Shady Cicada

Shady Cicada is a Canadian musician who specializes in doing covers of anime and video games using an electric guitar in metal style.
==History==
===2010===
Cicada joined YouTube on July 10, 2007. His first video did not come by until February 28, 2010, which featured a cover of "Secret Weapon" by MxPx. His first video game cover was the skateboard theme from Metal Gear Solid, which released on April 13. The last video he posted in 2010 was a cover of the credits theme from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, but no camera footage showed.
===2011===
After a six month hiatus, Cicada's next post was a cover of Peach's Lament & Her Greatest Wish from Paper Mario, which was posted on March 31, 2011, but this cover also had no camera footage of Cicada playing. Cicada did two covers by Atreyu, "Bleeding is a Luxury" and "You Give Love a Bad Name", which were released on April 6 and June 21 respectively. The next non-camera footage featured a cover of the Bowser Battle from Super Paper Mario on July 16. A cover of "Salvation" by Chimaira released on September 26 was the last to be released in 2011.
===2012===
The first cover of 2012 was "To Love's End" from Inuyasha. Next came the Underchomp theme from Super Paper Mario, which released on April 10. After releasing both covers without providing live camera footage, the next release that provided legit coverage was a cover of the intro from Paper Mario, which came about on May 31. Next came Melon's theme from Paper Mario, which released on November 21 without camera footage. The last cover for 2012 was "Chocolate" by NeoMarica, which released on November 29.
===2013===
Cicada's first video in 2013 was a guitar solo compilation that lasted for 53 seconds, which released on May 6. With the recent release of Super Mario 3D World, Cicada released two covers as a show of promotion. First came the Hisstocrat theme on November 15 and World Bowser on November 29. A non-camera footage cover of the final boss from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story was released on December 4. One last video came in the year on December 5, which showed Cicada's first video game footage of Super Mario 64, where Mario blasts from the cannon outside of Peach's Castle to the rooftop of the castle, but a graphical glitch freezes the game.
===2014===
With the upcoming release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Cidada did three covers, the rocket barrel riding theme (January 7), the frozen Viking's island (February 1), and Amiss Abyss (March 6). Before Amiss Abyss released, Cicada released a cover of the Shifty Boo Mansion from Super Mario 3D World on February 13. On March 15, Cicada released a medley featuring themes of various Nintendo game villains. On April 26, Cicada did a cover of the main theme from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U, even though both games did not release until September and November respectively. Next came a cover of "C-R-O-W-N-E-D" from Kirby's Return to Dream Land on May 5. On May 11, a cover of the sad theme from Super Mario RPG was released.
Trying to upload more often and attract and broader audience, Cicada released a cover of the Wing Ding theme from Tropical Freeze on May 21. The next two covers were themes from Kirby: Triple Deluxe, which were Fine Fields (June 12) and the HAL Room (June 13). On June 19, a cover of the main theme from Paper Mario: Sticker Star was released. On July 19, a cover of Ghirahim's theme from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. On August 2, the next cover was the Sammer's Kingdom from Super Paper Mario.
On August 9, Cicada reached 300 subscribers. Most thought that that amount clearly wasn't enough, and that Cicada needed to produce higher quality videos of live footage for himself to broaden his audience. The next cover that was released was Nimbasa City from Pokémon Black & White, which showed Cicada playing from many different angles for the first time on August 13. On September 5, a cover of the Antasma battle from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team was released, which served as a promotion of the recent release of the game. On September 14, Cicada did a cover of the Battlefield theme from the first Super Smash Bros. game, which was only inhabitable when facing off against the Fighting Polygon Team. On September 20, a cover of "Let's Dance, Boys" from Bayonetta was released. On October 18, a cover of Final Destination from Super Smash Bros Brawl was released. Four days later, a non-camera footage of the Final Destination theme from Brawl featured an orchestra and drum remix of the same cover. On November 6, a cover of Engage the Enemy from Xenoblade Chronicles was released.
On December 7, another Nintendo villain medley was released, which was nearly twelve minutes in length. On December 9, a cover of Dark Pit's theme from Kid Icarus: Uprising was released. On December 18, a cover of the Jogging/Countdown theme from Punch Out!! was released. On Christmas Eve, a cover of Busted Bayou from Tropical Freeze was released. On December 31, a cover of One Who Gets in Our Way from Xenoblade Chronicles was released.
===2015===
The first cover of 2015 was the Team Rocket Motto from the Pokémon anime series, released on January 3. On January 11, the next cover was the Gooper Blooper theme from Super Mario Sunshine. On January 18, a cover of the 2-player mode version of Casino Night Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released. On January 19, Cicada posted video game footage for the second time in his career, which showed gameplay of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong-Quest for the SNES.
The next cover was released on January 26, which was Dark Crafter from Kirby & The Rainbow Curse. On February 2, a remix of the Sprixie theme from Super Mario 3D World was released. On February 6, Cidada did a cover of the Bilocyte boss battle theme from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. On February 24, Cicada did a cover of "Together, We Ride!" from Fire Emblem. On March 10, a cover of "Never Let Up!" from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team was released.
On March 21, Cicada did a rock dance remix of the Gourmet Race theme from Kirby Super Star. On March 23, the next cover was Primal Dialga's Fight to the Finish from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time. On March 27, a cover of Tragic Decision from Xenoblade Chronicles was released, which served as a promotion of the recent release of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, only for the recently launched New Nintendo 3DS. On April 6, a cover of Id (Purpose) from Fire Emblem: Awakening was released. On April 14, a cover of the main theme from the Dragon Ball anime series was released.
On May 5, the next cover was Magnus' theme from Kid Icarus: Uprising. On May 8, a cover of the final battle from Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released. On June 6, a cover of "Splattack!" from Splatoon was released, which served as a promotion for the recent release of the game. On July 13, Cicada did a tribute video to Satoru Iwata, who passed away two days prior. Iwata served as Nintendo fourth president and CEO prior to his death. To pay full tribute, Cicada did a medley on August 1, which only featured three themes; the opening theme from Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Balloon Fight theme from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U, and Smiles and Tears from Earthbound.
On September 18, Cicada did a cover of the main theme from The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, although the game did not release until a month later. On September 25, a cover of Mega Man vs. Zero from Mega Man X5 was released. On October 10, Cicada did a cover of the castle theme from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which served as a promotion for the coming release of Super Mario Maker. On October 30, Cicada make a rock dance remix of Bonetrousle from Undertale, which turned out to be a successful breakthrough.
Still doing covers more often than his previous years, Cicada next did a cover of Gerudo Valley from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released on November 7. On November 14, the next covers was the Sans battle theme from Undertale. On November 28, the final boss theme from Tri Force Heroes was covered. On December 9, a cover of the Zanza battle theme from Xenoblade Chronicles was released. On December 11, the Gusty Garden Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy got a remix. On December 19, Groose's theme from Skyward Sword took shape of a remix. On December 23, the Spider Dance from Undertale was released. On Christmas Day, which turned out to be the last cover of 2015 a cover of U.N Owen Was Her? was remixed into a touhou rock dance.
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