The Advantage was formed in 1998 under the name Generic. The band consists of Robby Moncrieff (guitar), Ben Milner (guitar), Carson McWhirter (bass) and Spencer Seim (drums) of experimental rock band Hella. These dudes are playing something like progressive rock with complex instrument parts based on… melodies from old NES video games.

Both of their albums present old NES soundtracks from games like Mario, Contra, Castlevania and so on. Played with live instruments they sound spectacular and still remind of the original 8-bit sounds. With these two works “The Advantage” (2004) and “Elf Titled” (2006) they presented a new standard for the video games music subculture. Of course there are mre bands that play these old tunes like The Minibosses or The OneUps.

But The Advantage most definitely has the advantage!