Talk:The Crystal Method
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[edit] N20 (Nitrous Oxide)
"N20" The Crystal Method did the soundtrack for the videogame Nitrous Oxide (N20) for the PSX. . . the soundtrack was mostly the Vegas album. . . I don't remember much from it (other than an ak1200 remix of "keep hope alive", but it definitely should be added. Here's a link to a youtbue video of it. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJDDX7lRu9o —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.186.247.129 (talk) 00:04, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Born Too Slow
"Born too Slow" also it is part of the sound track of "Need for Speed: Underground" game.
- "Born Too Slow" is indeed a part of the Need for Speed: Underground series.
I am adding this to the main page as it brought the band added international prominence (as in the Demo version of the game, it was the ONLY song added in-game)
Just saw that fan site, templeofboom.us - had some great downloads and dj sets, cool stuff.
The track called "Trip Hop", which was under Non-Album Tracks is actually a remix of Keep Hope Alive off of the EP for said song. It's called the Trip Hope Remix, so I think that might have cause the confusion. Also, the track called "The Funk Phenomenon" was actually made by Arman van Helden, not TCM.
Can someone tell me what songs they did for xXx and Dark Angel?
The name of the game appears on one of the Dark Angel soundtrack cd's. --andypolack 2nd September 2006
I've just had a look and can't find TCM mentioned on the xXx soundtrack or the film, and its been a long time since i've seen xXx. Will do some more checking... --andypolack 2nd September 2006
I actually watched xXx the other day, and certainly no album track is used in the film.
[edit] NAMING UPDATE
possibly named after the drug Crystal meth ? does anybody know more? --phatsphere 20:54, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
- no that's what's what a lot of people are always convinced that Ken and Scott named themselves after, the truth is the band is named after a girl named "Crystal" they know or so they say ;-D. It might have more than one meaning though. There are several sources out there from interviews with the guys, especially Ken. If the site needs source I can do a search after. 14:10, 01 October 2005 (UTC).
- ok, i think no souce necessary 'cause artists like them sometimes tend to tell wrong stuff in interviews and this could be a cheap excuse, too - but thx anyway ;) --phatsphere 12:00, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
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- It is hard to believe that they aren't named after Crystal Methamphetamine considering their album "Tweekend". Aren't meth users called tweak/tweekers, isn't meth use called tweek/tweaking?
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Tweek/tweaking is also a term used to tweak/tweek music (mainly electronica music). --andypolack 31st August 2006
I deleted the myths section concerning Crystal Meth, because i beleive it is false. I saw an interview with these two guys in the 1999 documentary Better Living Through Circuitry, and when discussing their name being related to a common drug they dont deny it at all, from what i remember they just say its hard for them to tell thier mom that or something.
- the part concerning the origin of the band name was added again, so i deleted it again, as i have a hard time believing that the band name is anything but a drug reference. the main reason that i say this is because i have heard/read several interviews with them where they always have a different story behind the origin of the name (the one mentioned in the article about them both having a crush on a girl named crystal doesn't make sense, and i find the "we used to get rides to the studio from a girl named crystal, so we called that the crystal method" very hard to believe aswell).--65.43.223.245 13:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Clearly someone has a bug up his/her ass about the band name, there are lots of different versions of the story so you should cite them all, not just the ones you agree with, therefore i have changed it again, citing sources. Wow, it wasn't hard at all, CITING SOURCES. http://www.newsreview.com/reno/Content?oid=oid%3A38280 --andypolack 31st August 2006
Here's another one for the band name debate. A very recent interview with Ken http://www.mensfitness.com/exclusives/54?page=1.
[edit] discography
doesn't list quite a few singles which are available from the iTunes Music Store. does this mean it's incomplete, or that these aren't official releases, or what? ... aa:talk 01:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
The best source is http://e.discogs.com/artist/Crystal+Method,+The to check the singles released, USA is promoted far heavier than Europe and UK. --andypolack
Mingle removed as artist is Crystal Theory, not TCM. Although a lot of websites are showing TCM as the artist, it isn't the case i believe. Andypolack 16:35, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Disambiguation
A friendly message from the editors at Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links: There's a link to cardinal at The Crystal Method#Singles that currently goes to a disambiguation page. As there does not seem to be a relevant entry at cardinal, I'm leaving it alone, so you should know readers won't find any relevant info if they click on the link. Hopefully someone who knows more about this topic can clean it up. BryanG(talk) 05:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Link for cardinal removed, thanks andypolack
[edit] The Old Page?
Hey, what happened with the previous page? It was a lot more detailed and featured information about all of the albums, current news and links to the band's website.
[edit] TV themes
I came to this page to find out what TV shows have used TCM music as their opening music. I was hoping for a link in the table of contents to lead me to a bulleted list, but I had to read a long run-on sentence instead. Can we fix this? - 05:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes, i'm going to tidy this page soon! Andypolack 10:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm glad to see this article improved from the last time I saw it. I made some changes, but I'm not very familiar with the material, so I probably tended to err on the side of conciseness/accuracy rather than depth. The article is still wordy; some of the lists should be replaced by internal or external links. For instance the user looking for TV shows with their music should be pointed towards their IMDB page. Anyways, glad to see you're planning to fix this up, Andy. Doctofunk 04:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately the IMDB page is spurious at best with the soundtrack and TV shows where the music is used, i'll see if i can get a better list/or tidy it up.
[edit] Image
I added an image that I took of them... but I'm not sure where it should go on the page. There's not really a place where it looks "best" unless the "Biography" section was split into subsections. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:52, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
