Austrian Death Machine

I'm spending a lot of time in the car at the moment, and always looking for something new to listen to.  I have a bunch of podcasts and audiobooks, but someone gave me the tip on the band "Austrian Death Machine"

Essentially. they are a thrash metal band playing Schwarzenegger movie-themed songs and including an Arny mimic on the voice overs.  Pretty funny stuff and each one is like an Arny trivia quizz.  As an example, here are some of the songs of the first album, Total Brutal: Get to the Choppa, I Am a Cybernetic Organism- Living Tissue Over (Metal) Endoskeleton, Who Is Your Daddy, And What Does He Do?, You Have Just Been Erased, Here Is Subzero- Now Plain Zero, Screw You Benny, If It Bleeds We Can Kill It, and It's Not a Tumor.

Funny stuff.   I'm not really into speed metal, so it wont be one I listen to frequently- but its worth checking out for a laugh!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Death_Machine

The Bomb Run

"The Bomb Run" from the Dr Strangelove Score (performed by The City Of Prague Philharmonic)

Its the ONLY thing to listen to when playin' Toe-to-Toe Nu'klr Combat with the Rooskies
I stick it on repeat on my iPod...but thats the kind of guy I am!!!

Radio Vietnam

More hits of the 'Nam era!

'This station is a dedicated to those who served during and fought in the Vietnam War.

A mix of pop, rock & R&B filled the airwaves in harmony along with a new heavier rock & roll just starting to take off and all sorts of poets protesting. It was the sounds that defined a nation during the Vietnam War. Sound clips from Good Morning Vietnam, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Adrian Cronauer, Presidents Nixon & Johnson speeches as well as AFVN announcements are part of the broadcast.'

http://www.live365.com/stations/wanderlust2k3

The sounds of the Nam...

I am a huge fan of background music while gaming, and its best when its thematic with what you are playing.



A quick win is to use good generic soundtracks such as Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Gettysburg, Last of the Mohicans, Glory etc. I also make genre specific ones. For example, I have made a great compliation of WW1 period songs for Ace of Aces style flying games, I have an SF one wth various clips, and Ive been working on my Vietnam one for the last few months too.



If you like this sort of thing, you will find this site "The Sounds of Vietnam" enjoyable
http://www.manchu.org/sounds/



They say" The Rock and Roll war..... To most Americans, the Vietnam War has a rock and roll soundtrack. Almost every novel, memoir or oral history of the war by a veteran mentions the music that the author listened to in Vietnam. All the songs of the '60s were part of the life in a combat zone. Troops listened to Sony radios, Akai stereos and Teac tape decks and new troops arrived weekly with the latest records from the states. Many of the sound clips below were recorded on a reel to reel recorder in Vietnam. They were then sent home and transferred to cassette. The sound quality is not the best but it sounded good to us back then. "



Enjoy! And remember: "Theres nowhere to run to baby...."