  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. such covers earned minibosses the best cover band award in the phoenix new times best of phoenix 2006. minibosses have a following amongst video game music fans, and they allow fans to download many free songs on their website. much of their following has come from their constant playing of concerts at local clubs around arizona and other cities in the southwest. fans refer to themselves as "minibossies" and are known to travel great distances to see the band. the band has also formed a following on their web forums, which is host to tour announcements, new video game covers from other remixers, and the dwelling of duels video game music competition. ==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.minibosses faq 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.minibosses shows during this time, the video game cover scene has matured, with the rise in
American_indie_rock_groups American_instrumental_musical_groups American_progressive_rock_music_groups Musical_groups_from_Massachusetts Musical_groups_from_Phoenix,_Arizona Nintendocore_musical_groups Video_game_music_cover_bands