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| | name = Nintendocore | | name = Nintendocore | ||
| | other_names = {{hlist|Nintendo rock<ref name=Crimson |
| other_names = {{hlist|Nintendo rock<ref name="Crimson" /><ref name="NYT" />|nerdcore<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="Math the band">{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/04/math-the-band-live-tour/|title=Math the Band Strive to 'Take Fun Seriously' Exclusive Video|last=Yun|first=Elizabeth|date=4 January 2011|publisher=]|work=]|access-date=30 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117121102/http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/04/math-the-band-live-tour/|archive-date=17 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=nerd>{{cite web|url=http://nerdsontherocks.com/nerdcore-fight-dragons|title=Nerdcore: I Fight Dragons|first=Josh|last=Raj|website=nerdsontherocks.com|date=28 April 2012|access-date=December 18, 2020|quote=The type of music is called “Nerdcore” sometimes “Nintendocore.” Basically, this is a genre of music that takes today's rock music and adding in chiptune, the few note songs from classic video games, and creating a very unique style.}}</ref><ref name=louder>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/dinosaurs-pirates-and-porno-11-of-the-weirdest-metal-subgenres|title=11 of the weirdest metal subgenres|date=30 March 2020|access-date=January 12, 2021|via=Louder}}</ref>|video game rock<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/minibosses-celebrate-15-years-of-gaming-centric-music-7415831|title=Minibosses Celebrate 15 Years of Gaming-Centric Music|last=Moses|first=Jeff|date=2015-06-16|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>|video game metal<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/the-most-intolerable-fan-bases-in-music-7077761|title=The Most Intolerable Fan Bases in Music {{!}} Dallas Observer|access-date=January 5, 2021|via=Dallas Observer}}</ref>|8-bit metalcore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title=New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen|date=July 17, 2016|accessdate=February 15, 2021|via=]}}</ref>}} | ||
| | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|]|]|]}} | | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]|]|]}} | ||
| | cultural_origins = Early 2000s, United States | | cultural_origins = Early 2000s, United States | ||
| | instruments = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]}} | | instruments = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]}} | ||
| | derivatives = | | derivatives = | ||
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| | fusiongenres = | | fusiongenres = | ||
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| '''Nintendocore'''{{refn|group=note|Always intentionally spelled capitalized.}} is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses ] with |
'''Nintendocore'''{{refn|group=note|Always intentionally spelled capitalized.}} is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses ] and ] with ] and/or ]. The genre is sometimes considered a direct subgenre of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/horse-the-band-mn0000266530|title = HORSE the Band Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website = ]}}</ref> and a fusion genre between ] and chiptune.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title = New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen|website = ]|date = 17 July 2016}}</ref> The genre originated in the early 2000s and peaked around the late 2000s<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Trends|url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=/m/090l0_|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Google Trends|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723225024/https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=/m/090l0_|url-status=dead}}</ref> with bands like ], ], ], ], The NESkimos and ] pioneering the genre. | ||
| == Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
| {{Listen|filename=|title="Computer Game" - Yellow Magic Orchestra|description=An example of early arcade game sampling by ].}} | |||
| Nintendocore frequently features the use of ]s, ]s, and typical rock instrumentation alongside ]s, |
Nintendocore frequently features the use of ]s, ]s, and typical rock instrumentation alongside ]s, ], 8-bit sounds, and electronically produced beats.<ref name="Crimson" /><ref name="Quest">{{cite web|last=Wright|title=Subgenre(s) of the Week: Nintendocore (feat. Holiday Pop)|url=http://www.reedquest.org/subgenres-of-the-week-nintendocore-feat-holiday-pop/|publisher=The Quest|access-date=2 January 2015|date=2010-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102193220/http://www.reedquest.org/subgenres-of-the-week-nintendocore-feat-holiday-pop/|archive-date=2 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|title=HORSE the Band|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/horse-the-band-p596753/biography|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=2011-03-14}}</ref> It originated primarily from ] and ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Sutherland|first=Sam|title=Horse the Band - Pizza EP|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/horse_band-pizza_ep|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=December 2006}}</ref><ref name="Quest" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Turull|first=Alisha|title=New Releases: Lita Ford, the Fall of Troy, Horse the band, Immortal, Inhale Exhale|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/10/06/1new-releases-lita-the-fall-of-troy-horse-the-band-immortal/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=30 March 2011|date=6 October 2009}}</ref> and subgenres of those styles such as ],<ref name="allmusic" /><ref name="AV Club" /> ],<ref name="AV Club">{{cite web|title=Horse The Band, Super 8 Bit Brothers, Endless Hallway, and Oceana|url=http://www.avclub.com/chicago/events/horse-the-band-super-8-bit-brothers-endless-hallwa,178414/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=January 2, 2015|date=8 November 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120315121824/http://www.avclub.com/chicago/events/horse-the-band-super-8-bit-brothers-endless-hallwa,178414/|archive-date = 15 March 2012}}</ref> and ].<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="amg borlax">{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|title=R. Borlax <nowiki></nowiki>|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r-borlax-bonus-tracks-r661548|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> Artists in the genre have also incorporated elements of ],<ref name="Quest" /> ]<ref name="LoftusAM" /> ],<ref name="Crimson" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Leahey|first=Andrew|title=A Natural Death|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1067818|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=8 May 2011}}</ref> and ].<ref name="AV Club" /><ref name="LoftusAM" /> Nintendocore groups vary stylistically and come from a wide array of influences. ] combines metalcore, heavy metal, ], and post-hardcore with post-rock passages.<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="AV Club" /><ref name="amg borlax" /> "The Black Hole" from Horse the Band's third album, '']'', is an example of Nintendocore, featuring screamed vocals, heavy "Nintendo riffs," and "sound effects from numerous games."<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Weber|first=Scott |title=Horse the Band - The Mechanical Hand|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97383|publisher=]|access-date=2011-05-07}}</ref> ] includes ] and ] styles.<ref name="Trivett2">{{cite web|last=Trivett|first=Ben|title=Math the Band Play Blistering Set at CMJ -- Exclusive Photos|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=30 March 2011|date=21 October 2010|archive-date=1 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101133143/http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ] use ]-inspired heavy metal ]ing,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Borges|first=Mario Mesquita|title=Minibosses|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/minibosses-p511940|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> and The Advantage is associated with styles such as noise rock and post-rock.<ref name="Trivett">{{cite web|last=Trivett|first=Ben|title=Math the Band Play Blistering Set at CMJ -- Exclusive Photos|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=30 March 2011|date=21 October 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110101133143/http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/21/math-the-band-cmj-pictures/|archive-date = 1 January 2011}}</ref> ] was an ] band that incorporated 8-bit sounds, video game music, and elements of ].<ref name="Pitchfork" /> | ||
| Some bands feature singing, such as |
Some bands feature singing, such as The Depreciation Guild, whose frontman Kurt Feldman provides "ethereal" and "tender vocals,"<ref name="Pitchfork" /> and ], who write lyrics that mirror video game storylines.<ref name="Gibson">{{cite web |author=Bayer, Jonah |date=2009-03-05 |title=Like Video Games? You'll Love Nintendocore |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/like-video-games-305/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511183339/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Features/like%2Dvideo%2Dgames%2D305/ |archive-date=2009-05-11 |access-date=2011-03-15 |publisher=]}}</ref> Others, such as Horse the Band and Math the Band, add screamed vocals into the mix.<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="Math the band" /><ref name="AV Club" /><ref name="amg borlax" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Synyard|first=Dave|title=Horse the Band - A Natural Death|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/horse_band-natural_death|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=September 2007}}</ref> But yet other groups are strictly instrumental, such as Minibosses,<ref name=":0"/> and ].<ref name="Crimson" /><ref name="LoftusAM">{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|title=The Mechanical Hand|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-mechanical-hand-r789059|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> While otherwise diverse, all Nintendocore groups "use specific instruments to mimic the sounds of Nintendo games."<ref name="allmusic" /> | ||
| == Etymology == | |||
| The term "Nintendocore" is a ] of ], the popular gaming company from which many of the genre's influences and ] originate and the "core" suffix, which is often used to denote the various subgenres of ].<ref>{{cite web|date=2015-04-07|title="-core" Is the Suffix of Our Time {{!}} Washingtonian (DC)|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/07/core-is-the-suffix-of-our-time/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Washingtonian|language=en-US}}</ref> The term was first used in 2000, <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20031125140838/http://pub12.ezboard.com/fhorsethebandtalkaboutus?page=20</ref> by ] frontman, Nathan Winneke; the term later appeared on the band's ''I Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up Riverbed'' demo.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|last=Willschick|first=Aaron|title=Interview with HORSE The Band bassist Dash Arkenstone|url=http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/horse-the-band1|work=PureGrainAudio|publisher=ProtogenLabs|access-date=2011-03-14|date=2007-06-03|archive-date=2012-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330191707/http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/horse-the-band1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nintendocore origin">{{cite web|url=https://portalternativo.com/2009/06/entrevista-a-horse-the-band-somos-mas-que-nintendocore/|title=Entrevista a HORSE the band: «Somos más que nintendocore»|language=Spanish|website=portalternativo.com|access-date=March 15, 2024|date=2010}}</ref> However, several members of the group have since attempted to distance themselves from the descriptor, such as former bassist Dashiel Arkenstone, who stated: "I reject it because it cheapens our music."<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-03-13|title=The Death of Nintendocore|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/03/the-death-of-nintendocore/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Kotaku Australia|language=en-AU}}</ref> Winneke later explained: "It sucks when everybody is just like 'Oh this song about your mom getting beat, what game is this about?' we're very serious most of the time about our music and art, it's only a reference to the idea of blending the digital music of the games and things we grew up on with all the other music we love. It was just a fun idea at the time but everyone took it a hundred yards too far."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwrR610NnsA|title=Horse the Band (Last.fm Live)|website=]|date=12 August 2013 |access-date=September 3, 2022}}</ref> | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| ] was an early pioneer of Nintendocore and the originator of the term, which frontman Nathan Winneke coined as a joke.<ref name="Quest" /><ref name="AV Club" /> According to ], the group's "contorted roars, metal-core hysterics, esoteric video game references, and crusty 8-bit-style synth became inextricably linked to the nebulous genre."<ref name="AV Club" />] | |||
| ===Precursors (1978-2000)=== | |||
| Another Nintendocore pioneer is ],<ref name=":3">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Josiah|title=Hella guitarist Spencer Seim releases solo album as sBACH|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/hella_guitarist_spencer_seim_releases_solo_album_as|publisher=]|access-date=10 July 2011|date=August 2008}}</ref> whom '']'' praises as one of the groups who brought video game music into the mainstream modern music spotlight.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last=Weingarten|first=Marc|title=Resurrecting the Riffs, A Nintendo Rock Band|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/29/technology/resurrecting-the-riffs-a-nintendo-rock-band.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 March 2011|date=29 April 2004}}</ref> The Advantage is an ] band formed by two students attending ].<ref name=NYT/> ] first heard the original two band members play at a 1999 Nevada Union High School talent show, beginning his musical career, and continued to lead the group forward after high school.<ref name="NYT" /> The group "plays nothing but music from the original ] ]."<ref name=NYT/> By creating rock cover versions of video game sound tracks, they have "brought legitimacy to a style of music dubbed Nintendocore."<ref name="Crimson">{{cite web |last=Payne |first=Will B. |date=2006-02-14 |title=Nintendo Rock: Nostalgia or Sound of the Future |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/2/14/nintendo-rock-nostalgia-or-sound-of/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143335/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/2/14/nintendo-rock-nostalgia-or-sound-of/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=2011-03-14 |website=]}}</ref> | |||
| {{Also|Category:Band-centric video games|Category:Music about video games|Electronicore|}} | |||
| The earliest precursors to Nintendocore can be found with the relationship between video games and chiptune with rock music. After the success of video games and eventual entering of popular culture in the late 1970s during the ], many music artists began capitalizing on video games, often using samples of games or having songs lyrically about a specific game, as well as appearing in them. | |||
| ] at Penny Arcade Expo 2005 (now ]).]] | |||
| One of the first artists to do this was ] pioneers ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/04/electronicmusic.filmandmusic11|title=John Lewis meets the trio that is Yellow Magic Orchestra|website=]|date=July 3, 2008}}</ref> Emerging in the late 70's,<ref>{{cite web|title=ymo.org|url=http://www.ymo.org/biography/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=ymo.org}}</ref> the group would sample ''Space Invaders'' sounds in their influential 1978 ], particularly the hit song "Computer Game". In turn, the band would have a major influence on much of the video game music produced after. Former Yellow Magic Orchestra member ] would go on to release a 1984 album produced entirely from ] arcade game music entitled simply ''Video Game Music'', one of the first chiptune albums and the first video game music album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haruomi Hosono|url=https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/haruomi-hosono|access-date=2020-10-01|website=redbullmusicacademy.com|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| The Phoenix-based rock group, ], " one of the most well-established bands in the Nintendocore genre, with an impressive roster of covers including '']'', '']'', '']''," and covers of other video game themes.<ref name=Gibson/> Minibosses is known as one of the primary representatives of Nintendo rock,<ref name="RiseNR">{{Cite episode|title=The Rise of Nintendo Rock |url=http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/200408/minibosses |credits=Rene Gutel |network=] |station=KJZZ 91.5 |location=], ] |airdate=August 26, 2004 |access-date=10 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040903183150/http://kjzz.org/news/arizona/archives/200408/minibosses |archive-date=September 3, 2004 }}</ref> performing at various video game expositions.<ref name=Gibson/> In addition to covers, the band has also produced original work.<ref name=Gibson/> ''The Harvard Crimson'' refers to Minibosses as "sworn rivals" of The NESkimos,<ref name=Crimson /> another Nintendocore practitioner.<ref name=Gibson/> | |||
| The 2007 debut album by ], ''In Her Gentle Jaws,'' has been referred to as Nintendocore by ]. The website wrote that "''In Her Gentle Jaws'' sticks its neck out further than Nintendocore staples like The Advantage or Minibosses", and that the album's instrumental title track "could plausibly come from an ] cartridge."<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Moerder|first=Adam |title=The Depreciation Guild - In Her Gentle Jaws|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11143-in-her-gentle-jaws/|publisher=]|access-date=2011-05-09}}</ref> | |||
| Other songs based on or sampling video games soon followed, including "Disco Space Invaders" (1979) by Funny Stuff,<ref name="wire_2002">{{citation|title=The Wire, Issues 221–226|work=]|year=2002|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyFMAAAAYAAJ|access-date=2011-05-25}}</ref> "]" (1980) by ],<ref name="wire_2002"/> "Space Invaders" (1980) by Uncle Vic,<ref>{{cite web|last=Lovelace |first=Craven |title=Take a waka-waka-waka on the wild side |url=http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20100827/COMMUNITY_NEWS/100829973 |work=Grand Junction Free Press |access-date=15 July 2011 |date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127145803/http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20100827/COMMUNITY_NEWS/100829973 |archive-date=January 27, 2013 }}</ref> and "Pac-Man" (1981) by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.avclub.com/weird-al-yankovic-shares-his-unreleased-beatles-parod-1798257888|title="Weird Al" Yankovic shares his unreleased Beatles parody about Pac-Man|first=Sam|last=Barsanti|website=The A.V. Club|date=16 February 2017|access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref> Similar sounds used in other songs include the "tackled" sound from a ] electronic football game used in "]" (1979) by ] and a version of the song "]" generated by the alarm of a digital wrist watch owned by ] used in "]" (1982) by ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Supertramp Songs|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|accessdate=8 June 2022|author=DeRiso, Nick|date=22 July 2013 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/supertramp-songs/}}</ref><ref>Buskin, Richard (July 2005). , '']''.</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|people= Webb, Spike |date= 3 May 2012 |title= Topper Headon (The Clash) talks about 'Mad, Bad and Dangerous' |medium= Interview |minutes= 2:42 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9WpYJQmZK8&t=0m54s |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Z9WpYJQmZK8 |archive-date= 12 December 2021 |url-status= live}} {{cbignore}}</ref> | |||
| In 2016, a group of artists, under the Nintendocore Lives label, released a compilation album, ''Smash 64'', themed after the original ] game, in an attempt to revitalize the genre.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/new_8_bit_metalcore_album_revives_nintendocore_with_brutal_n64_themelisten/|title=New 8-bit metalcore album revives nintendocore with brutal N64 theme—listen - Alternative Press|date=2016-07-17|work=Alternative Press|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| ], a key figure in the development of ] has mentioned his relationship with video games and how he enjoyed video games as a kid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dayafterdaydc.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/from-the-vaults-ian-mackaye-as-in-the-sky-interview-from-2005|title=As in the Sky — Interview from 2005|date=November 17, 2014|website=dayafterdc.wordpress.com|access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2024}} | |||
| ], fans of '']'', released novelty song "]" in 1981. Originally having little local radio success, ] took notice and the single hit #9 on the Billboard charts in 1982. Later that same year, an ] released on CBS Records quickly followed composed entirely of video game themed songs. Songs on the album featured audio samples of gameplay for each game, this in turn would be a precursor to the fusion of chiptune and rock used in Nintendocore. | |||
| Rock music has also influenced video game composers such as ], composer for Nintendo, often cited as being influenced by rock bands such as ], ] and ] and ] who was influenced by ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|date=31 January 2015|title=Weirdness: Legendary Composer Koji Kondo Drew Inspiration From '70s Rock Bands|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/01/weirdness_legendary_composer_koji_kondo_drew_inspiration_from_70s_rock_bands|access-date=18 October 2021|website=Nintendo Life|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |last=Kondo |first=Koji |subject-link=Koji Kondo |interviewer=Chris Kohler |title=VGL: Koji Kondo |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/03/vgl-koji-kondo-/ |access-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822111622/https://www.wired.com/2007/03/vgl-koji-kondo-/ |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |url-status=live |work=] |date=March 11, 2007}}</ref> | |||
| In 1982, ]'s seventh album '']'' would influence the release of ] video game '']'', making it one of the first video games to be based on a rock band.<ref name="rock stars in games">{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/classic-rock-video-games/|title=Rock Stars in Video Games: A Complete History|first=Bryan|last=Wawzenek|date=December 15, 2018|access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref> Other rock band-centric video games soon followed.<ref name="metal in games">{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/a-short-history-of-heavy-metal-in-video-games-reboot|title=A short history of heavy metal in video games|first=Mike|last=Diver|date=December 16, 2020|access-date=June 8, 2024|website=]}}</ref> | |||
| By the mid-1980s, the chiptune community had grown larger and often were associated with the ] ], often creating music for demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} | |||
| Starting in the late 1980s, ] and ] became increasingly popular, due to this, its music started appearing in or influencing more video games. Video games featuring or inspired by heavy metal and/or punk rock music included '']'' (1993), '']'' (1996), '']'' (1999) and '']'' (2000).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/video-games-punk-rock-soundtracks|title=10 Video Games With Awesome Punk Rock Soundtracks|website=screenrant.com|date=10 March 2022 |access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/10-heaviest-video-game-soundtracks|title=10 Heaviest Video Game Soundtracks|website=revolvermag.com|first=Luke|last=Winkie|date=April 22, 2019|access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref> Around this time, ], a more creatively experimental form of hardcore punk, and ], a fusion of heavy metal and hardcore punk began to emerge as well as one of the first fusions of ] and hardcore punk, ].<ref>Interview with J. Amaretto of DHR, WAX Magazine, issue 5, 1995. Included in liner notes of ''Digital Hardcore Recordings, Harder Than the Rest!!!'' compilation CD.</ref><ref>Alec Empire. , '']'', 2006-12-28. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.</ref> | |||
| The first known rock band to cover a video game song from an actual game however, was all-female ] group ] with their cover of the theme song from popular video game '']'' which was recorded in 1990.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} Other early rock groups known to cover video game songs were ] band ], who released a cover version of the main theme from the arcade game '']'' as a B-side to the single "]" in 1991,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pixiesmusic.com/song/theme-from-narc/ |title=Theme from Narc |access-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520001700/http://www.pixiesmusic.com/song/theme-from-narc/ |archive-date=2015-05-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ] band ], with their live cover of the '']'' theme song, which was a regular staple throughout their 1990s concert setlist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bunglefever.com/faq.html#VII.1|title=Mr. Bungle Frequently Asked Questions|website=bunglefever.com|access-date=2016-03-27}}</ref> Mr. Bungle would also sample sounds from video games on their ], specifically the endings of "Carousel" and "Egg".{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} It may be possible that Nintendocore creators Horse the Band were inspired by Mr. Bungle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/6707/horse-the-band-a-natural-death|title=HORSE the Band - A Natural Death {{!}} Punknews.org|website=Punknews.org|first=Brian|last=Shultz|date=September 28, 2007|access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| The early to mid-1990s would see the creation of ], an offshoot of ] which borrows heavily from electronic music.<ref>Kevin Stewart-Panko, "Shock Tactics", "Grindcore Special", part 2, p. 52-53</ref><ref>Andrew Childers, "The Body Electric", "Grind and Punishment" 15 March 2010 Access Date: June 8, 2024</ref> Certain Nintendocore bands would later take from cybergrind.<ref name="metalmusicarchives"/> | |||
| Appearing in the mid to late 1990s, ] musician ]'s "unusual instrumentation" would be a major influence on Nintendocore artists such as ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/64yepn/a-look-back-on-atom-and-his-package|title=A Look Back on Atom and His Package, the One-Man Band That Made Punk Uncool Again|date=19 April 2016|website=]|access-date=June 8, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| In 1998, Swedish hardcore punk band ] would release their third album '']'', which has elements of ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lyons|first=Patrick|date=26 October 2018|title=Was Refused's 'The Shape Of Punk To Come' Actually The Shape Of Punk To Come?|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2020358/refused-shape-of-punk-to-come-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/|access-date=June 8, 2024|website=]}}</ref> This would later influence ], a genre similar to and often confused with Nintendocore, bands such as ], one of the earliest electronicore bands. Also in 1998, Horse the Band would form with a more traditional ] sound and would release the Scabies, the Kangarooster, and You EP in 1999.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} The next year in 2000, self-defined "SID Metal" band ] would form. The band combines ] and ] with the ] from the ].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} The same year, software engineer Johan Kotlinski would release ] Little Sound Dj (often shortened to LSDj) for the ], made to create chiptune.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/latest/documentation/LSDj_1_0b.pdf|title=Little Sound Dj v1.0B Operation Manual|access-date=August 21, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ===Origins (2001-2005)=== | |||
| ] in 2009.]] | |||
| The earliest Nintendocore band is that of ]. The band first coined the term and utilized the sound on their ''I Am a Small Wooden Statue on a Patch of Crabgrass Next to a Dried Up Riverbed'' demo in September 2001.<ref name="nintendocore origin"/> The EP would combine the heavy sound of metalcore with the melodic minimalism of chiptune. Soon after, the band would coin the term Nintendocore after attending a ] concert. Nintendocore was originally one of many names they unofficially created, however it stuck.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-discovery.com/Interviews/horsetheband_interview_2008_pt1.htm|title=Interview with Nathan Winneke + David Isen + Erik Engstrom (Horse the Band)|website=metal-discovery.com|access-date=August 8, 2024|date=October 20, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| One year later, Horse the Band booked its own tours starting the summer of 2002, including a three-month tour spanning seven countries, and also released the ''Beautiful Songs by Men'' EP. | |||
| In 2003, Horse the Band would release their debut album '']'' and gain a cult following.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://v13.net/2007/03/horse-the-band|title=Horse The Band|website=v13.net|date=March 22, 2007|author=Danny P.|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> Many of the songs on the album did not feature chiptune and instead featured "new-wave synths".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/horse_band-r_borlax|title=Horse the Band|website=]|first=Jasamine|last=White-Glutz|date=November 30, 2003|access-date=July 29, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| ] would be formed by multi-instrumentalist and producer Paul McGuire in 2004 featuring a layered, keyboard-driven style of "poppy punk, hyper post-hardcore, and eight-bit blips".<ref>{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p764565}}</ref> However, the band would not consider itself Nintendocore and later become unattached from the sound, later featuring a more general electronic sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AobaMAfLQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/r_AobaMAfLQ |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=KARATE HIGH SCHOOL|date=9 July 2008 |access-date=May 6, 2021|via=]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.rockfreaks.net/albums/1868|title = Karate High School - Invaders|date = 28 May 2009|accessdate = 2 January 2015|website = |publisher = Rockfreaks.net|last = Pertola|first = Petteri}}</ref> | |||
| ] students Brack Cantrell and Lee Duck would form ] in 2005. The two left their previous band and began writing heavier music while experimenting with synthetic beats. The band would release debut album '']'' and quickly gain a following on social network ] despite mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="equalvision.com">{{cite web |url=http://equalvision.com/artist/Sky_Eats_Airplane |title=Sky Eats Airplane : Equal Vision Records |access-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525155859/http://www.equalvision.com/artist/Sky_Eats_Airplane |archive-date=2011-05-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/sky_eats_airplane-everything_perfect_on_wrong|title=Sky Eats Airplane - Everything Perfect On The Wrong Day|first=Dave|last=Synyard|website=]|date=February 18, 2008|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ===Peak popularity (2006-2011)=== | |||
| ] Nintendocore community.]] | |||
| Soon after, Nintendocore would become tied to Myspace and connected to cybergrind, a related genre that was emerging around the same time, with many artists combining Nintendocore with cybergrind.<ref name="cybergrind history">{{cite web|url=https://www.leftofthedial.fm/blog/the-completely-abridged-history-of-cybergrind|title=The Complete(ly abridged) History of Cybergrind|website=Left of the Dial|first=Terra|last=Eyes|date=June 10, 2024|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> Artists associated with the Myspace community included Bubblegum Octopus,<ref name="cybergrind history"/> iamerror, Insert Disc, I Shot The Duck Hunt Dog, Dinotrax and Unicorn Hole.<ref name="travis interview">{{cite web|url=https://aeafanzine.blogspot.com/2016/08/blogger-interview-travis-valois.html|title=Blogger Interview: TRAVIS VALOIS (Nintendocore Lives)|first=Dave|last=Wolff|website=aeafanzine.blogspot.com|date=August 9, 2016|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canvasrebel.com/meet-unicorn-hole|title=Meet Unicorn Hole.|date=November 14, 2022|website=canvasrebel.com|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> ] such as Piranha Party and MusicNES soon after were used to find upcoming artists in Nintendocore and related genres.<ref name="cybergrind history"/><ref name="travis interview"/> | |||
| In 2006, Horse the Band would release the '']'' EP and was notably part of ] 2006 and toured with ] gaining a bigger audience in the process and gaining more exposure for Nintendocore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/7240/dragonforce-atr-horse-the-band-tour|title=Dragonforce, ATR, Horse The Band tour|website=lambgoat.com|date=August 11, 2006|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/warped_tour-park_place_barrie_on_-_august_12|title=Warped Tour|first=Sam|last=Sutherland|website=]|date=August 31, 2006|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| Around the same time, various artists similar to Nintendocore would combine chiptune with various rock genres and were gaining traction. Artists such as ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2010/08/the-music-of-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-the-game-anamanaguchi|title=The Music of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Anamanaguchi|website=capsulecomputers.com.au|date=August 11, 2010|first=Chris|last=Reyes|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilusz|first=Luke|date=October 18, 2010|title=Chiptune geek-rockers Fight Dragons|url=https://columbiachronicle.com/a3ef7081-681e-5ce4-9094-87568352de04|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=The Columbia Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2010/06/04/not-faint-heart|title=Not for the Faint of Heart|website=independent.com|first=Aly|last=Comingore|date=June 4, 2020|access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref> and :(<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/20-bands-who-owe-it-all-to-myspace-and-where-they-are-now|title=20 era-defining MySpace bands: Where are they now?|website=]|date=24 September 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> would inspire terms such as "chiptune rock", "nintendo rock" and "chiptune punk". These artists would take from genres such as ], ] and ] instead of metalcore, post-hardcore or cybergrind.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/bleep-bloop-the-charms-of-chiptune|title=Bleep Bloop: The Charms of Chiptune|website=]|date=May 21, 2013|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> Around the same time, artists such as ] and ] would start to include elements of Nintendocore into their music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/44163/I-Set-My-Friends-On-Fire-Astral-Rejection|title=I Set My Friends On Fire - Astral Rejection|website=sputnikmusic.com|date=June 23, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockfreaks.net/albums/5584|title=Rolo Tomassi – Astraea|first=Petteri|last=Pertola|publisher=Rock Freaks|date=February 5, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| Horse the Band would release '']'' in August 2007. Upon the album's release, "Murder" was frequently played on the ] station, '']'' and the album would peak at #4 on the ] and on #27 on the ] charts.<ref> at ]</ref> The next year in March 2008, the band would embark on their "Earth Tour", a self-funded, self-booked, and self-promoted tour of 47 countries in 90 days.<ref> '']''. January 21, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/10293/horse-the-band-earth-tour-dates|title=Horse The Band "Earth Tour" dates|website=lambgoat.com|date=February 20, 2008|access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref> The band would then release two DVDs chronicling the tour. The first, ''We Flooded It, and There's Yogurt Everywhere: 48 Hours in Ukraine'' would be released in 2009 and the second, ''Earth Tour'', a ten-hour film, in 2010. The band would later release ''Earth Tour'' on their website for free as a torrent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36493/horse-the-band-release-dvd-we-flooded-it-and-theres-yoghurt-everywhere|title=HORSE the Band release DVD 'We Flooded It, and There's Yoghurt Everywhere' {{!}} Punknews.org|website=Punknews.org|first=Jesse|last=Raub|date=2009|access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rockfreaks.net/news/11332|title=Horse The Earth Tour DVD, now on torrents - Rockfreaks.net|website=Rockfreaks.net|first=Petteri|last=Pertola|date=March 17, 2011|access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ===Decline and recent developments (2012-present)=== | |||
| In 2016, a small group of modern Nintendocore artists including Unicorn Hole,<ref>{{cite web|title=Unicorn Hole|url=https://unicornhole.bandcamp.com/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Unicorn Hole}}</ref> Polygon Horizon,<ref>{{cite web|title=Polygon Horizon|url=https://polygonhorizon.bandcamp.com/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Polygon Horizon}}</ref> and Got Item!<ref>{{cite web|title=Porcine Menace, by Got Item!|url=https://gotitem.bandcamp.com/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Got Item!}}</ref> released a compilation album themed after the original ] game. This album was released by the net label "Nintendocore Lives",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nintendocorelives.bandcamp.com/ |title=Music | Nintendocore Lives |publisher=Nintendocorelives.bandcamp.com |date=2015-05-11 |accessdate=2022-05-04}}</ref> in an attempt to revitalize the genre.<ref name=smash-64/> | |||
| ] formed in 2002 and made use of "analog synthesizers, vintage drum machines, old video game systems and shitty guitars" which helped define the sound that is commonly associated with Nintendocore.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Math the Band|url=https://super.magfest.org/musical-guests-2020/math-the-band|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Super Magfest|date=21 November 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> Having played shows in the U.K., Mexico, and Canada with a variety of artists and rappers, they have helped spread the genre to venues outside of the United States.<ref name=":4" /> Math the Band is one of the bands with the Nintendocore sound still active today, performing at ] 2020<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite web|title=MAGFest 2020: Math the Band|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtl2FjHgHUU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Gtl2FjHgHUU |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=]| date=4 January 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and their latest album ''Flange Factory Five'' releasing in October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/maththeband/status/1311785617576153089|title=Math the Band on Twitter:Album premier tonight!! Streaming live at 9est , and sticking around to answer any questions|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> | |||
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Nintendocore is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses chiptune and video game music with hardcore punk and/or heavy metal. The genre is sometimes considered a direct subgenre of post-hardcore and a fusion genre between metalcore and chiptune. The genre originated in the early 2000s and peaked around the late 2000s with bands like Horse the Band, The Advantage, Math the Band, An Albatross, The NESkimos and Minibosses pioneering the genre.
Characteristics
Nintendocore frequently features the use of electric guitars, drum kits, and typical rock instrumentation alongside synthesizers, chiptune, 8-bit sounds, and electronically produced beats. It originated primarily from hardcore punk and heavy metal, and subgenres of those styles such as post-hardcore, metalcore, and screamo. Artists in the genre have also incorporated elements of electro, noise, noise rock, and post-rock. Nintendocore groups vary stylistically and come from a wide array of influences. Horse the Band combines metalcore, heavy metal, thrash metal, and post-hardcore with post-rock passages. "The Black Hole" from Horse the Band's third album, The Mechanical Hand, is an example of Nintendocore, featuring screamed vocals, heavy "Nintendo riffs," and "sound effects from numerous games." Math the Band includes electro and dance-punk styles. Minibosses use Kyuss-inspired heavy metal riffing, and The Advantage is associated with styles such as noise rock and post-rock. The Depreciation Guild was an indie band that incorporated 8-bit sounds, video game music, and elements of shoegaze.
Some bands feature singing, such as The Depreciation Guild, whose frontman Kurt Feldman provides "ethereal" and "tender vocals," and The Megas, who write lyrics that mirror video game storylines. Others, such as Horse the Band and Math the Band, add screamed vocals into the mix. But yet other groups are strictly instrumental, such as Minibosses, and The Advantage. While otherwise diverse, all Nintendocore groups "use specific instruments to mimic the sounds of Nintendo games."
History
Horse the Band was an early pioneer of Nintendocore and the originator of the term, which frontman Nathan Winneke coined as a joke. According to The A.V. Club, the group's "contorted roars, metal-core hysterics, esoteric video game references, and crusty 8-bit-style synth became inextricably linked to the nebulous genre."
Another Nintendocore pioneer is The Advantage, whom The New York Times praises as one of the groups who brought video game music into the mainstream modern music spotlight. The Advantage is an instrumental rock band formed by two students attending Nevada Union High School. Spencer Seim first heard the original two band members play at a 1999 Nevada Union High School talent show, beginning his musical career, and continued to lead the group forward after high school. The group "plays nothing but music from the original Nintendo console games." By creating rock cover versions of video game sound tracks, they have "brought legitimacy to a style of music dubbed Nintendocore."
The Phoenix-based rock group, Minibosses, " one of the most well-established bands in the Nintendocore genre, with an impressive roster of covers including Contra, Double Dragon, Excitebike," and covers of other video game themes. Minibosses is known as one of the primary representatives of Nintendo rock, performing at various video game expositions. In addition to covers, the band has also produced original work. The Harvard Crimson refers to Minibosses as "sworn rivals" of The NESkimos, another Nintendocore practitioner.
The 2007 debut album by The Depreciation Guild, In Her Gentle Jaws, has been referred to as Nintendocore by Pitchfork Media. The website wrote that "In Her Gentle Jaws sticks its neck out further than Nintendocore staples like The Advantage or Minibosses", and that the album's instrumental title track "could plausibly come from an NES cartridge."
In 2016, a group of artists, under the Nintendocore Lives label, released a compilation album, Smash 64, themed after the original Super Smash Bros. game, in an attempt to revitalize the genre.
See also
- List of Nintendocore bands
- Chiptune
- Nerdcore
- Video game music cover bands
- Koji Kondo
- MAGFest
- Metalcore
Notes
- Always intentionally spelled capitalized.
References
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- ^ Weingarten, Marc (29 April 2004). "Resurrecting the Riffs, A Nintendo Rock Band". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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- Raj, Josh (28 April 2012). "Nerdcore: I Fight Dragons". nerdsontherocks.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
The type of music is called "Nerdcore" sometimes "Nintendocore." Basically, this is a genre of music that takes today's rock music and adding in chiptune, the few note songs from classic video games, and creating a very unique style.
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- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "The Mechanical Hand". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
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- ^ Moerder, Adam (Staff member). "The Depreciation Guild - In Her Gentle Jaws". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
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- Hughes, Josiah (August 2008). "Hella guitarist Spencer Seim releases solo album as sBACH". Exclaim!. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
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