History of NHL soundtracks (all of the songs and where they originated from - with country flags)

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Elvs

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So here's a little project I've been working on. I've looked into which countries all the bands/artists featured in EA's NHL game series are from. But instead of posting an overwhelming list of ≈ 600 songs all at once, I'll make this into a "series". This allows for more retrospecting and discussion.

Now, NHL 2002 would be the first game to feature predominant licensed music rather than game composed music, and while I think it's important we give credit to those who started it all in the 90's, I've decided to save those soundtracks for last. So 2002 is where we will start, and it's an all Canadian line-up:

NHL 2002:

🇨🇦 Barenaked Ladies - It's Only Me
🇨🇦 Gob - For The Moment
🇨🇦 Gob - I Hear You Calling
🇨🇦 Gob - No Regrets
🇨🇦 The Immigrants - Out On A Limb
🇨🇦 The Immigrants - Holding Onto This Somehow
🇨🇦 Jet Set Satelite - Lies By The Tousands
🇨🇦 Rom Di Prisco - George The Goalie Pilot
🇨🇦 Rom Di Prisco - Limes Are Nicer
🇨🇦 Rom Di Prisco - Spuzzum
🇨🇦 Sum 41 - Fat Lip
🇨🇦 Sum 41 - Makes No Difference
🇨🇦 The Tea Party - Temptation
🇨🇦 Treble Charger - American Psycho
🇨🇦 Treble Charger - Brand New Low
 
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Short samples of them all in one video:



^ Not my video, so shout-out to Chel FM Soundtracks for making these rankings/compilations.

Thoughts on the 2002 soundtrack? Personally I didn't own this game (NHL 99 was my first and then I had a gap until 2003) so I have no nostalgia for this soundtrack in particular, but appreciate the kind of music that's in it.
 
Nothing beats NHL 1998 and 1999. The skate punk/emo rock-thing that started afterwards was just aweful. Although, I do have a soft spot for Hearts Burst Into Fire on the NHL 09 OST.

Also, I was so bummed when they stopped allowing you to set up your own music..
 

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