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Comix zone soundtrack12/3/2023 That’d have made this game so much funnier. Personally, if I had the power to put somebody on paper and manipulate them by drawing, I’d mess with them like how Bugs Bunny messed with Daffy Duck. He decides to throw Sketch into his own comic book and kill him by drawing enemies and fire and whatnot. But for some reason Mortus can’t murder him by strangulation alone. Suddenly, Mortus, the villian Sketch created, has come to life, and he’s determined that he wants Sketch dead. After being struck by lightning, it’s uncharacteristically crackling, sparking, and trying to choke him to death.Īll my years as an Art Major didn’t prepare me for this or life in general! Enter Sketch Turner: aspiring comic book author, rat enthusiast, and self-proclaimed “starving artist.” While burning the midnight oil and wearing his dumb hipster shades and fingerless gloves, Sketch notices something strange about Comix Zone, the comic book he’s been working on. Now that you know a little history about the time this game was released, how about I shut the hell up and actually talk about the game? Someone better call Kenny Loggins! ‘Cause we’re about to “Ride into the Comix Zone!” And the track names just ooze that Grunge flavor: “Woe is the World,” “10,000 Knives,” and “Feed My Disease.” That last track name sounds like it was actually vomited straight out of Seattle. They performed tracks from the game but with added lyrics. Europeans got the superior Sega Tunes album featuring the band Roadkill, named after the main protagonist’s pet rat. That bonus CD was only in the North American release. Sorry, all two Jesus and Mary Chain fans. It was rare to see games come with soundtracks back then, and even rarer when the soundtrack was composed of actual bands, even if they were bands I didn’t give a shit about. It’d also somehow influence and spawn one of my favorite games of all time, Comix Zone.Ĭomix Zone‘s atmosphere, tone, and soundtrack (especially) were heavily influenced by Grunge, and it actually included a bonus CD with bands like Danzig, Lords of Acid, and Love and Rockets. Alt Rock would then give way to the Alanis Morissettes, the Hooties and the Blowfishes, and the Nine Inch Nails. Regardless of how you feel about Grunge, it undeniably changed popular music forever, giving us the generic term of Alternative Rock. Really? A cover like this and MJ’s the one who made people uncomfortable? Even Michael Jackson’s Dangerous was replaced by Nirvana’s N evermind! Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, and Mudhoney were actually ousting well-established pop icons such as Modonna, Billy Joel, and even Shaggy off the radio and/or the charts. In their place would be something referred to as the Seattle Sound, better known as Grunge Rock, or simply Grunge, groups of disaffected and sleepy-sounding white guys who needed to clear their throats. Gone were the days of 80’s Hair Metal and real Metal being on the charts. It was a time where being depressed and angry and weird wasn’t just okay, it was expected. The early- to mid-90’s was an awkward time for music.
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