The universe of ABC’s ridiculously popular show Lost is one filled with polar bears, time travel, clicking monsters, implausibility, and fictional rock supergroups. Enter Drive Shaft, the internationally recognized band of ill-fated Lost character Charlie Pace (oh come on, if you don’t know that one by now, you’re never going to get through the whole series anyway). Drive Shaft’s number one hit, “You All Everybody,” will be heading to the Harmonix’s Rock Band Network soon, along with “Dharma Lady” from 70s rockers Geronimo Jackson.
According to the lore of the show, Charlie formed Drive Shaft with his older brother Liam, and they quickly found success with their only hit, “You All Everybody.” Unfortunately for them, though, Drive Shaft’s success was short lived. Just like so many bands before them, Drive Shaft disbanded after they were paid a huge sum of money to put on diapers and dance around.
“Dharma Lady,” on the other hand, is a song by a little known group called Geronimo Jackson. According to the Lostpedia entry, the show’s producers “insist that the band was a real but obscure group from the ‘Haight-Ashbury scene,’ whatever that is. The band’s music might have influenced the development of the Lost universe; a group of scientists known as the Dharma Initiative factors heavily in the show’s plot, and references to both the song and the band are littered throughout dozens of episodes.
Lost isn’t the first television show to release music on the Rock Band Network. Much like the Flight of the Conchords songs that have come before, the Lost DLC may help bring more fans to Rock Band, ensuring that Harmonix continues to support Rock Band fans with new content.
Will anyone buy these, though? Sure, Lost has an enormous fan base, but how important are the songs themselves? After all, “You All Everybody” probably wouldn’t have made many waves as an actual song. On the other hand, Lost is the kind of franchise that inspires impulsive levels of devotion in fans, some of which will likely purchase literally anything that has to do with the show.
Though the series finale aired last night, finally ending six years of convoluted, complex sci-fi goodness, it’s unlikely this fat cash cow will ever be allowed to rest. Is there a Lost movie next? If so, let the record show that Kombo “called it.”
