Band Names = Video Games

[Gradius]

Walking past my local music venue this morning i noticed a band called "Rival Schools" are due to play. This got me thinking, are there any other bands out there that may have taken their names from video games?

I know there is a band called "Crystal Castles" knocking around too. Inspired by the adventures of Bentley Bear?

Also, going back to the eighties, i remember a game called "Fernandez Must Die". Great name for a game and also a great name for a band (according to my sisters boyfiend at the time).

So what other games would also make a great band name?

[Brats]

[Brodie]

Rival Schools definitely took the name from the game, as their album is called United by Fate.

/trivia

[cutmymilk]

lostprophets are big gamers, and their flagship song is shinobi vs dragon ninja

[Roddie]

Judging by the 8-bit element of the music of Crystal Castles I'd say there's a good chance it's computer game influenced.

[Skull Commander]

There is a band called 'The Ataris'
and Hondo Mclean have a song called Mortal Kombat

*EDIT* I'm sure there is a band as well called 'End Of Level Boss'

[MartyG]

There's a metal band called Dragonforce whose name comes from the Dragon Quest games.

There are certainly plenty of songs out there with video games referenced in the lyrics.

[chopemon]

Not strictly videogame related but a lot of Nerdcore hip hop artists take their name from computery stuff - MC Plus Plus, MC Router, Dualcore etc.

[MetalJoe]

Check out "Protoculture" by the rapper Del The Funky Homosapien. The whole song is basically about gaming.

http://www.metrolyrics.com/proto-culture-lyrics-del-the-funky-homosapien.html

[Wild_Cat]

Judging by the 8-bit element of the music of Crystal Castles I'd say there's a good chance it's computer game influenced.

Even more influenced than you'd think -- they were revealed a while ago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal...nd)#Plagiarism) to be ripping off chiptunes by several artists from the 8-bit music scene (without, of course, giving them any credit). I guess a more fitting name for them would be Limbo of the Band.

Back to the topic, and not counting bands from the VGMusic scene (Power Glove, Select Start and the likes), I think Atari Teenage Riot has one of the most awesome names ever.

[wakka]

There's a band called Biohazard, which is the reason the games are called Resident Evil the West - the band already had the name trademarked.

Limbo of the Band.

Ho ho!

[Kaladron]

There's a metal band called Dragonforce whose name comes from the Dragon Quest games.

I always though it came from Dragon Force on the Saturn.

[Ouenben]

There's a band called Biohazard, which is the reason the games are called Resident Evil the West - the band already had the name trademarked.



Ho ho!

yep, damn bastards! Biohazard sounds cooler!

[hudson]

Someone needs to be called The DARPA chiefs.

[honeymustard]

There's a band called NESkimos who do some pretty fun covers of NES songs, particularly Megaman songs