Harmonix Music Systems
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Alex Rigopulos, Eran Egozy |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Owner | MTV Networks |
| Website | http://www.harmonixmusic.com |
Harmonix Music Systems (Harmonix for short) is a successful, independent video game development company. They are known in the industry for their acclaimed line of music video games and have won numerous awards for their titles.
MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom, became the owner of Harmonix in September 2006.
[edit] Employee bands
Due to the nature of titles developed by Harmonix, a large percentage of staff members are well-known in the Boston and US music scene. These include:
- Kasson Crooker, a member of the band Freezepop.
- Jason Kendall, lead singer of the band The Amazing Crowns.
- Brian Gibson, bassist of Lightning Bolt.
- Daniel Sussman, member of The Acro-Brats.
- Eric Brosius, Terri Brosius and Greg LoPiccolo, former members of Tribe.
- Keith Smith, singer/ guitarist for Anarchy Club., and former singer for C60
- Dan Schmidt, vocals and guitar in Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives.
- Helen McWilliams, Elena Siegman and 'Leanne', members of Vagiant.
- Izzy Maxwell, member of Count Zero.
- Naoko Takamoto, also known as Plural.
- Ryan Lesser, Brian Gibson, Jason Kendall and Paul Lyons, members of Megasus.
- Phil Beaudreau and Johannes "Rash" Raasina, members of the band Shaimus.
- Ryan Lesser, Dare Matheson, Matt Gilpin, and Jason Warburg, members of the Gert Jonnys.
- Scott Sinclair, member of the Model Sons
[edit] List of titles
- The Axe (1997)
- CamJam (1998)
- FreQuency (2001)
- Amplitude (2003)
- Karaoke Revolution (2003)
- Karaoke Revolution Vol. 2 (2004)
- Karaoke Revolution Vol. 3 (2004)
- EyeToy: Antigrav (2004)
- Karaoke Stage (2005)
- Karaoke Revolution Party (2005)
- Guitar Hero (2005)
- CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country (2006)
- Guitar Hero II (2006)
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007)
- Rock Band (TBA)
[edit] External links
- Harmonix website
- Games people play, Harmonix profile by Camille Dodero, May 2005
