Game Influenced bands

[seforin]

Well I always enjoy to hear fan renditions of game related music, and im not talking about people who just remix midi's

So figured To post up a few awesome game related bands I know of /listen to

Duane & Brando

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTCe_0KxK2w

The Megas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlNbBqK0Wg

The Protomen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcDoZnN8ac



If you guys and Gals know of some other good bands toss them up, lets get a collection of awesome video game related artists on here :)

[Dado Almeida]

Good thread, I don't know much names in this genre, but there's two lovely albuns in my playlist that maybe fit in this thread:

This one is Space Invaders by Pornophonique (http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/7505):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XzSpgmOdb4

And the other one is Tour de France, by 8-bit Operators (http://8bitoperators.com/):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKA_qb4eXg

edited: Oh my gosh. Almost forget that. A brazilian band called MegaDriver (http://www.megadriver.com.br/site.cgi), metal renditions of some classic game tunes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQeQ9F3cpj0
If you like it, take a look at the links, their music are freely available to listen and download. : )

[rooster]

got to have some machinae supremacy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzX7MY2U41k

[rumblesushi]

Mike Patton, with his renditions of the Zelda and Mario theme tunes.

[MattQ86]

Dado: If you have this song downloaded try it in Audiosurf. Makes Through The Fire and Flames look like a cakewalk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii1b68HeAew

YTCracker made an entire album out of this sort of thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmdH0M_9_7w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbLfc0Ytvlw

The Advantage is also great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slsAD50y9AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OogbspS2PmY

MF DOOM used samples of the ID game he shares his name with once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S7bvSoqXSQ

Destructoid recently posted about Alex Day, who some of you might like, if nothing else the titles of his songs make the point well enough:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anyEvCFQzrE

I'm sure somebody will bring up The Minibosses, NESkimos, various artists from OCRemix etc.

[Firebert]

i want a sega guitar, now.

[Martin Henriksson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7wpzKvNhfA

Little android man, born without a soul. without that force of reason, the scissors took control!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Twokr090WM

[seforin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qc3dyWcabs

Mega Ran

Ive found a TON of megaman related guys

I have YT Crackers album all "game influenced" music as well :)

[Progg]

Awesome I love this stuff. I use to play bass in a game cover band. Wish I could find more musicians that did so :-O

[Vrav]

The Black Mages! They've got some good Audiosurf fodder too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aha5Vcshz2c

Progg.. got any old recordings?

[Progg]

Nah. But my brother and I are probably going to record some final fantasy stuff soon. He's a sound designer/pianist and I play bass. So it should be fun. I know just about everyone of those black mages parts :-D

[Jackablade]

There's a bunch of good stuff on the Overclocked Remix site.

ocremix.org

A lot of it is just remixes but you'll find a bunch of covers as well. The Doom and Street Fighter albums Dark Side of Phobos and Blood on the Asphalt, respectively, come highly recommended.

[BlackulaDZ]

powerglove!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1n69jTArI
also zelda beats make good rap beats for some reason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEtSeiLhPRM&feature=PlayList&p=2D8088A4455144D0&index=4

[ErichWK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR9zDcDsu9w

[AstroZombie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MONIvP6kI

[Artifice]

The Minibosses (http://www.minibosses.com/) - one of the first. They've been at it for almost 10 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsNngmdPiCI&feature=related

[Snowman]

minibosses are awesome their versions of castlevania and megaman 2 are good

[brandoom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4S6EHq4XvY&feature=related

[TheMadArtist]

More Black Mages!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKrdEm7jso4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILtNvCmh-MQ&feature=related


There's a lof of cool stuff on ocremix, but it can be hit and miss sometimes. Lots of cool Sonic, Megaman and SF2 tunes though. Most of these bands are cool, but for me nothing beats the Black Mages.

[SyncViewS]

This is not a direct remake of some soundtrack, but nonetheless related to video games and of course a good power metal track. You'll recognize samples from tetris and super mario land.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xo2DhNvrbA

[shotgun]

Not a "band" per se, ok, this is a blatant midi remix :p, but a really good one (imo)...
Sonic Clang - Doom E1M5 - Sinister

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jympWb0KWPM

btw, Bobby Prince himself has released a Doom IIV theme, as some sort of a "what I could have done with it..." protest. It has been removed since (from his website) but it's out there...
I thought Chris Vrenna did an awesome job with it, but I wish the "tracks" were longer and more playable. Who's doing Doom IV, anyone?

[Flava-Fly]

Awesome thrash tune about the joys of old school 2D side scroll beat-em-ups! Kick ass band too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqZ0eJV7chY

[kendo]

damn rooster beat me to it, though im sure it wont hurt to throw a few more awesome machinae supremacy songs in here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKkmyMKbPKE

this ones my favourite although i dont believe its inspired by any particular game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_hgh5jLTuE&feature=related

[Racer445]

I just came back from PAX East and saw Anamanaguchi perform. Really fantastic show. I even bought the 12" of their album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEMkB5XCkHg&fmt=18
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEMkB5XCkHg&fmt=18)

[MightyPea]

Sorry if I'm reposting anything but I don't have the time to go through every youtube clip in here :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwG8SHcflE
http://remixartistcollective.com/?p=85

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6W8tn5dyrE

There's more, but I'll have to post that later.

[Slash]

I love me some OneUps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMgleUxD9w

And as always, OCremix is a treasure trove of great videogame music!

[ImSlightlyBored]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7V7BaRAy0k
edit: MC lars, guitar hero hero!

[Snowman]

http://www.youtube.com/user/Freddie25#p/u/6/1cA06uWV_-c

This guy does a pretty sick rendition on Megaman 9

[skankerzero]

My fav Machinae Supremacy cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atUUu9WAxW0

[seforin]

if your gonna post a OC remix post one that's a bit more over the top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lauLyQFaIGE

I wanna hear a death metal versus light for kefka in ff6, but I like how they made this guy there fighting sound so demonic in this song


EDIT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_CINmx6qM

With capations if you wanna understand what the hell he was saying.