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!
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.
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!
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
@@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.
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.
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
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!!
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!
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/
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.
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
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!
DWELLING OF DUELS! FUCK YEAH I spent the past 15 or so years trying to find their archive. All I knew was the shorthand for them was DoD. "DoD videogame music contest" brings up nothing related to these guys, no matter how I word it. Hopefully someone on their forums still has a torrent going of their past contests. The archive was over 30GB when I first got it, and that was when it was only a couple years old. The people who participate made INCREDIBLE music. Before DoD all I had for VG covers was Minibosses, and for how good they are they're like amatuer hour compared to what's in DoD. THANK YOU! Both for this amazing track you've made, and for helping me to find DoD's website after all these years :D
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.
@@BrandonBlume Your most weclome brandon keep up the killer work your very talented If i remeber right i think i download a sonic cover by you years ago not fully sure 100 precent but agan Phenomenal job on your covers keep doing what you do best. :D
Not at all! Just a couple things I'd ask for is to credit me and my website brandonblume.com in the description and also add a thank you note to VoidPoint who own the track and link to twitter.com/voidpnt as well.
In fact, I have a trailer-ready variation of this theme all made up for HTTKC that was never used. Email me if you're interested. It's 2 min 5 sec long.
Awesome! I'll credit you in the video and in the game. Are there any special/new parts in the trailer-ready variant? I already started cutting a few parts in a way that it fits the ~4 min footage I have in mind. Also had to increase the loudness a bit. I'll send you the video-link before I make it public.
@@syndroid1 No new parts but rearranged. It's got a quick guitar intro that's new and some of the other parts like Bonus are stripped down. It starts off with Megadeth's version then goes into Bonus then to my guitar solo at the end. You can choose to use it or not or use both somehow up to you. But it's there if it works for you. Http://brandonblume.com/music/TrailerA_gtrswell.flac Also please don't forget to credit and link VoidPoint in the description as they own the track. Thanks! :)
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?
This is the Duke Nukem of Duke Nukem themes.
ALWAYS bet on duke
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!
"It's time to listen to good music and clean the house... and I already cleaned the house..."
- My Dad
Me:"What Duke theme should i hear ?"
Brandon Blume:" How about all in one Song ?"
* And so i found the ultimate Duke Nukem Theme *
Had some big goosebumps listening to this. Truly legendary, Duke would be proud!!
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)
Best version of Grabbag I've ever heard, the solo at the end is my favorite part
1.) new duke nukem game 2.) duke as a fighting game character 3.) this must be played at all times
The best soundtrack for getting cleared with peroxide and gobbling up all the anabolics in town.
Duke Nukem Armageddon Edition trailer brought me here. Hail to the king of grabbag, baby!
Zero Hour's rifts are the sleaziest, absolutely raunchy filthy.
One of the better more original and catchiest renditions of Grabbag too.
Hail to the king baby!
I have a new storyline based off that.
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!
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 love how this is literally the duke 3D, Forever 1998, Zero hour, and Manhattan project themes
As an absolutely die hard Duke fan, thank you for this. You absolutely kick ass AND chew bubblegum my man! Keep this up!
This appeared in Serious Duke 3D’s trailer, and god dam this shreds!
All it's missing for me is Manhatten projects Grabbag.
Hey King, you dropped this… 👑
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.
EPIC!!!!! GOOSEBUMPS ALL THE WAY! The final part with the lightning fast solo is killer!!! HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!! Bravo!
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
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 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!
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
Your solo is the best part of the song!
4:20 DarkViperAu Chaos Intro
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 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.
Hail to the King baby - Duke Nukem
*voice of Duke* Damn that's a kick ass cover of my theme song
Hands down one of the best Grabbag remakes ever. For sure one of my favorite songs of all time, it's just so good.
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 how even Duke Nukem II finds its way in here.
Perfect execution, perfect understanding, perfect variants research. Now that's how it must be done.
2:19 fuck yes
Looking for 5 minutes of AWESOME? You came to the right place. :)
I hope you end up composing for the next Duke Nukem game. This is an excellent cover.
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 ✨👍👍👍
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
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! 😊
Dude your guitar solo kicks so much ass, good job kid!
Fuck yeah, this is amazing dude!!! Love how you pieced all of the variations together as well
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. :)
Lot of emotions while listening to your Rémix ,, it’s all our teenage years,,
Absolutely destroyed the Zero Hour theme! Omg I loved it, even rewinded it! Thank you for the child hood memory flashback!
This is absolutely gold for any Duke Nukem fan. Congratulations for your awesome work.
Just found this gem. Loved that you included Zero Hour in there 🤘
Love the Zero Hour theme! :D
This is the definitive Duke theme.
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/
I usually don't like Grabbag Metal Covers, but this one is really good! Great work!
I appreciate that!
Finally someone acknowledged and remixed 2007 Grabbag version.
But I miss 2001 version there, where is it?
The mix and sound is also pretty well done! Not as scooped and boxy that so many other people go for.
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!
Civvie11 oughta be ashamed of himself.
...HE DIDN'T USE THIS IN HIS PRO NUKEM SERIES!!!!
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
Came from DarkViperAU. This is amazing!
Cheers! 😊
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 is actually fucking amazing, hats off to you my dude.
*MIGHTY FOOT ENGAGED*
I think this is my new favorite version of Grabbag, what an amazing revision!!!
My throttle hand gets super heavy by the end.
Addicted to this and can't get enough!
Loved the upload, thank you.
Duke Nukem 3D Legacy Edition Brought me here
Always wanted for someone to combine extended version with Megadeath's one. And you've gone above and beyond with this!
The fact that the full version from the 2007 trailer was never released should be considered a crime
There's a doom mod that tried to expand on that trailer (at the best of their ability)
It's not much, but it's something...
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! :)
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 the best cover of Grabbag on the net. Better than some big name YTers.
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!
DWELLING OF DUELS! FUCK YEAH
I spent the past 15 or so years trying to find their archive. All I knew was the shorthand for them was DoD. "DoD videogame music contest" brings up nothing related to these guys, no matter how I word it. Hopefully someone on their forums still has a torrent going of their past contests. The archive was over 30GB when I first got it, and that was when it was only a couple years old.
The people who participate made INCREDIBLE music. Before DoD all I had for VG covers was Minibosses, and for how good they are they're like amatuer hour compared to what's in DoD.
THANK YOU! Both for this amazing track you've made, and for helping me to find DoD's website after all these years :D
My pleasure! DoD is indeed a gold mine!
It's also fitting as, if I'm not mistaken, the Minibosses community is where Dwelling of Duels was born.
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!
great work dude, I see Duke kicking ass to your remix 👍
Duke and Bombshell
dAMn! This version kicks in!
this cover was so good it made me shed tears
This is outstanding!! One of my top most favorite theme song ever!! :D Duke rules!
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 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)
Man..holy jus-..my Duke senses are rockin to this! This is too good! Nice work man!
Thanks so much!
I absolutely love the transitions especially zero hour's !
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!
Good work dude, cant stop listening
That's awesome! Be proud of yourself!!
the best of the best, thank you 🍺🍻
Second best verson on youtube behind vertxguy's version and the megadeth version thanks for sharing this great renidstion Brandon.
High praise! Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
@@BrandonBlume Your most weclome brandon keep up the killer work your very talented If i remeber right i think i download a sonic cover by you years ago not fully sure 100 precent but agan Phenomenal job on your covers keep doing what you do best. :D
This is sooooo freaking cool! well done
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!
If somebody would come up with a Duke Nukem multiverse plot, this song better be in it!
Fuck "multi" fuck "verse"
Found this on the comment on Sixty Fours youtube. No comments on this? WTF well this is bad ass man
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This is such a kickass remix!
Would you mind if I use this as trailer-music for my Serious Duke 3D mod.
Not at all! Just a couple things I'd ask for is to credit me and my website brandonblume.com in the description and also add a thank you note to VoidPoint who own the track and link to twitter.com/voidpnt as well.
In fact, I have a trailer-ready variation of this theme all made up for HTTKC that was never used. Email me if you're interested. It's 2 min 5 sec long.
Awesome! I'll credit you in the video and in the game.
Are there any special/new parts in the trailer-ready variant?
I already started cutting a few parts in a way that it fits the ~4 min footage I have in mind.
Also had to increase the loudness a bit.
I'll send you the video-link before I make it public.
@@syndroid1 No new parts but rearranged. It's got a quick guitar intro that's new and some of the other parts like Bonus are stripped down. It starts off with Megadeth's version then goes into Bonus then to my guitar solo at the end. You can choose to use it or not or use both somehow up to you. But it's there if it works for you. Http://brandonblume.com/music/TrailerA_gtrswell.flac
Also please don't forget to credit and link VoidPoint in the description as they own the track. Thanks! :)
Here after seeing the mod trailer :D
i still listen to this masterpiece cover.
This is the best thing i've heard all fuckin' year.
Best I've ever heard! Simply fucking amazing! Hats off!
The Reflafitator Thank you so much!
On replay for at least 100 times so far, still not enough.
That was amazing !!!!
🎆