So, here we are, continuing to age, advance in years perpetually, but desiring a mental vacation to the glory days of walking home from the PDQ with 1 Liter Mountain Dews, Kingsized Reese’s and an excitement for all the goofy footed Mute Grabs, Stiffies and Kickflips, because nobody walks away without doing a goddamn KickFlip!
Yep, the Hawk Man is reborn in one of those games that completely redefined what was possible with skateboards in video games and 3d movement in general? Cuz, c’mon you remember Skate or Die? No, because it sucked. Do you remember Menace Beach? Nope, because it was unlicensed, sold only in Christian Bookstores and oh yeah, it SUCKED. In fact, I would argue that prior to Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, the best version of skating in a Video Game was that level at the beginning of Mario 64, where you hop a Koopa Troopa shell and you can skate in any direct you want until you hit something.
Anyway, THPS came out, spanned plenty of sequels and still has a bunch of replay value today, and for a lot of us, it’s soundtrack was a gateway to a bunch of rad music from bands like Dead Kennedys, Suicide Machines, Millencolin, Consumed and of course, Goldfinger. Kids who don’t even like Ska or Skateboarding know many of the words to the classic, ‘Superman,’ which meant that upon the re-release of the first 2 Pro Skater games, it was only fitting that Josh of Backyard Superheroes (Hey, you should check out the reviews we’ve done of these dudes!) organize an army of musicians to do a huge cover of the song!
That’s right, Josh, as leader of a new facebook group, The NPCs, got everyone he could to provide some words, some strums and some doots to make one of the most ambitious recordings of 2020. He even brought in the man, Tony hawk, for a cameo! Anyway, I could gush over the pure awesome provided by this collaboration, or I could just link you up to it and let the magic do its work for you. So, yeah, the second one, so click below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6FLq7wzNJo&fbclid=IwAR2tgnbrn28deHp1Kjy50haBg9uBcbaXb-hCzqP5ha6pKBZSLxHMS3og5fE
The Ska Mission 