Dropping the Gloves, Picking Up Guitars: Call It Puck Rock reports on a new genre of novelty tunes:
Mr. Spagnolo, 30 years old, is the lead vocalist in Two Man Advantage, a Long Island, N.Y., band in a tiny but feverish musical subgenre known as puck rock. He and his four band mates compose and play songs about hockey, a sport that for decades inspired very little music that couldn’t be played on a Wurlitzer between whistles.
The article jokes about hockey music played on a Wurlitzer, but I noticed years ago that hockey games had much hipper, much edgier music than other sporting events.
Several NHL arenas have played their song “Hockey Junkie” during games. Royalty Records of New York signed the band and released its first CD, “Drafted,” in 1998.
I really should get around to writing a song specifically for sporting events — another “We are the Champions” or something, just to collect royalties.