Concrete Beach Party is a Old Ones bands in Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.
History[]
As the two last humans working in the Overflow Basin, Laura Vogel and Shelly Guerrera-McKenzie had "theme days" as a way to stave off boredom, such as pretending parts of the intake tower were a beach and laying out beach towels and playing with a beach ball, with Vogel dubbing this their "concrete beach party".[1] They also formed a garage band using Vogel's guitar and amp, and used the Overflow Basin as a practice space because of the excellent acoustics.[2] Guerrera-McKenzie decided to name the band Concrete Beach Party.[1]
Despite their official positions as "on-site advisors" who were supposed to perform their normal duties so the servitors could learn by shadowing them, Vogel and Guerrera-McKenzie were often ignored or reprimanded. To vent their frustration at this, Vogel suggested they should make band merchandise for Concrete Beach Party and deface government property with stickers displaying the band's logo. Due to the limitations of their budget, they ended up just defacing the servitor attempting to learn from them with sticky notes, on which they had doodled prospective band logos by drawing on existing band logos for inspiration.[3]
Some time before they recorded their song "Last Girls on Earth", Vogel received a message informing her that Metallurgic International had bought her childhood home where her mother still lived. Vogel had been concerned that when she had to leave her job at the dam, she would be forced to move back home, but bitterly told Guerrera-McKenzie that now that would not even be an option.[4]
Soon before the end of their jobs, Vogel and Guerrera-McKenzie fought in a Robar while drunk, both afraid they would not stay in touch and feeling abandoned. On the way home, Guerrera-McKenzie insisted that she would stay in touch with Vogel regardless of her wishes, which comforted Vogel.[5] After they left their jobs at the Overflow Basin, it appears that Concrete Beach Party was disbanded.
Legacy[]
Alone after the Faro Plague, once her tasks became less time-critical, CYAN investigated the dam's data repositories and found the works of Concrete Beach Party, which provided her with several colorful additions to her vocabulary.[6] Centuries later, Aloy also found their work and stored it within her Focus.[7] Once Erend gained a Focus, Varl showed him how to listen to The Last Girls on Earth,[8] which he would listen to at high volumes over and over, much to Varl and Zo's annoyance.[9]
Members of Concrete Beach Party[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dam Family
- ↑ Secret Show
- ↑ Limited-Edition Merch
- ↑ Compensatory Damages
- ↑ Farewell Tour
- ↑ As mentioned by CYAN during/after competing The Forge of Winter.
- ↑ Final Performance
- ↑ The Kulrut/The Sea of Sands/Seeds of the Past
- ↑ Idle conversation between Erend, Varl and Zo at the Base.
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| Organizations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Old Ones | Atbay Global Infrastructure - Civilian Guard - Concrete Beach Party - Far Zenith - Faro Automated Solutions - Hartz-Timor Energy Combine - Heaven¢ - Idiot Army - JTF-10 - Melville Island Fruit Association - Metallurgic International - Miriam Technologies - Naysay Doom - Sterling-Malkeet - U.S. Robot Command | |
| Carja | Hunters Lodge | |
| Shadow Carja | Eclipse - Order of Twilight | |
| Oseram | Gavel - Sons of Prometheus - Vanguard | |
| Banuk | Conclave | |