Talk:The Crystal Method

League of Legends
They did, in a collaboration with Riot Games the music of their most recent character, called Lucian. Source is (this is the oficial soundcloud of the game. Not sure which section is the best to put it Samuel Sol (talk) 16:46, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

They did Lucian's song, here is a live video, from Crystal Method channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWU4QvC09uM

They also created the song Kinetic for Ultimate Sona skin. League of Legends Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHJyAZtRrOY 2804:14D:4C86:9FA1:4010:C38A:1A64:8150 (talk) 20:29, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Image
FYI: That is not an image of Ken Jordan & Scott Kirkland. I'm starting to see this image appear on random websites as them, but it's not. It should probably be taken down or replaced with an actual image of them. 66.140.201.137 (talk) 11:52, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Crystal Meth O.D.
I honestly thought the name really meant Crystal Meth Overdose (Crystal MethOD), it was my guess nonetheless, I'm probably wrong though. 24.68.50.33 (talk) 19:48, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I thought too. DuckieMcGoose (talk) 20:43, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Video Games
I am quite unsure that the tack the name of the game was used in the Max payne 2 game. Can anyone specifies where exactly it is featured. I took a lot of time analysing that game and never heard that song playing there or don't remember it. Well from what I can find on the internet, it was featured in a max payne 2 mod, cinema mod. I will modify this part of the article since I can't find any evidence of it... --Burzukk (talk) 19:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Fanboy Article Needs Rewrite
"Apparently"? According to whom? And is "DJing" a word or do we get to make up our own english as well? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.19.156.194 (talk) 01:09, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Far Cry
The Crystal Method music is in the recent trailer for Uwe Boll's upcoming movie, Far Cry, so it stands to reason that it may also be in the soundtrack. It looks like another poorly-treated property from a great game, but at least there's a chance it'll have TCM music in it. :)72.15.79.28 (talk) 18:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

N20 (Nitrous Oxide)
"N20" The Crystal Method did the soundtrack for the videogame Nitrous Oxide (N20) for the PSX. . . the soundtrack was mostly the Vegas album. . . I don't remember much from it (other than an ak1200 remix of "keep hope alive", but it definitely should be added. Here's a link to a youtbue video of it. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJDDX7lRu9o —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.186.247.129 (talk) 00:04, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

Yes. It wasn't just "in it" but it was featured on the front case art. It was a selling point based on name and album recognition of TCM. Due to prominence, clearly, it was basically a combination game-album sale. Around when I got it, it only cost me about the price of a CD to purchase new ($10USD)!72.15.79.28 (talk) 18:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Born Too Slow
"Born too Slow" also it is part of the sound track of "Need for Speed: Underground" game.
 * "Born Too Slow" is indeed a part of the Need for Speed: Underground series.

I am adding this to the main page as it brought the band added international prominence (as in the Demo version of the game, it was the ONLY song added in-game)

Just saw that fan site, templeofboom.us - had some great downloads and dj sets, cool stuff.

The track called "Trip Hop", which was under Non-Album Tracks is actually a remix of Keep Hope Alive off of the EP for said song. It's called the Trip Hope Remix, so I think that might have cause the confusion. Also, the track called "The Funk Phenomenon" was actually made by Arman van Helden, not TCM.

Can someone tell me what songs they did for xXx and Dark Angel?

The name of the game appears on one of the Dark Angel soundtrack cd's. --andypolack 2nd September 2006

I've just had a look and can't find TCM mentioned on the xXx soundtrack or the film, and its been a long time since i've seen xXx. Will do some more checking... --andypolack 2nd September 2006

I actually watched xXx the other day, and certainly no album track is used in the film.

I searched the OSTs of both xXx movies on amazon.com(I use it a lot to find legit track listings)and found no TMC songs on either of them.Lavaviper63 (talk) 09:31, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I removed the track that clamed to be from xXx. Lavaviper63 (talk) 09:36, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

NAMING UPDATE
possibly named after the drug Crystal meth ? does anybody know more? --phatsphere 20:54, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
 * no that's what's what a lot of people are always convinced that Ken and Scott named themselves after, the truth is the band is named after a girl named "Crystal" they know or so they say ;-D. It might have more than one meaning though. There are several sources out there from interviews with the guys, especially Ken. If the site needs source I can do a search after. 14:10, 01 October 2005 (UTC).
 * ok, i think no souce necessary 'cause artists like them sometimes tend to tell wrong stuff in interviews and this could be a cheap excuse, too - but thx anyway ;) --phatsphere 12:00, 2 October 2005 (UTC)


 * It is hard to believe that they aren't named after Crystal Methamphetamine considering their album "Tweekend". Aren't meth users called tweak/tweekers, isn't meth use called tweek/tweaking?

Tweek/tweaking is also a term used to tweak/tweek music (mainly electronica music). --andypolack 31st August 2006

I deleted the myths section concerning Crystal Meth, because i beleive it is false. I saw an interview with these two guys in the 1999 documentary Better Living Through Circuitry, and when discussing their name being related to a common drug they dont deny it at all, from what i remember they just say its hard for them to tell thier mom that or something.
 * the part concerning the origin of the band name was added again, so i deleted it again, as i have a hard time believing that the band name is anything but a drug reference. the main reason that i say this is because i have heard/read several interviews with them where they always have a different story behind the origin of the name (the one mentioned in the article about them both having a crush on a girl named crystal doesn't make sense, and i find the "we used to get rides to the studio from a girl named crystal, so we called that the crystal method" very hard to believe aswell).--65.43.223.245 13:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Clearly someone has a bug up his/her ass about the band name, there are lots of different versions of the story so you should cite them all, not just the ones you agree with, therefore i have changed it again, citing sources. Wow, it wasn't hard at all, CITING SOURCES. http://www.newsreview.com/reno/Content?oid=oid%3A38280 --andypolack 31st August 2006

Here's another one for the band name debate. A very recent interview with Ken http://www.mensfitness.com/exclusives/54?page=1.

It may also be relevant that San Diego / Southern California has long been known as "the meth capitol" or the USA (sometimes "world"?). These days, the southern states are more well-known for that as a stereotype that developed after the rapid growth of home-made methamphetamine in recent years. 72.15.79.28 (talk) 18:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

discography
doesn't list quite a few singles which are available from the iTunes Music Store. does this mean it's incomplete, or that these aren't official releases, or what? ... aa:talk 01:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

The best source is http://e.discogs.com/artist/Crystal+Method,+The to check the singles released, USA is promoted far heavier than Europe and UK. --andypolack

Mingle removed as artist is Crystal Theory, not TCM. Although a lot of websites are showing TCM as the artist, it isn't the case i believe. Andypolack 16:35, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation
A friendly message from the editors at Disambiguation pages with links: There's a link to cardinal at The Crystal Method that currently goes to a disambiguation page. As there does not seem to be a relevant entry at cardinal, I'm leaving it alone, so you should know readers won't find any relevant info if they click on the link. Hopefully someone who knows more about this topic can clean it up. BryanG(talk) 05:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Link for cardinal removed, thanks andypolack

The Old Page?
Hey, what happened with the previous page? It was a lot more detailed and featured information about all of the albums, current news and links to the band's website.
 * more likely than not it got edited down to a more concise and to-the-point article. probablyquite some time ago. most wikipedia articles are constantly edited, so you should not be surprised to find that the current version of the article varies greatly from the article as it existed 6 months ago.68.255.173.144 12:34, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

TV themes
Keep Hope Alive is the theme for Third Watch, which aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005. Seems it should be added as the program was quite popular, and for many may have served as an introduction to The Crystal Method long before Bones hit the scene. TheFrederica07 (talk) 18:12, 7 July 2014 (UTC)1307, 7 July 2014

I came to this page to find out what TV shows have used TCM music as their opening music. I was hoping for a link in the table of contents to lead me to a bulleted list, but I had to read a long run-on sentence instead. Can we fix this? - 05:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, i'm going to tidy this page soon! Andypolack 10:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad to see this article improved from the last time I saw it. I made some changes, but I'm not very familiar with the material, so I probably tended to err on the side of conciseness/accuracy rather than depth. The article is still wordy; some of the lists should be replaced by internal or external links. For instance the user looking for TV shows with their music should be pointed towards their IMDB page. Anyways, glad to see you're planning to fix this up, Andy. Doctofunk 04:21, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately the IMDB page is spurious at best with the soundtrack and TV shows where the music is used, i'll see if i can get a better list/or tidy it up.

Image
I added an image that I took of them... but I'm not sure where it should go on the page. There's not really a place where it looks "best" unless the "Biography" section was split into subsections. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 19:52, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately this isn't a picture of The Crystal Method, and will need removing and an actual picture of them putting up! Andypolack (talk) 22:20, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

High Roller in an old Mazda ad
I seem to remember hearing the track "High Roller" being played in an old (late '90's) Mazda ad featuring the Miata. A quick google search of "High Roller" and "Mazda Miata" resulted a couple confirmations. I remember seeing the ad shortly after I got hooked on TCM's Vegas album, and the song rang a bell. I'm new to Wikipedia, so I didn't want to step on any toes by making an edit hastily. --GeekSHO 19:07, 15 June 2007

Songs featured in unlisted movies, tv ads, and trailers
The song "Trip Like I Do" was used in a trailer for "The Matrix"

"Vapor Trail" was used in a Victoria's Secret ad back about 2 or 3 years ago

"The Name Of The Game" was used in a helicopter drop scene onto alcatraz in a Steven Segall movie that I THINK was called Half Past Dead...not sure about that title though.

Lavaviper63 (talk) 09:16, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Shifted some of this information into the "TV and ads" section of the article. Greyconnect (talk) 19:57, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Also they remixed Reverend Black Grape by Black Grape which was used in the Sandler and Wayan film Bulletproof (1996) - http://www.discogs.com/release/1019182 - Andypolack 3rd February 2009  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andypolack (talk) 21:59, 3 February 2009 (UTC) 86.157.39.252 (talk) 21:56, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

"High Roller" was in an episode of the 9th season of CSI:Crime Scene Investigation that aired in the Spring of 2009. Not sure which episode....maybe someone else could post it.

Busy Child
I cannot believe there is no article for their biggest hit: "Busy Child". Someone with the physical single please help out and create this article. I will pitch in! StevePrutz (talk) 21:44, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

References 2 & 3 are broken links.
Can other sources be cited for the information these supposedly supported? 97.118.242.141 (talk) 02:57, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

figured i'd point out
there are two pictures of scott... i've got a couple pictures of ken, too, if anyone would care to start either article. email me if you want the higher resolution versions.. i thought i had uploaded them, but with the picture fascists who knows. ... aa:talk 19:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Failed verification
C'mon, guys, "someplace or another on MySpace" is not a proper citation. Whoever added these, or whoever can figure them out, please put the entire citation in the article, not just the name of an enormous website. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:50, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Censorship
Should it not be pointed out that their "Name of the game" song is usually censored, instead for singing "you motherfuckers", its now only "you mother"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.150.21.45 (talk) 17:15, 5 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Not really. Swearing (and censorship of it) in music is so common that it doesn't really warrant any mention in song-, album- or band-specific articles when it happens. — TheHerbalGerbil (TALK), 20:53, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Potential sources
Removing these two links from the external links section (WP:EL) but sticking them here as either could potentially be used to improve the article if used as references. TheJazzDalek (talk) 12:49, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * July 2008 interview with the band at Stereo Subversion
 * Interview with The Crystal Method (October 2001) at DJ Times

Percussion
Could someone add material on how they do percussion? Is it all drum machines? 174.28.89.84 (talk) 22:15, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Bones Soundtrack
The Crystal Method is featured as the intro song for The TV Show Bones. This needs to be added.

==I added a POV tag because the article seems biased, saying things such as, "The Crystal Method are shining brighter than ever."