Zebrahead - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

Throughout the years, Zebrahead has had their work featured in popular culture. Some notable appearances include the following, in chronological order:

• In 1998, the band provided uncredited instrumentation for Lemmy on the Grammy-nominated Metallica cover, "Enter Sandman" (ECW: Extreme Music).)
• "Song 10" appears on the soundtrack for the video game series Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem: Music to Score By.
• "Mindtrip" appears in the 1999 movie Idle Hands.
• "I'm Money" appears in the movie Bring It On in 2000
• "Playmate Of The Year" appears in the 2000 movie Dude, Where's My Car?.
• "Now or Never" appears in the 2000 film Little Nicky and the 2001 film Cold Fusion.
• "Check" was featured in the 2001 hit video game "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3" for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo 64.
• "Falling Apart" and "Alone" were featured in the 2004 video games WWE SmackDown vs. Raw for the PlayStation 2 and WWE Day of Reckoning for the Nintendo GameCube.
• The band has also had the tracks "Falling Apart" and "Rescue Me" on the 2004 game S.L.A.I. Steel Lancer Arena International, as well as the Japan-exclusive "Are You For Real?", for the PlayStation 2.
• "Lobotomy For Dummies" is featured in the 2006 game FlatOut 2.
• "Wake Me Up" and "The Walking Dead" are featured on the 2006 game Fast and the Furious or the PlayStation 2, and the PlayStation Portable.
• Due to Zebrahead's growing popularity in Japan, vocalists Matty Lewis and Ali Tabatabaee were asked by Sega to record vocals for a new theme song, entitled "His World", which appears in the game Sonic The Hedgehog for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Ali and Matty both recorded their vocals on August 29, 2006. Shortly after, on September 19, 2006, the entire band recorded an alternate version of the song (known as "His World (Zebrahead Version)" to fans for the game's vocal soundtrack CD. This version uses Zebrahead's traditional instrumentation and resembles their other songs. Both tracks feature in the compilation album True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog. Also the Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl has an instrumental version of 'His World' as an unlockable background music.
• They also recorded "With Legs Like That" which served as entrance song for the WWE Diva Maria Kanellis
• In conjunction with their first tour to Australia with the Soundwave festival tour, their song, "She Don't Wanna Rock", appears on the 2012 version of Soundwave's compilation album "Soundwave 2012".
• "Blackout" was featured in the season finale of The Challenge: Battle of the Exes.
• "Galileo Was Wrong" was featured in episode 2 of season 5 of "Fantasy Factory".
• "Nothing To Lose" was featured in the season premier of The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons.
• They recorded a cover of J-rock group L'arc~en~Ciel's song "Ready Steady Go" for a 2012 tribute album.