The Legion of Doom (mash up group)

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The Legion of Doom
GenresMashup, post-hardcore, electronic
Years active2000–present
LabelsIllegal Art
MembersChad Blinman
Trever Keith
Websitewww.the-legion-of-doom.com

The Legion of Doom is a music production team and electronic music group, known for their download-only mashup album Incorporated, remixes, and original music for horror soundtracks.

History[edit]

The Legion of Doom consists of Chad Blinman and Trever Keith (of the California punk band Face to Face). Having worked together on many recording and production projects beginning in 1997, the two formed the Legion of Doom in 2004 to undertake a series of specialized creative projects.

In 2005, they served as the producer for Senses Fail's cover of the song "Institutionalized", which was to appear on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.

The first of these projects was Incorporated, a mash-up album featuring mixes of various punk and hardcore bands. The album was completed in 2006, but due to some of the artists unwilling to allow the album to be released,[1] the group recommended downloading the album after it was leaked from sources outside of the group off P2P Networks.[2] The leak was the result of the entire album's MP3 files being left in an unprotected folder on the group's website. On March 6, 2007, the album was released in physical format through the label Illegal Art.[3]

The Legion of Doom has also contributed remixes and original music to film soundtracks such as Underworld: Evolution, Saw II and the Las Vegas TV series.[4] Other projects include the original score and music supervision for independent film Eyes Front and an album of original material (The Legion of Doom vs Triune).

The Legion of Doom regularly use samples of dialog from old films and other esoteric sources in their work. In some of their songs, a male and a female voice can be heard speaking at certain points. These are the voices of Ken and Winnie from the 1950 film This Charming Couple. On the song "Lolita's Medicine" on the album Incorporated, the male voice is from a 1967 anti-drug PSA called Narcotics: Pit of Despair.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Year Title Label Release Date
2007 Incorporated Illegal Art March 6, 2007
2009 The Legion of Doom vs Triune Antagonist Records September 1, 2009

Compilation appearances[edit]

Year Song Album Artist Remixed
2005 "Suspicious Minds" Las Vegas Soundtrack Wayne Newton
"Home Invasion Robbery" Saw II Soundtrack None
2006 "Where Do I Stab Myself in the Ears (The Legion of Doom Remix)" Underworld: Evolution Hawthorne Heights
"Bite to Break Skin (The Legion of Doom Remix)" Senses Fail
"Eyes of the Insane (The Legion of Doom vs Slayer)" Saw III Soundtrack Slayer
2007 "I'm So Sick (T-Virus Remix)" Resident Evil: Extinction Flyleaf
"One Love (Extinction Remix)" Aiden
2009 "Broken Lungs (Legion of Doom Remix)" Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Thrice
2011 "Hero (The Legion of Doom Remix)" Awake and Remixed EP Skillet

Other songs[edit]

Title Song #1 Song #2
"Good News, I'm Dead"[5] Original Track Original Track
"Crazy as She Goes"[6] "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley "Steady, As She Goes" by the Raconteurs
"Supersighs Mix (The Legion of Doom vs Goblin)"[7] "Sighs" by Goblin
"Kill Jenny Like That"[8] "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" by the Killers "Back Like That" by Ghostface Killah
"Cross Your Love Triangle"[9] "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" by Trever Keith "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order
"Muevete"[10] "Muevete" by Ceci Bastida "What Difference Does It Make?" by the Smiths
"The Quiet Screaming"[11][circular reference] "Screaming Infidelities" by Dashboard Confessional "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" by Brand New

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Emo Mash-Ups: Bands, True To Form, Are Not Amused - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
  2. ^ Punknews.org | The Legion of Doom leak own album
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) ‘Incorporated’ on CD?!!
  4. ^ In Brief: Beck, DMB: Beck : Rolling Stone
  5. ^ "The Legion of Doom » work". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  6. ^ "The Legion of Doom » work". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  7. ^ "The Legion of Doom » work". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  8. ^ "The Legion of Doom » work". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  9. ^ "The Legion of Doom » work". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  10. ^ "The Legion of Doom » work". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  11. ^ Incorporated (Legion of Doom album)
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