{"id":15055,"date":"2024-07-08T09:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T07:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/a-hacked-game-boy-compliment-battles-video-games-and-mr-blobby-the-rise-of-uk-nerdcore\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T09:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T07:38:20","slug":"a-hacked-game-boy-compliment-battles-video-games-and-mr-blobby-the-rise-of-uk-nerdcore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/a-hacked-game-boy-compliment-battles-video-games-and-mr-blobby-the-rise-of-uk-nerdcore\/","title":{"rendered":"A hacked Game Boy, compliment battles, video games and Mr Blobby: the rise of UK nerdcore"},"content":{"rendered":"

The geekiest edge of the British music underground is fuelled by the 90s, featuring a ZX Spectrum Noel Edmonds, a Blobby-themed grindcore band, and a lady who performs the script to Theme Hospital<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had live jazz bands<\/a> playing Mario Kart, and a full orchestra<\/a> rendition of Sonic. But there\u2019s a whole subgenre of video game music artists who\u2019d happily describe their sound as even more nerdy. \u201cNerdcore has been around for 25 years. It\u2019s hip-hop about nerdy subjects, predominantly video games,\u201d says 41-year-old Nick Box from Blackpool. Box has been in all sorts of \u201cweird silly bands\u201d such as electronic horror punk band Hot Pink Sewage<\/a>, where \u201call I did was dress as a gimp and push play on the backing track\u201d. He now performs solo as Cliff Glitchard<\/a> and it\u2019s even weirder than you think.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all set against a backdrop of a ZX Spectrum running an AI clone of 90s TV presenter Noel Edmonds,\u201d he \u201cexplains\u201d. \u201cThe show starts with the Spectrum loading screen, then a pixelated Edmonds tells the crowd he\u2019s responsible for every celebrity death, political decision and major disaster of the last 40 years. I run around shouting about crap celebrities and end up shagging Mr Blobby<\/a> on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe geekiest edge of the British music underground is fuelled by the 90s, featuring a ZX Spectrum Noel Edmonds, a Blobby-themed grindcore band, and a lady who performs the script to Theme Hospital
\nWe\u2019ve had live jazz bands playing Mario Kart, and a full orchestra rendition of Sonic. But there\u2019s a whole subgenre of video game music artists who\u2019d happily describe their sound as even more nerdy. \u201cNerdcore has been around for 25 years. It\u2019s hip-hop about nerdy subjects, predominantly video games,\u201d says 41-year-old Nick Box from Blackpool. Box has been in all sorts of \u201cweird silly bands\u201d such as electronic horror punk band Hot Pink Sewage, where \u201call I did was dress as a gimp and push play on the backing track\u201d. He now performs solo as Cliff Glitchard and it\u2019s even weirder than you think.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s all set against a backdrop of a ZX Spectrum running an AI clone of 90s TV presenter Noel Edmonds,\u201d he \u201cexplains\u201d. \u201cThe show starts with the Spectrum loading screen, then a pixelated Edmonds tells the crowd he\u2019s responsible for every celebrity death, political decision and major disaster of the last 40 years. I run around shouting about crap celebrities and end up shagging Mr Blobby on stage.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The geekiest edge of the British music underground is fuelled by the 90s, featuring a ZX Spectrum Noel Edmonds, a Blobby-themed grindcore band, and a lady who performs the script to Theme Hospital We\u2019ve had live jazz bands playing Mario Kart, and a full orchestra rendition of Sonic. But there\u2019s a whole subgenre of video …<\/p>\n

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