List of Unusual Suspects Serving up life, commentary, music and more since 1994

1Apr/100

Coming Around

Coming around is a great song by Brad Sucks. I just had an opportunity to put some vocals to it.

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30Mar/100

Flattery Times One Hundred

JD Herrera, a young man from Italy, has been covering some songs from Memento Mori II from Doom2. One of them is And Blood Will Spill by yours truly. I did this back in 1997. It's humbling and exciting to hear someone else do your music.



8Feb/104

So Then You Just Kissed Me

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Probably one of my most-requested songs, it's Cindy from Tammany Hall. These guys kick ass.



7Feb/100

Back When I Was Cool

Some of you may not know this, but I used to write music for the most popular game of all time, Doom. Doom was the crucible in the evolution of PC games. I occasionally, because I'm totally vain, Google myself and see what others have to say about me.

lupinx-Kassman said:

-Almost every song Mark Klem and Tolwyn has made for a project.

Agreed, so I am surprised no one has mentioned STRAIN yet. Especially that crazy medley from level 2 and really memorable tunes from levels 11 and 14.

When it comes to entire WADs, Icarus is #1 for me. It has a recurring theme (and a cool one!) that appears on levels 2,7,12,26... maybe more. Also the music from the 1st level is worth mentioning. And 22 (But it's actually a J.S.Bach's fugue; I couldn't be more surprised when I heard it in a Doom level)

MM: levels 9,11,14. MM2: levels 5,9 (fantastic riff),14 and 26 (when all of a sudden, a theme from MM appears).

Requiem seems much weaker, but levels 7 (a tribute to Rush) and 11 have cool tunes again.

OK, if I had to skip Klem & Tolwyn, I would choose HR2. Heavy metal tracks suit the levels well and this music is not as naive as "heavy" music from original Doom.

Ahhh. Good times. For the record, I still write music, and actually still write music for games, but I don't normally use the nickname Tolwyn anymore.

20Jan/100

My Uncle has a country place…

Wanted to post my cover of Red Barchetta from Rush before I simply get too old to sing it. Enjoy!

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19Jan/100

You Run Away

Great new song by the Barenaked Ladies.

20Oct/090

Take On Me

Recently, I went to my Highschool's 20-year reunion. One of the song present there was Aha's Take On Me, which I just had to do in the studio. Enjoy!

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