User:BloomingtonBeat/I Fight Dragons

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I Fight Dragons
Background information
Also known asIFD
OriginChicago, Illinois, USA
Genreschiptune/NES-Rock
Years active2008 – present
MembersBrian Mazzaferri (Lead Vocals, Guitar, NES)
Hari Rao (Bass, NES)
Laura Grene (Vocals, NES, SNES, NES Advantage, Power Pad, Cowbell)
Packy Lundholm (Vocals, Guitar, NES, SNES)
Chad Van Dahm (Drums, NES)
Bill Prokopow (Vocals, Keys, NES, NES Advantage, Power Pad, Power Glove, NES Zapper, Guitar Hero)
Past membersMike Mentzer (Vocals, Guitar, NES, SNES
Dave Midell (Drums, NES))
WebsiteOfficial website of I Fight Dragons

I Fight Dragons is a chiptune/NES-rock band from Chicago.[1][2] They released their debut EP, Cool Is Just A Number on February 6, 2009, and have since experienced an explosion in the growth of their fan base, recently surpassing 4000 fans on their mailing list from everywhere around the globe.[3][4]. Their current street team which makes up of a large portion of their fans is called the I Fight Dragons Advance Guard, which is a vital part of their touring.

In May 2009, they won the annual Chicago Metromix Rock 'n' Vote contest, garnering over 50% of the votes.[5]

In September 2009, they began their US Tour with punk group Whole Wheat Bread and popular nerdcore-hiphop artist, MC Chris. In a concert review, Brandon Majors wrote that "MC Chris put on one of the best live show’s I’ve seen" but described the sound of I Fight Dragons as "a bit recycled."[6]


Discography[edit]

Extra Music[edit]

I Fight Dragons often provides new songs to their fans free of charge via their mailing list. As of June 2009, their library has more than doubled since the release of Cool Is Just A Number. These songs include covers of other bands' songs (such as a chiptune cover of John Mayer's 'Heart Of Life') and remixes of their own music, as well as original pieces and an entry in Twestival's Imogen Heap-sponsored The Song That Never Was experiment.[7]

In June of 2009 I Fight Dragons released all ten of their bonus tracks from February 6, 2009 to June 22, 2009 in an E-mail to the first 2500 subscribers of their mailing list. The Package was titled "IFD Amnesty". Then in September of 2009 they re-released the collection with five tracks added to the list making a total of fifteen songs. In August 2009 IFD bought a motor home to tour in, a contest was held to name the motor home. The winning name was "The Dragon Wagon"

IFD Amnesty[edit]

  1. "Why Bother" (A cover of a Weezer song from their album Pinkerton, done for Pterodactyl Records' 8-bit Weezer tribute)
  2. "I Fight Dragons Overture 1.0" (an experiment at combining orchestral scoring and chiptune music)
  3. "The Process" (An Imogen Heap a cappella re-arranged and written and recorded with chiptune style music)
  4. "No One Likes Superman Anymore (LSDJ Version)" (A remake of their song "No One Likes Superman Anymore" from their EP Cool Is Just A Number done with LSDJ)
  5. "The Faster The Treadmill... (Gameboy Version)" (A remake of their song "The Faster The Treadmill..." from their EP Cool Is Just A Number done with a gameboy)
  6. "The Heart of Life" (A cover John Mayers's Heart Of Life using LSDJ and Pixelh8 MusicTech
  7. "Rickroll + Mario" (A remake of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up combined with elements of the Super Mario Bros. Theme)
  8. "I Fight Ganon" (A cover of the Legend Of Zelda main theme)
  9. "No One Likes Superman Anymore (Evil Robo-Dragon Remix)" (A remix of their song "No One Likes Superman Anymore" from their EP Cool Is Just A Number done by Evil Robo-Dragon
  10. "Chocolate Treadmill" (A 'mash-up' of Music by I Fight Dragons and Hidari done by Snake Eyes)
  11. "The Future Soon" (A cover of a song by Jonathan Coulton)
  12. "Air Man from Mega Man 2 (Packy Lundholm version)" (A cover of the Air Man stage background music from Mega Man 2 performed as an 'introduction video' by Packy Lundholm when he joined I Fight Dragons)
  13. "And Your Bird Can Sing" (A cover of a song by The Beatles from the album Revolver)
  14. "I Will Wait For You If You Do For Me" (An original song by I Fight Dragons)
  15. "Don't You" (An original song by I Fight Dragons)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chicago Tech Report: Geek Rock: I Fight Dragons[1]
  2. ^ Chicagoist: DOWNLOAD: I Fight Dragons[2]
  3. ^ I Fight Dragons Reaches 1000 Fans[3]
  4. ^ I Fight Dragons Reaches 2000 Fans[4]
  5. ^ Metromix Rock 'n' Vote 2009[5]
  6. ^ Brandon Majors. "Concert Review". Retrieved 10-18-2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ The Song That Never Was Experiment [6]

External links[edit]

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