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.

[edit] Discography

• The Advantage (April 6, 2004) 5 Rue Christine Records
• 2004 West Coast Tour CD (February, 2004) Self Released
• 2004 US Tour CD (October, 2004) Self Released
• Elf Titled (January 24, 2006) 5 Rue Christine Records
• "Underwear: So Big!" 2006 Tour CD-R (August 2006) Self Released

[edit] See also

• The Minibosses, another band which does covers of Nintendo theme music.

[edit] External links

• The Advantage Official Website
• The Advantage at MusicBrainz.org