Use in Other Media
The Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers and Dallas Mavericks have used the introduction to the song as background music for player lineup introductions. However, the Dallas Mavericks uses a slightly modified version of the song's instrumental intro.
UFC fighter Stephan Bonnar is a Who fan and uses "Eminence Front" as his entrance music. Another UFC fighter, Nate Marquardt, also uses this song as an entrance song before his fights.
The instrumental intro of the song is used to close out the radio show of Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti on Boston sports station WBZ-FM.
The instrumental intro of the song was also used as news music package for WVTV-TV "Newswatch 18" of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the 1980s.
The progressive rock jam band Umphrey's McGee has covered the song live on several occasions, including shows on February 6, 2010 at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia and November 6, 2010 and the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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