Karate High School...Are They True NintendoXcore?

[Tony Pascarella]

Karate High School (http://www.myspace.com/karatehighschool) will release their album Arcade Rock, which was produced by Paul McGuire and mastered by Alan Douches (Fall Out Boy (http://www6.falloutboyrock.com/)/Brand New (http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com/)) through Evo Recordings on March 21st.

KHS has painted an unusual musical landscape that stems from their love for classic video games. Formed in San Francisco, California by vocalist/keyboardist Paul McGuire, Karate High School focuses on transporting the listener to a truck stop of a new dimension, a place where low-bit arcade systems collide with semi-trucks carrying loud orchestra hits and punishing guitar riffs. “We are all video game nerds, and that’s a big influence on our music,” says keyboardist Ray Bautista. Rather than citing bands as influences, Karate High School draws more from “old school video games like Contra, Super Mario Brothers, Millipede, Tron and Paperboy.” Arcade Rock is not just the name of their debut album, but perhaps the best way to describe their musical approach. Combining traditional punk rock and post-hardcore sensibilities with the distinctive mark of a band brought up on Atari and Nintendo, Karate High School is indeed paving new ground.

Playing their customized keyboards, live samples, and crushing guitars with a manic, dizzying energy, Karate High School is best experienced in the live setting. Known for their unpredictable onstage antics, the band always involves the crowd and inspires anthemic sing-alongs on their tours.

1.Good News And Bad News
2. Twice Upon A Time (110%)
3. 88 Million Light Years Away
4. Sweep The Leg
5. This Is The Soundtrack
6. Scenes Rushing By
7. Extra! Extra! (Hear All About It)
8. Another Day At The Office
9. Oh No
10. Smile, You're On T.V.
11. The Joke Is On Us

[boldt_action]

I'll check them out.

[LPMagic]

Nintendoxcore is the new postemoxcore.

- Jeff

[elemenohpe]

Ahahahaha, sorry but Alan Douches
I hope he pronounces it all french like Dou-chez

i came to make the same post.

[Punkdc]

Joe Dir-tey...but they are ok. Nothing can ever take away from Horse though.

[heyRomanticA__x]

I like their name.

[unholy_amanda]

Good band. They were awesome the one time I saw them.

[apoemtothedead]

Good band. They were awesome the one time I saw them.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/youkillmewell/STNflyer.jpg

[CorporateFish]

They're actually pretty good..

[Steve Henderson]

i came to make the same post.
Same here...we are all so childish.

[bubonic311]

They're really catchy. I expect big things from them in 2006 and an even bigger following in 2007.

[Katie Schmitz]

they actually sound good. :)

[romantic rights]

they're some nice guys too. they wanted to add me as a friend and instead of just bombarding me with a friends request one of the guys actually sent me a message asking me that if i had the time to check them out.

[ForeverInADay]

this reminded me of <b>Ninja High School</b>

Ninja High School's going to rock you! Rock you!

hahaha that bands awful.

[pcrizz]

i love karate high school more than over dramatic teens and pancakes.

[Criesofthepast7]

its good.

[staygold]

yes sir, i like it

[never look back]

first time listening to them and its not all that bad i guess.

[Saucey McRib]

Nintendocore=The Minibosses. This is pop punk with synth. Stop saying nintendocore because I keep thinking its going to consist of awesome harmonized guitar or keyboard work with intricate scales and awesome progressions-and it's always just some bleeping in the background of a song.

[FASSWcore]

oooooooooo, nintendocore...what a genius blend of two things that make life complete..nintendo and cores

[IHopeYourAlone]

sweep the leg.

karate kid refrences turn me on.

[sweetmik]

The lead singer sounds like marc from bearvsshark at times. I like them. :)

[Vandal182]

woah! I never thought i would see these guys mentioned on APnet. A few years ago i saw one of their flyers near my school. They sound pretty good.

Edit:

McRib, The Minibosses are cool, but i think NESkimos are a tad bit better.

[hometownzero]

I don't know if you can call it nintendocore... it sounds to poppy. I see nintendocore and I think 'sounds like Horse the band?' The first song is to pop-punk and the second song is closer but the keyboard doesn't remind me of nintendo.
Still this stuff is pretty catchy and pretty good.

[piaffeprncess98]

i came to make the same post.
And I came to see if anyone would.

[peterparker]

Hey Everyone! I'm a huge fan of this site (visiting to simply lurk, of course), so it was strangely cool to see a thread created about my band. I just wanted to post to say thanks to anyone that checked us out - I'm always interested to hear feedback, whether it's positive or negative.

And of course, I had to settle the debate about how to say Alan Douches - it's pronounced Dow-chez, not...uh...the other way. Trust me, our entire band is immature enough that we had an entire night around a table at a shitty Red Robin just goofing on the name. But, he rules.

Anyways, thanks for the comments! You guys and gals pwn.

-Paul/KHS