[lenard27]

Does anyone listen to the metal band Rosetta? I just discovered them and on  their first release, the Galilean Satellites the songs are entitled Deneb, Capella, Beta Aquilae, Ross 128, and Sol. I was wondering if they may be fans of Freespace, considering all of these stars have significant roles in the Freespace universe.

They're actually pretty good and have a companion disc you're supposed to sync with the first one, which adds ambiance to the metal songs. It's pretty interesting.

[Bob-san]

No Gamma Drax yet? We'll have to wait for that one. Wonder what they'll call the Nebula.

[Colonol Dekker]

Hope they re-do the FS2 tracks in a [hiphop]funky new flavour [hiphop]

ANy music samples?

[Kszyhu]

http://www.myspace.com/rosetta

[Mobius]

They're free to use these names as they're famous, except for Ross 128 which leads me to suspect that they're FS fans.

Wait for "Talania"...that'd be the final proof

[haloboy100]

Or "Tau Sigma" If they happen to be one of us

[Bob-san]

Thread split much?

[haloboy100]

huh? How is this off-topic?

[Mobius]

Hey, I forgot it...the name Rosetta's already a reference to FS1!!!

[terran_emperor]

Yeas but its more likely a reference to the Rosetta Stone

[colecampbell666]

It's a bit too coincidental that they used Ross 128. I think that fanboi-ish-ness is probable.

[Bob-san]

huh? How is this off-topic?

It appears to me that some posts are now missing. IIRC, this was a 2-page topic filled with a number of other references. The fact that my own post is #2 on this thread further cements that thought--I am pretty sure I wasn't the first to post in the original topic.

[General Battuta]

It's a bit too coincidental that they used Ross 128. I think that fanboi-ish-ness is probable.

Can't you ask them via email?

Also, um, Ross 128 is a real star very near Earth. That's probably why they picked it.

[Nuke]

atmospheric sludge, thats a new one. metal archives is usually pretty accurate with the genres. usually when i think sludge i think of eyehategod or all of anselmo's bands. sludge is like the black metal of the south (but slower with an obvious blues influence), strange this band comes from philly. the vocals sound like they wanted to sing black metal, but couldn't shriek evil enough or play fast enough, but thats tolerable. so far they sound pretty good, not like the usual whiny musicians that come from the us of a. good atmospherics.

****, go listen to Arcturus or Thorns. thats some killer ****.

http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=104369

From the inside cover: "THESE SONGS ARE ABOUT A SPACE MAN."

Alpha 1!

[zonination]

I think that it's a little bit fishy, since they're all stars from FS2, and they're ONLY stars from FS2.
But then again, there's only four of them.

I'd love to walk up to them and just ask outright. Hell, with any luck, maybe one of the members here could also be part of that band. 

[Jeff Vader]

From the inside cover: "THESE SONGS ARE ABOUT A SPACE MAN."

Alpha 1!

That would work so well on a gig. "This is a song about a space man. This... is... Alpha 1!"

[terran_emperor]

id heard of Ross 128 before freespace so 

[Getter Robo G]

Some one told me once, "There is no such thing as coincidence." Then an anvil fell on their head...
I haven't figured it out yet... 

SO has anyone asked them yet? I think I found their myspace page once by accident.

(Recommend Bosch Beer a a song title...) 

[General Battuta]

I think that it's a little bit fishy, since they're all stars from FS2, and they're ONLY stars from FS2.
But then again, there's only four of them.

They're all well-known stars near to Earth, which is why they were selected for FS2, and probably why this band is using them.

There's a confounding, underlying variable here.

[terran_emperor]

Some one told me once, "There is no such thing as coincidence." Then an anvil fell on their head...
I haven't figured it out yet... 

Who was that? Wile E Coyote? Taz? Sylvester the Cat? Daffy Duck?