Bands you've discovered from video games

[gostlyfantom]

cage the elephant through borderlands

 

[scnj]

Faunts from the first Mass Effect.

 

[justnotcricket]

Jonathan Coulton from Still Alive on Portal

This. Also, Greg Edmondson as a composer, from Uncharted 2.

 

[figday]

Cage the elephant - Borderlands
Tomas Dvorak - Machinarium
Various old school singers - Fallout 3
Koop - The Saboteur
Takeharu Ishimoto - The World Ends With You

PS : nice thread. why not make another thread about bands discovered from movies next. if there hasn't been any.

 

[boeingguy787]

Hmmmmm...

I'd say "Band of Skulls" and "Plasticines". Their inclusion in Gran Turismo 5 is what got me interested. The songs in question being "Patterns" and "Pas Avec Toi", respectively.

 

[Link XL1]

bullet for my valentine (need for speed)
the black mages (final fantasy)

for those who dont know the black mages are a band started by nobuo uematsu who did te music for Final Fantasies 1-10. they go and take great FF songs and play them with rock instruments.

 

[Zeraki]

Johnathan Coulton from Portal, Clutch from Prey(One of my favorite bands)and Faunts(another one of my favorite bands)from Mass Effect. Those are the only ones that really stick out in my memory.

 

[Sarpedon]

Breaking Benjamin from Halo 2.

 

[tjs09]

This happens all the time for me, I found (In order of appreciation):
The Fall Of Troy from MLB 2k5
The Hives from Madden 08
Operator from Madden 08
Fall Out Boy from Madden 06
From Autumn To Ashes from Madden 08
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from MLB 2k8
there are more, I can't remember them all

 

[Flac00]

Cage the Elephant. I heard their song "Ain't no rest for the wicked" on borderlands, and i have just been addicted since.

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

Way To Fall by Starsailor was the closing theme to MGS3, so Starsailor. Others but that's the only one that immediately comes to mind. Lots from GTA / San Andreas.

 

[Royas]

Poets of the Fall from Max Payne 2 and Chiasm from Vampire: Bloodlines are the two that come to mind immediately for me. And while it's not really from a game, I got into Manowar after coming across a video using material from Warhammer for their song Sons of Odin.

There were also a number of artists from the Grand Theft Auto series and Brutal Legend, but there were so many I can't really name them at this point.

 

[Brainst0rm]

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

I discovered them through Bit.trip Runner - that game borrowed 'Blackout City' to use as the main menu theme, and it was dripping with so much awesome that I had to investigate.

Which means I, too, am in lesbians with Anamanaguchi? I'm not sure what that entails. Sounds like a big commitment.

 

[Ein987]

Blind Guardian in Sacred 2

 

[The Apothecarry]

Uncle (Burn My Shadow) - FUEL
Breaking Benjamin and Steve Vai (Blow Me Away, Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix) - Halo 2
Faunts (M4, Pt. 2)- Mass Effect
Slipknot, Tool, Disturbed, Eric Johnson, - Guitar Hero
Crush 40 (Open Your Heart)- Sonic Adventure
Jonathan Coulton (Still Alive)- Portal
I know it's technically machinima, but Trocadero - Red vs Blue
Mark Lanegan (Burning Jacob's Ladder)- Rage Trailer
Jeremy Soule - Total Annihilation
Martin O'Donnell - Halo
Christopher Lennertz - Medal of Honor
Elena Siegman (Beauty of Annihilation, 115)- Call of Duty Zombies
Cage The Elephant (Ain't No Rest For The Wicked)- Borderlands

I think that's all...

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Celldweller. Now my favorite band EVER.