No, not the obscure, classic NES video game.

But close.

When the Miracle Chosuke split up this past year, 4 of the members changed their minds and decided to stay together. They added two new members and became Bad Dudes. You could call Bad Dudes the new, improved Miracle Chosuke, but that would really miss the point of both bands. Miracle Chosuke was one of the high points of the dance-punk aesthetic that was (and some may argue still is) getting really popular in recent years.

Bad Dudes will have none of that. Granted, there's still the spastic melodies and the attention to danceable beats and of course, the synthesizers; but Bad Dudes have tweaked these melodies and multiplied them at a frenetic pace to match a beat structure that doesn't so much try to be chaotic, as just slightly beyond the reach of your rational capability. Only slightly, though, because unlike many other bands that share a similar aesthetic, and use it to confuse people, Bad Dudes use their music to rock the sense back into them.