Bands you've discovered from video games

[Duffeknol]

Only two actually. Blue Stahli and Celldweller from Dead Rising 2. Uncomplicated noisy stuff. My cup o' joe.

 

[AntonyD]

For me it's also gotta be Cage the Elephant from Borderlands
Bought their album soon after and it was a great investment

 

[kaffineaddct]

GTA 4 introduced me to the now grammy winning The Black Keys as well as !!!, Les Savy Fas and LCD Soundsystem. Can't really think of any other game that's showcased any bands I hadn't already heard of.

Of course back in the day old school Tony Hawk games got me into a large number of bands.

Oh and Rock Band got me into Dinosaur Jr. and Mastodon.

I'm also currently loving the Beyond Good & Evil soundtrack by Christophe Heral and have been a fan of Akira Yamaoka for a number of years. And yes Anamanaguchi is an awesome artist I wouldn't have known if not for Scott Pilgrim The Game.

I've been trying to get into Faunts since Mass Effect, but keep just going back to M4(Part II). It's just that good.

 

[Fappy]

I can't hear an Offspring song without thinking of Crazy Taxi. It's impossible.

This masterpiece got me into Faunts.

I have listened to this song upwards of 100 times. Maybe more. Haven't looked into much of their other stuff though.

 

[OliverTwist72]

Hmm Cage the Elephant was on the radio a lot before Borderlands came out here, I wonder if they're from somewhere around here.

Anyway, only one I can think of is Hot Hot Heat they had a song in umm MVP Baseball 04 or 05. Actually that game had a great sound track, still got a few songs from there on my iPod.

 

[leedwashere]

Cage the Elephant, via Borderlands
Danny Kaye, via Fallout 3
The Ink Spots, via Fallout 3/New Vegas
Marty Robbins, via New Vegas
Dean Martin, via New Vegas
The Offspring, via Crazy Taxi

Both of the newer Fallout games have an awesome selection of old music, and I ended up naming my Pandora station "Galaxy News Radio" in their honor >.>

 

[kommando367]

Korn in Mech Assault 2

Cage the Elephant in Borderlands

Enslaved in Brutal Legend

 

[KingofallCosmos]

got some metal schooling from brutal legend, also this band from Guitar Hero:



Ow and the Stubbs the zombie soundtrack is kool. Knew most of the bands, but I love off beat cover songs

 

[Priest of Lies]

Cage The Elephant from Borderlands. Aint no rest for the wicked, till we close our eyes for good.

 

[Geekosaurus]

The entire Dirt 2 soundtrack.

This! Never take us alive by Madina Lake comes to mind. Also, Halo 2 got me into Breaking Benjamins.

I think I ended up downloading the entire album. The soundtrack made a good game into a great game - it shouldn't be underestimated.

 

[LightningBanks]

Crush 40 for sonic games
and the WWE games soundtrack
and tony hawks too ^^

 

[Gunjack65]

I cannot be the only one who loves Ashtar Command after this masterpeice from Red Dead Redemption.
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[Sephychu]

Anamanaguchi. They are totally excellent.

 

[Tomany2]

Most Defiantly "The Qemists"

They are awesome!

 

[Mr Fatherland]

Unfortunately not from a game, but from an old thread on these very forums I'm an avid follower of Alestorm. Enjoy...

Spoiler: Pirate Metal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU8LFsA3Z30