Vampire Weekend Have Konami To Thank For Contra

Video game -- not 1980s-era Nicaraguan separatists -- inspired new album's name.By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Photo: MTV News When Vampire Weekend decided to name their new album Contra, they knew there were going to be repercussions ... mostly of the "Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A" variety. "Look, I was born in 1984, so I'm not going to name an album Contra and not think about that video game," VW frontman Ezra Koenig laughed. "To me, there...

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