The Protomen

See all 19 pictures

Play Radio

Listen to The Protomen Radio, featuring artists like Makeup And Vanity Set, The Megas, The Adventures Of Duane & BrandO, Stemage and more…

• 
  Search on Spotify

  Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more

1,550,408 plays (46,051 listeners)
In your library (0 plays)

Shop now at Amazon | Send The Protomen Ringtones to Cell

More options

• Download
• Amazon
• Send Ringtones to Cell
• Tonefuse Search

Add to my Library

The Protomen is an American rock band best known for composing original rock operas based on the popular video game series Mega Man. Because of the group’s insistence on wearing costumes and using code-names, even when being interviewed, The Protomen remain a mysterious entity within the video game music scene. Their costumes and general stage presence has been compared to that of Daft Punk. Despite often being classified as a niche, the Protomen have achieved a cult following thanks, in part, to frequent mentions in popular video game web sites as well as a dedicated fan base.

Little is known about the Protomen, other than the band is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Because the band often responds to interviews and questions in-character, their own descriptions of their history are delivered with the dramatic flair of their storyline concept and their comments can not always be taken at face value. Their code-names are largely references to pop culture films, song titles, and fictional characters.

The band is composed mostly of MTSU recording program graduates, and first came to be so they could meet class deadlines and the need to record for grades. They produced their first album over two years in various Murfreesboro studios, using analog rather than digital production. Most of the band had graduated and moved to Nashville by 2005.

Group member Commander has stated that their first album was deliberately designed to sound like “distorted pencil sharpeners about 90% of the time” and “was made specifically to go against everything our recording teachers and fellow students were trying to feed us about making everything sound pristine and ‘perfect.’. The tracks were mixed on analog tape.

Read more… Edit

Popular tags: rock opera, rock, nintendocore, epic, megaman  See more

Shouts: 513 shouts

Share this artist:

• Send
• Tweet

Top Albums

• The Protomen
  The Protomen

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $7.92
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes $7.92
  • Buy Album
  • Protomen General Store $10.00
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• Act II: The Father of Death
  The Protomen

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 $8.98
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes $9.99
  • Buy Album
  • Protomen General Store $10.00
  • Amazon $8.98
  • eBay Search
• Whiskerino 2008
  The Protomen

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Beards Going Nowhere Download Page
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search
• ACT II DEMOS
  The Protomen

  Buy

  • Download Album
  • Amazon MP3 Search
  • 7digital Search
  • iTunes Search
  • Buy Album
  • Amazon Search
  • eBay Search

Top Tracks

• Last Week
• Last 6 months

1		Light Up The Night			365
2		The Will of One			339
3		The Hounds			338
4		Breaking Out			250
5		Father Of Death			239
6		The Good Doctor			233
7		Hope Rides Alone			230
8		Unrest in the House of Light			229
9		Keep Quiet			214
10		Intermission			213
11		Vengeance			212
12		The Stand (Man or Machine)			203
13		The Fall			187
14		How the World Fell Under Darkness			184
15		Funeral for a Son			180

Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3

See more