The Advantage
The Advantage
There are a lot of gimmick cover bands out there (many would argue that all cover bands are gimmick bands). Some pay tribute to a specific band. Others cover all the songs on a particular album. Some tackle a particular genre. Others lift the tune and parody the words.
The Advantage is a bit different. Oh, it’s a cover band all right. But unlike Me First and the Gimme Gimmes or dozens of Dave Matthews’ tribute bands, The Advantage covers music from 8-bit Nintendo games. Seriously.
There’s no defending this sort of behavior. It’s a publicity stunt. It’s a damn good one, too. The band is tight and plays random songs--everything from Castlevania and Contra to Double Dragon 2 and Metroid. Your old school NES has never sounded this great.
Audio:
Ninja Gaiden – Mine Shaft
Double Dragon 2. Story+boss
Video::
Castlevania
posted by Digital Skillet at 10:37 PM
7 Comments:
Strange...Im also into a band that does ninendo covers, but they are called the mini-bosses. Unless the mini-bosses changed their named to advantage?
10:04 AM
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10:08 AM
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10:08 AM
I think The Advantage is from California. Do you guys have a website or CD or anything?
10:10 AM
I think The Advantage is from California. Do you guys have a website or CD or anything?
10:10 AM
Sheesh. I'm having problems...I think The Advantage is from California. Do you guys have a website or CD or anything?
10:12 AM
dunno if it's a publicity stunt or not , video game remixing and live covers actually have a pretty large following these days -
http://ocremix.org/
http://www.vgmix.com/
9:16 PM
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