Post by Seriyu on Oct 20, 2009 2:30:19 GMT -5
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"No one was left who could remember how it had happened, How the world fell under darkness. At least no one who would do anything. No one who would oppose the robots. No one who would challenge their power, or so Dr. Wily believed..."
The Protomen are (is?) a band, largely famous for performing and creating a rock opera, spanning several genres of music, based around Megaman. Now I know what you're thinking, that sounds stupid. But give it a chance, it's actually pretty awesome. Videos will be linked at the bottom of the post.
It has a running story that is, admittantly, hard to follow unless you purchase their CD's, which come with a booklet that basically contains the script. The storyline is obviously heavily altered, because, well, the original megaman did not have the most detailed storyline, and what little there was, was hardly lending itself to hard rock.
So, what I'm saying, if you're getting into the story of this, I would hardly expect anything from the megaman canon, except charecter names. (An example of an alteration, is that in the normal megaman canon, sniper joe was created after protoman, and was, in essence, a "mass production" protoman. In the protomen storyline, he was created before protoman, or megaman, or any of the robot masters for that matter)
I could go on and give you the gist of the storyline, but that would take at least two long paragraphs, and I have no idea if anyone is interested yet. So without further adieu, here are some samples, both previously hosted on the protomen website, but now on youtube. They may STILL be on the protoman site, but I can't seem to track them down, so, sorry for any quality problems that arise. I've decided to post the Zambooie link if anyone is interested in buying the CD's. They're only 10 bucks, so if you liked the youtubes, it's definatly worth it, in my opinion. Makeup and Vanity set, while currently out of stock at the time of editing this in, is an 8-bit chiptune version of The protomen, so if you like chiptunes, you might want to check that out too. And you'd have a CD with a song named "Hope rides Stallone". Which is always a plus.
www.zambooie.com/stores/Results.tpl?cart=12567598748288302&st_id=236&category=Music&startat=1
First CD, The Protomen:
Hope Rides Alone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvqMXYhYhU
Unrest in the house of light:www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpX41iXl0BA
Sons of Fate:www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh2rPGBSamE
Second CD, The Father of Death:
Light up the night:www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpSHC1dqX1o
The good doctor:www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP2NePWJ2pQ
The Hounds:www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcDoZnN8ac&feature=related
So with all my rambling out of the way, what do you think? If there's more interest I may edit more background story into the OP, or something along those lines.
"No one was left who could remember how it had happened, How the world fell under darkness. At least no one who would do anything. No one who would oppose the robots. No one who would challenge their power, or so Dr. Wily believed..."
The Protomen are (is?) a band, largely famous for performing and creating a rock opera, spanning several genres of music, based around Megaman. Now I know what you're thinking, that sounds stupid. But give it a chance, it's actually pretty awesome. Videos will be linked at the bottom of the post.
It has a running story that is, admittantly, hard to follow unless you purchase their CD's, which come with a booklet that basically contains the script. The storyline is obviously heavily altered, because, well, the original megaman did not have the most detailed storyline, and what little there was, was hardly lending itself to hard rock.
So, what I'm saying, if you're getting into the story of this, I would hardly expect anything from the megaman canon, except charecter names. (An example of an alteration, is that in the normal megaman canon, sniper joe was created after protoman, and was, in essence, a "mass production" protoman. In the protomen storyline, he was created before protoman, or megaman, or any of the robot masters for that matter)
I could go on and give you the gist of the storyline, but that would take at least two long paragraphs, and I have no idea if anyone is interested yet. So without further adieu, here are some samples, both previously hosted on the protomen website, but now on youtube. They may STILL be on the protoman site, but I can't seem to track them down, so, sorry for any quality problems that arise. I've decided to post the Zambooie link if anyone is interested in buying the CD's. They're only 10 bucks, so if you liked the youtubes, it's definatly worth it, in my opinion. Makeup and Vanity set, while currently out of stock at the time of editing this in, is an 8-bit chiptune version of The protomen, so if you like chiptunes, you might want to check that out too. And you'd have a CD with a song named "Hope rides Stallone". Which is always a plus.
www.zambooie.com/stores/Results.tpl?cart=12567598748288302&st_id=236&category=Music&startat=1
First CD, The Protomen:
Hope Rides Alone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvqMXYhYhU
Unrest in the house of light:www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpX41iXl0BA
Sons of Fate:www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh2rPGBSamE
Second CD, The Father of Death:
Light up the night:www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpSHC1dqX1o
The good doctor:www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP2NePWJ2pQ
The Hounds:www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcDoZnN8ac&feature=related
So with all my rambling out of the way, what do you think? If there's more interest I may edit more background story into the OP, or something along those lines.