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(vampire the masquerade 2nd edition)
Many people inspired , both those whom I have had the privilege of knowing and
those whose work I have heard, watched or read. The efforts and creativity of many created this game; no one
person could ever create anything of this scale. Each of us takes the ideas and thoughts of others and passes them
along. We may evolve the idea, concept or seed, but we can never claim sole ownership. What we call creativity is
actually evolution. Creativity is concealing one's sources. If one has changed an idea enough so that its source is
concealed, the idea is perceived as avant-garde. Below I have listed the people and works that have inspired the
creation of this game. Check them out, and nurture your imagination.
The Cure, U2, New Order, Morrisey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The The, XTC, Gypsy Kings, Philip Glass, Public
Enemy, Sisters of Mercy, The Clash, The Doors, Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sting, L7, Prince,
Midnight Oil, REM, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, Placido Domingo, Enrico Caruso
(storyteller handbook 2nd edition)
The Sound of Music: Songs for
a Gothic-Punk World
by Rob Hatch
Did you keep a watch for the dead man's wind
Did you see the woman with the comb in her hand
Wailing away on the wall on the strand
As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned
- The Pogues, Turkish Song of the Damned
The world of Vampire is a Gothic-Punk milieu, and it is
crucial to evoke that mood of looming shadows, spired
buildings overlooking grungy streets, and ominous
foreboding. In doing this, music is essential, but the music
must be appropriate to the game atmosphere. Whatever
one may think of Van Halen or Tom Petty, they are not
particularly effective in creating the proper atmosphere for
Vampire (though if they work for you, more power to you).
The following songs are either Gothic, Punk or both, and I
have found them useful as background music and
inspiration. Although you may well have entirely different
tastes in music, if you feel the urge, give a couple of these
songs a listen. They may well assist you in creating that delicate
mood of isolation, inner struggle and bleakness necessary
to a Vampire Chronicle.
She's Lost Control (Joy Division) - the classic Gothic-Punk song from one of the darkest albums (Unknown
Pleasures) in modern music history, this song is ideal
when the player faces frenzy, particularly frenzy from one
of the character's tragic weaknesses, when she has no
Willpower left and the Beast is rising fast.
Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus) - So obvious it's a cliché,
but you can't not put a song whose chorus is "Undead,
undead, undead" on the list. Probably the classic Vampire
song, although I still like "She's Lost Control" better.
She's In Parties (Bauhaus) - Toreador having a bash?
Turn on this one. The moody, elegant/grungy music and
the depressing lyrics convey the ultimate futility of the
undead haute couture and their desperate quest for beauty
in a decaying world.
Inside the Termite Mound (Killing Joke) - One of the
best "The city is a stagnant, industrialized h ell" songs ever
written, this song is ideal for groups of Kindred walking
around the deserted, rusting industrial parks, crumbling
slums, faceless corporations and stagnant malls of a
Gothic-Punk city. After hearing this, Kindred might well
not care about their feeding habits anymore. From
Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions
.
Blood & Family (Liers in Wait) - Liers in Wait is a local
death-rock band native to Atlanta, so you may not be able
to find this in your area, but if you can find the albu m
(Spear of Destiny), snatch it up. "Blood & Family" is an all-out musical assault, a mixture of metal, grunge and techno
music ideal for Sabbat havens and the like.
I Remember Nothing (Joy Division) - Another cut from
Unknown Pleasures, this song is best reserved for when
the characters have lost something important (a friend,
their self-worth, a crucial fight, or the last vestiges of
Humanity) and are wallowing in a nihilistic stew of
meaninglessness. Possibly the most depressing song I have
ever heard - the bass sounds like the countdown to
Doomsday and the glass shattering at the beginning and
end of the song evoke a sense of desolation and futility like
nothing else.
Vacancy (Scratch Acid) - Probably containing the best
drumming I have ever heard, this song about slow,
creeping insanity merges a razor -edged garage-style guitar
over a dark and sweeping keyboard. Perfect background
music for capturing the gradual disintegration of Vampire
society - the lies they tell themselves in order not to face
the ter rible truth they subconsciously know exists.
Police Truck (Dead Kennedys) - Wanna get your Anarchs
good and mad and ready to stake and bake the Prince, the
Primogen, the Elders, the Inquisition, the Lupines and the
Methuselahs behind the whole mess? If this song doesn't
motivate your Troupe to get up and kick some Fifth-Generation butt, they really are walking dead. From Fresh
Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.
Lucretia My Reflection (Sisters of Mercy) - If your city
has a dance club catering to Anarchs, this on e'll be playing
inside. Every 15 minutes. The throbbing dance beat
screams night life and easy blood while also conveying the
ultimately mechanical and meaningless aspects of the
whole scene. For all I know, Andrew Eldritch is a Vampire
- he sure looks like one. From Floodland, an all-around
great album for this genre.
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) - A poignant,
dirgey cry of desperation and need, this song is both
beautiful and depressing, and makes good background
music for failed relationships a nd the like, such as when a
Kindred's mortal lover discovers her true nature. From
Substance.
Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (Holst) - From Holst's
symphony The Planets, very few pieces of music are as
shockingly gloomy as this. With this slow, crawling
soundtrack in the background, the players will truly feel
Damned.
A Forest (The Cure) - So they wanna go Lupine hunting
out in the great outdoors? Not after they hear this one. The
throbbing bass and lost, reverberating vocals will paint a
rather unpleasant picture of the wilderness ("Suddenly I
stop/But I know it's too late/Lost in a forest - all alone").
From Seventeen Seconds .
Three Imaginary Boys (The Cure) - Eerie. From their
first album (Boys Don't Cry ), this song evokes pictures of
leering, deserted houses and silent churches covered with
gargoyles. Robert Smith's voice, crooning in the middle of
the gloomy strumming like a demented child, ends on a
plaintive "Can you help me?"
Fight Fire with Fire (Metallica) - From the classic
thrash album Ride the Lightning, this song is fast as hell
and a must for gory combat or Diablerie ("Do unto
others/as they've done to you/but what the hell is this
world coming to?")
Three Days (Jane's Addiction) - When the long dark
night of the soul is finally over, when the crisis of the
Vampire's humanity has passed - for better or worse, or
when Golconda is finally attained, play this. Great for
coming down off really hard and tense scenes - this song
isn't necessarily happy, but it evokes the peace of
resignation nicely. From Ritual de lo Habitual.
The Last Beat of My Heart (Siouxsie & the Banshees) -
A relaxing yet still haunting song, this is a good first song
to play in a session, right when the players are waking up
and watching the sun go down and the shadows lengthen.
From Peepshow.
Kerosene (Big Black) - Another industrial
wasteland/Anarch song, it also conveys the stagnation of
Vampiric life and futility of struggle ("Nothing to do/But
sit around at home/Sit around at home and stare at the
walls/Stare at each other a nd wait till we die"). Good for
conveying a mood of senseless violence, such as when two
factions who should be working together are manipulated
into conflict. From Atomizer.
Danse Macabre (Saint-Saens) - Another classic
Vampire song, the slow, plaintive beginning, gradually
picking up into a whirling crescendo, is ideal for Nosferatu
gatherings and Toreador balls alike; the cockcrow at the
end will also remind your players of their eternal enemy,
the sun.
Cracked (Jesus & Mary Chain) - THE song to play at
Malkavian clan gatherings, this song from Barbed Wire
Kisses features a crunching drone in the middle of a
feedback whine like ground glass and ominous vocals that
break into a reverbating insane wail at the end.
Shadowplay (Joy Division) - Yet another song from
Unknown Pleasures, the dirgey bass drone carries this
song into gloomy realms of locked doors and unfriendly,
staring buildings. Good for building a mood of lurking
doom.
The Three Shadows (Part 2) (Bauhaus) - If you can
ignore Peter Murphy's comical mispronunciation of the
word "Oedipus," this is a really twisted and scary song.
Ideal for really eerie and vile parts of the city, as well as
when the characters meet an Elder of the Sabbat face to
face. From The Sky's Gone Out.
I Don't Want to Push It (Sonic Youth) - Desperate and
brittle, this is the one to play when the characters are
falling in over their head and are starting to freak out;
Sonic Youth is one of the weirdest bands around in terms
of playing style, and is guaranteed to keep your players on
edge. From Sonic Death.
Body Count (Ice-T) - The ultimate Anarch song next to
"Police Truck." The unrelenting lyrics and speed-metal
guitar will whip your Troupe into a frenzy of combat and
bloodsucking, hopefully directed at the Elders this song
castigates. From O.G. Original Gangster.
Trapped Under Ice (Metallica) - Combining manic
emotion with a sense of hopelessness and impending
doom, this song will frustrate your players to no end if they
are staked, in torpor or otherwise imprisoned. From Ride
the Lightning.
Day of the Lords (Joy Division) - This one is from
Unknown Pleasures as well (hell, just play the whole
album - it's that good). Slow, droning and ominous, this
one epitomizes Gehenna, the Jyhad, and the return of the
Antediluvians. Good to play when the characters finally
realize to their horror that they've been manipulated by a
Methusaleh all along, and now she's thirsty
Headhunter (Front 242) - A song from one of the best
techno bands around today, Front 242's "Headhunter" will
get the characters into predatory mode. Almost
cyberpunkish, the mechanical, fluid rhythm lets the
characters merge into the crowds of the Rack looking for
that special someone ("One: you lock the target/Two: you
bait the line/Three: you slowly spread the net/And four:
you catch the man").
Paranoid (Black Sabbath) - One of the first heavy metal
songs ever written, and in my opinion the best. The
crunchy riff and whining distorted guitar is ideal for an
Anarch adventure, the despairing, suicidal lyrics about the
loss of humanity are suitable for any Chronicle. The line:
"Happiness I cannot feel/And love to me is so unreal"
perfectly captures the tragedy of Kindred existence. From
the album of the same name.
Tin Omen (Skinny Puppy) - A great song for Vampiric
battles in an urban hell-zone, this song combines
techno/industrial grunge and a classic punk bass beat. The
insectoid, screeching vocals are also sinister and
unnerving.
Will We Survive? (Swans) - Like most Swans songs,
deep, sweeping and utterly hellish - if you w ere to peer
over a bottomless abyss, this song is what would be
floating up out of the depths. Good for building tension -
something always seems about ready to happen, but not
quite. From White Light from the Mouth of Infinity.
Marian (Sisters of Mercy) - From the Sisters' first album
(First and Last and Always ), Marian is a moody dirge
about emotional collapse and lost love - themes running
through many a Vampire Chronicle.
The Drowning Man (The Cure) - A stark song devoid of
hope, the flat, sorrowful voc als and wall-of-sound ending
depict a world slowly sliding into oblivion, which is,
perhaps, what will inevitably happen to the Kindred in the
long run. A good song to end an adventure with, just to
remind them what they are - Vampires, bloodsucking
parasi tes will almost no chance to avoid the Beast. From
Faith.
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Вы вряд ли себе представляете сколько классного и очень редкого постпанка, индастриала, дезрока и прочего можно найти сейчас благодаря интернету. И мне очень приятно, что я с авторами мира тьмы всегда был на одной волне, это я сразу понял даже не по списку песен которые их вдохновляли, а сразу, с первых иллюстраций и описаний сеттинга. Любимая музыка, атмосфера 80ых и 90ых. Ах, да и эмбиэнта ну море сейчас. С другой стороны все мы разные... для меня и для многих, например, игры по миру тьмы в маленьких городах этой страны - "жуткий отстой" (нет, мне не стыдно за вульгарный штамп), для других - привычное дело, для третьих - "невозможно представить по-другому". Так же и с музыкой, кому-то перечисленные выши песни не понравятся, кого-то не зацепят, кого-то просто оттолкнут. И я против хамбл опиньон, я за первоисточник. Я надеюсь, что есть люди, которые благодаря интернету откроют для себя, что-то новое.
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