Remember Mega Man 3?
Well, the Protomen certainly do. They took their childhood interpretation of the simple yet beautiful story these games told and turned it into a literal Rock opera!
Of course, it would be a bit lazy of me to just make a pun and run, wouldn’t it? So here’s some info and goodies!
They have a total of three albums so far: “The Protomen”, their first full album; “Makeup and Vanity Set Presents: The Protomen”, an 8-bit style chiptune cover of the first album done by Makeup and Vanity Set; and finally, “Father of Death”, a prequel album that is not yet complete. I will provide a high quality sample song for each album!
“The Will of One”, from The Protomen.
“The Stand 1986″, from Makeup and Vanity Set Presents: The Protomen.
“Breaking Out”, from Father of Death. (Also my personal favorite Protomen song!)
The middle link is to a Last.fm page featuring the song. I searched for a good few hours and couldn’t find any mp3 previews of Makeup’s covers; I thought there was at least one for “Vengeance?”, as you can preview it even on the Protomen’s site. Oh, well. To make up for the lack of a Makeup mp3, you may preview what seems to be the entire album for free at StumbleAudio!
Be sure to visit the official website of the Protomen.
Also check out the MySpace for Makeup and Vanity Set.
Here’s a bonus! On the Protomen site, click “experience”. A new window will pop up displaying an old TV set playing the official video for “Hope Rides Alone”. Watch it if you haven’t! Then click “enter site”, up at the top of the TV. You will be taken to a map of “The City”. Move your cursor to the lower left area, and find a building that is labeled “Music”. A few buildings over, directly east of the Music building, should be an unlabeled building. This will take you to a gallery of Protomen tour fliers!
Lastly, I will provide links for those who wish to purchase the albums mentioned. There’s even a 7″ single for Father of Death available!
Please support these guys! Protomen and Makeup are awesome independent artists that deserve all the support they can get.
The Protomen
Makeup and Vanity Set Presents: The Protomen
The Father of Death
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halcyonandon said,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 @ 8:57 AM
BAM and all the info I could want is right there in a post. Thanks! I can’t access it here but I look forward to listening to the other album and poking around their site looking for goodies. Is Makeup and Vanity related to MegaMan? I am trying not to think about how ironic it is that the Protomen abruptly came to my city right after discovering them… and departing for vacation.
Also, complete tangent, but are you a fan of the Nintendo DS? I am about to get one but am too starry-eyed with excitement to know what to get. I’m the little sister of gamers and grew up loving video games, but I never had any of my own consoles and tend to be way too busy to invest time in games. The DS will be perfect for Japan, though, and it is About Time. Please let me know if you have any suggestions
- Halcyon
chris said,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 @ 11:46 PM
okay, dude, your post trumps mine in every way. you seriously know your shit. i had NO idea that there was a chiptune tribute to their first album. i like the father of death ep but it doesn’t resonate with me as deeply as the first album. i’m really looking forward to the future of the protomen though.
out of curiousity, how did you hear about our blog? we’re kind of new to this scene so i’m curious and newbish. thanks for commenting though, seriously. i wouldn’t have known about the makeup and vanity set album otherwise. keep posting music!
rickyfartin said,
Friday, April 24th, 2009 @ 2:39 PM
I tried to respond to your comment but may have sent the message to the wrong email address.
Matt said,
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 @ 2:52 AM
I tried to respond to your comment on my blog via email. Don’t know if it got through.
ema said,
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 @ 8:04 AM
Hi, Matt! Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply, I’ve been dealing with a few things lately that have demanded my time. I’ll send you a proper email reply when I get a chance, hopefully soon. I plan on making corrections according to what you’ve told me, so thanks a lot for the help! My next article will probably be a feature on you and all the music-related stuff you do.