Bands you've discovered from video games

[zelda2fanboy]

I don't know how much this happens, but I've started listening to a lot of bands based off of their appearances in video games I've played. I started listening to the Offspring because Crazy Taxi permanently embedded "Way Down the Line" into my brain. The Warriors game for xbox 1 had a great boss fight with the Turnbull ACs set to Fear's "I Love Livin' In the City." I later bought the CD and listened to it dozens of times (I collect CDs). I didn't care for most of the metal found in Brutal Legend (I already knew about Motorhead), but I also found out about Girlschool, a old 70s band that I will soon be investing a little cash in.

What other great songs in games have made seek out more material by the same musicians?

 

[PayneTrayne]

Poets of the Fall (aka The Old Gods of Asgard) from Alan wake, are fantastic for a few of their songs, though they're sadly similar.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater also had probably the most bonerific soundtrack in my opinion. Instanostalgia!

 

[tthor]

Jonathan Coulton from Still Alive on Portal

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I got into Crush 40 thanks to the Sonic games and their awesome soundtracks.

I also started listening to more Disturbed after really liking Decadence in Need For Speed: Most Wanted.

 

[mitchell271]

Scott Pilgrim series introduced me to the movie which introduced me to the game which introduced me to Anamanaguchi, one of my now favorite bands. Thank you Scott! Because of you, I'm in lesbians with Anamanaguchi

 

[Free Thinker]

Ash from Star Wars: Republic Commando and Cage the Elephant via Borderlands. They now consist of most of my music on my iPod.

 

[CobraX]

Cage The Elephant! They where in Borderlands, The song "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" is there's

 

[Azure-Supernova]

Cage the Elephant in Borgerlands and Minus the Bear in Saints Row 2. Now two of my favourite bands. Awesome.

 

[Phrytar]

Well, not exactly a band, but Module for his soundtrack of Shatter. I never get tired of listening to his work, especially that track named Aurora.

 

[GeeksUtopia]

Smashing Pumpkins

 

[VanillaBean]

Like most people I'm going to have to say Cage the Elephant because of Borderlands.

 

[Astoria]

Need for Speed: Most Wanted got me into Bullet for My Valentine thanks to Hand of Blood.

 

[Worgen]

Poets of the Fall (aka The Old Gods of Asgard) from Alan wake, are fantastic for a few of their songs, though they're sadly similar.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater also had probably the most bonerific soundtrack in my opinion. Instanostalgia!

I found out about them from games also, more specificly the ending song from max payne 2

I also found out about animal alpha from burn out revenge

and rod zombie from twisted metal 3

 

[Solo-Wing]

Cage the Elephant (Borderlands)
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (MX vs ATV Untamed)
YellowCard (Flatout 2)

And many others because Guitar Hero/RockBand

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Theory of a Dead Man - Indigo Prophecy, good times.

 

[Geekosaurus]

The entire Dirt 2 soundtrack.

 

[Chronodc]

I don't want to set the world on fire - The ink spots from Fallout 3
You are not here - Akira Yamaoka from Silent hill

 

[TheKruzdawg]

Dropkick Murphys because of Tony Hawk's Underground 1.
Twisted Metal 3 soundtrack got me into some of Rob Zombie's stuff. At least all of the tracks featured in the game.

 

[mireko]

Let's see..

Joujouka in Rez.

Genki Rockets in Child of Eden (pre-emptively).

Photek and LFO in the Wipeout series.

Video games may actually have introduced me to electronic music, now that I think about it.

EDIT: Wow, how did I forget Jonathan Coulton?

 

[juanxbond]

I agree with TheKruzdawg, Twisted Metal 3 had a kickass soundtrack that introduced me to one of my favorite bands, Pitchshifter. Fun fact about the TM3 soundtrack, you can play the game disc in your cd player as a regular CD. Came in handy back in the day.