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Cover Of The Week: Hurt

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Original Played by: Nine Inch Kills Cover by: Johnny Cash Here is Johnny Cash's Cover for Hurt:  This is one of the most strongest covers there is, It's almost like Nine Inch Nails wrote this song for Johnny Cash, what makes this cover more impacting is that 3 month after he recorded his video he died, making this song like his goodbye to the world.  Here Is The Original:

Music in Video Games: Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze

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Music is very important in almost everything because music is what puts the ambience and feel to a game, movie or pretty much anything else.   Here is a song from Wii u's latest game "Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze" this is a very weird but unique song from the soundtrack that really makes this a very impressive level. When video games make songs that combine this well with it's stage the song becomes powerful like this one. A lot of games have big soundtracks that many people enjoy.

Band Of The Week: Eels

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Slight Band History: Eels is a band made by  singer/songwriter and multi-instrument player  Mark Oliver Everett , better known as " E ". The band members change and go a lot making Mark the only official band member. Eels talk about dark themes of family, death and lost love even so each Eels album have a different/peculiar sound to them. It's a very diverge band. Mark began to play drums at age of six and played around with his family piano. He started to have a interest in rock music via his sister record collection. He had a troubled teenage life which was further more complicated with his father's death, however by this he got more interested in music and started to learn other instruments like his sister's guitar and started writing and composing his own songs. Details: Genre: Alternative Rock, Lo-fi Activity: 1995- Present. Name Origin: He started as "E" after a while he changed it to "Eels"  Location: Los Feliz, Californi

Hey Guys

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Remember the game I posted the other day: 2048 The number game were you mix the same numbers until you get stuck? well to whoever liked it a lot this post is to tell you that there is an app for mobiles phones for free, So go ahead and get it! If you want to play it on the web here is the link:  http://ov3y.github.io/2048-AI/

Cover Of The Week: Take On Me - Reel Big Fish

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Many bands get famous due to a cover they make of a famous song, Whats interesting of covers is that you can hear a song you might love in a different genre or style of music. Some covers are really good and some are really bad, you might love one more than the original or hate it because they ruin the original, but it's always nice to hear a different version of a song and see how a band can transform a song to their own band style. The Original is from A-Ha. ( here ) is a link so you can compare. Do click on the original's video if you haven't seen it, It's a classic. The Cover is From Reel Big Fish: This is a perfect example of a cover that changes the song completely. Going from the A-ha's New Wave genre to Reel Big Fish's Ska-punk tone. Here it is! If you want to know more of Reel Big Fish Click Here

Band Of The Week: The Distillers

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Slight Band History: The Distillers members were: Brody Dalle" Vocals, Rhythmic guitar or lead guitar",  Tony Bevilacqua  "lead guiatar, backing vocals", Ryan Sinn "Bass, backing vocal", Andy Granelli "Drums, Percussion". The Distillers came together in late 1998 when Brody Dalle met Tony Bevilacqua and they both loved to play. They issued a same- titled album in the 2000. Little by little the band members left to different bands until it was just Brody Dalle and Tony Bevilacqua. At 2006 they officially announced that The Distillers is no more. Details: Genre: Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Alternative Punk Activity: 1998-present Name Origin: N/A Location: Los Angeles, California, U.S Studio Albums: The Distillers (EP) (1999) The Distillers (2000) Sing Sing Death House (2002) Coral Fang (2003) Fun Facts About The Band: 1. The Distillers is feature in two Tony Hawk Games, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 " Seneca Falls " Ton