For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater tribute act 'The 900', it was likely going to be "just another gig". Described as "The UK's first and only Tony Hawk's Pro Skater cover band", the act plays a variety of cover songs from THPS1 all the way to American Wasteland and was due to perform at Signature Brew in East London on July 30th.
To the surprise of everyone - including the band - Tony Hawk himself showed up, joining The 900 on stage to perform two of the most popular songs from the Pro Skater series - Goldfinger's 'Superman', and Agent Orange's 'Bloodstains'. It turned what was likely going to be a pretty standard evening for the band into an unforgettable experience for everyone involved.
While onstage, Tony Hawk expressed his admiration for the fans and their ongoing support for the Pro Skater games:
“Thank you for having such reverence for [the songs in our games]. It’s really been my biggest honour to have these games carry on for so long and, hey, we’re keeping it going right? I had to join the party!”
It's such a feel-good incident and we're frankly incredibly jealous of everyone who managed to attend! It just goes to show how much love Tony Hawk has for the game series and how much his appearance at the show meant to the band and the audience.
What do you make of Tony Hawk's surprise appearance at a Pro Skater tribut gig? Let us know in the comments!
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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He's just never grown outta the "rad teen" phase, and I love that for him. Skate on, skate proud, Tony.
Respect to Tony!
This warms my punk rock heart, awesome!
This is just the kind of feel good news you need once in a while to keep your mind afloat in the middle of all the negativity these days, both in and out of gaming. Massive respect towards Tony!
Tony still attends pro vert ramp events skating at pro level and does things like this too. He's an awesome role model for skateboarding. I love the Pro Skater games and that they released for as many platforms as possible
Doesn’t Activision make Tony hawk? Activision sucks… so therefore Tony Hawk sucks!!!!!
I have one word and one word only. WHAT
Can they pull off Number of the Beast?
For sure, it's not just skateboarding as a sport that THPS brought into the limelight, or extreme sports as a videogame genre; it's this immaculate collection of punk, ska, rock and rap which THPS also introduced to many an impressionable teen and showed them just how cool videogames can be. The soundtrack still lives on in my memory to this day.
He is the eternal teenager skater
I just found out about this and now I'm looking for concert tickets!
That’s pretty hilarious. THPS1 blew my mind when it first came out. I dunno like 1998 or something. Sounds like Tony Hawk is also a massive fan haha
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