The Advantage

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The Advantage is an American indie rock band from Nevada City, CA that specialize in doing covers of music from old Nintendo games. They have covered songs from numerous games, including Mega Man, Castlevania and Metroid. As of 2006 they have released two albums on the indie label 5RC. The band consists of Robby Moncrieff (guitar), Ben Milner (guitar), Carson Mcwhirter (bass) and Spencer Seim (drums) of Hella. Nick Rogers and Forrest Harding are the two original members that started the band, and Cassie Stewart was featured on bass for awhile as well. At the time the band was called Generic.

Theis band are an incredibly good VG covers band, if this is your first time hearing VG covers bands, check out the following bands:

Year 200X
The Megas
Minibosses
Megadriver
Powerglove
Girlzmelon
NESMetal

They're all on myspace, and are all very good.

The Advantages latest album, Elf Titled, features the following tracks:

1. "Batman - Stage 1" – 2:27
2. "Contra - Alien's Lair / Boss Music" – 2:56
3. "Double Dragon 3 - Egypt" – 1:57
4. "DuckTales - Moon" – 1:39
5. "Metroid - Kraid's Lair" – 2:41
6. "Air Fortress - Not Fat Iced Caramel Hazelnut Soy Latte with Extra Whipped Cream" – 2:28
7. "Bomberman 2 - Wiggy" – 1:47
8. "Castlevania - Intro + Stage 1" – 1:28
9. "Solar Jetman - Braveheart Level" – 2:48
10. "The Goonies 2 - Wiseman" – 0:41
11. "Double Dragon 2 - Mission 5: Forest of Death" – 2:24
12. "Castlevania 3 - Boss Music / Willow - Village / Mega Man 2 - Bubble Man" – 2:28
13. "Mega Man 2 - Stage Select / Metal Man" – 2:04
14. "Castlevania 2 - Woods" – 1:22
15. "Guardian Legend - Corridor 1" – 1:52
16. "Wizards and Warriors - Tree Trunk / Woods / Victory" – 3:47






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Advantage