Haddonfield, NJ
I hope we see a band pin break for some time. The most likely one I think is the rumored Metallica redo which id be all over. Hope they dont change the layout
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Quoted from iceman44:And wondering wtf happened to Stairway. The only song they might know
IMG_0641.gifQuoted from JeremyO:My favorite band of all time: Pearl Jam
From a marketing standpoint it is pretty brilliant as PJ fans are pretty much the new KISS fans and the merch scene is insane. I know non-guitar players that bought the McCready strat and it would open the hobby up to non regular pinball players.
You have amazing songs for modes:
Blood
Given to Fly
Rear view Mirror
DOTC
Why Go
Last Exit
Obviously a dream theme for me but also a really great marketing opportunity… cmon Stern!
Jeremy and Better Man multi-ball!!!
Quoted from CrazyLevi:GNR’s value has dissipated like a fart in the wind.
That’s because the new GNR pin sucks. I’ll take the DE game any day over the JJP. Besides, all anybody thinks of when they hear GNR is fat Axel.
Quoted from iceman44:Nobody wants what’s “relevant” today in a pinball machine.
Imagine Dragons, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Bunny, Drake, The Weekend to name a few.
Well, my wife would likely demand an Imagine Dragons pin purchase were it to exist.
No mention of Scorps?
Stern would sell like dozens of them!!!
Levi and I would be LE buyers(that's two buyers Stern) 
I close my eyes and dream of the next Stern music pin...it is loaded and it is sweet....just like getting Led Zeppelin and deciding the first song to play.....a celebration if you will....what song to choose for this epic title to play first?...and the answer is...
-Sometimes dreams do come true
Quoted from JeremyO:My favorite band of all time: Pearl Jam
From a marketing standpoint it is pretty brilliant as PJ fans are pretty much the new KISS fans and the merch scene is insane. I know non-guitar players that bought the McCready strat and it would open the hobby up to non regular pinball players.
You have amazing songs for modes:
Blood
Given to Fly
Rear view Mirror
DOTC
Why Go
Last Exit
Obviously a dream theme for me but also a really great marketing opportunity… cmon Stern!
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I agree with this actually. Not a huge fan but would be good for pinball.
Rock bands? Already the theme is dated.
Rap needs to be represented at some point. Or not and just drop the music themes.
Quoted from PoMC:Rock bands? Already the theme is dated.
Rap needs to be represented at some point. Or not and just drop the music themes.
Rap is crap
A Johnny Cash machine would have been cool 40 years ago.
A U2 pinball machine would have been fun 25 years ago.
A Michael Jackson machine would have been great around 1990.
I would enjoy a Tim Burton and Danny Elfman Nightmare Before Christmas pinball machine that had original music from the movie.
Quoted from PoMC:Rock bands? Already the theme is dated.
Rap needs to be represented at some point. Or not and just drop the music themes.
It's not about representation. It's what will sell.
Udenhout
Quoted from usandthem:How about a Beatles redo and an apology for the abomination that they made? And while we're at it, the Rolling Stones machine is 11 years old and quite a stinker at that. There is no reason why the two greatest and most important bands of all time have the two worst rock-themed pins.
And Pink Floyd seems on the surface that their music would be no good for a pin. But just picture the lead up to the second solo in Comfortably Numb as your ball comes crashing through a wall, and I think you can get the idea for how good it could be. Floyd has so much pin-friendly imagery from the prism, to the pig, to the hammers (hey, my long-time avatar), etc., that it begs for a pin.
Well, since Jethro Tull never got a second mention, I suppose Pink Floyd would work. With a couple of flying pigs for a topper.
Quoted from dothedoo:Besides, all anybody thinks of when they hear GNR is fat Axel.
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eddie-murphy-the-nutty-professor.gifQuoted from Psw757:Rap is crap
Yep. It's a fad and I don't think it's ever going to catch on!
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Just a friendly reminder that seeing kids today wearing T's of bands that were popular in our time, doesn't make them relevant. It just means the bands had great design and marketing when they WERE relevant, and there was a sale in the Men's Apparel section of Target or Kohl's.
Relevance. Well, it doesn’t matter what is relevant to young people now. Only what is relevant to old people who will buy pinball machines. At that is only irrelevant bands. So here we have a paradox where the irrelevant is relevant.
Old bands "NOT RELEVANT!"
Newer bands "NOT RELEVANT!"
You all can't make up your minds
Quoted from bigehrl:Just a friendly reminder that seeing kids today wearing T's of bands that were popular in our time, doesn't make them relevant. It just means the bands had great design and marketing when they WERE relevant, and there was a sale in the Men's Apparel section of Target or Kohl's.
I was just at an Iron Maiden concert and it was packed with kids under 20. Some bands just are eternal.
Shit not sure any of those are rock. Sorry. Ya, no rock band pin is going to do fuckall probably now.
I really don't think any more "Rock" titles are needed but if I had to pick a short list:
Muse
Radiohead
Frank Zappa
Cheech & Chong
The are plenty of others with niche to wider appeal. "Rock" is almost dead at this point.
Pink Floyd
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Yes
Deep Purple
Blue Oyster Cult
Van Halen
Black Sabbath
David Bowie
Devo
The Doors
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Grateful Dead
George Clinton / Parliament
Sly & the Family Stone
Stevie Wonder
Herbie Hancock
James Brown
The Kinks
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Police
The Ramones
Santana
Styx
The Blues Brothers
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies
Nine Inch Nails
Chemical Brothers
Ministry
Queens of the Stone Age
Quoted from PanzerKraken:I was just at an Iron Maiden concert and it was packed with kids under 20. Some bands just are eternal.
the bands that I had in mind were more along the lines of Nirvana, Misfits, The Dead, just to name a few. I don't know if anyone ever accused Maiden of being irrelevant. they're an arena staple. The chief complaint on that pin was from folks who just don't like their music.
Damn, this thread is all over the place with mediocre ideas. That's probably why they need to shelve the music pins for a while.
Foo A Smith values? Like a giant "bubble popping" and spraying little turds everywhere. 
I also like the Levi "fart in the wind" analogy.
hypnotoadI'm just tossing out names that could be popular I'm no Swifty or Twenty One Pilots Mega fan but if I had to choose between Oasis and any of the three I mentioned it's any of my three lol
The game is fun as shit regardless of it being maiden.
Quoted from bigehrl:the bands that I had in mind were more along the lines of Nirvana, Misfits, The Dead, just to name a few. I don't know if anyone ever accused Maiden of being irrelevant. they're an arena staple. The chief complaint on that pin was from folks who just don't like their music.
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