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Off Topic / Virus?

« on: August 06, 2010, 05:20:28 PM »

When I logged onto the blockland fourms, I hit stay sign in forever. Whenever I shut down my computer and then later turn it on again, and go onto the blockland fourms, I sign out. Virus, or a simple glitch?

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Games / -national socialist Zombies- Spoilers.*

« on: August 06, 2010, 12:06:24 AM »

national socialist Zombies

You drove them deep into the heart of Reich. You thought they were dead. You were wrong.

Storyline
*In Der Riese, the creation of the zombies and hellhounds is explained. Dr. Maxis was testing zombies for the government project christened "Der Riese" or "The Giant". The problem was that they would always go berserk and try to kill him, resulting in their deaths. He was also testing teleporters by sending zombies through them, but they never reappeared at the mainframe. All of these experiments were done with his assistant, Edward. When he used his daughter Samantha's dog, Fluffy, as a teleporter test subject, he accidentally created the first hellhound. The dog was teleported, but like the rest of the subjects didn't reappear at the mainframe. It did however reappear in a ball of electricity and mutated into a hellhound. When Samantha came running in and started questioning her dad about her dog, Edward left the room. Edward then betrayed him by locking him and his daughter in the room with the hellhound, which then killed them. And then another Radio message shows how after Maxis and Samantha are killed by Fluffy, Edward let loose the Zombies on the Factory, as on another radio message you can hear screams and the sounds of Zombies Moaning and Yelling and Attacking. How more hellhounds were created is shown in another radio message. In it, Maxis talks to his daughter about Fluffy's pregnancy, which makes it possible that Fluffy became a hellhound while pregnant. One of the characters, Dr. Richtofen, has obviously been to Der Riese before and probably worked there. He knows about connecting the teleporters and about Dr. Maxis. It has been decided that he is Edward.
Main Idea
You must survive against zombie Imperial Soldiers or German Soldiers for as many waves as possible - Shi no Numa introduced hellrounds, containing hellhounds that were mutated dogs that teleport infront of you, catching on fire when charging.

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Forum Games / Text Roleplay - Half-Life

« on: July 27, 2010, 07:01:20 PM »

Another text roleplaying thread. The other one was full of terminator - we're doing a half life two RP now.

// - Out-Of-Roleplay chat.
**text** - Action.
[EVENT] - Operator Only - a large event, such as an explosion.
[R] - radio.

Storyline

You inhabit City 23 - one of the lower-class combine cities. Occasionaly 'zombies' or 'headcrabs' breach the city walls. Uprisings are common - the city streets are sometimes flooded with Viscerators, as COTA units run alongside APCs, eliminating any citizens. Beatings from the MetroPolice Force are common - even for loyalists. Gunships, dropships and helicopters are also frequently seen above the city, ready to unleash hell, be it by weapons or payload. A small bit of hope remains, though - the small amount of resistance inside the City give purified food and water to the citizens, sometimes bringing them to the Outlands, known as Sector 32 to the Combine.

NO BEING ANYONE FROM THE HL2 STORYLINE.

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Off Topic / Oh, it's my birthday?

« on: July 22, 2010, 02:02:38 AM »

Yeah, it's my birthday.
Even though I'm not liked by alot, I decided to post this.
So if you like me, go 'head and post your happy birthday.

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Drama / Killer2 - Because cussing makes you cool!

« on: July 18, 2010, 06:15:11 PM »

So I went to a fortwars server, eagle strike's. Killer2 was on there, along with his friend Demitri. He was screaming in caps at someone for breaking the rules, when there was a no swearing rule, while he was swearing. He and Demitri started insulting me. Eventually they both got banned. Problem solved. Proof:

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Drama / TheToxicRadio

« on: July 18, 2010, 01:29:46 AM »

My second drama topic, but I hope for this one to be sucessfull...

Okay, so, me and my friend were playing stuff. He got off the XBox to watch me play blockland - TheToxicRadio had a server, so we joined it for some reason. He had a combonation lock on the door, so of course I went to look for the code.
I went to multiple buildings and found numbers, and attempted to enter them. I was about to enter another, then he banhammered me.

So I asked why he banned me in IRC, and he said because I was going somewhere where I was not aloud. IF HE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO DO THAT, THEN WHY DID HE PUT THE COMBONATION LOCK IN THE BUILD? Well, I asked that exact question (minus the caps) and he didn't respond.

So, a hypocritical admin who bans people for his own faults.



His sig: Please disregard the stupidity I was banned for posting in July 2009. I'm not as dumb now. If you ever come to my server and start talking about this ancient drama I will ban you. :3

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Suggestions & Requests / Multi-car Train

« on: July 15, 2010, 11:11:10 PM »

Today, me and my friend were talking about my train RP. He's like 'itd be cool if there was a three car train. first one would have 1 person to drive, the other two would hold about 6 people in a car if that's possible, and instead of standing, have seats like the private jet and stuff have.'

So, just wondering if anyone could make this.

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General Discussion / War of the Glass - It's over, Blocklanders Won!

« on: July 12, 2010, 10:06:51 PM »

WE WON WOOT

As the Glass Leader, I hereby submit that we, the Imperial Glass Empire, surrender.
now go home friends.

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Off Topic / The Fray (no copypasta :D)

« on: July 11, 2010, 10:51:26 PM »

The fray is a religous soft rock band, one of my favorites. I think they were formed in 2004/2005, with their album How To Save a Life (that song is still my favorite)

Website: http://blog.thefray.net/us/news

Members: Isaac Slade, Joe King, Ben Wyoscki, Dave Welsh

The website includes a media player and some info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fray
Wikipedia site.

[more info soon]

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Off Topic / Muse Megathread

« on: July 09, 2010, 11:36:46 PM »

Formation and early years (1992–1998)
The members of Muse played in separate bands during their stay at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s, but the formation of Muse began when Bellamy successfully auditioned for the part of guitarist in Dominic Howard's band. They asked Chris Wolstenholme, who played drums at the time, to learn to play bass guitar for the band. Wolstenholme agreed and took up lessons.[citation needed]

Matt and Dom's first band name was Gothic Plague. After Gothic Plague came Fixed Penalty, and after Rocket Baby Dolls.[7] In 1994 the band used the name Rocket Baby Dolls[8] with a goth/glam image to compete in a local battle of the bands. The band won the contest, smashing their equipment in the process.[9][10] "It was supposed to be a protest, a statement," Bellamy said, "so, when we actually won, it was a real shock, a massive shock. After that, we started taking ourselves seriously." Shortly after the contest, the three decided to forget university, quit their jobs, change the band name to Muse, and move away from Teignmouth.[11] The name "Muse" was found by Matt Bellamy's art teacher. The art teacher mentioned the word "Muses". Matt then looked it up in the dictionary and decided to shorten it to "Muse." Also, because it was short and the members felt it looked good on a poster.[12]

[edit] First EPs and Showbiz (1998–2000)
After a few years building a fan base, Muse played their first gigs in London and Manchester. The band had a significant meeting with Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills Studio, situated in a converted water mill in Cornwall. He had seen the three boys grow up as he knew their parents and had a production company together with their manager to-be Safta Jaffery.[13]

This meeting led to their first proper recordings and the release of the Muse EP on Sawmills' in-house Dangerous label.[9] Their second EP, the Muscle Museum EP, reached number 3 in the indie singles chart and attracted the attention of British radio broadcaster Steve Lamacq as well as the weekly British music publication NME.[citation needed] Dennis Smith introduced the band to Safta Jaffery with whom he had recently started the record label Taste Media. Muse signed with Smith and Jaffery and recorded their first three albums, Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, and Absolution, with Taste Media.[citation needed]

Despite the success of their second EP, British record companies were reluctant to sign Muse. It was after a trip to New York's CMJ Festival that an American record label flew them to Los Angeles to showcase. Nanci Walker, then Sr. Director of A&R at Columbia Records, flew Muse to the U. S. to showcase for Columbia Record's then Senior Vice President of A&R, Tim Devine, as well as for American Recording's Rick Rubin. It was during this trip, on 24 December 1998, that Muse signed a deal with Maverick Records.[14] Upon their return from America, Taste Media arranged deals for Muse with various record labels in Europe and Australia, allowing them to maintain control over their career in individual countries.[citation needed]John Leckie was brought in to produce the band's first record, Showbiz. The album showcased the band's soft style, and the lyrics made reference to the difficulties they had encountered while trying to establish themselves in Teignmouth.[9][10]

[edit] Origin of Symmetry (2001–2002)
During production of the band's second album, Origin of Symmetry, the band experimented with instrumentation such as a church organ, Mellotron, and an expanded drum kit. There were more of Bellamy's high-pitched vocal lines, arpeggiated guitar, and piano playing. Bellamy cites guitar influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave), the latter evident in the more riff-based songs in Origin of Symmetry and in Bellamy's extensive use of pitch-shifting effects in his solos.[15] The album also features a reworking of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's "Feeling Good". Muse successfully sued Nestlé in 2003 when they used Muse's version of "Feeling Good" in a television advert for Nescafé without permission and donated much of the compensation to Oxfam.[16]

Celine Dion was also threatened with legal action in 2002 when she planned to name her Las Vegas show "Muse," despite the band owning the worldwide performing rights to the name. Celine Dion offered $50,000 for the rights but Muse rejected this with Bellamy stating that "We don't want to turn up there with people thinking we're Celine Dion's backing band." Eventually Dion was forced to back down. [17]

Origin of Symmetry was well-received by critics; NME gave the album 9/10 with Roger Morton writing, "It's amazing for such a young band to load up with a heritage that includes the darker visions of Cobain and Kafka, Mahler and The Tiger Lillies, Cronenberg and Schoenberg, and make a lovey, populist album. But Muse have carried it off."[18]

Maverick had reservations about Bellamy's vocal style on this album (considering it not to be "radio-friendly" and asked Muse to change some of their songs prior to U. S. release. The band refused and left Maverick, resulting in Maverick's decision not to release "Origin of Symmetry" in the United States.[citation needed] The album was finally released in the U.S. in September 2005, after Muse signed to Warner Bros.[citation needed]

Muse released a live DVD, "Hullabaloo", featuring live footage recorded during Muse's two gigs on consecutive nights at Le Zenith in Paris in 2001 and a documentary film of the band on tour. A double album, "Hullabaloo Soundtrack" was released at the same time, containing a compilation of B-sides and a disc of recordings of songs from the Le Zenith performances. A double-A side single was also released featuring new songs "In Your World" and "Dead Star".

[edit] Absolution (2003–2005)
 
Chris Wolstenholme of Muse performing at the Mod Club Theatre, Toronto in 2004. The international Absolution tour included the band's first shows in North America since 1999.Absolution (produced by Rich Costey) was released in 2003 and debuted at number one in the UK.[citation needed] The album yielded their first top ten hit with "Time Is Running Out" and later three top-twenty hits: "Hysteria", "Sing For Absolution" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes".[citation needed] Muse subsequently undertook their first international stadium tour. It continued for about a year and saw Muse visiting Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and France. Meanwhile, the band released five singles ("Time Is Running Out", "Hysteria", "Sing for Absolution", "Stockholm Syndrome" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes"). The US leg of the 2004 tour began ominously as Bellamy injured himself on stage during the opening show in Atlanta.[19] The tour resumed after several stitches and a couple of days.

The band also played at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2004. After the festival, the band described the concert as "the best gig of our lives".[20][21] However, drummer Dominic Howard's father, William Howard, who was at the festival to watch the band, died from a heart attack very shortly after the performance. "It was the biggest feeling of achievement we've ever had after coming offstage", Bellamy said. "It was almost surreal that an hour later his dad died. It was almost not believable. We spent about a week sort of just with Dom trying to support him. I think he was happy that at least his dad got to see him at probably what was the finest moment so far of the band's life".[9] Muse then continued their tour.[citation needed] They won two MTV Europe awards, including "Best Alternative Act" and a Q Award for "Best Live Act".[citation needed] Muse also received an award for "Best Live Act" at the 2005 BRIT Awards.[citation needed] In July 2005, Muse participated in the Live 8 concert in Paris.[citation needed]

An unofficial and unauthorised DVD biography containing no Muse music called Manic Depression was released in April 2005; the band was not involved with the project and did not endorse the release.[22] Another DVD, this time official, was released by the band on 12 December 2005, called Absolution Tour. The official release contained re-edited and re-mastered highlights from the Glastonbury Festival 2004 and previously unseen footage from London Earls Court, Wembley Arena, and the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Two songs, "Endlessly" and "Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist", are hidden tracks on the DVD taken from Wembley Arena. The only song from Absolution not to appear on the live DVD is "Falling Away With You", which has never been performed live to date.[23] Absolution eventually went Gold in the US.[24]

[edit] Black Holes and Revelations and HAARP (2006–2008)
 
Muse playing "Starlight" at Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006In 2006, Muse released their fourth album, Black Holes and Revelations, co-produced by Muse and Rich Costey. The album's title and themes are the result of the band's fascination with science fiction and political outrage.[25][26] The album charted at No. 1 in the UK, much of Europe, and Australia. It was also a success in the United States, reaching number nine on the Billboard 200 album chart.[27] Prior to the release of the new album, the band resumed making live performances, which had halted while recording, making a number of promotional TV appearances starting on 13 May 2006 at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. The Black Holes and Revelations Tour started just before the release of their album and initially consisted mostly of festival appearances, most notably a headline slot at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2006.[28] The band's main touring itinerary started with a tour of North America from late July to early August 2006. After the last of the summer festivals, a tour of Europe began, including a large arena tour of the UK.[29] Black Holes and Revelations was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, but lost to Arctic Monkeys.[citation needed] The album did, however, earn a Platinum Europe Award after selling one million copies in the continent.[30] In August 2006, Muse recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road.

The first single from the album, "Supermassive Black Hole", was released as a download in May 2006. It was later followed by general releases as a single the next month, all ahead of the main album release. The second single, "Starlight", was released in September 2006. "Knights of Cydonia" was released in the U.S. as a radio-only single in June 2006 and in the UK in November 2006. "Knights of Cydonia" was voted number 1 in the world's largest music poll Australian Radio's Triple J Hottest 100 for 2007 and 18th in Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time in 2009. The fourth single from the album, "Invincible", was then released in April 2007.[31] Another single, "Map of the Problematique", was released for digital download only in June 2007, following the band's performance at Wembley Stadium.[32]

The band spent November and much of December 2006 touring Europe with British band Noisettes as the supporting act. The tour continued in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia in early 2007 before returning to England for the summer. Possibly their biggest performances to date were two gigs at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium on 16 and 17 June 2007. Both Wembley concerts were recorded for a DVD/CD titled HAARP, which was released on the 17 March 2008[33] in the UK and 1 April 2008[34] in the USA. The touring continued across Europe in July 2007 before heading back to the US in August where they played to a sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden, New York.[35] They earned a headline spot on the second night of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on 15 September 2007, after The White Stripes canceled their performance. Not long after, they also performed at the October 2007 Vegoose in Las Vegas alongside bands like Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, and Queens of the Stone Age.[35] Muse continued touring in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Scandinavia before moving on to Australia and New Zealand. Muse played their final show of the Black Holes and Revelations tour as headliner of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas after playing to sell-out crowds throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States, and New Zealand.[citation needed]

A number of individual live appearances also occurred in 2008. In March, they played concerts in Dubai, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.[36] On 12 April they played a one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.[37] Muse were present at Rock in Rio Lisboa on 6 June, along other bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, The Offspring and Linkin Park.[38] The band also performed at a new gig in Marlay Park, Dublin on 13 August and were set to play at a gig in Belfast on 14 August. However, the Belfast date was dismissed according to The Belfast Telegraph.[39] Kasabian and Glasvegas supported Muse on their Irish date.[40] A few days later, they were the headline act at V Festival 2008, playing in Chelmsford on Saturday 16 August and Staffordshire on Sunday 17 August.[41] They also hinted at the possibility of a future stadium tour or concerts in South America.[42]

On 25 September 2008, Bellamy, Howard and Wolstenholme all received a Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Plymouth for their contributions to music.[43][44]

[edit] The Resistance (2009–present)
 
Muse performing "Resistance" at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham on 10 November 2009.The band's fifth studio album The Resistance was released in September 2009. It is the first Muse album to have been produced by the band itself.[45] The album was mixed by Mark Stent.[46] On its release, it topped the album charts in 19 countries and reached number 3 on the American album chart.[47] Critics were mostly positive about the album, with much of the praise directed towards its ambition, classical music influences and the thirteen-minute, three-part "Exogenesis: Symphony".[citation needed] It also beat its predecessor Black Holes and Revelations in relative album sales in its debut week in the UK with approximately 148,000 copies sold.[48] The first single "Uprising" was released seven days earlier. [49]

The Resistance Tour started at Hartwall Arena, Finland in October 2009 and included headlining Coachella Festival in April 2010. It will also include two gigs at Wembley Stadium in September 2010. The band also supported U2 for their U2 360° Tour. In the "Breakfast with Muse Concert" KROQ held, Muse was asked how long they would be on tour. They commented saying in a paraphrase, "We will probably be touring until the end of next year. We will be doing this U2 and European tour and ship off to Australia and Asia and return for an extensive US tour. It will actually be our longest US tour to date. Starting at about the end of February or March."[50]

In January 2010, Muse played the Big Day Out festival at its various venues in Australia and New Zealand starting with Auckland and eventually ending with Perth.[51] Muse headlined Coachella on Saturday 17th April.[52] Muse also headlined the Glastonbury Festival 2010 along with Gorillaz and Stevie Wonder.[53][54] The group will also headline the 2010 Hovefestivalen,[55] as well as T in the Park 2010 and Oxegen alongside Eminem and Kasabian among other festivals, including the Austin City Limits Music Festival.[56] On 20 April 2010, the band announced fourteen dates for a North American tour, which will be held between September and November 2010.[57] In addition to this, the band have added further four dates to their forthcoming North American tour, on 28 April 2010.[58] On 7th May 2010, it was announced that Muse would release the lead single for the third film of The Twilight Saga, Eclipse. "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" was released on May 17th.[59] Muse played at Glastonbury in June 2010 and were joined onstage by The Edge from U2 to play "Where The Streets Have No Name", after U2 pulled out of their headlining slot.

Muse's fearsome live reputation helped secure them the O2 Silver Clef Award in London on July 2, 2010. The award was presented by Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen. Taylor described the Warner-signed trio as "probably the greatest live act in the world today," while May said that "this is a magnificent, incredible group." [60]

[edit] Musical style
Muse's primary genres are progressive rock,[4] space rock, and alternative rock, but they also integrate parts of electronica, indie, rock opera, classical,[61] hard rock, metal.[61]

Many Muse songs are recognisable by lead vocalist Matthew Bellamy's often Jeff Buckley-like falsetto voice and use of vibrato. As a guitarist, Bellamy often utilises arpeggio and pitch-shift effects to create a more "electric" sound, citing Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello as influences for this method.[15]

Muse's album Black Holes and Revelations was influenced by various styles of European and Asian music. "I've been listening to quite a lot of music from the south of Italy on this album", Bellamy admits. "I've been living in Italy for a while, and I discovered this music from Naples, which sounds like a mix of music from Africa, Croatia, Turkey, and Italy. It kind of gives it a mystical sound, so I think that's one thing that influenced the album. I like being influenced by things that have a mixed style".[62]

Muse have cited Queen as an influence.[63] Queen guitarist Brian May has praised Muse's work, calling the band "extraordinary musicians" who "let their madness show through, always a good thing in an artist."[63] In particular, Dominic Howard noted the influence of Queen on "United States of Eurasia."[63]

On the band's association with progressive rock, Dominic Howard has said: "I associate it with 10-minute guitar solos, but I guess we kind of come into the category. A lot of bands are quite ambitious with their music, mixing lots of different styles — and when I see that I think it's great. I've noticed that kind of thing becoming a bit more mainstream." [64]

[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
Matthew Bellamy - vocals, guitars, keyboards
Christopher Wolstenholme - bass guitar, backing vocals, occasional live keyboards, harmonica
Dominic Howard - drums, percussion, synthesisers, backing

(Yes, I did copy paste this.)

www.muse.mu/ contains a audio player and more info.

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Forum Games / Text Roleplaying - Terminator RP; Rosters on Page 3 & 5

« on: June 28, 2010, 10:34:59 PM »

Text Roleplaying

Yes, roleplaying with text. We'll go by themes, and it will be serious.
Just go with the theme and play your part.

Symbols and meanings
** is an action.
EVENT: Used by Roleplay Moderators for large happenings.
// is Out-Of-Roleplay chat.
CharName: texthere - is for talking.
$ Roleplay Moderator
TCR: This is TechComm's radio. SkyNET can not hear it - if they say they can their character will be removed. If done again, they will be blacklisted. Refugees and TechComm along with the reprogrammed drone can use this.
% means you can reprogram drones.

Blacklist:
None.


CURRENT THEME: Terminator Roleplay


Characters: (In order of authority
John Connor - Me $
Miles Bennet Dyson Jr - Orion %
Kyle Reese - %
Plasma Sniper(Name: Lt. Alexander Fallon ) - Dodger
RPG-7 Operator(Name: )-
SAW Operator(Name: )-
40Watt User(Name: )- %
40Watt User(Name: )-
M203 M4 User(Name: )-
30 Watt User(Name: )- %
Neptune(Reprogrammed Drone) - mrlolop $
Refugee(Name: ) -
Refugee(Name: )-
Refugee(Name: )-

We're on frontlines of SkyNET Central - tell me who you want to be and I'll add you. We won't start till we have 5 spots filled.

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Off Topic / Resize This Please (avatars)

« on: June 28, 2010, 08:40:40 AM »

If you need someone to resize somethings, post it here and hopefully someone will do it. (I can't.)



Make this one for me please.

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Off Topic / Daft Punk Megathread; televsion rules the nation

« on: June 28, 2010, 08:32:51 AM »

Daft Punk's helmets.

(Yes, I am this much in love with daftpunk.)

"Daft Punk is an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and were met with continued success in the years following.

Early years (1987–1993)
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot, a secondary school in Paris. The two became good friends and later recorded demo tracks with others from the school. This eventually led to the formation of the guitar-based group called Darlin' with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo played bass and guitar, respectively, while Brancowitz performed on drums. The indie rock trio had branded themselves after The Beach Boys song of the same name, which they covered along with an original composition. Stereolab released both tracks on a multi-artist Duophonic Records EP and invited the band to open for stage shows in the United Kingdom. Bangalter felt that "The rock n' roll thing we did was pretty average, I think. It was so brief, maybe six months, four songs and two gigs and that was it." A negative review in Melody Maker subsequently dubbed the music "a bunch of daft punk." Instead of dismissing the review, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo found it to be amusing. As the latter stated, "We struggled so long to find [the name] Darlin', and this happened so quickly." Darlin' soon disbanded, leaving Brancowitz to pursue other efforts with Phoenix. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk and experimented with drum machines and synthesizers.

Homework era (1993–1999)
In 1993 Daft Punk attended a rave at EuroDisney, where they met Stuart Macmillan of Slam, co-founder of the label Soma Quality Recordings. The demo tape given to Macmillan at the rave formed the basis for Daft Punk's debut single, "The New Wave", a limited release in 1994. The single also contained the final mix of "The New Wave" called "Alive".

Daft Punk returned to the studio in May 1995 to record "Da Funk". It became their first commercially successful single the same year. After the success of "Da Funk", Daft Punk looked to find a manager. They had no trouble finding one at the time as they chose Pedro Winter, who regularly promoted them and other artists at his Hype night clubs. The band signed with Virgin Records in September 1996 and made a deal through which they licensed their tracks to the major label through their production company, Daft Trax. Bangalter spoke of the duo's decision to sign with Virgin:

Many record companies offered us deals. They came from everywhere, but we decided to wait--partly because we didn't want to lose control of what we had created. We turned down many record companies. We weren't interested in the money, so we turned down labels that were looking for more control than we were willing to give up. In reality, we're more like partners with Virgin.

In regards to the artistic control and freedom, Bangalter stated:

We've got much more control than money. You can't get everything. We live in a society where money is what people want, so they can't get the control. We chose. Control is freedom. People say we're control freaks, but control is controlling your destiny without controlling other people. We're not trying to manipulate other people, just controlling what we do ourselves. Controlling what we do is being free. People should stop thinking that an artist that controls what he does is a bad thing. A lot of artists today are just victims, not having control, and they're not free. And that's pathetic. If you start being dependent on money, then money has to reach a point to fit your expenses.

"Da Funk" and "Alive" were later included on Daft Punk's 1997 debut album Homework. The album was regarded as an innovative synthesis of techno, house, acid house and electro styles, and is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential dance music albums of the nineties. "Da Funk" was also included on The Saint film soundtrack. It was during this period of change in dance music that Daft Punk became largely successful. They combined the aforementioned music styles and elements of rave that were crowd pleasers. The most successful single from Homework was "Around the World", which is known for the repeating chant of the song's title. Daft Punk also produced a series of music videos for Homework directed by Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Roman Coppola and Seb Janiak. The collection of videos was released in 1999 and titled D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes.

Discovery era (1999–2004)
By 1999 the duo were well into the recording sessions for their second album, which had begun a year earlier.[12] The 2001 release Discovery took on a slicker and distinctly synthpop-oriented style, initially stunning fans of Daft Punk's previous material in Homework. The group states that the album was conceived as an attempt to reconnect with a playful, open-minded attitude associated with the discovery phase of childhood.[8] This accounts for the heavy use of themes and samples from the late '70s to early '80s era on the album. It reached #2 in the United Kingdom, and its single "One More Time" was a major club and mainstream hit, which nearly topped the UK Singles Chart. The song is well known for being heavily auto-tuned and compressed.[8] The song and album created a new generation of fans mainly familiar with the second Daft Punk release. The singles "Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" were also very successful in the UK and on the United States dance chart, and "Face to Face" hit #1 on the USA club play charts despite a limited single release.[13] A 45-minute excerpt from a Daftendirektour performance recorded at Birmingham, UK in 1997 was also released in 2001, entitled Alive 1997. 2003 first saw the release of the feature-length animated film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. Daft Punk produced the film under the supervision of Leiji Matsumoto, whom they have said is their childhood hero.[14] The album Daft Club was also released to promote the film. It features a collection of remixes previously made available through an online membership service of the same name.

[edit] Human After All era (2004–2008)
Starting on September 13 and ending November 9, 2004, Daft Punk devoted six weeks to creating new material.[15] The duo released the album Human After All in March 2005. Reviews were mixed, mostly citing its overly repetitive nature and seemingly rushed recording. The singles taken from this album were "Robot Rock", "Technologic", "Human After All" and "The Prime Time of Your Life". The earliest official statement from Daft Punk concerning the album was "we believe that Human After All speaks for itself."

A Daft Punk anthology CD/DVD entitled Musique Vol. 1 1993–2005 was released on April 4, 2006. It contains new music videos for "The Prime Time of Your Life" and "Robot Rock (Maximum Overdrive)". Daft Punk also released a remix album of Human After All called Human After All: Remixes. A limited edition included two kubricks of Daft Punk as robots.

On May 21, 2006, Daft Punk premiered their first directed film, Daft Punk's Electroma at the Cannes Film Festival sidebar Director's Fortnight.[16] The film does not include their own music, which is a first for the duo considering their previous DVD and film releases (D.A.F.T. for Homework and Interstella 5555 for Discovery). Midnight screenings of the film were shown in Paris theaters starting from the end of March 2007.[17] Initial public comments have since been positive.[18]

Daft Punk released their second live album titled Alive 2007 on November 19, 2007. It contains the duo's performance in Paris from their Alive 2007 tour.[19] The live version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" from Alive 2007 was released as a single.[20] A music video for the single directed by Olivier Gondry features footage shot by 250 audience members at Daft Punk's Brooklyn appearance at KeySpan Park, Coney Island.[21]

[edit] Recent projects (2008–present)
 
Daft Punk in DJ HeroFollowing the Alive 2007 tour, Daft Punk focused on other projects. A 2008 interview with Pedro Winter revealed that the duo returned to their Paris studio to work on new material. Winter also stepped down from managing Daft Punk to focus attention on his Ed Banger Records label and his work as Busy P.[22] He stated in a later interview that the duo are working with an unspecified management company in Los Angeles.[3] Jamie Stevens of Infusion commented that Daft Punk had rented the Jim Henson Studios for one month to record material for a new album.

Daft Punk provided eleven new mixes featuring their music for the video game DJ Hero. They also appear in the game as playable characters, along with their own venue.[25]

In March 2009, it was announced Daft Punk was signed to write the score to the film Tron: Legacy.[26][27] At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the duo composed 24 tracks for the film.[28] Daft Punk will make a cameo appearance in the film as disc jockey programs at a nightclub within the film's virtual world.[29] Tron: Legacy co-star Olivia Wilde also stated that the duo may be involved with future promotional events related to the film.[30][28]" -Wikipedia



A common Daft Punk show.


Daft Punk's amazing lighting effects in use.

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Off Topic / What's Your Favorite Music Genre?

« on: June 28, 2010, 01:11:06 AM »

Since the other topic failed due to lack of multiple choices and genres, I decided to make this.

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Off Topic / Post your favorite band.

« on: June 23, 2010, 01:31:03 AM »

Other topics were too old. Post your favorite band(s).

The Fray/Daft Punk/Three Days Grace.