Comments on: On Center Stage https://fort90.com/on-center-stage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-center-stage The homebase of Matthew Hawkins Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: A Visit To See The Protomen, NYC-Style | Video Games https://fort90.com/on-center-stage/#comment-92663 A Visit To See The Protomen, NYC-Style | Video Games Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:31:16 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=489#comment-92663 [...] Matthew ‘Fort90′ Hawkins has a new weblog entry up discussing a visit to see Mega Man tribute band The Protomen in NYC, and it actually sounds like the band are trying some interesting things in their quest to ‘interpret’ the Capcom classic. [...] [...] Matthew ‘Fort90′ Hawkins has a new weblog entry up discussing a visit to see Mega Man tribute band The Protomen in NYC, and it actually sounds like the band are trying some interesting things in their quest to ‘interpret’ the Capcom classic. [...]

]]> By: Pat https://fort90.com/on-center-stage/#comment-92382 Pat Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:52:24 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=489#comment-92382 Pretty much my sentiments exactly about The Protomen show. Entirely too loud, inaudible vocals, and most importantly: you couldn't hear the keytar during "The Will of One." And if you can't hear the keytar, what's the goddamn point. In their defense, what they lacked in audio quality they made up for with stage presence. Everybody was all dressed up, Protoman had the sweet helmet microphone, and there was a dude on trumpet in the back. Plus there were like 10 of them. It was like the nerd version of the Polyphonic Spree. The highlight for me though, was finding out that "The Sons of Fate" is a duet of sorts between Protoman and Megaman. Never picked that up listening to their album. (Which by the way, is infinitely better than their live show.) So there's that. Anyway, clearly they clicked with the audience on some level, because they did get the encore. Pretty much my sentiments exactly about The Protomen show. Entirely too loud, inaudible vocals, and most importantly: you couldn’t hear the keytar during “The Will of One.” And if you can’t hear the keytar, what’s the goddamn point. In their defense, what they lacked in audio quality they made up for with stage presence. Everybody was all dressed up, Protoman had the sweet helmet microphone, and there was a dude on trumpet in the back. Plus there were like 10 of them. It was like the nerd version of the Polyphonic Spree.

The highlight for me though, was finding out that “The Sons of Fate” is a duet of sorts between Protoman and Megaman. Never picked that up listening to their album. (Which by the way, is infinitely better than their live show.) So there’s that.

Anyway, clearly they clicked with the audience on some level, because they did get the encore.

]]> By: dave https://fort90.com/on-center-stage/#comment-92347 dave Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:19:16 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=489#comment-92347 Wow...I bet a lot of people link to this! You might want to take out some insurance incase EA comes looking for you ;) Wow…I bet a lot of people link to this!
You might want to take out some insurance incase EA comes looking for you ;)

]]> By: Matt https://fort90.com/on-center-stage/#comment-92341 Matt Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:32:39 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=489#comment-92341 Sorry! Its been fixed. Fucking HTML... Sorry! Its been fixed. Fucking HTML…

]]> By: Liz https://fort90.com/on-center-stage/#comment-92340 Liz Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:28:07 +0000 http://www.fort90.com/journal/?p=489#comment-92340 Double-check the link on that interview - it's not working for me (says the page "can not be found") I want to see it! Double-check the link on that interview – it’s not working for me (says the page “can not be found”) I want to see it!

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