History OneOfUs / MusicalFreaks

* Acoustic guitarist Music/AndyMckee owns a Wii, a 360 and quite a few PC games. he absolutely loves StarsiegeTribes. Video Games and guitar are apparently the only two hobbies he has.

** The entire group are huge fans of SouthPark, at any rate, and their latest album is a SteamPunk ConceptAlbum. Make of that what you will.

* ElvisPresley was apparently a comic book fan, and, as the legend goes, based the capes he wore onstage (and maybe even his hairstyle) on that of CaptainMarvel Jr.

* According to rumor, TheBeatles had considered making a film adaptation of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' with StanleyKubrick in 1969.

** She also happens to be a big fan of the ''ResidentEvil'' and ''FinalFantasy'' series (even providing the EndingTheme for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', "My Hands".)

* Of Music/{{Disturbed}}, David Draiman is an avid gamer, saying his all-time favorite is the ''ResidentEvil'' series. Also, the band liked ''{{Spawn}}'' enough to choose Todd [=McFarlane=] for their ''Ten Thousand Fists'' album artwork, then later to [[AnimatedMusicVideo animate]] the video for their cover of [[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]. They later went seeking out the former Top Cow artist David Finch to design the artwork for ''Indestructible''. Recently they've commissioned [[http://www.raymondswanland.com/Pages/Gallery01.html Raymond Swanland]] for their most recent album, ''Asylum'', popular with Creator/DarkHorseComics and MagicTheGathering illustrations. On that note, [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/0630-disturbed.htm the band has their own]] [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2010/0826-disturbed.htm gamer tag on Xbox Live]] to invite fans to gaming sessions.

** They also performed the song "Karma" for the TalesOfTheAbyss anime opening. It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRU1XbLGQK0 here]].

* Hip-hop violinist LindseyStirling recorded [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KUyPKbR7Q a medley of songs]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' as well as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiNVk_u0po&feature=related the main theme]] from ''Film/LordOfTheRings''. In the video for her Zelda medley she wore prosthetic elf ears and a blue Link costume.

* SuperJunior's Kyuhyun is an avid gamer of Starcraft, so much so that his bandmates nicknamed him "[=GameKyu=]". Heck, his Twitter username is [=@GaemGyu=] and he customized his Facebook URL to "the master of Starcraft"!

** Not to mention the Greenwood brothers love for AstroBoy. Both have worn shirts with the character on it and Jonny has an astroboy sticker on one of his guitars

* SuperJunior's Kyuhyun is an avid gamer of Starcraft, so much so that his bandmates nicknamed him "[=GameKyu=]". Heck, his Twitter username is @GaemGyu and he customized his Facebook URL to "the master of Starcraft"!

* SuperJunior's Kyuhyun is an avid gamer of Starcraft, so much so that his bandmates nicknamed him "[=GameKyu=]"

** Also Eunhyuk has all Manga/DragonBall manga in his room and also likes OnePiece.

* English Heavy Metal band Pyre, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edi8Dt17Abk and how]]. When they aren't singing about [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3cP1epKF4c Who]] or [[VideoGame/SupremeCommander Supreme]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pTfg13-bx0 Commander]], they're likely to be found making blogging references to [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog the works of]] [[JossWhedon Joss]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndo_njisUUg Whedon]] or tutorial videos for playing the [[BattlestarGalactica Cylon]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsYoAUbvXxU theme.]]

* FrankZappa was the quintessential band geek, and he worshiped [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky]]. Oh, and he loved [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzxa49fefq8 monster movies]].
** The first record Zappa loved as a teen was ''Ionisation'' by Edgard Varèse. He would play it as a test, to see whether someone was cool (though it's easy to imagine he may have enjoyed the more-common reaction: baffled rev

*** Said album includes shouts out to ''GhostInTheShell'', Neo-Tokyo, and several programming languages.

** That is correct, he did an interview with a xbox magazine about it.

* YoshikiHayashi likes [[CaptainObvious fashion]], {{KISS}}, Music/HeavyMetal, ''OnePiece'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', and [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

** The first record Zappa loved as a teen was ''Ionisation'' by Edgard Varèse. He would play it as a test, to see whether someone was cool (though it's easy to imagine he may have enjoyed the more-common reaction: baffled revulsion).
** Zappa was also a big fan of Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 and it's said that he and the MST3K crew were in talks to make a movie together before he died.
* Ronni Le Tekro, guitarist of {{TNT}} is a fan of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', even collaborating with a choir in performing music from the series. It should be noted he hates ''GuitarHero'' however.
* MachinaeSupremacy is quite possibly the only band that rivals Blind Guardian in geekiness. Their songs tend to sit in three camps. The first is a political camp that attacks the RIAA and those who blindly allow corporate corruption to affect music and art. The second is based on various pieces of media with songs based on SerialExperimentsLain ("The Wired"), ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' ("Missing Link"), VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft ("Loot, Burn, Rape, Kill, Repeat") and HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse ("Return to Snake Mountain") among others. The third camp is covering famous pop songs simply because it's [[RuleOfFunny funny.]] Their work has been featured prominently in InTheGroove and they wrote and performed the soundtrack to the indie game Jets N Guns. To top it all off, they happily avert DigitalPiracyIsEvil and are proud supporters of The Pirate Bay in their ongoing legal battle.
** Given the fact that they have songs named ActionGirl and Crouching Camper, Hidden Sniper, there's a good chance that at least one member of the band is a troper.
* Of Music/{{Disturbed}}, David Draiman is an avid gamer, saying his all-time favorite is the ''ResidentEvil'' series. Also, the band liked ''{{Spawn}}'' enough to choose Todd [=McFarlane=] for their ''Ten Thousand Fists'' album artwork, then later to [[AnimatedMusicVideo animate]] the video for their cover of [[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]. They later went seeking out the former Top Cow artist David Finch to design the artwork for ''Indestructible''. Recently they've commissioned [[http://www.raymondswanland.com/Pages/Gallery01.html Raymond Swanland]] for their most recent album, ''Asylum'', popular with Creator/DarkHorseComics and MagicTheGathering illustrations. On that note, [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/0630-disturbed.htm the band has their own]] [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2010/0826-disturbed.htm gamer tag on Xbox Live]] to invite fans to gaming sessions.
* According to rumor, TheBeatles had considered making a film adaptation of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' with StanleyKubrick in 1969.
* GeorgeHarrison was an IMMENSE Monty Python fan. Apparently, he saw the very first Monty Python episode while the Beatles were doing "Let It Be," and the recording session had been all chaotic and George was depressed -- but watching Monty Python made him feel like that the spirit of fun and whimsy that used to be in the Beatles had been reborn in Python. He wrote a letter to the BBC that night, begging them to keep Python on the air. ...Later, he befriended the Pythons, and when their producer pulled out two days before filming on ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' was about to start, George put up the money himself. But even though they were all friends, according to Creator/MichaelPalin, sometimes George would drive them a little crazy by sometimes quoting Python sketches in an effort to get them to "do" the sketch with him. Michael Palin even claims that sometimes George Harrison, who always loved the "Lumberjack" sketch, would use the alias "Jack Lumber" while traveling.
** Highly plausible, given his fondness for being credited on albums under punny pseudonyms such as "Son of Harry".
*** George Harrison also did walk-on parts in Eric Idle's post-Python work, RutlandWeekend Television, and in the Rutles movie.
* For a bunch of gangsta rappers, the rap group Slaughterhouse likes to reference ''{{Voltron}}'' and comic books a whole lot in their lyrics. Joe Budden even compares himself to [[StreetFighter E. Honda]] at one point in a song.
* NewAge singer Enya has a track titled "Lothlórien" from a good ten years before the ''LordOfTheRings'' movies. (She also appeared on the soundtrack thereof.)
* LinkinPark [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60lmDCGgW9k really]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz-OpKuOU3c&feature=related likes]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSxxIqKNN0 Humongous]] [[HumongousMecha Mecha]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ezSGqbuo0g anime]].
** And to top it all off, [[http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/09/16/bandai-announces-linkin-park-gundam/ Bandai has announced]] that a Linkin Park themed {{Gundam}} will be packaged with the deluxe edition of ''A Thousand Suns''. Whether or not this will be [[NoExportForYou exclusive to Japan]] has yet to be determined.
** On the gaming front, Mike got bored while recording ''A Thousand Suns'' and hooked up a NES so he could play ''Metroid'' in his home studio and the entire band are pretty big fans of ''Halo'', hosting tournaments between themselves and touring partners on a dedicated bus.
* And of course, the entire genre of Nerdcore Rap. One of the best examples may be MC Frontalot's "It Is Pitch Dark", containing references to a substantial number of {{Infocom}}'s games.
** MC Frontalot one-upped this by teaming up with [[KingdomOfLoathing Jick]] to create a new quest in order to promote his latest album; the first ten players to complete the quest received a free copy of the CD.
* Music/ToriAmos is a huge comic book fan.
** NeilGaiman based the character of [[ComicBook/TheSandman Delirium]] on her, and she does [[ShoutOut shoutouts]] to him in several of her songs.
** Her daughter's middle name is Lórien, from [[LordOfTheRings Lothlórien]].
* Pretty much every member of Breaking Benjamin is a gamer.
** Considering they recorded the song [[CrowningMusicofAwesome "Blow Me Away"]] for ''{{Halo 2}}'' and even asked a crowd at a concert if they were excited about ''Halo 3'' coming out, this is pretty much self explanatory.
* {{Radiohead}}, alternative rock weirdos, made a list of their favorite (or at least Jonny's favorite) video games in a recent [[http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=564 blog entry]] on their website. Among those games are ''Half-Life, ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'''', ''{{Ico}}'', and the indie darling ''VideoGame/CaveStory''.
** Not to mention the Greenwood brothers love for AstroBoy. Both have worn shirts with the character on it and Jonny has an astroboy sticker on one of his guitars
** Jonny is also a huge contemporary classical music nerd, drawing influences from such composers as Stockhausen and Penderecki. This shows in his scores for movies such as ThereWillBeBlood.
* The members of power pop band Hellogoodbye are pretty big gamers, going as far as taking a mobile gaming rig with them on every tour. Keyboard and guitar player Joseph Marro wrote [[http://kotaku.com/5744102/hellogoodbyes-magic-gaming-box an editorial]] about it on Kotaku.
* Adam "Nergal" Darski from the DeathMetal band {{Behemoth}} is a major history nerd. He studied history and mythology in college for 6 years and is licensed to be a museum curator.
* The j-rock band Bump of Chicken are avid gamers and anime fans, to the point that they [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tOH55740R4 wrote a song]] about [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]].
** They also performed the song "Karma" for the TalesOfTheAbyss anime opening. It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRU1XbLGQK0 here]].
* CaptainDanAndTheScurvyCrew are pirate rappers, nerdy as that is, one of their songs was called [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Dead Mines]], it's about beating the shit out of [[McNinja the Defias Brotherhood]].
* Ed Robertson from BareNakedLadies is a gamer and a fan of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. He even worked with RoosterTeeth when he voiced Captain Butch Flowers on ''Red vs. Blue'' and played the title role in Captain Dynamic, a promotional series for ''CityOfHeroes''.
** Plus, the band got RoosterTeeth to do some {{PSA}}s for use during a tour.
* Will "will.i.am" Adams of the BlackEyedPeas had a C-list X-Men character written into ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' for him to play, because if he couldn't play Nightcrawler, he wanted to be someone with the same powers. And really, even without the references to SF (including Transformers) in their lyrics, any group which has giant dancing mecha in their videos deserves to be on this list.
* Music/{{Nightwish}} songs include references to Dragonlance, Lord of the Rings, and an entire EpicRocking nerdgasm over the DisneyAnimatedCanon, and Marco has confessed to loving video games. Band leader and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen always has a figurine of [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]], whom he resembles, tied to the front of his keyboards during concerts.
* Pop Idol winner Leona Lewis based her current tour around {{Labyrinth}}.
** She also happens to be a big fan of the ''ResidentEvil'' and ''FinalFantasy'' series (even providing the EndingTheme for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', "My Hands".)
* TheMarsVolta. Both Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala are big (old-school!) ''Series/DoctorWho'' fans, citing it as an influence in their work. It also runs in Omar's family: Brothers Marcel and Marfred front a band called [[GundamWing Zechs Marquise.]]
* Hayley Williams of {{Paramore}} recently displayed her love for anime by cosplaying during a performance.
* The similarities to [[Manga/DeathNote Mello]] in {{Madonna}}'s ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx0mYN32Kps Jump]]'' video? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_(Madonna_song)#Music_video They're intentional.]]
* [[http://io9.com/5592174/janelle-monae-turns-rhythm-and-blues-into-science-fiction Janelle Monáe]]. For those who don't want to click links: Monáe is a young neo-soul singer whose current project is a four-part RockOpera in which she plays a RobotGirl on the run in a dystopian future city for the crime of falling in love with a human. It's based on Fritz Lang's ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', as well as ''DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' and the films of Creator/AlfredHitchcock.
* Andrew W.K.: He released an entire album of {{Gundam}} covers, "Gundam Rock", to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary.
** He's also a massive ThomasLigotti fan ([[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]] FTW!), plays bass with art-folk weirdos Current 93 and debuted with a cassette of experimental synth music on a record label run by the guys from Wolf Eyes. Yeah, he is.
** Not only did his signature song, "Party Hard", become a meme on [[ImageBoards 4chan]], but he's a self-professed /b/tard himself. And [[http://twitter.com/#!/AndrewWK/status/17064106292940801 reads Encyclopedia Dramatica.]]
** He [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTK3Kv3iiZA is also a brony.]]
* Several songs from the {{Grindcore}} band Discordance Axis' album ''The Inalienable Dreamless'' contain {{Shout Out}}s to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Chibi, lead singer of TheBirthdayMassacre, is an avid Manga/SailorMoon fan, and drummer Rhim is a {{Pokemon}} fan.
* Owen Pallett, who made string arrangements for Mika, The Last Shadow Puppets, Arcade Fire,Beirut, Pet Shop Boys and Grizzly Bear, has also made some albums as a solo artist. The name? Final Fantasy. Not to forget, he references Zelda in the song "He Poos Clouds".
* Trent Reznor is a huge {{Quake}} / VideoGame/{{Doom}} fan, so much that he composed the music for the first Quake game. He also played the Zelda theme in a concert and had openly admitted a massive videogame addiction.
* Founder/On and off Frontman Matt Good of From First To Last is a huge WoW nerd.
* Current VanHalen bassist Wolfgan Van Halen not only plays ''GuitarHero'' himself, he also [[http://ps2.ign.com/articles/101/1012475p1.html contributed to the development of the band's licensed game by picking the guest act songs]].
* Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider is a huge gamer. He's made special appearances on XBox Live at certain points, and on a VH1 special once told a story about how his son accidently erased his save file in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''.
** He also got to appear in the intro to ''Singstar 80's'' in his Twisted Sister gear.
* Korn's vocalist Jonathan Davis is, or was a confessed VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft addict. He also made plans for a music celebrity-themed fighting game called ''Pop Scars'', which never got past preliminary development. Also, he's a big HarryPotter fan.
* It almost goes without saying that Music/WeirdAlYankovic is OneOfUs. The video for "White And Nerdy" alone has enough content to outgeek at least any two other examples on this list. That said, he's dropped enough hints in various appearances through the years that everyone knew decades before that video.
* English Heavy Metal band Pyre, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edi8Dt17Abk and how]]. When they aren't singing about [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3cP1epKF4c Who]] or [[VideoGame/SupremeCommander Supreme]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pTfg13-bx0 Commander]], they're likely to be found making blogging references to [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog the works of]] [[JossWhedon Joss]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndo_njisUUg Whedon]] or tutorial videos for playing the [[BattlestarGalactica Cylon]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsYoAUbvXxU theme.]]
** Subverted with their track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSEDdAmpVU My God Carries A Hammer]], which songwriter Peter Chapman insists is about the Norse deity, not the [[TheMightyThor Marvel character of the same name]], and denies having read a comic in his life.
* Irish thrashers Gama Bomb are pretty big nerds, as evidenced by their writing songs about Final Fight and Robocop, among others.
* Despite being cheesy and ham-fistedly religious enough to seem like the second coming of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxC-Otl6fHM Carman]], Christian rapper KJ-52 could almost be considered a {{Nerdcore}} emcee due to his ProudToBeAGeek status and references to old school video games, ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and other decidedly nerdy things.
* Various members of the post-rock group Mogwai can be seen in various points in a documentary about the recording of their 5th album playing on Nintendo DS, and one member can be seen with a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley]] sticker on his laptop.
* BradPaisley has made his nerdiness known on "Online" and "Welcome to the Future", among others. The video for "Start a Band" also makes several (accurate) ''GuitarHero'' references.
* Turkish singer Oğuzhan Koç. If you can [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYwZED7tLU create a catchy, crowd-pleasing tune]] based off of nothing more than [[StreetFighter a ball of fire thrown from the hands of a wandering Japanese hobo]] (well, more like its {{Mondegreen}}, but who's being technical?), then you easily qualify. One can only wonder what would have happened if he was there on ''Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar'' for the actual ''Street Fighter''-themed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahVvJ0Alm-s episode.]]
* Slash of Music/GunsNRoses and Velvet Revolver fame has admitted to being addicted to ''RockBand'' and is a fan of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''.
* In addition to his single Yeah 3X (which sounds like it came from an 8-bit game), Chris Brown has been spotted wearing [[http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/08/chris-brown-kirby.jpg this]].
* Music/JonathanCoulton, who is practically the physical embodiment of this trope.
* Music/ChrisWebby is obsessed with ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' and has the [[{{Transformers}} Autobots emblem]] tattoed on his chest.
* Music/ChristinaAguilera is a gamer and even has a mini-arcade in her house.
* Music/AllTimeLow frontman Alex Gaskarth is a StarCraft fan and his Twitter account contains a few gems of geekiness, including a pickup line involving {{Minecraft}}. Also, the background image for his profile is of CaptainPlanet.
* JasonMraz seems to be something of a gamer. The lyrics for ''The Dynamo of Volition'':
--> KidIcarus on the transistor
--> {{Nintendo}}'s been givin' me the blisters.
** He also added a {{K-On}} sample twice in his song "Try Try Try" for no real reason.
* EmilieAutumn is a huge StarWars fan and wants to play the main theme live someday. She's also a bookworm, and really knows her literature.
* EscapeTheFate are all huge fans of Franchise/{{Halo}}. "The Guillotine" and "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part Two)" are both about said game franchise.
* Music/AvengedSevenfold are evidently fans of VideoGame/CallOfDuty.
* Gnarls Barkley performed for an MTV show in Star Wars Costumes.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/user/zeldaxlove64 Christina Grimmie]]. As if her Website/YouTube username (zeldaxlove64) didn't explain everything already, she has NES sounds in her song "Counting." And that doesn't even touch the fringe of her OneOfUs-ness. She currently hosts a game review series on Disney's Website/YouTube gaming channel.
* Charles Gillingham of CountingCrows has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CharlesGillingham Wikipedia account]].
* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence's members are geeks through and through.
** Their first album, ''Tight,'' was mixed on an Atari computer.
** One of the songs from Jimmy Urine and Steve, Righ?s' side project, The Left Rights, is titled "Genesis 16:12." It's a giant homage to the 16 bit gaming era, and the console wars. Another song, titled "I Like The Smell of My Amiga," with its heavily digitized vocals, is possibly a reference to Amiga computers.
** They wrote a comic book detailing various crazy stories from past tours.
* [[Music/{{Space}} Tommy Scott]] collects sci-fi movie figurines and shops at Forbidden Planet. His bandmate Franny Griffiths is an avid gamer - he once stated that the best present he'd ever received from a fan is a SonicTheHedgehog game, and he's also into VideoGame/CallOfDuty and Pro Evolution Soccer.
* Dutch hardstyle artist Headhunterz is very fond of using memes and is very happy to tell you that he "took an arrow to the knee".
** He also made a [[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]] themed track, [[http://soundcloud.com/headhunterzmedia/headhunterz-dragonborn Dragonborn]], which he released as a freebie.
* Acoustic guitarist Music/AndyMckee owns a Wii, a 360 and quite a few PC games. he absolutely loves StarsiegeTribes. Video Games and guitar are apparently the only two hobbies he has.
* Canadian electronic music artist {{deadmau5}} might just be the nerdiest musician ever. He has a host of gaming related tattoos, including hearts from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', a Space Invader, a [[{{Minecraft}} Creeper]], and even ShigeruMiyamoto's signature. He even owns a replica of the Master Sword and Hylian Shield, which proudly hangs on his wall. He also is a major internet nerd and a huge [[{{Trolling}} troll]], and often quotes memes in his livestream. He even incorporates video game elements and graphics in his live shows. He also taught himself computer programming, web design and programming, 3D modeling (which is the source for the mau5head he performs in), and flash animation, among other talents.
* The following is a list of things that inspires ''RobZombie'': vintage horror movies, pornos, exploitation films, comic books, star trek, star wars etc. so yeah, Zombie's a huge geek.
* Apparently GreenDay has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaeusGuPAGg discovered the internet]].
* Music/DavidBowie was the first mainstream artist to release a single for download; indeed, his official website also served as an ISP in the early days. He's also something of a Japanophile, has demonstrated surprisingly insightful knowledge of Japanese politics and philosophy in interviews, and included several songs from his then-latest album on the game ''OmikronTheNomadSoul'', as well as appearing as a character in the game ''twice''.
* Hip-hop violinist LindseyStirling recorded [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KUyPKbR7Q a medley of songs]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' as well as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiNVk_u0po&feature=related the main theme]] from ''Film/LordOfTheRings''. In the video for her Zelda medley she wore prosthetic elf ears and a blue Link costume.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BSLPH9d-jsI And now she(and singer Peter Hollens)]] give us the theme from ''{{Skyrim}}'', in full costume no less!
* Rapper Music/WakaFlockaFlame claims that he will "“Run up on his car have him eating shells like mario go kart” in his song ''Karma''
* {{Buckethead}}, while rarely vocal about himself, is known to be an avid video gamer, comic book fan, StarWars fan, horror movie geek and GiantRobo enthusiast. He's also composed music for one of the MortalKombat movies, and one of his songs appears in the newest TwistedMetal game.
* SuperJunior's Kyuhyun is an avid gamer of Starcraft, so much so that his bandmates nicknamed him "[=GameKyu=]"
** Heechul is also a big fan of Starcraft and many of his outfits are based on videogame characters.
** Also Eunhyuk has all Manga/DragonBall manga in his room and also likes OnePiece.
* Speaking of Manga/DragonBall, BigBang's [=GDragon=] has a Manga/DragonBall tatooed to his collarbone.
* Frank Ocean is an avid gamer; track titles from his first mixtape include ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye]]''. The mixtape itself opens with a track called "[[VideoGame/StreetFighter Streetfighter]]", which even contains the menu selection music, and his first studio album opened to the sounds of a PlayStation booting up. If that doesn't mark him as a game geek, this Troper doesn't know what does.
** He also references [[Manga/DragonBall Majin Buu]] on, appropriately enough, the song "Pink Matter".
* The OverlyLongTitle of The Orb's groundbreaking dance single "A Huge Ever-Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld" is actually a fairly literal description of the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "Ultraworld".
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** "Good morning, look at the valedictorian/Scared of the future while I hop in [[BackToTheFuture the Delorean]]." -- From Kanye's track "Good Morning."

* ''LedZeppelin''. You doubt this? Listen to the song "The Battle of Evermore". For that matter, "Ramble On" specifically namechecks Gollum and Mordor.

* SouljaBoy likes ''Manga/DeathNote'' and ''DragonballZ''. He made a song sampling Near's theme and made songs titled "Anime" and "Goku". He also likes ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Anime/AfroSamurai'', ''CaseClosed'', and ''CowboyBebop'' according to his {{Twitter}}.
* Basshunter's song DOTA (from the album ''LOL <(^^,)>'') is about the ''{{Warcraft}} 3'' mod ''Defense of the Ancients''. The same album features ''Boten Anna'' ([[{{Macekre}} translated]] as ''Now You're Gone''), a song about an IRC bot.
* SnoopDogg has been a fan of the ''{{Tekken}}'' series since the 90s. Not only that, but he's set to cameo in a Dogg-themed stage in ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'', [[http://www.destructoid.com/e3-snoop-dogg-raps-in-his-tekken-tag-tournament-2-stage-228897.phtml complete with a song performed just for the game]].

* Trey Azagthoth, guitarist for American death metal band Morbid Angel, is also a fan of video games and anime. And if you think he's into gory stuff just because he's in a death metal band, you couldn't be more mistaken. One of his favorite animes is... SailorMoon! You haven't read wrong.
* YoshikiHayashi likes [[CaptainObvious fashion]], {{KISS}}, Music/HeavyMetal, ''OnePiece'', ''{{Bleach}}'', ''{{Naruto}}'', and [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.

* LupeFiasco is a dyed in the wool nerd and will casually drop references to things such as ''LupinIII'', which he mentioned on Kanye's "Touch The Sky". He's also a big Harry Potter fan.

*** Speaking of covers, has anyone seen just what's on "Food and Liquor"? Among the floating stuff, he's got a NintendoDS and a ''{{Halo}}'' copy. And in the video for "I Gotcha", he's playing a classic joystick console.

* Canadian pop singer {{Lights}} is a huge WorldOfWarcraft player (she plays a Death Knight, which is rather funny given her image); she's written [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1b2UZ6ziVY an entire song]] that's discreetly about the game. The only line that will definitely tip you off if you know what it means is [[spoiler:"I'm not the hunter, I'm not the marked"]].

* RageAgainstTheMachine[=/=]Music/{{Audioslave}} guitarist Tom Morello. He's made cameos in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' (in the episode "Good Shepherd") and ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'', as well as ''Film/IronMan'', which also features his guitar tracks on the soundtrack.

* {{Gackt}}, J-rock artist, voice actor, and real-life {{bishonen}} is a huge fan of ''MobileSuitGundam''. He once managed to swing an article about building gunpla in a music magazine, and led a massive audience of screaming teenage girls in a chant of "Sieg Zeon" after reciting Gihren's speech at Garma's funeral.
** Not to mention his song Metamorphose has cover art that is directly from ''MobileSuitGundam''. Not all that surprising as it was written for the ''ZetaGundam'' [[CompilationMovie Compilation Movies]].

* Underground rapper {{MF DOOM}} is quite possibly one of the most obvious cases. His main persona is basically a hip-hop version of DoctorDoom, almost never appearing without a metallic Doom mask. Nerdy references get dropped in his lyrics throughout, including (but certainly not limited to) ''SuperMarioBros, Franchise/StarTrek, DonkeyKong'', loads and loads of comic book series, ''{{Transformers}}, {{Godzilla}}'', and so on. Hell, he even uses some samples from video games and animated series.

* Del tha Funkee Homosapien is another fantastic example from the rap world. Gaming is a common subject in his raps, but in the song "Proto Culture", he talks about getting calluses from playing ''Asteroids'', using the Power Glove, not being able to beat the original ''NinjaGaiden'' because his mom wouldn't answer the phone, owning the first issue of Nintendo Power with maps of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', bragging about his collection of rare Sega games, playing ''BushidoBlade 2'' and ''{{Tenchu}}'', the output of {{Capcom}} and {{SNK}}, importing ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' from Japan, killing cops in ''GrandTheftAuto'' and getting a SegaDreamcast before anyone else did. Unsurprisingly, this track and so many others use a lot of video game samples.

** One of the band's most popular songs is called "What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse", a ShoutOut to ''{{Castlevania}}''.

* Tony Kakko of SonataArctica is a ''WorldOfWarcraft'' player. In fact, he got the idea for the title of the Sonata Arctica album ''The Days of Grays'' from one of his guild members.

** Zappa was also a big fan of MysteryScienceTheater3000 and it's said that he and the MST3K crew were in talks to make a movie together before he died.
* Ronni Le Tekro, guitarist of {{TNT}} is a fan of ''{{Halo}}'', even collaborating with a choir in performing music from the series. It should be noted he hates ''GuitarHero'' however.
* MachinaeSupremacy is quite possibly the only band that rivals Blind Guardian in geekiness. Their songs tend to sit in three camps. The first is a political camp that attacks the RIAA and those who blindly allow corporate corruption to affect music and art. The second is based on various pieces of media with songs based on SerialExperimentsLain ("The Wired"), ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' ("Missing Link"), WorldOfWarcraft ("Loot, Burn, Rape, Kill, Repeat") and HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse ("Return to Snake Mountain") among others. The third camp is covering famous pop songs simply because it's [[RuleOfFunny funny.]] Their work has been featured prominently in InTheGroove and they wrote and performed the soundtrack to the indie game Jets N Guns. To top it all off, they happily avert DigitalPiracyIsEvil and are proud supporters of The Pirate Bay in their ongoing legal battle.

* The j-rock band Bump of Chicken are avid gamers and anime fans, to the point that they [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tOH55740R4 wrote a song]] about [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]].

* CaptainDanAndTheScurvyCrew are pirate rappers, nerdy as that is, one of their songs was called [[WorldOfWarcraft Dead Mines]], it's about beating the shit out of [[McNinja the Defias Brotherhood]].
* Ed Robertson from BareNakedLadies is a gamer and a fan of ''RedVsBlue''. He even worked with RoosterTeeth when he voiced Captain Butch Flowers on ''Red vs. Blue'' and played the title role in Captain Dynamic, a promotional series for ''CityOfHeroes''.

* Several songs from the {{Grindcore}} band Discordance Axis' album ''The Inalienable Dreamless'' contain {{Shout Out}}s to ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* Chibi, lead singer of TheBirthdayMassacre, is an avid SailorMoon fan, and drummer Rhim is a {{Pokemon}} fan.

* Korn's vocalist Jonathan Davis is, or was a confessed WorldOfWarcraft addict. He also made plans for a music celebrity-themed fighting game called ''Pop Scars'', which never got past preliminary development. Also, he's a big HarryPotter fan.

* Various members of the post-rock group Mogwai can be seen in various points in a documentary about the recording of their 5th album playing on Nintendo DS, and one member can be seen with a [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley]] sticker on his laptop.

* EscapeTheFate are all huge fans of {{Halo}}. "The Guillotine" and "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part Two)" are both about said game franchise.
* Music/AvengedSevenfold are evidently fans of CallOfDuty.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/user/zeldaxlove64 Christina Grimmie]]. As if her YouTube username (zeldaxlove64) didn't explain everything already, she has NES sounds in her song "Counting." And that doesn't even touch the fringe of her OneOfUs-ness. She currently hosts a game review series on Disney's YouTube gaming channel.

* [[Music/{{Space}} Tommy Scott]] collects sci-fi movie figurines and shops at Forbidden Planet. His bandmate Franny Griffiths is an avid gamer - he once stated that the best present he'd ever received from a fan is a SonicTheHedgehog game, and he's also into CallOfDuty and Pro Evolution Soccer.

** Also Eunhyuk has all DragonBall manga in his room and also likes OnePiece.
* Speaking of DragonBall, BigBang's [=GDragon=] has a DragonBall tatooed to his collarbone.

** He also quoted ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' incessantly, if the last Python documentary is to be believed.

* Of Music/{{Disturbed}}, David Draiman is an avid gamer, saying his all-time favorite is the ''ResidentEvil'' series. Also, the band liked ''{{Spawn}}'' enough to choose Todd [=McFarlane=] for their ''Ten Thousand Fists'' album artwork, then later to [[AnimatedMusicVideo animate]] the video for their cover of [[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]. They later went seeking out the former Top Cow artist David Finch to design the artwork for ''Indestructible''. Recently they've commissioned [[http://www.raymondswanland.com/Pages/Gallery01.html Raymond Swanland]] for their most recent album, ''Asylum'', popular with DarkHorseComics and MagicTheGathering illustrations. On that note, [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/0630-disturbed.htm the band has their own]] [[http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2010/0826-disturbed.htm gamer tag on Xbox Live]] to invite fans to gaming sessions.