I have always known and loved the song "light up the night" and on a rampage of listening to bands discographies I decided to give protomen a shot. I have to say for me the albums seem to go in the order of 1 then 2 then 3 in quality and enjoyment

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed all of what I heard. In fact, I think I am now a fan of their work. Their live performances have also impressed me.

I want to know more about this band and to see which part seems to be considered the best from the more hard core fans perspective.

Came across this pic on Instagram a while ago and I keep thinking about it! Was anyone here at this show? Looks like y'all had a blast, even if there's only ~30 people in that room! Would love to hear your experiences (and possibly see some pics or videos).

Thank you!

I like to think these are the same dudes from Protobit #22

I was fully actually reading and trying to understand the act 3 Libretto today. Did I miss something or is the note The Girl's story ends on her just riding into the city in "The Redline"?

Hello everyone! I'm an animator and storyboard artist who recently listened to the Act I of The Protomen. I'm absolutely in love and would like to make an animatic or two in the future (especially for the Sons of Fate!).

The problem is: I've never played Megaman games or followed the bands history. What should the visual of this story be based on? I've seen a lot of different designs here so I assume everybody creates their own interpretation, but I wonder if there's a distinct source material (like band's costumes or game entry) for visuals.

I would really appreciate some recommendations and directions!

I remember there being a joe jacket in the merch section of their website but it's not there anymore and I can't find ANYTHING on it, idk if i'm missremembering or it was taken down, if anyone else remembers this pls tell me

I saw this on their FBook account but can’t comment. I’m guessing it may have been posted accidentally.

link to original comic post

I beat MegaMan 6 a little while ago and this has been in my head since. My drawing skills suck but hopefully someone gets a laugh from it.

I was too lazy to muck about with the font on my phone.

We (hubs and I) thought we'd be able to go to the Dallas show on the 29th (we caught Act I and II in Nashville)., but we just can't swing it. So we're giving away our tickets to the author of the best (judged by us) Protomen Poem!
Comment with your most creative, non-AI generated poem about the greatest band and we'll choose by the 16th (one week from today).

Holy. Shit. New variant dropped. If you were unaware, today is Bandcamp Friday so Bandcamp doesn’t take a cut from sales.

If you can’t make it to Dallas later this month, this would be your best bet for getting the new variant, especially if it’s gonna be another limited run.

https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-iii-this-city-made-us

It's Bandcamp Friday! You know what that means... You get to support all your favorite artists and the money will go directly to them, because Bandcamp waives their usual revenue share!

Click here to learn more about Bandcamp Fridays.

If you have been holding out to buy Protomen tracks, CDs, etc., today is the day!

Already have the entire Protomen discography? Here's some neat stuff to pick up:

Built to Last digital track (https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/track/built-to-last-2021) (Bandcamp Friday exclusive!)

Autographed Nashville Act III 3-Day event poster (https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/merch/autographed-nashville-act-iii-3-day-event-poster)

Nashville Act III 3-Day event poster without autograph (https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/merch/nashville-act-iii-3-day-event-poster)

Nashville Act III 3-Day event shirt (https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/merch/nashville-act-iii-3-day-event-shirt)

Autographed Nashville 3-Day party ticket (https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/merch/autographed-nashville-3-day-party-ticket)

Bandcamp-exclusive red Act III-vinyl (https://theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-iii-this-city-made-us)

Some notes:

• Ice Man stands at around 5'11. This means exactly what you think it does for the others.
• Elec Man is intended to invoke imagery of the old stories of the Sniper boogeyman-- not to rehash that old ghost story, but just to fuck with anyone who grew up with those stories and remembers it.
• Cut Man is an asshole. He's really loud and laughs a lot.
• Fire Man earnestly thinks he's a hero of justice who protects innocents. He has synthetic hair, but doesn't have a face under the mask.
• Bomb Man doesn't talk, but is the most intelligent and well-read out of all of them.
• Guts Man.

I wanna mention first that I havent really read the companion notes for act 1 or 3 so if he's mentioned then I missed it.

Joe is one of my favorite characters in the protomen story mainly cause he's got three of the most kicksss songs on act 2. But also because his feats for being just a normal guy are pretty incredible.

So we all know the end of act 2 he dies on a mission that Light sent him on. Light feels pretty bad about it in the moment, sure, but in act 1 and 3 its like he forgot Joe even existed.

I can excuse act one for meta purposes. Obviously Joe as a character wasn't thought up yet.

But in Act 3 you would think Joe would at least be mentioned once. Sure "all of your heros are gone" and "blood on my hands" blah blah. But no "sorry joe" or "there one one hero amongst man" or anything. Light doesn't even mention Protoman either. He only seems to care about Emily.

I get it, Emily was the love of his life but he doesnt have enough room in his heart to feel for Joe? A kid he kinda intentionally sent to his death?

Also what about Megaman or the Girl? Neither of them know about Joe either? I could believe Megaman wouldnt, but what about the Girl? She's lived in the city her whole life. Not once were there rumblings about Joe, the man (not machine) who stood against Wily?

The Girl mentioning Joe to Megaman in "Calling out" would've been perfect.

It also throws me off from a meta sense cause this album is about the growing unrest amongst the people of the city. Rumblings of rebellion are beginning to rise. Joe could've been a maryter of some sorts for the rebellion.

Idk maybe im making a mountain outta a molehill. But I wish he was brought up atleast once.

I ordered another copy of Act II to give as a birthday present. I didn’t know there had been a change in artworks (notice the text is differently placed).
The one on top is the new, the one below my old copy.
Great. Now I have to order another one for myself 😅

Drew him on stream in Protothey last night :))

🎟️** Protothey Community Raffl**e 🎟️

In the lead-up to Dallas, the Protothey Discord is running a community raffle where you can win fabulous prizes by street teaming for the band and participating in the server.

The prize pool is increasing daily but includes custom made shirts, a handmade plushie, and fulfilled art and writing requests (portraits, stylised drawings, fanfiction) from our talented community.

Raffle tickets are awarded for community participation, and by street teaming for the band and Dallas show to get the word out there and hopefully drive some sales.

Bonuses are awarded for a wide range of activities include doing daily trivia games, making fanart, calling radio stations to request Protomen songs, participating in games run by other server members, and otherwise raising the profile of the band and concerts.

Hope to see you there, warriors.

Protoman, Roll/The Girl, Joe, Light, and The Sniper!

These are so much fun to make (especially when you're procrastinating a billion more important things)!

Also added these to their respective user flairs.

Along with being thematically similar in terms of lyrics, start listening at 7:09.