Nerdcore Rising will have its west coast premiere at PAX
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Aug 27th 2008 at 3:30PM }
Nerdcore, which is trying hard to become its own genre of music, features songs about everything from Dungeons & Dragons to 8-bit video games, and the film explores what that's all about with Frontalot, his band, and several other Nerdcore artists. The film premiered at SXSW in Austin earlier this year, but PAX gets the goodness of the first-ever west coast showing of the flick this Saturday at 4pm. Head below the break to see the special PAX trailer for the movie, created by director Negin Farsad and MC Frontalot himself.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TwEE @ Aug 27th 2008 3:43PM
Frontalot, yo why you come so ill-equipped?
Erluti @ Aug 27th 2008 3:47PM
well that trailer was uninformative.
Mike @ Aug 27th 2008 3:47PM
I can't believe not 2 seconds of nerdcore hip-hop were to be had in that entire trailer. Fail.
zzala @ Aug 27th 2008 9:21PM
the original trailer isn't this vid - that's just a crazy pax announcement thing. the original trailer is on this link and there's plenty of nerdcore muzak in it (and weird al, still the man):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rqdEahBos
Lord Humongous @ Aug 27th 2008 3:51PM
Is that Leinel Yu art?
Dustin @ Aug 27th 2008 4:04PM
I'm a huge Frontalot fan but have never made it to PAX and can't this weekend. :( Going to be in Mexico instead.
O well, I'll look forward to Penny Arcade's DVD set of PAX - they're usually very good and the concert footage is pretty awesome.
MC Double Def DP @ Aug 27th 2008 4:10PM
despite idolizing one of the nerdiest lamest raps of all time with my avatar & name, I can't say I follow the scene much.
So help me out here, is MC Frontalot the same guy that did a song with Kompressor? something about crushing rappers? I remember it was pretty bumpin.
Arrowned @ Aug 27th 2008 8:25PM
That was indeed Frontalot.
Thranx @ Aug 27th 2008 9:07PM
Dude... props for the "Don't Copy That Floppy" avatar.
Mr Khan @ Aug 27th 2008 4:21PM
I don't know. It's nice to know that somebody's trying to cater to gamers with music, but it just doesn't seem to click. It's trying too hard, i think, much like the gamer movies (not movies about games, but shit like LAN Party Massacre)
Dragod @ Aug 27th 2008 4:37PM
This isn't the same guy in the G4 commercials, is it?
The article picture made me think it was him, but the video it didn't look quite like him.
Dragod @ Aug 27th 2008 4:38PM
I guess it is. I found the commercials on YouTube.
Boffo the Sock @ Aug 27th 2008 4:40PM
"Noooo! We can't! It's forbidden!" Come on! Hump her! Make a bearaffe!... or a giraffeabear.
Riley @ Aug 28th 2008 3:08PM
if i remember correctly, mc chris didn't want to have anything to do with the movie
Boffo the Sock @ Aug 28th 2008 4:37PM
Uh... what movie?
Riley @ Aug 29th 2008 3:11AM
nerdcore rising
MIKE @ Aug 27th 2008 8:00PM
i thought it would have that homo from High Fidelity in it. Check the top image.
Cox Attack @ Aug 28th 2008 11:08AM
This is sort of bullshit. The first nerdcore band I remember were from the 90s. Son Of Alf! Best fucking band ever. Anyway, they weren't second rate rappers that relied on their subject material to get fans.