Just over 20 years since the first Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game was unleashed onto the world, it is being re-released along with the second instalment for the current generation of consoles. More than being just a gateway to skateboarding, what Tony Hawk and his roster of misfits accidentally created all those years ago was a porthole to a world of alternative music – a method of slipping punk, rock and hip hop directly through your TV. And the more hours we played it, the more the likes of Goldfinger, Primus, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies became etched into our souls. Now, two decades on, we might not be able to remember where we left our keys, but we can sure as hell recite all the words to Goldfinger’s Superman if it plays within earshot. To celebrate the corruption of a genera...
