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Years active
  
1999–present

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Past members
  
Ben Baraldi Fred Johnson John Lipfert Rich Smaldone Robert Kelly Turner

Origin
  
Northampton, Massachusetts, United States (2000)

Albums
  
Brass, Brass 2: Mouth, The Minibosses, Halloween

Members
  
Aaron Burke, Robin Vining, Ben Baraldi, Fred Johnson

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Video game music, Nintendocore, Instrumental rock

Record labels
  
Klawful, Kraid Records, Forge Records

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The NESkimos, Víctimas del Doctor Cerebro, Tijuana No!, Karamelo Santo, Genitallica

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Minibosses is an independent 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. The Phoenix New Times awarded Minibosses their best cover band award in 2006.

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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. 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. From 2000 to present, the band has toured continuously while recording material for new albums.

Current

  • Robin Vining — bass
  • Aaron Burke — guitar
  • Cameron Rosewicz — guitar
  • Matt Wood — drums

    • Previous

  • Robert Kelly Turner — guitar (2010)
  • Ben Baraldi — guitar (2007–2010), bass (1999–2007)
  • John Lipfert — guitar (2004–2007)
  • Fred Johnson — guitar (2002–2004)
  • Richard Smaldone — guitar (2001–2002)

    • Discography

  • Minibosses (Self-released on Kraid Records, 2000)
  • Minibosses (EP) (Self-released, 2004)
  • Live at the Middle East recorded at The Middle East nightclub (Self-released, 2004)
  • Minibosses/Penny Winblood (Forge Records, 2005)
  • Brass (Self-released, 2005)
  • Brass 2: Mouth (Released December 2, 2011)

    • Songs

    Blaster Master / ContraLive at the Middle East 40204 · 2004
    Castlevania 2The Minibosses · 2000
    CastlevaniaThe Minibosses · 2000

    References

    Minibosses Wikipedia
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