John Orr - vocals, guitars, bass, drums, saxomophone
Influences
for the original songs, i'd say bad religion, old suicide machines, and old green day (new stuff's gonna be a little more brutal if i ever get around to recording again). for the NES covers, obviously old-school NES music
-1/1/2008-
Happy new year!! The Rocket Surgery EP is available for download through Snocap right above this message! Unfortunately I can't sell the MM album through there, but I still have plenty of CDs available, so shoot me a message if you want one!
-5/12/2006-
Get Equipped With Kid Overdrive is now available!! The album consists of 18 instrumental covers of songs from the Mega Man video game series. If you'd like to have the best half hour of your life, send me a message or shoot me an email at kid_overdrive@yahoo.com. Here's the tracklist:
01. Prologue/Title [3]
02. Bubble Man [2]
03. Guts Man [1/The Power Fighters]
04. Dr. Wily Stages 1-2 [3]
05. Dr. Wily Final Battle [6]
06. Flame Stag [X2]
07. Sigma Stage 1 [X]
08. Flash Man [2]
09. Overdrive Ostrich [X2]
10. Crash Man [2]
11. Dr. Wily Stages 1-2 [2]
12. Quick Man [2]
13. Dr. Doppler Stages 1-2 [X3]
14. Snake Man [3]
15. Wood Man [2]
16. Dr. Wily Stages 3-4 [4]
17. Epilogue/Credits [2]
18. Game Over [X]
-10/3/2005-
Holy Christ! The This Isn't Rocket Surgery EP is finally available!! If you'd like to buy a copy or twelve, please send me a message or email me at kid_overdrive@yahoo.com.
REALLY OLD NEWS
-3/20/1933-
''Last Sunday evening, President Roosevelt sat comfortably down before a microphone in his upstairs study at the White House, ground out a cigarette stub, and proceeded to broadcast to the nation a neighborly 15-minute talk on banks & banking. On the morrow the country's sound banks were to start reopening...'' (AP)
PIXEL PARTY se complace en presentarles directamente desde santiago de chile al dj productor: THEEGO (BRASIL/CHILE) (Buddy Records, BluSaphir Records, Nu Horizons)
In the early age of video games, composers who had to make due with extremely limited technological resources -- unable to write more than one note at a time for some consoles -- still managed to craft tunes that stuck in the craws of many a player, perhaps more by virtue of repetition than any inherent catchiness. As technology advances, nostalgia keeps the obsolescent alive, and what was once necessary can become a voluntary constraint. Contemporary "chiptune" musicians recreate and reinvent the music of those early video games, sometimes using programs that emulate those original sounds, sometimes the original systems. Chicago musician William Sides, who will perform Aug. 23 at the Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., as William Sides Atari Party, plays both newer synthesizers and the Atari Synthcart, a program for the Atari 2600 that allows the user to control each oscillator with a joystick, making beats and melodies in real time. Two local experimental groups that work from a broader array of instruments -- PONS and Imaginary Friends -- will join Sides. Concert is at 9 p.m., with a $5 cover. Info: www.melodyindy.com.
12" Vinyl Black&White Marbled A - Free Energy | B - Creeping Stream 45 rpm - ca. 135g - Schnittecht Cut and Master. 2 long analog tracks produced and premaster by Hesed. Graphic by Sputnik Contains traces of theremin and modular synthesis. www.atm23.net
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