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, Even Flow – Pearl Jam
- Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
- The Rulers Back – Jay-Z
- Stellar – Incubus
- (Rock) Superstar – Cypress Hill
- Crowd Chant – Joe Satriani
- Holy Diver – Dio / With Dustin Brown on the ice
Welcome Home – Coheed and Cambria - Lament For The Aurochs – The Sword
- I Got War – Gluecifer
- 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.