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The First-Ever iBand Rocks Out! watch!

5min.com — Watch how the first-ever iBand create music with their best friends - their digital devices.

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  • jaimierossboss, on 02/24/2008, -66/+7This song is really catchy I didn't want it to end, does anyone know what the song is being called?
    • roodammy44, on 02/24/2008, -0/+26You forgot the /sarcasm
    • cderry, on 02/24/2008, -0/+13I thought it was kinda catchy at the beginning, but it quickly lost its novelty. I was waiting for them to turn it up and "rock out" like the title promised, but it never happened and got pretty boring.
      • rentmitchum, on 02/25/2008, -0/+2I was totally waiting for some power chords to be hit on that.. phone.
    • bendingbeats, on 02/24/2008, -2/+11it's called iCrap
  • AlexanderAlleni, on 02/24/2008, -43/+1I hear these guys already have as big a following as the Beatles did back in their heyday.
    • hmunkey, on 02/24/2008, -2/+2What? You must be high.
      • MonkeyFarts, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1Higher than the Beatles usually were, even. Lucy in the sky with diamonds, baby.
  • gigamegater, on 02/24/2008, -13/+375Me: Hey baby, I'm in an iBand, wanna get it on?
    Groupie: Sorry I'm only into Guitar Heroes.
    • RevJonathan, on 02/24/2008, -2/+24I wish...
    • edwartica, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4So, those of us who think we're cool because we can play farazacha on our cell phones keypads are probably without hope.
    • DiggzDE, on 02/24/2008, -1/+3This is the only rock band I know that will have no hope of ever getting laid. Even by their groupies.
      • therightclique, on 02/25/2008, -0/+3the bands getting laid thing is a myth man.. get over it.
    • thewayigetby, on 02/25/2008, -2/+3Nah, chicks are totally into Rock Band now.
  • Shreyasva, on 02/24/2008, -35/+26its sad they had to name themselves iBand
    • Gregus1032, on 02/24/2008, -8/+22it's sad the iNerds dugg you down =/
  • versanog, on 02/24/2008, -23/+10Sex, drugs and iPhones.
    • thatsmyaibo, on 02/24/2008, -1/+18You mean masturbation, drugs and iPhones?
    • Ataxia2008, on 02/24/2008, -1/+35Masturbation, World of Warcraft and iPhones.
    • edwartica, on 02/24/2008, -1/+1Wine, women and song.....
      Prune Juice, Porn, and Guitar hero
  • Retnuh730, on 02/24/2008, -15/+123Hasn't this been up like 5 times already?
  • JeffreyLloyd, on 02/24/2008, -23/+2love it!
  • archiegaff, on 02/24/2008, -10/+84More 5MIN spam posting other peoples' videos and then having them go popular with their fake accounts. Typical.
  • WHEELERJONI, on 02/24/2008, -17/+0I can't wait for their first concert!
  • KingLeeKing, on 02/24/2008, -30/+1I, for one, welcome these new iBanders to our world.
  • antiorblkflag9, on 02/24/2008, -7/+50Can't people just put the content on youtube instead of using 5min's bloated video player
    • schroeder, on 02/24/2008, -13/+10Yeah, ***** competition. Seriously, I digg videos I like wherever they are posted. I don't see what the problem is. As a side note, this particular video was lame.
      • antiorblkflag9, on 02/24/2008, -2/+11I'm not saying ***** competition, I'm saying use decent video players (youtube, googlevideo)
      • lukasmach, on 02/24/2008, -0/+7Yeah, but this 5min crap is ripoff stolen from YouTUBE.
        • Jerky1312, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1And you think everything posted on youtube is original? There were thousands of sites posting videos before youtube.
      • pixeleyes, on 02/24/2008, -1/+4Google Video is far better than YouTube.
        However, in term of quality stage 6 is better than most other sites.
    • ijmok, on 02/24/2008, -0/+12Mirror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0VX74alwk

      i agree 5min really plays with firefox something chronic
      • supermanred, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1Works great in Safari and Firefox on my end.
    • TheNik, on 02/24/2008, -2/+55min has never messed up on me. :(
      • supermanred, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1And the quality is a bit higher than YouTube imho.
    • Dhalgren, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4Quality on YouTube blows chunks
  • RunawayElf, on 02/24/2008, -16/+4Just what we need, another digg graveyard. From here on out people will try all the jokes they've been saving that aren't funny, make lame digg me down comments, and cause worthless destruction of an article.
    Please, someone interject with a comment more insightful than this to prevent the destruction.
    • TheConman, on 02/24/2008, -3/+3dude, nice comment!!!
    • chrisaug18, on 02/24/2008, -1/+4What, kinda like yours?
    • badqat, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3I'd suggest you...only you've already interjected with a destructive comment.
  • hphickman, on 02/24/2008, -8/+40This video was posted like 10 times before, but only 5MIN and their fake army of digg accounts can get it to the front page. Wake up Digg SPAM control!
    • alextryie, on 02/24/2008, -10/+4Sorry but how are normal people supposed to know when a video has been posted and it doesn't make FP? Not all of us sit here 24/7 looking at every single video posted in the last minute. Loser.
      • hphickman, on 02/24/2008, -4/+5Says the 5min spammer.
        • RedGreen1, on 02/24/2008, -0/+5The last four videos he dugg were hosted at youtube.
      • badqat, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3Normal people could see it, oh, I don't know, when digg lets them know it's potentially a duplicate? Duh?!?
        • Tyler25, on 02/24/2008, -0/+2seriously, this was posted on digg atleast 10 times.
  • nightmare1228, on 02/24/2008, -15/+3***** the RIAA. ***** Fox News.
  • hadak, on 02/24/2008, -4/+103That kinda sucked. A for effort though.
    • jezzball, on 02/24/2008, -5/+2.
    • pastaq, on 02/24/2008, -0/+8It would have been better without the guitar IMO. It seemed off beat and drab compared to the the rest of the song.
      • godofgodlygods, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1He was just having trouble keeping up with the fast pace with one finger. If he had kept his rhythm it would have been better.
      • arobicha, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1Bands usually have a certain level of skill required before they publish results. If the guitarist couldn't keep up, he should have kept practicing.
    • AmICoolNow, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3I thought it was pretty good, the guitar/bass was just off-beat sometimes, but I think it's due to a delay in the software. I'm not sure, though.
      • zulfy26, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1Theres no delay in software, thats PocketGuitar
    • univerio, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1A for Apple. E for Effort.
    • FoxMcCloud1, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1Woulda been more "rocking" if the guitar had distortion. The piano player needed to bust a few chords or go up or down an octive or two to show off. The NDS dude cheated by using electroplankton - he should have used a sequencer on PSP or iPhone to really blend in, but hey they have some fun and maybe they will get better. It was neat.
    • wakarusensei, on 02/25/2008, -0/+0this could have been allot better if it was played better. Seemed off sync and very unrythmatic
    • asiarock, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1I found it insanely boring. Needed to kick in with a drum loop or something!
  • PwncakesFTW, on 02/24/2008, -10/+7Seriously?...i saw this last week...come on now
  • hamburgers, on 02/24/2008, -5/+192remember when people used to play real instruments?
    • TheWorm, on 02/24/2008, -1/+57Vaguely. I've been told that guitar hero is based off of some sort of instrument from the old world.
    • crazybrit, on 02/24/2008, -9/+1Uh, still do last time I checked. Go listen to ACDC.
      • TheWorm, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3Woooooshh
      • mywhitenoise, on 02/24/2008, -2/+2oh, the irony.
        When was the last time AC/DC put out anything good?
        • kbeast, on 02/25/2008, -0/+2The day before Bon Scott threw up in his mouth.
      • crazybrit, on 03/04/2008, -0/+1I was being sarcastic! sarcastic!! I was saying that complaining about people playing electronic instruments is stupid, and you should go listen to ACDC if you're such a ***** purist. But no one will ever read this. :(
    • wellyuk, on 02/24/2008, -5/+6"A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. In principle anything that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument."

      How are those not "real" instruments then?
      • hamburgers, on 02/25/2008, -3/+8because my comment was funny and yours was just copied from a dictionary.
        • wellyuk, on 02/25/2008, -6/+1I must have missed the humour, my apologies.

          Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
  • tdwtomcat, on 02/24/2008, -3/+31Is that Electroplankton?
  • daxsymbiont, on 02/24/2008, -4/+16nerds.
  • RocketGib, on 02/24/2008, -4/+24Jump on the iBandWagon!
  • linksus, on 02/24/2008, -3/+6Snore
  • Slackdragon, on 02/24/2008, -4/+80How fair is it that the iPhones are getting all the glory when the bulk of the work is being done by the Nintendo DS?
    • skippyrandom, on 02/24/2008, -2/+0iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone!
  • wtfitsRICK, on 02/24/2008, -20/+5Saw this a while ago.
    Dude playing piano is the only one doing anything, really. I'm not sure what goes on with the DS. Guy playing guitar...can't even hear it. FAIL.
    *gets buried while portal quote skyrockets*
    • addysonclark, on 02/24/2008, -1/+15I could hear the bass. Maybe your ears are just fail......

      PS: People bury you because your a ***** retard.
      • Uhmerikan, on 02/24/2008, -0/+4Like the guy above, it was a bass guitar. It's not meant to be as pronounced as a regular guitar. It's there to keep the band in rhythm and meld in with the other instruments.
      • wiiaboo, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3The piano guy is very often off tempo, too. So much for the DS and Bass.
  • jakdracula, on 02/24/2008, -1/+103Yea, the Nintendo was doing most of the heavy lifting.
    • superguysteve, on 02/27/2008, -1/+1agreed. Plus, they are not exactly 'rocking'.
  • Frogee, on 02/24/2008, -2/+5It had a lot of potential, but wasn't as great as it could've been.
  • lukasmach, on 02/24/2008, -1/+12Looks like they've already found a singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsa8ayX9k60
    • Caviarmy, on 02/24/2008, -0/+7I was just blown out of my ***** mind. Someone get him signed, fast.
  • deltron, on 02/24/2008, -6/+77The bass player (iphone on the right) was completely off beat most of the time. The piano was also off beat (the electroplankton game was keeping the beat). The song sucked, sorry.
    • Angostura, on 02/24/2008, -0/+16Like a dog dancing on its back legs, the result may be awful, but it is interesting that it can be done.
    • AmICoolNow, on 02/24/2008, -0/+2I think it was because the iPhone software had a slight delay. The whole making-music-with-the-iPhone thing doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
    • bvm1, on 02/25/2008, -2/+1Will people please stop describing things that are out of time as off beat. Off beat has a very specific technical definition, and this isn't it.
  • sharkyl, on 02/24/2008, -1/+5What apps on the iphone were they using?
    • m1zl3d, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1They were using PocketGuitar and and iAno. Both available after Jailbreaking and enabling Community Sources.
      • kbeast, on 02/25/2008, -2/+1had me fooled, I thought it was Vista.
  • Sochalist, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3There is potential, but the instruments don't work out too well. It was a nice try, but the instruments really didn't complement each other.

    I feel like there could be something to this, though...
    • spudlyo, on 02/24/2008, -0/+2I thought the instruments sounded great together, they just need practice. The guy with the guitar app on the iPhone was often off beat, which made it hard for me to enjoy. They tighten up a bit and I think they could have something worth listening to.
      • adeadwaffle, on 02/25/2008, -0/+2Tightening it up on level 3 would be wonderful.
  • allenv, on 02/24/2008, -5/+3isnt this old news? i couldve sworn it was on digg 2 weeks ago...buried
  • iiBeLiEvE, on 02/24/2008, -1/+3Was featured on the Youtube frontpage last week...now on Digg's?
  • zeroomegazx, on 02/24/2008, -2/+8Buried because of the name *iBand*, damn apple fanboys and your successive use of the damn i for everything, i dont think the DS is an Apple product .....
  • ShawnIsCool, on 02/24/2008, -8/+3HIS POWER LEVEL IS OVER 9000! Oh, this is Digg? Not 5MIN? Sorry.
  • blacklilyninja, on 02/24/2008, -12/+12i liked it

    and i could give a ***** about where it came from or who posted it. All you digg snobs can be real annoying....


  • sexualpredator, on 02/24/2008, -10/+4buried out of spite of the fanboys (and the fact that it just plain blows. If you liked this you need to pull Steve Jobs shlong out of your ear).

    iThinkYourMomWasted600Dollars should be more like it.
  • radicaltyro, on 02/24/2008, -1/+56Bassist has no rhythm.
    • kcap122, on 02/24/2008, -0/+7bassist? hah. more like Guy With Too Much Time On His Hands #2.
    • AmICoolNow, on 02/24/2008, -0/+2Agreed. It could be that the software has a delay, or he could just suck.
  • orbingpunk, on 02/24/2008, -1/+9Sad that I saw this on MYSPACE and then it hit digg. Ugh.
  • TheWorm, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3I have pocketguitar, but what is the app that does the piano?
  • battleroyalex, on 02/24/2008, -3/+2old
  • jpetrin, on 02/24/2008, -5/+9BOOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGG!!!!!
  • Aidenf77, on 02/24/2008, -1/+6I have to give 'em props for playing that well with no tactile response like you'd receive on a real instrument.
  • MalDON, on 02/24/2008, -2/+5I dugg it purely for the concept. I think with some work this could in theory be a unique way to make music.
    • adooga, on 02/24/2008, -1/+2Hmmm...
      Unique in what way? Portable instruments aren't unique. Using programs to simulate instruments isn't unique. I don't really see why this is interesting. Unless the music was really good, in which case I'd find it interesting that someone made some cool music using phones. But crap music on a phone? Not exactly shattering my world.
  • Mrdudeperson, on 02/24/2008, -1/+13That would have been so cool if it would have sounded good.
  • artgon, on 02/24/2008, -1/+10That was weaksauce.
  • therosiandoom, on 02/24/2008, -2/+2Buried. Repost.
  • vlodeck, on 02/24/2008, -6/+1The bass guitar player rocks :)
  • stellandfly, on 02/24/2008, -11/+6***** lame. What an insult to REAL musicians.
    • TheNik, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3Dumbass. While this isn't a great example of what could be done using this, saying such because they are playing instruments on electronic devices isn't "real" is just ignorant.
      • makis, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1you can do better things spending less with real synth... but the real probelm is that music should be made by musicians.. with or without an iPhone you should know what you are doing.and this song sucks.even if they played on stradivaris
      • thewayigetby, on 02/25/2008, -0/+1So what is music? My favorite definition of music is by Varese, that music is the organization of sound.
        Our culture is progressing, and technology is a part of that. It's obvious that there are going to be new ways to create it... like these very creative people.
  • vd853, on 02/24/2008, -2/+0I can't wait for their first album! no, i really can't...
  • steinerik, on 02/24/2008, -7/+3This was boring.
    Would be way more impressive if they ditched the DS and used one more iphone with beatbox.
    • wiiaboo, on 02/24/2008, -0/+6No, not really, no.
      Notice how the iPhones are the ones who're out of tempo and tune.
      Damn fanboys.
    • TheNik, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1Electroplankton rules your ass. :(
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