Sugoi EP, by Viking Guitar

Sugoi EP

by Viking Guitar

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Jonathan Poulin as someone who knows how much it takes to record a song, i commend erik, wes and , ryan for listening to mmmbop as many times as they did to make it awesome. great job on the other tracks as well! Favorite track: We Want the Airwaves.

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1.	MMMBop 04:05	info	buy track
2.	Scream 02:36	info	buy track
3.	We Want the Airwaves 03:26	info	buy track

about

Sometimes you do music because you love it. Sometimes it's to challenge yourself technically or creatively, sometimes it's to help someone else realize their vision, and sometimes it's because music is the only way that you feel you can truly express yourself.

Sometimes you do it because you lose a bet. -_-

I have a good friend that has (for years) tossed out "hey Erik, you should cover MMMBop" as a joke. Like, relentlessly. After a while, I finally told him to put his money where his mouth is, thinking it would end the harassment.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

All of a sudden, I found myself locked in to covering MMMBop by Hanson. I don't think that it's a particularly terrible song, but it is a great example of a flash-in-the-pan hit that you just couldn't escape hearing for about a year in the mid 90s. It's sheer prominence turned it from a rather innocuous bit of saccharine pop fluff into a groan-worthy and all-too-frequent encounter in grocery stores, while listening to the radio, or just walking around school. You simply couldn't get away from it.

And it is very, very not metal.

With my new endeavor weighing me down, I decided that I might as well make the most of it. I got in touch with a few friends that I thought would appreciate the hilarity of the situation, and we started in. I also decided that I needed to temper MMMBop with a few tracks that were a bit more to my liking (and wouldn't really fit in with any of my video game releases.) The result is this tasty little snack of high-energy weirdness.

My buddy Wade drew the cover art and came up with the title "Sugoi", which is (to the best of my knowledge) one of several overused Japanese words that pops up in western culture. My understanding is that it means both "awesome" and "terrible", and carries an element of nerdiness and fanaticism with it. All in all, that fits the bill pretty well.

Extra special thanks to Ryan Postlewait and Wes Grant for lending their musical abilities to this project. This really would have just been a sad little chuckle without you guys.

To the unnamed individual that forced my hand and in turn made this project a reality, I hope this gets stuck in your head and that you can never escape it.

credits

released September 22, 2015

Ryan Postlethwait - Vocals
Erik Peabody - Guitars and bass
Wes Grant - Drums

Mixing and mastering by Erik Peabody
Artwork by Wade Matteson

For more music by Ryan Postlethwait:
beardomusic.bandcamp.com
www.megabeardo.com

For more music by Wes Grant:
www.facebook.com/ImperialDrifters

To contact Wade Matteson about badass art:
wademattesonart@gmail.com

"MMMBop" originally by Hanson
"Scream" originally by The Misfits
"We Want the Airwaves" originally by The Ramones

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Viking Guitar Rochester, New York

Mixing and mastering engineer, composer, voice actor, and video game metal cover musician.

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Siren Song (Tyrian Medley) ft. Alexander Brandon

Jun 2023
Ascent From Tartarus (Musical Range)

Aug 2022
Born to Be Wild

Jun 2022
Deliquescing Seepage

Apr 2022
Crystal Mountain

Feb 2022
Hello, Boils and Ghouls!

Oct 2021
Bowels of Torment (Super Metroid)

Aug 2021
Obliterator

Jun 2021
Belly of the Beast (Life Force)

Apr 2021
Blasphemy

Oct 2020
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You

Aug 2020
Tomb of the Gods (Curse of the Moon 2 - The Titan's Sarcophagus)

Jul 2020
If You Don't Wear a Mask

Jul 2020
Stinkoman 20X6 - Power Crunch!!!

Jun 2020
Dead Horse Promo Songs

Nov 2019
The Colour Out of Space (Narration)

Oct 2019
The Ends of the Earth

Nov 2018
Laterultimus VI

May 2018
LIVE

May 2018
Composing Demo Reel

Feb 2018
Warpath

Jan 2018
Danse Macabre 6

Oct 2017
ROM HACK

Apr 2017
Danse Macabre 5

Oct 2016
Dropship

Sep 2016
Sugoi EP

Sep 2015
Danse Macabre 3

Oct 2014
The Players' Score

Aug 2014
Villainous Vikings Theme

Jul 2014
Legion

Jun 2014
The Fountain

Mar 2014
Danse Macabre 2

Oct 2013
Escape From New York Metal Remix

Apr 2013
Danse Macabre

Oct 2012
Dungeon Hearts (Metal Soundtrack)

Aug 2012
Made of Metal

Nov 2011
Viking Guitar

Nov 2010
Zelda II Palace (2003)

Aug 2003

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