Audio Karate signed to Kung Fu Records in fall 2001. They put out their debut album, Space Camp, on May 14, 2002. The album featured the songs "Nintendo 89," "Rosemead," and "Senior Year." After the release of Space Camp, Audio Karate toured the world with bands such as The Ataris, NOFX, Blink-182.
After the heavy touring, the band decided to take a break to write their next record. The result was an album named Lady Melody that was produced by Bill Stevenson of the Descendents. Lady Melody was released on June 1, 2004 on Kung Fu Records. Lady Melody is considered a much darker and angrier record than Space Camp. After the release of the record the band began to tour non-stop in support of it. At the end of the year, the band announced that they would take a "vacation". In 2005 a rumor spread that the band had broken up and this was later proven to be true.
On October 15, 2006 Audio Karate updated their fans via a blog entry on their MySpace page. The entry stated that vocalist/guitarist Arturo Barrios & guitarist Priscilla Camacho are writing the soundtrack to an independent movie titled "Maquillaje", a dark movie about botched love and suicide. It is directed by Marcial Rios, a friend of the band. The film is done entirely in Spanish. The music that they are writing for the movie doesn't sound like the typical Audio Karate songs; most of the songs have been fueled by heavy drinking. They also mentioned that they are working on a new album, but they don't know when it will be coming out, or when they will be able to go on tour again.
As of 2009 Audio Karate has released several new tracks through their myspace page, but there is still no news of an album release.
Members
Arthur Barrios
Priscilla Camacho
Justin Gomez
Giovanni Camacho
Nintendo 89
Audio Karate Lyrics
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And that's harder to face over the deep end
Its harder to sense she wanted to go home
Game over she said are you receiving
The time that we spent has been decieving
So were parting our ways with no regrets tonite
Because I've been doing fine
so please don't leave me I've been feeling fine
So stop wasting all your time
Don't decieve me I've been telling lies
Because I've been doing fine
And if you don't believe me I've been feeling fine
So stop wasting all your time
So please don't leave me all night
controlling 2 player situation
Will surely result in hesitation
Continuing lives and continuing tries
Will surely result the situation
So game over she said the level needed for the time
And the place has been defeated
So don't blame its hard to believe it wsa love we had
Because I've been doing fine
In "Nintendo 89", Audio Karate detail the struggles of a relationship that is coming to an end. The song opens with the girl telling the singer that she has a new friend, which he finds difficult to deal with, and then acknowledging that she wants to go home. She then says to him that the time they spent together has been deceiving - revealing that she has been unhappy in the relationship - and goes on to tell him that they are parting ways with no regrets. The singer pleads with her not to leave him and insists that he is doing fine, despite the breakup.
The second half of the song uses the metaphor of a video game to describe the relationship. The singer talks about the need for both players to be in control of the game to avoid hesitation, and goes on to say that the level they were on has been defeated, indicating the end of the relationship. He acknowledges that it's hard to believe that they ever had love, but insists that he is doing fine.
Line by Line Meaning
Game over she said I got a new friend
She told me it was game over when she made a new friend
And that's harder to face over the deep end
It's harder to face the fact that she made a new friend and our relationship is over
Its harder to sense she wanted to go home
It's harder to sense that she wanted to end our relationship and leave
Game over she said are you receiving
She repeated that it was game over and asked if I understood
The time that we spent has been deceiving
The time we spent together was misleading and not what it seemed
So we're parting our ways with no regrets tonight
We're ending our relationship without any regrets tonight
Because I've been doing fine so please don't leave me
I've been doing well and don't want you to leave me
I've been feeling fine so stop wasting all your time
I've been feeling good, so please don't waste your time trying to fix things
Don't deceive me I've been telling lies
Don't try to deceive me because I've been dishonest too
And if you don't believe me I've been feeling fine
If you don't believe that I've been feeling good, it's your choice
So stop wasting all your time so please don't leave me all night
It's pointless to keep trying to fix things, so please just stay with me tonight
Controlling 2 player situation will surely result in hesitation
Trying to control a relationship like a two-player game will only lead to hesitations and problems
Continuing lives and continuing tries will surely result the situation
Trying to continue a relationship despite the problems will eventually lead to the same situation
So game over she said the level needed for the time
She said that it was game over because we weren't at the right level for each other at this point in time
And the place has been defeated so don't blame
Our relationship didn't work out, so there's no point in blaming anyone
It was hard to believe it was love we had because I've been doing fine
It's hard to believe it was love we had because I've been feeling good without you
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You have to be a lot more meticulous with other things than just the song.
Half the people will lose interest if you don’t have a catchy band name. It also has to match with the genre of Music you’re going for.
Wtf is even an Audio Karate? Sounds like an Indie Rock band from LazyLazyMe.
Besides, having a charismatic frontman is also key to a band’s public success. The vocalist looks like Miguel from Cobra Kai 20 years ago.
Also, i think they were just tryna cash in on the Pop-punk boom of the late 90s to early 2000s.
By their 2nd Albums, they absolutely abandoned this sound.
Besides, 2001 was diluted with bands with the “Nostalgic Pop-punk” sound.
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Game over she said, "I got a new friend,"
And that's harder to face over the deep end
It gets harder to sense - she wanted to go home
Game over she said, "Are you receiving?"
The time that we spent has been deceiving
So we're parting our ways with no regrets tonight
Because I've been doing fine
So please don't leave me
I've been ill advised
So stop wasting all your time
Don't deceive me
I've been telling lies
Because I've been doing fine
And if you don't believe me I've been feeling fine
So stop wasting all your time
So please don't leave me all night
Controlling a two-player situation
Will surely result in hesitation
Continuing lives and continuing tries
Will surely resolve the situation
So "game over" she said the level needed
For the time and the place has been defeated
So don't blame me - it's hard to believe it was love we had
Because I've been doing fine
Ryan Romero
Game over she said i got a new friend
and thats harder to face over the deep end
its harder to sense she wanted to go home
Game over she said are you recieving
the time that we spent has been decieving
so were parting our ways with no regrets tonite
because ive been doing fine
so please dont leave me ive been feeling fine
so stop wasting all your time
dont decieve me ive been telling lies
because ive been doing fine
and if you dont believe me ive been feeling fine
so stop wasting all your time
so please dont leave me all nite
controlling 2 player situation
will surely result in hesitation
continuing lives and continuing tries
will surely result the situation
So game over she said the level needed for the time
and the place has been defeated
so dont blame its hard to believe it wsa love we had
because ive been doing fine
Zane Black
Game over she said, "I got a new friend,"
And that's harder to face over the deep end
It gets harder to sense - she wanted to go home
Game over she said, "Are you receiving?"
The time that we spent has been deceiving
So we're parting our ways with no regrets tonight
Because I've been doing fine
So please don't leave me
I've been ill advised
So stop wasting all your time
Don't deceive me
I've been telling lies
Because I've been doing fine
And if you don't believe me I've been feeling fine
So stop wasting all your time
So please don't leave me all night
Anakin York
Game over she said, "I got a new friend,"
And that's harder to face over the deep end
It gets harder to sense - she wanted to go home
Game over she said, "Are you receiving?"
The time that we spent has been deceiving
So we're parting our ways with no regrets tonight
Because I've been doing fine
So please don't leave me
I've been ill advised
So stop wasting all your time
Don't deceive me
I've been telling lies
Because I've been doing fine
And if you don't believe me I've been feeling fine
So stop wasting all your time
So please don't leave me all night
Controlling a two-player situation
Will surely result in hesitation
Continuing lives and continuing tries
Will surely resolve the situation
So "game over" she said the level needed
For the time and the place has been defeated
So don't blame me - it's hard to believe it was love we had
Because I've been doing fine
Roninforlife
So sad they never made it....such an amazingly talented group. Sigh, at least we can still keep those two albums on repeat, haha.
Jose Lopez
They have a new album coming out next year.
Zane Black
Fuck making it just be happy
bloo jkl45
Used to listen to this when I was in middle school. Didn't know the name of the band, never had seen the music video, didn't even understand the lyrics. But it was (and still is) one of my favorite songs. This is the first time I'm seeing the band and the music video wow
Renato Rebouças
This song still sounds modern after all these years great job guys the riff and the lyrics are gold .
Tuna No crust
Found a skate movie at the dollar tree, this was one of the songs and from 2007 to now I’ve never quit listening. I reminds me of trying to land varials in my living room.
LiL MopHead
What’s the name of the movie
Tuna No crust
@LiL MopHead it was called cinema board buddy. It also had afi, taking back Sunday, jimmy eat world ect.
Jon DGAF
Yeah Cinema Beer Buddy was the CD Version of that movie. Legendary shit.
LiL MopHead
@Tuna No crust thanks man