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Minibosses
Minibosses performing at Penny Arcade Expo 2005
Minibosses performing at Penny Arcade Expo 2005
Background information
OriginNorthampton, Massachusetts
Genres
Years active1999–present
MembersAaron Burke
Robin Vining
Brendan Dueck
Steve Dueck
Jakob Dueck
Owen Dueck
Past membersBen Baraldi
Fred Johnson
John Lipfert
Rich Smaldone
Robert Kelly Turner
Matt Wood
Websiteminibosses.com

Minibosses is an American progressive rock band originally from Northampton, Massachusetts and now located in Phoenix, Arizona. They are known for their video game music covers, which are instrumental rock variations of the theme music from classic Nintendo video games such as Mega Man, Metroid, and Castlevania.[2] The Phoenix New Times awarded Minibosses their best cover band award in 2006.[3]

History

From 1997 to 1999, guitarist Aaron Burke and drummer Matt Wood played in Jenova Project, one of the earliest video game cover bands, along with other friends from the same dorm at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In January 2000, Burke and Wood recruited bassist Ben Baraldi to form Minibosses.[4] Initially, the band played both video game covers as well as original songs, and self-released their first album, Minibosses, in September 2000. They were unsatisfied with the quality of this album and have since released new versions of their covers (as well as new covers) on the Minibosses/Penny Winblood split and Brass album. At the same time, they replaced their older songs, which had been freely available to download, with the newer versions found on Brass.[4] From 2000 to present, the band has toured continuously while recording material for new albums.[5]

Members

Current

Former

Discography

References

  1. ^ Topić, Martina (2014). "Taste, Kitsch, and Geek Rock: A Multiple Modernities View". In DiBlasi, Alex; Willis, Victoria (eds.). Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 25–44. ISBN 9781442229761.
  2. ^ Werde, Bill. "Nintendo Rocks!". WIRED. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  3. ^ "Phoenix - Best of - BEST COVER BAND - the Minibosses (2006)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-09-30.
  4. ^ a b "Faq". Minibosses.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Shows". Minibosses.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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