What's more meta than a band, who uses video game controllers as instruments, adding their songs to a video game, then showing the video of someone playing the game while they perform the song live? No, you didn't take Morpheus's red pill and fall down the Matrix rabbit hole. It's what happened when I Fight Dragons, the world's first and only NES rock band, added their songs to JamLegend.
I Fight Dragons hails from Chicago, IL and was voted the Best New Chicago Band 2009 by
Metromix.com. Their songs are super catchy and upbeat, featuring bleeps, blips, and bloops made by video game controllers. No, seriously. I Fight Dragons uses old Nintendo controllers, Guitar Hero guitar controllers, etc. to create and play their music. Too cool, right? Of course, a band whose existence revolves around video games was bound to discover JamLegend. On a friend's recommendation, I Fight Dragons added their songs to JamLegend and "It's been an amazing experience since then to say the least," says lead singer Brian.
JamLegend has been a great promotional tool for I Fight Dragons, introducing their music to new fans from all over the world. One in particular--David from Germany--became a part of I Fight Dragons' live performance, which Brian calls a "wonderfully postmodern piece of art." David sent a
video of himself playing to the song
"Heads Up, Hearts Down" to the band. They asked him to make a
video of him playing
"The Faster the Treadmill..." so they can show it while they performed the song live in front of an audience. David obliged, and in a matter of few days, his video was shown half way across the world at a venue in Chicago while I Fight Dragons played the song.
I Fight Dragons was nice enough to send a signed copy of their
"Cool is Just a Number" EP to JamLegend HQ. So we want to say thanks, and wish them well on their musical endeavors! You can play songs from "Cool is Just a Number" on JamLegend by going to the
I Fight Dragons profile. You can buy their EP on the official I Fight Dragons
merch page and on
Amazon. For more info on the band, check out their
MySpace and follow them on
Twitter.
If you're in the Chicago area, you can check out I Fight Dragons live:
-8/1/09 - Chicago - Warped Tour - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
-8/15/09 - Chicago - Martyrs' - Chip-Rock Extravaganza (w/ Anamanaguchi and Starscream)
-8/20/09 - Lisle, IL - The Lodge (ALL AGES!)
-8/21/09 - Milwaukee, WI
-8/22/09 - Madison, WI - TBA
-9/5/09 - Chicago - Elbo Room - 9:00 PM Brian Bender's B-Day Bash
