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EA Announces Soundtrack for SKATE.


SKATE Features Popular Songs From Hit Bands Including Nirvana, the White Stripes and Gang Starr Gang Starr is an influential hip hop group that consists of Guru and DJ Premier from Brooklyn, New York. Background
The group was founded in 1987 by Guru (then known as Keithy E. The Guru), DJ 1,2 B Down, Mike Dee and various producers, such as Donald D, J.V.
 as well as Exclusive Tracks Created by World Renowned DJs

REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- Electronic Arts (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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) announced today the complete track listing in SKATE which is set to release fall 2007 on the PLAYSTATION[R]3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360[TM] video game and entertainment system. SKATE boasts 45 songs from some of the most influential and celebrated artists including David Bowie, Nirvana, N.W.A. and The Ramones. The game also features 18 exclusive tracks from mixing mastermind XXXChange, skateboarding's very own legend, Tommy Guerrero As a teen, Tommy Guerrero (born September 9, 1966 in San Francisco) was one of the prominent members of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta's professional skateboarding team that dominated the 1980s. , as well as other world renowned DJs.

"The soundtrack for SKATE is a direct reflection of true outlaw skateboard culture," said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing at EA. "It's a throwback throwback

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 to the days of underground skateboard videos when skaters created their own soundtracks that raided every genre of music. In that spirit, we talked to hardcore skaters around the country to help pick many of the songs for SKATE. Real recognizes real, and this soundtrack is a straight-up tribute to a culture like no other."

SKATE is the closest thing to skateboarding skateboarding

Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean
 without actually putting your feet on a board. With innovative Flickit controls that take advantage of the dual analog Using two analog modems and two phone lines to double transmission speed. See channel bonding.  sticks and the ability to sculpt sculpt  
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 tricks that define your own style, SKATE delivers an authentic boarding mecca like no other videogame. Players will explore, find, and own the best spots in the fictitious city of San Vanelona while listening to a soundtrack that'll get them up and moving. As they cruise through this enormous city, players will capture footage to show off their own style with friends across the world.
ARTIST                    <
SONG
Agent Orange              <
No Such Thing
Airbourne                 <
Let's Ride
Bad Brains                <
I Against I
Band Of Horses            <
The Funeral
Beat Beat Beat            <
Sinking Slow
Black Flag                <
Six Pack
Booker T & The MG's   <
Green Onions
Challenger                <
Input The Output
Cheap Trick               <
Surrender
Children Of Bodom         <
Hate Crew Deathroll
David Bowie               <
Queen B****
Dead Prez                 <
Hip Hop
Devo                      <
Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Eddie Rap Life            <
Push Your Wood
Eric B & Rakim        <
Juice (Know The Ledge)
Escalera                  <
Go It Alone
Filthy Thieving Ba******  <
...Lords Of The Avenues
Gang Starr                <
Now You're Mine
H.I.T.                    <
Drama
Mac Mall                  <
Perfect Poison
Motorhead                 <
We Are Motorhead
Nirvana                   <
Lounge Act
N.W.A.                    <
Express Yourself
Renee Renee               <
Stand Up Talk Easy
Rick James                <
Give It To Me Baby
Rick Ross                 <
Hustlin'
River City Tanlines       <
Black Knight
S.T.R.E.E.T.S.            <
Georgia St.
Sicker Than Others        <
Face Away
Sister Nancy              <
Bam Bam
Slayer                    <
Raining Blood
The Briefs                <
Poor And Weird
The Coup                  <
Ride The Fence
The Dwarves               <
Massacre
The Exploding Hearts      <
Your Shadow
The Falcon                <
Blackout
The Mag Seven             <
D*** Cemetery
The Ramones               <
Psycho Therapy
The Returnables           <
Teenage Imposters
The Sex Pistols           <
Pretty Vacant
The Stars Misplaced       <
Prophets And Kings
The White Stripes         <
Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
Trouble Andrew            <
Chase Money
Valient Thorr             <
Man Behind The Curtain
ZZ Top                    <
Just Got Paid


To see the full song list and purchase the music from the soundtrack, please visit www.ea.com/eatrax/.

Developed by EA Black Box in Vancouver, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography
, SKATE will deliver all the style, fun, creativity and culture of skateboarding without the countless hours of practice, broken bones This article or section has multiple issues:
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 and hospital visits. SKATE will ship in fall 2007 and has not yet been rated by the ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board
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About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS[TM], EA[TM], EA SPORTS BIG[TM] and POGO Pogo

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POGO - Early system on G-15. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
[TM]. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. PLAYSTATION is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox 360 is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
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