Been getting a lot of views on this lately and I just wanted to say thank you all for all the love! I posted this in 2016 but I've never gotten as many views in as short a time on any video I've done than this one. I want to get back to doing more covers like this. It's long been requested that I do a full-length cover of the Duke3D bonus/level stats theme on its own and I'd love to give that a shot and see how I can develop it. As I clear some other projects off my plate, I'll be coming back to doing game metal covers. Hope you stick around. :)
I came here from a stylophone vid (with a few stops along the way) ruclips.net/video/XojJMNCY8d4/видео.htmlm30s. But it's almost a year old, so I doubt it's driving all your views lately.
Hands down the best cover of Duke Nukem's theme I've ever heard. It goes ham from the first note and doesn't stop to catch its breath until final chord drops the end of the song on your head like an anvil. It really makes you want to kick ass and chew bubblegum, only to realize your options are limited by a personal shortage of gum. Great song bro!
I love SO MUCH that you included the keyboard solo. Gets omitted too many times from fan covers and official re-recordings of the Duke theme, which is a real shame, because it rules!
I first discovered Duke Nukem when I was 11. My dad bought my mother and me a new pc and he showed me cd that had Duke Nukem 3d on it (as far as I remember that was original). I only played the first level of the game because it was late already and I had to go to bed. Then I forgot about the game. Now here I am 8 years later and I'm having a Duke Nukem brainrot for like 3 months now and realised how good this game was and how badass Duke is! Then I began to listen to the game's theme song and I found this masterpiece. I literally listen to it EVERY DAY! Good job man! Thank you for this!
Been listening to this on repeat for weeks now. The whole rendition is excellent, but your solo at the end is the best part. 4:31 onwards is pure gold, and the lick at 4:35 is the best part of the song. Great work dude.
I love Sonic Mayhem's Quake 2 soundtrack, Reznor's Quake soundtrack, all the DooM 1 and 2 tracks, but nothing can beat Lee Jackson's Grabbag! Hail to the king baby!
3:25 I'm amazed you've added the bonus theme. I don't think I've seen anyone else make a cover of it, like ever. It's such a short but punchy track, I love it. Amazing medley overall. Your own ending variant meshes really well with the lot.
One obscure version of grabbag is missing that I can think of: From the Pinball PC game "Balls of Steel". Duke nukem had a pinball table there. It's worth checking out.
This piece you created, for me, it is the ULTIMATE version of DUKE3D, NO CONTEST! I probably listen to it like 10 times a day every day, no kidding. You captured the soul of the game and character! Any other 90s 1st person shooter theme you might be covering, such as DOOM? Can't thank you enough for this!!
@@BrandonBlume No, you are worthy of it. It encapsulates all the best parts of every version. It's basically a "best of" for the Nukem theme. It has everything. I doubt anyone who loves any version of the theme would not love this.
Stumbled across this in 2020 and have to say this is “ Damn Good “ looking forward to level covers if you decide to do them. As a 80s / 90s kid I have to say you did an amazing job
Why did it take till now for me to learn about this!? Glad I found it. It's such an amazing cover. All those medley's just seamlessly blend together. Perhaps the greatest Duke Nukem cover yet!
Dude, i was just scripting and after so many days i figured out what i need to do to make it work, and right away your song popped in . I swear to God, if it wasn't for Megadeth your cover would be no 2 in my preference, after the original :p ! ! Congratulations, that's some serious guitar playing, much love
The ultimate version! It's got all the best things - Lee Jackson's guitar solo, Zero Hour riff (headbang worthy af), and your original guitar solo is fire! \m/
This is such an awesome cover of grabbag! if they ever did another duke nukem game, they should use this as boss music or as the main menu like with duke 3d! I agree with one of the comments, this is one of the best remixes of grabbag out there! Hail to the king baby!
Always come back to this video when i feel nostalgic. One of the game that mark me for life. I literally learn english from Duke xD, to à point that i can replicate himself almost perfectly. If they do another Duke one day, ill surely would be happy doing him :p
@@Stitchu27 neutral special: pistol; side special: rocket launcher; grab can either use a shotgun blast or kick the enemy using his MIGHTY BOOT. Final smash: gets rid of Gearbox and it's CEO Randy pitchford and wins the game. or spams the Devastator.
I love how this cover seamlessly works in many different versions of Grabbag plus your awesome improvisations in the end. The Duke Nukem II callback was really cool as well! (Man its such a shame HTTKC never materialized because it sounded leagues better than World Tour)
TheSilentHillFan Thank you! :) I'm not necessarily taking requests, but is there anything else you'd want to hear? Just trying to gauge interest and ideas for possible future vids.
Been getting a lot of views on this lately and I just wanted to say thank you all for all the love! I posted this in 2016 but I've never gotten as many views in as short a time on any video I've done than this one. I want to get back to doing more covers like this. It's long been requested that I do a full-length cover of the Duke3D bonus/level stats theme on its own and I'd love to give that a shot and see how I can develop it. As I clear some other projects off my plate, I'll be coming back to doing game metal covers. Hope you stick around. :)
Thanks for the download links!
Loved Duke back in the day i use this in my gym tracks. Hope to hear more soon.
I came here from a stylophone vid (with a few stops along the way) ruclips.net/video/XojJMNCY8d4/видео.htmlm30s. But it's almost a year old, so I doubt it's driving all your views lately.
@@Palabrota That was a great video! Thanks for sharing!
Your compo still rocks dude. Hail to the king!
>My guitar solo and variation of Grabbag
Holy shit dude, didn't have to flex THAT hard
Whoops 😅
@@BrandonBlume For real man, seriously impressive. Goes hard.
@@RustyShackleford556 I appreciate it thank you 🙏
If cobra kai production team doesn't use this song for their Duke Nukem movie I'll be biblically pissed off!
Ha. Biblically pissed. I'm gonna borrow that.
Wait what?
ALWAYS bet on duke
This is the Duke Nukem of Duke Nukem themes.
"It's time to listen to good music and clean the house... and I already cleaned the house..."
- My Dad
Can't believe it took me this long to find the king of the Grabbag mixes.
Much too kind! But thank you for the kindness. 🙏
@@BrandonBlume Hail to the king baby!
DUDE!!!
*THE 90S NEVER ENDED.*
It will never end
192019 is the year we're in, we're about to hit 192020. Fuck yeah the 90s!
Happy 192020🎉🎉
baby.
Yeet
Worthy of being played on KTIT Radio.
Playing the breast- uh the BEST tunes in town!
4:20 DarkViperAu Chaos Intro
Had some big goosebumps listening to this. Truly legendary, Duke would be proud!!
2:19 fuck yes
Hands down the best cover of Duke Nukem's theme I've ever heard. It goes ham from the first note and doesn't stop to catch its breath until final chord drops the end of the song on your head like an anvil.
It really makes you want to kick ass and chew bubblegum, only to realize your options are limited by a personal shortage of gum.
Great song bro!
I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it!
Personal shortage of gum........
I love SO MUCH that you included the keyboard solo. Gets omitted too many times from fan covers and official re-recordings of the Duke theme, which is a real shame, because it rules!
Yes it does! (get omitted too many times)
Hail to the king baby!
I have a new storyline based off that.
Best version of Grabbag I've ever heard, the solo at the end is my favorite part
The best soundtrack for getting cleared with peroxide and gobbling up all the anabolics in town.
Zero Hour's rifts are the sleaziest, absolutely raunchy filthy.
One of the better more original and catchiest renditions of Grabbag too.
As an absolutely die hard Duke fan, thank you for this. You absolutely kick ass AND chew bubblegum my man! Keep this up!
Me:"What Duke theme should i hear ?"
Brandon Blume:" How about all in one Song ?"
* And so i found the ultimate Duke Nukem Theme *
Duke Nukem Armageddon Edition trailer brought me here. Hail to the king of grabbag, baby!
I first discovered Duke Nukem when I was 11. My dad bought my mother and me a new pc and he showed me cd that had Duke Nukem 3d on it (as far as I remember that was original). I only played the first level of the game because it was late already and I had to go to bed. Then I forgot about the game. Now here I am 8 years later and I'm having a Duke Nukem brainrot for like 3 months now and realised how good this game was and how badass Duke is! Then I began to listen to the game's theme song and I found this masterpiece. I literally listen to it EVERY DAY!
Good job man! Thank you for this!
Awesome memory! Thanks for listening!
1.) new duke nukem game 2.) duke as a fighting game character 3.) this must be played at all times
This appeared in Serious Duke 3D’s trailer, and god dam this shreds!
EPIC!!!!! GOOSEBUMPS ALL THE WAY! The final part with the lightning fast solo is killer!!! HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!! Bravo!
Been listening to this on repeat for weeks now. The whole rendition is excellent, but your solo at the end is the best part. 4:31 onwards is pure gold, and the lick at 4:35 is the best part of the song. Great work dude.
Perfect execution, perfect understanding, perfect variants research. Now that's how it must be done.
I love how this is literally the duke 3D, Forever 1998, Zero hour, and Manhattan project themes
*MIGHTY FOOT ENGAGED*
All it's missing for me is Manhatten projects Grabbag.
This is absolutely gold for any Duke Nukem fan. Congratulations for your awesome work.
I love Sonic Mayhem's Quake 2 soundtrack, Reznor's Quake soundtrack, all the DooM 1 and 2 tracks, but nothing can beat Lee Jackson's Grabbag! Hail to the king baby!
loved it. It sounds like that they remade the duke nukem 3d in 2019 with modern visual and audio content. excellent work
there was a cancelled Duke 3D remake by the people who made the Rise of the Triad remake
I discovered this on accident and I’m so glad this exists, after this I looked up Duke Nukem (I wasn’t born in the 90s or 80s) and he needs more games
3:25 I'm amazed you've added the bonus theme. I don't think I've seen anyone else make a cover of it, like ever. It's such a short but punchy track, I love it. Amazing medley overall. Your own ending variant meshes really well with the lot.
I really appreciate the kind words!
Hands down one of the best Grabbag remakes ever. For sure one of my favorite songs of all time, it's just so good.
One obscure version of grabbag is missing that I can think of: From the Pinball PC game "Balls of Steel". Duke nukem had a pinball table there. It's worth checking out.
Duke, Doomguy, Lu Wang and Caleb as MK next guest characters ! MAKE IT HAPPEN NETHEREALM !!!
Just imagine Duke ripping someone head and shitting on that person neck after winning
Dude… finally being able to decide who would win between Duke and Doomguy… that would be glorious
I usually don't like Grabbag Metal Covers, but this one is really good! Great work!
I appreciate that!
Lot of emotions while listening to your Rémix ,, it’s all our teenage years,,
This piece you created, for me, it is the ULTIMATE version of DUKE3D, NO CONTEST!
I probably listen to it like 10 times a day every day, no kidding.
You captured the soul of the game and character!
Any other 90s 1st person shooter theme you might be covering, such as DOOM?
Can't thank you enough for this!!
Thanks so much! And anything's possible. :)
I listen to it before the gym
Serious Sam be another good one to cover
I love how even Duke Nukem II finds its way in here.
Hey King, you dropped this… 👑
This is absolutely the best rendition of this theme I've come across. 25/10 well done good sir.
🙏
@@BrandonBlume after listing to it a few times my honest opinion is that this is THE best version of this song. Even better then the original(s).
@@MrKevin486 High praise of which I am surely not worthy, but I thank you!
@@BrandonBlume No, you are worthy of it. It encapsulates all the best parts of every version. It's basically a "best of" for the Nukem theme. It has everything. I doubt anyone who loves any version of the theme would not love this.
Duke Nukem 3D Legacy Edition Brought me here
Fuck yeah, this is amazing dude!!! Love how you pieced all of the variations together as well
Stumbled across this in 2020 and have to say this is “ Damn Good “ looking forward to level covers if you decide to do them. As a 80s / 90s kid I have to say you did an amazing job
No argue ✨👍👍👍
No argue ✨👍👍👍
Your solo is the best part of the song!
Why did it take till now for me to learn about this!? Glad I found it. It's such an amazing cover. All those medley's just seamlessly blend together. Perhaps the greatest Duke Nukem cover yet!
Damocles178 Very kind, thank you.
This is indeed one of the best versions
Dude, i was just scripting and after so many days i figured out what i need to do to make it work, and right away your song popped in . I swear to God, if it wasn't for Megadeth your cover would be no 2 in my preference, after the original :p ! ! Congratulations, that's some serious guitar playing, much love
I think this is my new favorite version of Grabbag, what an amazing revision!!!
The theme of the Australian Pepsi gamer playing GTA 5 Chaos: 4:19
I hope you end up composing for the next Duke Nukem game. This is an excellent cover.
The ultimate version! It's got all the best things - Lee Jackson's guitar solo, Zero Hour riff (headbang worthy af), and your original guitar solo is fire! \m/
Looking for 5 minutes of AWESOME? You came to the right place. :)
dAMn! This version kicks in!
My throttle hand gets super heavy by the end.
Addicted to this and can't get enough!
Loved the upload, thank you.
From 3:25 to the end, this is the best part of this grabbag cover. The best Grabbag cover I've ever heard. My respects to you!
Hell to the yeah! The Duke theme has been goin' around in my head in days past and I just hadda come to RUclips to have a listen. Does not disappoint!
4:35 Just hits different
Always wanted for someone to combine extended version with Megadeath's one. And you've gone above and beyond with this!
*"It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum.*
*And im all out of gum"*
This is such an awesome cover of grabbag! if they ever did another duke nukem game, they should use this as boss music or as the main menu like with duke 3d! I agree with one of the comments, this is one of the best remixes of grabbag out there! Hail to the king baby!
Cheers! 😊
I've been listening throughout the entire last month and I'm not even close to get tired of it. This version is simply awesome.
Really appreciate the support! :)
Dude your guitar solo kicks so much ass, good job kid!
Hail to the King baby - Duke Nukem
*voice of Duke* Damn that's a kick ass cover of my theme song
This is the definitive Duke theme.
i still listen to this masterpiece cover.
Always come back to this video when i feel nostalgic. One of the game that mark me for life. I literally learn english from Duke xD, to à point that i can replicate himself almost perfectly. If they do another Duke one day, ill surely would be happy doing him :p
The mix and sound is also pretty well done! Not as scooped and boxy that so many other people go for.
On replay for at least 100 times so far, still not enough.
Just found this gem. Loved that you included Zero Hour in there 🤘
Love the Zero Hour theme! :D
This is actually fucking amazing, hats off to you my dude.
this cover was so good it made me shed tears
Absolutely destroyed the Zero Hour theme! Omg I loved it, even rewinded it! Thank you for the child hood memory flashback!
Phenomenal work man. Mind if I use this in some projects?
Sure! I ask only for credit and a link to brandonblume.com.
Hey Huggbees, do you mind linking the video where you used this music?
Um... Huggbees?
@@ArcturusOTE He passed away from CoViD-19.
@@FoxBoy1992 He made a post 1 day ago?
This is the best thing i've heard all fuckin' year.
I absolutely love the transitions especially zero hour's !
Ol retired Duke is lifting some weights right now listening to this tune, getting ready for the next adventure
If they ever make another Duke Nukem FPS, this needs to be played during the final boss fight! It's just that damn good!
@UC6VtDfxYVh9if40aHmSaP8A That's awesome!
This might be the best D3D cover out there that's faithful to the feel of the original MIDI version. Good job.
There was definitely a bit of a void there I saw, so that was a big part of the goal. :)
This is outstanding!! One of my top most favorite theme song ever!! :D Duke rules!
Hail to king baby!!!!
If somebody would come up with a Duke Nukem multiverse plot, this song better be in it!
Fuck "multi" fuck "verse"
Amazing song, my favorite part is the guitar solo at the end
Man..holy jus-..my Duke senses are rockin to this! This is too good! Nice work man!
Thanks so much!
the best of the best, thank you 🍺🍻
That breakdown at 4:35 is very sexual. I don't know how else to explain the feeling that gave me.
Bloody amazing... I was not expecting that gallop riff at 4:35. I would have loved to hear your take on Stalker and Alienz, Say Your Prayers!
Everyone’s gansta until this starts playing in a Nintendo Direct
*Duke Nukem*
Is here to kick keisters and chew gum!
And he's out of gum!
Yayo' Ariowibowo For his neutral special, he wields a GUN. For his side special, he ALSO wields a GUN. His down special also features a GUN.
Duke Nukem Forever for the Switch, now that's something new.
@@mattigi How about EDuke instead? With all the expansions and select fan packs including DNF '13?
@@Stitchu27 neutral special: pistol; side special: rocket launcher; grab can either use a shotgun blast or kick the enemy using his MIGHTY BOOT.
Final smash: gets rid of Gearbox and it's CEO Randy pitchford and wins the game. or spams the Devastator.
*"Hail to the King, baby!"* -The King.
Your guitar solo and variation of Grabbag is the absolute BEST one I've ever heard dude!
Go to 03:58 to see what I'm talking about guys :)
this is how i wake up, every day
I listen to this before gym time, just need the shades.
*Duke Nukem*
_Rocks the World!_
That's awesome! Be proud of yourself!!
great work dude, I see Duke kicking ass to your remix 👍
Duke and Bombshell
I love how this cover seamlessly works in many different versions of Grabbag plus your awesome improvisations in the end. The Duke Nukem II callback was really cool as well!
(Man its such a shame HTTKC never materialized because it sounded leagues better than World Tour)
Даже ржавчина на зубах заскрипела..
Дополню: всё великолепие во второй половине. Волшебно
Holy shit.
BRO THIS IS AMAZING!!
2:42 - 3:42
TheSilentHillFan Thank you! :) I'm not necessarily taking requests, but is there anything else you'd want to hear? Just trying to gauge interest and ideas for possible future vids.
You could make tons of cover from the game DOOM!