The topic here is something that did happen a few months in
the past from this posting: the debut performance of the video game music cover
band Gimmick! Video Game Rock Band.
Gimmick! contains two former members of Descendants of Erdrick – Chris
Taylor and Mike Villalobos, who have switched instruments from their previous
roles – as well as guitarist Kenneth Reichelderfer and drummer Justin Olejnik. Based out of Austin, Texas, the group
performs rock versions of songs from old video games that are close covers to
the original songs.
Their entire debut performance – at Genuine Joe’s
coffeehouse in Austin on January 12th, 2013 – was recorded and
uploaded to Youtube by Robert Swackhamer from the 8bitX Radio Network, and
we’re going to embed that video here for your enjoyment. Check it out, and keep an eye out for these
guys going forward. Rumor has it that a demo CD may or may not have been recorded and may or may not be available in the not too distant future.
The set list for the show contains tracks from some games that have frequently been covered - Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man 3, Rygar, and Bubble Bobble - and other tracks from games that are rarely covered by any VGM cover band, such as Hoops, Mega Man 5, Yo! Noid, and Metal Storm. My personal favorite track is the Super Mario Land medley, which includes every single song from the Game Boy title. I agree with the guy who yells out when the Chai Kingdom theme kicks in (around 32:49).
One strange thing is that, although the band is named after the Sunsoft NES game Gimmick! (which was released in Japan and Scandinavia but not in North America or most of Europe), there are no songs from that game (which is the only game to use the FME-07 expansion audio chip, and has quite a nice soundtrack) available in the set. Chris Taylor has said that the band will be covering music from the game eventually (Happy Birthday, please).
The set list for the show is as follows:
One strange thing is that, although the band is named after the Sunsoft NES game Gimmick! (which was released in Japan and Scandinavia but not in North America or most of Europe), there are no songs from that game (which is the only game to use the FME-07 expansion audio chip, and has quite a nice soundtrack) available in the set. Chris Taylor has said that the band will be covering music from the game eventually (Happy Birthday, please).
The set list for the show is as follows:
1. Hoops
(NES) – Title Screen, Player Select
2. Super
Mario Bros. 3 (NES) – Overworld 1, Underworld, Course Clear
3. Mega
Man 3 (NES) – Top Man’s Stage
4. Mega
Man 5 (NES) – Dark Man’s Stage
5. Rygar
(NES) – Medley (Guru’s Theme, Primeval Mountain, Garloz, Sagila’s Cave, Palace
of Dorago, Door of Peace)
6. Yo!
Noid (NES) – Stage 1 Theme
7. Bubble
Bobble (NES) – Level Music (varying speeds)
8. Super
Mario Land (GameBoy) – Medley (Oh! Daisy!, Muda Kingdom, Level Complete, Bonus
Game, One Up, Overworld Theme, Coin Room, Easton Kingdom, Boss Battle, Mario
Down, Chai Kingdom, Submarine Theme, Can Can Invincibility, Evil Alien Tatanga,
Rocket Ship Ride, Game Over)
9. Metal
Storm (NES) – Stage 1 Theme
10. Mega
Man 3 (NES) – Dr. Wily Stage Map, Dr. Wily Stage 1-2, Dr. Wily Stage 3-4, Dr.
Wily Stage 5-6, Dr. Wily Boss Battle, Continue?
11. Hoops
(NES) Title Screen, Ending
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