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The only sure way to lose is being afraid to choose

That’s my favorite song by “I Fight Dragons”, a new ‘NES-Rock’ band from Chicago. I’ve been really into them recently and since they’re pretty small I feel obliged to make a post about them.

What’s really cool about this band is that they sample all of their electronics from Nintendo games. When they perform live, they map buttons of SNESs, Guitar Hero controllers, a Power Pad and Gameboys to each play different sounds- so the band’s playing a bunch of video games on stage to create their music which is kinda the coolest thing ever.

Here’s a video of how they do it.

The band has 2 EPs- Their first, released in 2009, “Cool is Just a Number” and a 2nd released in 2010 called “Welcome to the Breakdown”. They’re currently finishing up their debut full-length album which should be out this year.

The EPs are very professional for what they are (debut EPs, that is) and host a ton of fantastic songs. A few favorites of mine from each album are

Cool is Just a Number- The Faster the Treadmill, Money, Heads Up Hearts Down

Welcome to the Breakdown- Welcome to the Breakdown, No Kontrol, Give It Up

But they’re both honestly fantastic all the way through, you should get them both (I like Welcome to the Breakdown better if you’re interested)

Enjoy :)