Top 10 Bands

**Steppe Merc** · 03-20-2005, 21:15

Who? What's Ramstien?

**Togakure** · 03-20-2005, 21:21

A German metal band.

**Steppe Merc** · 03-20-2005, 23:19

Oh, FYI, that's not Def Leppard, that quote. Neil Young wrote that:
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
- My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue).

**Togakure** · 03-20-2005, 23:29

Lol ... I just changed it to that after reading Byzantine Prince's sig ... so really I think we'd have to give Alexander credit for it, as he came before both Neil and Def. I attributed it to Def as it was their use of it that came to mind when I read BP's sig. I've always been partial to the attitude.

It has been ages since I thought of Neil Young, but when you mentioned it, I smiled, as we did that song waaaayy back in the first band I was in that actually made money. Loved that ridiculously overdone distortion ... .

**lars573** · 03-21-2005, 00:39

I first heard of Rammestein when Du hast was put into rotation on much music in 1997-98, didn't know they were on the Matrix soundtack. Prodigy I first heard of about the same time when breathe was in heavy rotation on much music. Also steppe merc if you've ever seen the meh movie XXX with Vin Deisel Rammestein has a cameo. They are the band on stage in the first nigth club XXX walk into in Prague.

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 03-21-2005, 03:14

Originally Posted by TogakureOjonin

I think their initial popularity in the US started with the Matrix soundtrack. I became acquainted with Rammstein and Prodigy from the soundtrack, and expanded into their other stuff from there. I enjoy them both. Wish Prodigy had lasted, as I thought they had a very distinct sound and attitude.

Where in the Matrix did they have Rammstein? I probably missed it.

**Togakure** · 03-21-2005, 03:33

All I remember is that Rammstein is on one of the Matrix soundtrack albums, which my brother has. I think it's from the first Matrix movie, but it might have been from the second.

I do remember that Prodigy is playing in the club that Neo goes to when he "follows the white rabbit," or whatever. I was clubbing a lot back then, and Prodigy was popular on the dance floor at the "harder" clubs that I tended to frequent. I grew to like them enough to buy a CD. "Narayan," Smack my Bitch Up," etc.--good stuff. Need to pull that one out of storage, now that I'm thinking about it ... .

**Quietus** · 03-21-2005, 11:11

Also didn't notice Rammstein in the Matrix but RATM was at the ending though.

**Togakure** · 03-21-2005, 13:35

If/where Rammstein's music was actually in the film I can't confirm at the moment, but I can confirm that Du Hast is Track 12 on the original Matrix soundtrack CD. Here's a linkie:

http://moviesandsoundtracks.com/matrix_soundtrack.htm

Dug out my Prodigy CD ... man it SUCKS that there are no decent clubs in this hick town ... gah. Miss this stuff something fierce all of a sudden.

**Mablung** · 03-22-2005, 08:30

It is a pitty that Prodigy didn't last, they were finished before the time I was getting into decent music. Although I do remember liking Fire Starter and Smack My Bitch up when I was 10

**Togakure** · 03-22-2005, 08:44

The whole album is quite good. It was nice to hear a band with a real attitude that didn't seem contrived. So much of the modern day stuff just doesn't seem sincere to me. It sounds planned, marketed, ingenuine.

**Mablung** · 03-25-2005, 11:10

That's because it is. The corporations churn them out of their wonder studios that can make a dying rat sound ok. Anything to scam a quick buck off the young generation.