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Remember '90s Grunge Rock With A Collection Of Chiptunes

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by Kyle Hilliard on August 02, 2014 at 01:51 PM

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In a video from YouTube channel Filthy Frackers, a collection of popular '90s grunge rock songs are re-imagined in 8-bit form and placed alongside crudely animated (but admittedly charming) montages featuring the music videos of the songs.

In the video you will find hits from Nirvana, Pearl jam, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots and more. This isn't the first 8-bit '90s re-imagining from the channel, but it the first to feature a collection of songs of the era.

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Filed under: News, Nirvana, Gamer Culture, soundgarden, stone temple pilots, rock, grunge, melvins, nineties, jeremy, Pearl jam, in bloom

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by hirschsc Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:04 PM

Sadly I only recognized three of these songs...
by Samuel Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:07 PM

Nirvana. Yes. I think it's odd that they chose In Bloom, considering it's one of the lesser known ones... But still amazing. Glad to hear something other than Come As You Are and Teen Spirit get attention for once.
by Gotham's Reckoning Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:14 PM

I knew them all... Until I got to the 1:54 mark. Then I couldn't recognize anything. Was the last song Jeremy? Really couldn't tell, but the art made me think of that song.
by Azkix17 Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:14 PM

Alice in Chains "Man in the Box", great song. Then again, they all are.
by Jeremyx5 Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:31 PM

Love it flashback city!!
by Samuel Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:37 PM

Here's a list in order, if I'm correct. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage Alice In Chains - Man in the Box Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing Melvins - Revolve Mad Season - River Of Deceit Nirvana - In Bloom Pearl Jam - Jeremy (I'm almost positive, not sure)
by TakeToTheSea Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:40 PM

Sad there's no Harvey Danger. Woulda loved to hear them in 8-bit.
by The_Penultimate_Spaz Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:51 PM

Hah I made out Man in the Box and Jermy. Was... that talking heads? or Primer?
by Father Titan Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 02:53 PM

At home, drawing pictures...
by lostsomething Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 03:52 PM

Love this video. Unfortunately, GI forgot to list all the bands. They missed AIC, Mad Season, and Melvins. These aren't "and more" bands, these are listable. "In the video you will find hits from Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Melvins, Mad Season, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam." Or, in my crippled knowledge of journalism, have I been mistaken and listing all the bands in order will negatively affect the article?
by Alex Stone Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 04:57 PM

Major points for Mad Season.
by drdeathdefy Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 07:46 PM

Nice for Grungers and Gamers to unite under one post! :)
by Cazm Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 11:51 PM

Alice In Chains :)
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by Aaron Sunday, August 03, 2014 at 08:35 AM

As much as I love Soundgarden, I think Johnny Cash's version of Rusty Cage is the best.- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmAWDZdYvL4 - When the music kicks in at 1:24, it just sounds so bad ass.
by Sun Wukong Sunday, August 03, 2014 at 09:16 AM

I love those bands but I hate chiptune music... Hmm... Ambivalence strikes again. I guess that's kind of appropriate though.

The chiptune version of Revolve was pretty alright, Melvs are nice and low-endy so it sounds a lot more tolerable, I could see myself playing some old 16-bit game to that tune. Chiptune Man in the Box sounded awful though, chiptune music can't handle lots of top-end and high mids and that pretty much describes Layne Staley's voice in a Nutshell, so to speak.
by MindlessIdiot Monday, August 04, 2014 at 12:56 PM

I went into this thinking it was all going to be bands I didn't care for, but hey, the Melvins are in here!