Today's nerdiest audio: Street Fighter songs

by Zack Stern { Feb 7th 2008 at 7:00AM }

We can do without "whiny" being the default setting for so much indy/emo music, but Arlington-and-Grand Prairie-Texas-based Man Factory serves up enough indy-powerpop-rock to offset any latent emo sadness. Plus the group's latest project is a series of seven songs written from the perspectives of Street Fighter characters. The series is called, "Street Fighter II: Rock Opera: Round 1," and hits enough high notes that we hope rounds two and three follow.

The band offers such tracks as "Chun Li, i'm lovin it," and "There goes Dhalism" for free at its site. (Or visit the MySpace page to play them in-browser and download the whole package as a zip file.) Our verdict: Knockout.

[Thanks, Matt]

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jeff @ Feb 7th 2008 8:22AM

This reminds me of the GFW Radio rap intro they had back in August: awesome.

Gangsta Smurf @ Feb 7th 2008 8:13AM

"indy-powerpop-rock to offset any latent emo sadness"

Doesn't sound like the right combination of genres for my ears to be subjected to.

Squibmacbooth @ Feb 7th 2008 8:52AM

hmm, sadly I'm not a fan. the lyrics suck dhalsim's extended parts. OMG, can they actually get away with

"stay away, stay away, Chun Li stay in your country" :O

They should try one with Link, but I doubt he'd have much to say :P

nice idea nonetheless

ThornedVenom @ Feb 7th 2008 8:57AM

There's a reason why nerdy music never gets mainstream.

Nintendo Power @ Feb 7th 2008 10:02AM

I might still be foggy from last night's Rez-a-thon, but I believe its Man Factory, not Man Planet.

www.manfactory.net

For shame, Joystiq.

Zack Stern @ Feb 7th 2008 11:56AM

Ugh, sorry for the mix-up. Thanks, Nintendo Power.

Joel @ Feb 7th 2008 11:10AM

THis was done before by "Balrog" although its influence is from hiphop...

http://www.youtube.com/user/ScrambleTv

I think these versions are a bit better and funnier...
Check out Chun li's "YupYup" or "My Name is Vega" and "Gigaton PUnch" (its catchy)...