Readyfuels
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"Readyfuels" is the first single from alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Anberlin
Anberlin
Anberlin is an American rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band has consisted of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, and drummer Nathan Young.Members of Anberlin originally formed...

 from their debut album Blueprints for the Black Market
Blueprints for the Black Market
Blueprints for the Black Market is the first album released by the band Anberlin. It was released barely a year after the band formed, and was the only album that was released with guitarist Joey Bruce in the band line-up. Blueprints had two singles, "Readyfuels", for which a music video was...

. The song is the opening track of the album as well as one of their better known singles. Readyfuels helped to prove that Anberlin can create a catchy riff as well as good lyrics and guitar solos. A demo of the song is featured on the band's Lost Songs
Lost Songs (Anberlin album)
Lost Songs is a compilation album from the alternative rock band Anberlin, released on November 20, 2007. It is a collection of covers, unreleased songs from previous album sessions and acoustic versions...

 album, which was the original recording of the song sent to Tooth and Nail to get signed in. The demo features a longer intro, a couple of slightly different guitar lines, and a difference in singer Stephen Christian's voice.

Video

The music video shows the band performing the track in front of what singer Stephen Christian calls a "90's screensaver". The background features a night sky, fireworks, as well as many other special effects. Christian has gone on to say that the video was "horrible and should never have been aired."

Reception

The song was used in the Nexon version of the video game, Audition
Audition Online
Audition Online , also known as X-BEAT in Japan, is a downloadable multiplayer online casual rhythm game produced by T3 Entertainment. It was originally released in South Korea in 2004, but it has been localized by various publishers around the world. Audition Online is free to play but it earns...

. The game closed on April 14, 2009. The song was favored by a lot of players of the game but it is not used in the RedBana version of the game because Nexon couldn't pass the license rights to the song to RedBana.

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