Midnight Riders

"I heard they gotta cancel a concert if there's a breeze cause any town down wind catch on fire!"

- Ellis

The Midnight Riders are a hard rock band in the Left 4 Dead universe. They are famous for their pyrotechnic light shows performed during their live performances. Though never encountered directly several posters advertise them. They were scheduled to play at Whispering Oaks but their performance was canceled because of the infection. A jukebox in a cafe has their songs One Bad Man and Midnight Ride. Alternate versions of these are played when Tanks attack: One Bad Tank and Midnight Tank. It is hinted they escaped from the horde, even after refusing to stop their tour after the Green Flu came over. Graffiti in the final safe room of the Dark Carnival stage mentions that the Midnight Riders were evacuated out by helicopter ahead of the general population. Their songs can be found in The Parish's, Swamp Fever's, and The Passing's jukebox.

Positions
Ox: Drums

Smitty: Rhythmic Guitar and Vocals

Jake: Bass and Keyboards

Dusty: Lead Guitar

History
In 1983, with their chart-topping songs and the grassroots support of their loyal fanbase, four young men from Galveston, Texas became the most popular band in America. That band was Love Supply, they sucked, and on a fateful day in 1983, their opening act, the Midnight Riders, beat them so bad onstage that we became instantly famous.

The Midnight Riders decided to spend the next two years working on our first album, enjoying a little time away from the spotlight, and serving eight to ten years for aggravated assault in the federal correctional facility at Fort Worth. Luckily for Riders fans the world over, we accidentally hadn’t killed any of Love Supply, and due to an over-crowding problem in the joint, all non-murderers were released in January, 1985. Three months later, the result was our debut album We’re Coming For You, Love Supply, after which the band Love Supply retired, and the mantle of Greatest Southern Rock Supergroup of All Time passed to us. That same year, bass player Riggs Donner was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident, and was replaced by provisional temporary band member Jake Thorne.

Since then the Riders have released over 23 albums, none of which ever went platinum because the goddamn bean counters at our record label wouldn’t know how to market an album if you broke into their Nashville headquarters and held a loaded Desert Eagle to their faces until the police showed up. A good man can’t get a fair shake in this industry.

In 1989, the Riders’ first ever love ballad, ‘This Man Loves You’, written and performed on piano by provisional temporary band member Jake Thorne and released as a B-side to the single ‘Midnight Ride’ from our album Born Yesterday, became the band’s first ever #1 hit song. To this day, the band refuses to play the song live.

In 1993 the Midnight Riders finally got our long-overdue recognition from the music industry, winning the Grammy for Most Pyrotechnics in a Single Concert.

The Midnight Riders are currently on the road for their No Salvation fairgrounds tour, as part of our promotion of the just-released Greatest Hits album, High Heels and Brushed Steel.

Discography
According to their website, Midnight Riders have released over 23 albums. Only four albums and a single have been revealed so far.

Singles

 * 1) All I want for Christmas (is to kick your ass) (1998)

Ten Past Midnight (Unknown)

 * Stay on That Mountain

Born Yesterday (1989)

 * Midnight Ride
 * This Man Loves You

High Heels and Brushed Steel (2009)
Disc One
 * 1) Midnight Ride
 * 2) One Bad Man
 * 3) 3 AM (The Whiskey Song)
 * 4) Chopper on the Road
 * 5) On My Way to Houston
 * 6) Stick It In Your Craw
 * 7) All Tapped Out
 * 8) Beer Batterin'
 * 9) Whiskey On Bourbon Street
 * 10) Porkbelly Blues
 * 11) Your Face (In My Fist)
 * 12) Ain't Got Nuthin'
 * 13) Yankin' My Chain
 * 14) Give Her Some Gas (previously unreleased)
 * 15) Payday Blues (previously unreleased)

Disc Two
 * 1) She Don't Care
 * 2) Just Knifed Some Guy
 * 3) Drinkin' And Drivin' You Crazy
 * 4) Save Me Some Sugar (This Won't Take Long)
 * 5) You Got Me In Stitches
 * 6) Gunnin' For Galveston
 * 7) Texas Hustler
 * 8) Sunup Shakedown
 * 9) Unmarked Envelope (Stuffed With Cash)
 * 10) Longnecks and Short Shorts
 * 11) Get Your Friends (I'll Take Y'all On)
 * 12) Cinderblock Blues
 * 13) Glug Glug Thump Thump
 * 14) Sleeping in the Yard (previously unreleased)
 * 15) Up on Blocks (previously unreleased)

Songs In-Game
Dark Carnival
 * Midnight Ride
 * One Bad Man

The Passing
 * Save Me Some Sugar

Fairgrounds Tour
sep1. Harvest, Texas

sep2. Black Mountain, Texas

sep1. Fort Worth, Texas

sep11. Rutherford, Oklahoma

sep17. Waynesboro, Oklahoma

sep18. Florence, Arkansas

sep21. Leesburg, Arkansas

sep27. Shreveport, Louisiana

oct3. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

oct7. Cornelia, Georgia

oct8. Griffin, Georgia (Location of Whispering Oaks)

oct11. Rock Hill, South Carolina

oct15. Gulfport, Mississippi

oct18. Slocomb, Mississippi

oct31. Cleveland, Ohio