Blue Öyster Cult's Warhammer Online Song

[Keane Ng]

Blue Öyster Cult's Warhammer Online Song

Legendary rockers Blue Öyster Cult have recorded a song in tribute to the Dwarf Slayer, one of the new classes in Warhammer Online.

World of Warcraft may have house band song [http://www.myspace.com/l80etc].

"I'd heard a previous song written and performed by members of the WAR team, and thought they were quite good for a 'garage band' of game developers," Eric Bloom, lead vocalist of the band, recalled.

Turns out Bloom is a WAR fanatic himself (he plays a Level 40 Sorceror), so naturally, when Mythic gave him a call asking him to write a ditty about the game, he couldn't refuse: "I was very glad to hear from Mythic who invited me down to work on the song. I was impressed by the dedication of the developers to make WAR both a success and fun to play, something that, in my opinion, is missing from many other MMOs."

"Kiss My Axe (While I Drink My Beer)" is the name of the tune that emerged from their partnership, and it extols the virtues of one of WAR's new classes, the Dwarf Slayer. You can listen to the song here [http://mythicmktg.fileburst.com/war/us/home/audio/The_Hamtouchers-Kiss_My_Axe.mp3]. I'll be honest - it's pretty damn good, and I don't really like this kind of stuff.

There's no cowbell, though.

[Via CinemaBlend [http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Blue-Oyster-Cult-Makes-Warhammer-Online-Song-16768.html]]


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[bodyklok]

Dude that song is pretty good, I've been tempted to play the 10 day free trial for WAR for a while now.

 

[oliveira8]

You can alwasy count on Blue Oyster Cult to make a good nerd song..

 

[Skeleon]

BÖC is my favorite band. And now this.
Awesome!
Somehow reminds me of Black Blade, though a lot more uplifting.

 

[GyroCaptain]

That's pretty impressive.

 

[Skizle]

this is kind of old news but it is a pretty good song

 

[Bretty]

Too funny

 

[darthsmily]

Awesome. That's pretty cool.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

...Blue Oyster Cult?


Oh yeah...
Pretty cool. Random though.

 

[Souplex]

I cannot say I have gained or lost any respect from them cause o' this song, my respect has gone off to the side somewhere.

On the one hand the song sounds awesome, on the other hand the subject...

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

For some reason, I think this is awesome. I don't know why. I don't play WAR, and this kind of thing usually doesn't get me. Awesome.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

Needsmorecowbell.

I wouldn't have pegged Blue Oyster Cult as being big WoW fans.

 

[Zankabo]

Really this is very par for the course for BOC. They have always been into fantasy themes for their music, and it would make sense to look to MMOs for new stuff.

Very cool song, but then always good like BOC.

 

[sanzo]

Needsmorecowbell.

I wouldn't have pegged Blue Oyster Cult as being big WoW fans.

don't you mean "WAR"?

OT: That song is awesome, makes me wanna take a break from my sorc and start a Slayer alt

 

[Flying-Emu]

Eh, it's alright. Little cluttered, but still nice.

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

DAMN WHY MUST I PLAY EMPIRE? Well... I'm not buying a whole new damn army, especially with THAT movement rate.
EDIT: How do I download it all it does is stream it VIA quiktime.

 

[sanzo]

DAMN WHY MUST I PLAY EMPIRE? Well... I'm not buying a whole new damn army, especially with THAT movement rate.

but... but... they can march at all times! Skirmishers/infiltrators got nothing on blocking your march

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

DAMN WHY MUST I PLAY EMPIRE? Well... I'm not buying a whole new damn army, especially with THAT movement rate.

but... but... they can march at all times! Skirmishers/infiltrators got nothing on blocking your march

But you forget I cleverly combat that by the Empire having no skirmishers so hah-HAH... I think.

 

[sanzo]

DAMN WHY MUST I PLAY EMPIRE? Well... I'm not buying a whole new damn army, especially with THAT movement rate.

but... but... they can march at all times! Skirmishers/infiltrators got nothing on blocking your march

But you forget I cleverly combat that by the Empire having no skirmishers so hah-HAH... I think.

you got fast cavalry... I think. They can do a good enough job at march blocking