(Billboard) Activision Inc. and Vagrant Records are upping the ante for video game soundtracks with "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland." Due this fall, the 14-track set compiles classic punk songs as performed exclusively for the game by some of the popular bands they influenced.
My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, Senses Fail, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Alkaline Trio, Hot Snakes and others recorded well-known tracks by such seminal artists as Black Flag, the Stooges, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Boys, Buzzcocks, Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits and the Misfits. [see full story for the inside dirt on the project]
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Posted by freya:
a few of my fav bands on that list. especially MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR.MCR. = )
