The Dallas Stars have hired Michael Gruber (Grubes of 1310 The Ticket fame) as their new music director. He is in the process of putting together music for the upcoming season. He has asked for suggestions via Twitter, and we're going to help out here at Defending Big D. All suggestions will be sent on to him, and all suggestions will be tallied here in this post. Leave them in the comments and the serious suggestions will get added to the text of the post.
He is basically starting from scratch. Anything you would like to suggest is fair game. That includes, but is not limited to, the goal song, the road goal song (thought it appears to be remaining thankfully), in-game music, fights, drops (brief amusing soundbites like Homer Simpson saying "Doh"), and even intermission contests. Basically if you have a suggestion for how to improve the music or fan festivities directly related to the game this is your chance to get your voice heard.
We all complain about various bits of the American Airlines Center presentation from time to time. I know certain aspects (The Whip as the goal song is kryptonite to me) drive me insane. So, let's see what we can do to help Grubes give us the hockey atmosphere we want.
Suggested Songs/Usage
Dallas Stars Theme Song - Pantera
Sandstorm - Darude
I'm From Texas - Trae Tha Truth
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
The House is Rockin' - Stevie Ray Vaughn/ Victory Song
Shining Star - Earth, Wind, & Fire
Hold The Line - Toto
Song #2 - Blur
Rock and Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter (this will be controversial people)
Starz - Smashing Pumpkins
Smooth Sailing - Queens of the Stone Age
Lurkin - Waka Flocka Flame
Ready For War (Instrumental) - 50 Cent
The Wicker Man , Wasted Years - Iron Maiden
Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden / Start of Power Play
Savior - Skillet / Chorus after a big save
I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin / comebacks
Watch You Crawl - RED / way ahead in a game
Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
Working Man - Rush
Kill 'em All/ Ride The Lightning/ Master of Puppets era Metallica
I Am The Law - Anthrax
La Grange - ZZ Top
The Toadies and other local music
organ music
Men of Wood - Porcupine Tree
Cold As Ice - Starsplash
Hell Yeah - Rev Theory
Beat It - Michael Jackson / faceoffs
Cowboy - Kid Rock
If You Want Blood, Hells Bells - AC/DC
Eye In the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings
In Due Time - Killswitch Engage
Boom - P.O.D.
The Game - Motorhead / As a period is beginning
Under Pressure, Let Me Entertain You, Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen
Howlin' For You - The Black Keys
Be Yourself - Audioslave
Take The Power Back, Pistol Grip Pump, Testify, Renegades of Funk, Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine
Limelight, One Little Victory - Rush
Alive - Pearl Jam
Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
The Rulers Back – Jay-Z
Stellar – Incubus
(Rock) Superstar – Cypress Hill
Crowd Chant - Joe Satriani
Holy Diver - Dio
Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria
The Sword - Lament For The Auroch
Even Flow - Pearl Jam
I Got War - Glucifer
Jambi - Tool / Powerplay
Time Bomb, West Texas Teardrops, Four Leaf Clover, Over The Cliff - Old 97's
Whipping Post, One Way Out - Allman Brothers
My Songs Know What Your Songs Did In The Dark - Fall Out Boy
Combination Of The Two, Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin
Steve Miller Band, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson
High Noon, Organ Donor - DJ Shadow
March Of The Pigs - NIN
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas (power plays)
Stars - Felix
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Burn It Down - Linkin Park
Unstoppable - Foxy Shazam
Electioneering - Radiohead
Still D.R.E. – Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
Radioactive - Within Temptation
I Want It All/ We Will Rock You -
Hella Good - Rivethead
Daddy Cool - Traceelords
Stand Up - James Durbin
Slither - Velvet Revolver
Girl Talk
Knights of Cydonia - Muse
Come Out And Play - The Offspring
Its Time - Imagine Dragons
Scuttle Buttin' - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked - Cage The Elephant
I'm Mad, Psychobilly Freakout, Eat Steak - Reverend Horton Heat
We Will Rock You/Robot Rock, Ice Ice Baby/U Can't Touch This - DJ Hero
Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams
Rest Of The World, Blown Wide Open, That Song - Big Wreck
Here Comes The Dog, Queen Of The Goats, Independence Day - Floater
For The Love Of The Game - Pillar
Glory - Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
Wheels Of Steel - Saxon
Raining Blood, Angel of Death - Slayer
Lit Up - Buckcherry / opposing goalie pulled
Clean My Wounds - Corrosion of Conformity
Low - Cracker
Fuel - Metallica
White Limo - Foo Fighters
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
Shake Your Blood - Probot
Mother, Long Way Back From Hell - Danzig
Wreck You - Atomic Bitchwax
Goal Song Suggestions
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400
Do You Wanna Touch (chorus) - Joan Jett
Darkness Music (opposing goal)
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Remember The Name - Fort Minor
Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (after a Jamie Benn goal)
Oops I Did It Again - Britney Spears (if the Stars score a lot of goals)
Yeah - Usher
B.O.B. - Outkast
Suggested Fight Songs
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Takin' It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
Ultimate Warrior Theme Song
I Fought The Law - The Clash (After Oleksiak fights, he wants to be a lawyer)
You're The Best Around - Joe Esposito (Karate Kid)
Why Can't We Be Friends - War
Punch Out Theme
Bodies - Drowning Pool (Brawls)
Warriors Call - Volbeat
Guile Fight Theme From Street Fighter II
Rocky Theme
Diamond Eyes - Shinedown
Suggested Drops/Usage
Don't use them at all - hard to hear in the arena
Your ideas here
Suggested Intermission Shenanigans
Some type of race incorporating local and/or hockey icons like the Texas Rangers legends race
Your ideas here
Suggested Commercial Break Entertainment
Keep Finnish or gibberish
Ginger Ninja segment - kids wearing red wigs and performing martial arts to honor Cody Eakin
Father-Son intermission games need to go away
As you send in your suggestions they will be added to the list. Please try to be specific and to the point. This list is going to get long very quickly.
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