Video Games Make The Radio Star: "Madden NFL 09" Threatens To Make Bands Like Innerpartysystem Famous

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"Madden NFL 09" Threatens To Make Bands Like Innerpartysystem Famous

According to Electronic Arts, "the Madden NFL soundtrack has launched premier artists that include Good Charlotte, OK GO, Fallout Boy [sic!], Franz Ferdinand, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, Yellowcard, Dashboard Confessional, Jet, Ozomatli and 30 Seconds To Mars." Putting aside the idea that a press release might be hyping the "launching" abilities of what it's touting just a bit, it might be worth paying attention to the lesser-known bands that will appear on Madden NFL 09 alongside Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, The Offspring, and Gym Class Heroes. Better the derivative, obnoxious devil on Fuse you know, right?

Innerpartysystem - "Don't Stop"

Faint-style techno-rock with passionate, emotastic vocals written from the point of view of the media machine. Rhymes "entertainment" with "entertainment."

Airbourne - "Stand Up For Rock'n'Roll"

If Jet tried harder to sound like AC/DC but still sounded like Jet.

Rev Theory - "Hell Yeah"

I've never heard a Hinder song that wasn't a ballad, but if they do uptempo rockers, I bet they sound like this. "Give me a hell! Give me a yeah! Stand up right now! Get ready to go! She aint movin' slow! She's takin control!" This might be an Eddie Money cover, at least spiritually.

Young Dre, The Truth - "Workin' (feat. Good Charlotte)"

Did you know the Maddens are producing rap tracks now? Weren't you happier before you found out?

EA Celebrates 20 Years of Madden Music with Announcement of the MADDEN NFL 09 Soundtrack [EA Trax via LA Times]
Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop [YouTube]
Airbourne - Stand Up For Rock'n'Roll [YouTube]
THE MONUMENTAL 420 teaser "Workin" [YouTube]
Rev Theory - Hell Yeah! [YouTube]

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10:00 AM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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by Ultragrrrl at 03:13 PM on 07/09/08
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Did you see this gem?:
by Ultragrrrl at 03:13 PM on 07/09/08
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errr... once more with feeling:

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by westartedthis at 04:50 PM on 07/09/08
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the obnoxiousness of the menu music (as well as the inability to turn off the in-game music) completely ruined Madden '08 for me. and, yes, i otherwise appreciate a good game of Madden football. because i'm a bro.

even though there was an option to turn off the menu music (or replace the 4th tier emopop with the thrilling strains of NFL films soundtracks!), i never was able to get it to work! i'd turn on the game, hear Jupiter One or whoever and think, "didn't i turn this off and save the settings?"

sure enough i did! the volume bar would be all the way down while the music blared away regardless. only when i went down to that option and toggled it again would the music shut off. this happened every time i turned on the game. was my game broken, or was it just the TOTALLY ALL UP IN MY FACE 2 THE X-TREME marketing of EA Sports? the world may never know.