Funker Vogt - "Arising Hero" (live)

It's Funker Vogt. You get what's advertised.

Funker Vogt - "Date of Expiration" (live)

For whatever reason, I was in the mood for old, non-inspirational Funker Vogt this morning. I don't know why. Don't ask.

Funker Vogt - "Killing Fields" (live)

Although Funker Vogt seems to have gotten more inspirational these days, this video from a live concert in Mexico in 2011 of an older Funker Vogt song, "Killing Fields" shows what I normally think of when I think of this band.

Funker Vogt - "Hard Way"

I admit that I have a bit of catching up to do in regard to Funker Vogt. I last listened to them with any regularity back in 2003, so I started looking around for the things they did recently to see if they had changed any.

Overtly inspirational Funker Vogt? This is a change. I'm certainly not going to look a gift horse in the mouth on this one, but this is definitely different from their older stuff, like "Killing Fields" and "A New Beginning", which was a lot darker and smacked you in the face about war atrocities. This video is basically a Rocky-like montage of a boxer's fall from grace and his subsequent atonement, and Funker Vogt sings about how making up for lost ground can be painful, but necessary to live.

This is most intriguing to me, and I'll definitely look into the single, Hard Way. Not that the old stuff was bad, but this is a change that has me very interested.