Recently I have taken note to the fact that people are forming bands and trying to recreate video game music instead of learning how to play Sweet Child o’ Mine on their guitars. And, yes, I too am guilty of this as I started a band dedicated to all-Nintendo jams and songs called Error, named after the infamous and mysterious character in Zelda 2 for the NES. Why? Because I love games and the I feel that music in a game is just as important as any Kiss or Aerosmith song. Even though my band never made it big, we found learning and playing music from Contra and the over-world theme of Zelda to be a great experience.

But enough about my band, let’s talk about some of the greatest video game bands out there. First up, as I’m sure you might have guessed, is The Advantage. Named after the NES arcade controller, The Advantage is probably the most successful video game themed band in the U.S. Why you ask? The thing that makes these guys better than the rest is that they stay faithful to the tunes of yesterday NES classics and don’t try to alter them in any way. They even change the tempo in some songs near the end to signify that time is running out. If you wanna check these guys out yourself, visit their myspace page.

But The Advantage, though awesome, isn’t my favorite game band around by a long-shot. That spot belongs to The Minibosses. This band, unlike The Advantage, doesn