05 Sep 2008, 22:48 »

Man. GTA: Vice City was the first game that got me into rock music. Before that, I listened to--no joke--showtunes, mostly. But then I heard "Bark at the Moon" on one of the radio stations in the game and became sadly convinced that Ozzy Osbourne was the coolest shit in the word. So I started listening to him, then got further in rock, into Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Who, etc, and only listened to classic rock for awhile. Then I got into Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan which turned me onto folk, and I also got into blues and jazz, then started listening to some alternative music and indie, and nowadays I don't listen to things like Ozzy Osbourne at all anymore. I have had a strange musical journey.

CarrionMan · « **Reply #32 on:** 05 Sep 2008, 22:50 »

My brother downloads every song on Rock Band in iTunes. And now he has it all on a playlist on his iPod. Bah.

Hmm… Not really a game soundtrack but I started listening to more Smashing Pumpkins because of their role in the Watchmen trailer. And GH & RB have revived my love of classic rock(The Who, Bowie, Springsteen[not really]). And my love of singing loudly while taking my daily walk with my dad.

Mostly, I lift my music off of Jack FM, or if it is in a movie or something. I like instrumentals from games, Marty O'Donnell and the such, but, really, not many games have enlightened my music appetite.

keikun496 · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Sep 2008, 23:56 »

Sadly, most of the songs in the GH series, and RB were unfamiliar to me. So, I could probably say almost all the bands in those games I discovered through the game alone.

teh pwn queen · « **Reply #34 on:** 09 Sep 2008, 06:06 »

Well, in one case it was just a song of a band I didn't really know, but the other was a full fledge love of a band.

1.) Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones on Twisted Metal: Black
~awesome game, awesome theme song
~oh, and I loved the soundtracks of all the other twisted metal games as well (especially the tracks that the characters speak, SO funny)... so I suppose I fell in love with Rob Zombie's work because of that game as well... I remember watching the Matrix when I was 11 saying during the club scene... "Oh, oh! That song is on twisted metal!!" Good times.

2.) Freezepop ala GH I and II
~Heard Get Ready 2 Rokk on the first game, thought it was pretty sweet. Then heard Less Talk More Rokk on the second and basically said, "Ok, that's it, time to find out more about them... which lead me to Stake-out, Science Genius Girl, and Parlez vous Freezepop. Oh yeah...

meticulous · « **Reply #35 on:** 23 Sep 2008, 02:33 »

The Mooney Suzuki! from Burnout 3 i think it was?

But anyways, i quickly got hold of the album Alive and Amplified and it was awesome.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #36 on:** 23 Sep 2008, 05:00 »

Bands I've discovered (most I don't follow up with searches except for a few of the choice ones):

Starsailor (MGS3)
Poets of the Fall (Max Payne 2)
Jimmy Eat World (NHL03 lol)
Queens of the Stone Age (NFS Underground 2)
Avenged Sevenfold (NHL08)

I've discovered a lot of random Japanese crap too but I can't be stuffed putting that up.

Doc Leech · « **Reply #37 on:** 23 Sep 2008, 08:50 »

Louis Armstrong, Fallout 2.

This game opened my eyes to jazz and I've been amazed ever since... good stuff!

Fletch · « **Reply #38 on:** 23 Sep 2008, 22:08 »

I was just about to mention "a kiss to build a dream on".

Ah ... Fallout series. (except Tactics & that old console one)

Doc Leech · « **Reply #39 on:** 24 Sep 2008, 07:52 »

Quote from: Fletch on 23 Sep 2008, 22:08

I was just about to mention "a kiss to build a dream on".
Ah ... Fallout series. (except Tactics & that old console one)

That's the one! "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" instantly became one of my favorite songs, jazz or otherwise... and it still is, all these years later. Quality!

Doug S. Machina · « **Reply #40 on:** 24 Sep 2008, 09:04 »

I'm not even much of a reggae person, but I love The Scientist, a dub musican, after hearing his album Scientist Rids The World of Evil Vampires, the source of all the tracks from the reggae station in GTA3.

philharmonic · « **Reply #41 on:** 03 Oct 2008, 10:00 »

not shure if this fits but I was playing arcade classics on GameCube and heard "Joystick by Des Band" and i'm like heh thats a cool tune and shure enough someone in my chatroom had it so i grabbed it off them. Also there was that commerical for the iPod that featured "Music is my hot hot sex" by Cansei de Ser Sexi, i searched and found its commonly shortened to CSS. I then looked them up on youtube and was so pleased by some of their other stuff i immedeatly went to HMV and picked up the CD.

snalin · « **Reply #42 on:** 04 Oct 2008, 13:50 »

My first real exposure to metal was the wonderful mix of the Metallica song "One" and Starcraft-sounds. I still think it's better than the original.

It's even out on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFpnrItUdk

Lamrock · « **Reply #43 on:** 04 Oct 2008, 17:56 »

Joy Division (THUG 2 or THAW)
Franz Ferdinand (Burnout 3)
Bloc Party (TH American Wasteland)
QOTSA (Guitar Hero)
Weezer (Guitar Hero)
Stone Roses (NBA 2K8)
TV On The Radio (NFS Prostreet)
DFA 1979 (Project Gotham 3)
LCD Soundsystem (SSX On Tour)

Gotta love licensed soundtracks!

nobo · « **Reply #44 on:** 05 Oct 2008, 06:40 »

Superman by Goldfinger in Tony Hawk 1 got me really into Goldfinger
Red Flag by Billy Talent in NHL 06 or 07 got me into Billy Talent

maxusy3k · « **Reply #45 on:** 13 Oct 2008, 23:52 »

As an update, Freezepop are a lot of fun! I never played the track that was on GH2 but Brainpower and Sprode on Rock Band got me intrigued, so there I am with that. Waiting until after the Xmas spending is all done to pick up their albums fo' realz.

I'm also into Coheed & Cambria in a big way now, first heard of them through 'Welcome Home' on Rock Band, but it was more the insistence of a friend that got me to check them out rather than the game itself. It says a lot that I prefer their more emo-esque root stuff than the prog rock style the most recent albums are going for, but meh.

Puki · « **Reply #46 on:** 12 Dec 2008, 11:05 »

Bah, this was the latest thread considering any music/game theme, so, sorry for the OT:
Just need the opinion - how bad is this? (I'm not very selfconfident, so....)

Stargirl and the thief from the exploded moon song

Dimmukane · « **Reply #47 on:** 13 Dec 2008, 09:04 »

I am confused as to what this is.

Puki · « **Reply #48 on:** 13 Dec 2008, 09:19 »

Uhm..."song" inspired by game? I'l delete it if it's a problem that it is offtopic. Sorry.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #49 on:** 13 Dec 2008, 09:36 »

No, it's not offtopic...I just can't figure out what's going on with it. It's just strange, is all.

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Fletch

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