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exodus

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"The Advantage, NES cover band" , posted Sun 26 Oct 02:35:

From my news post: "Checking up on one of my local musical groups today, I discovered something interesting. I knew that the post-rock band Hella shared one member with an NES cover duo by the name of Generic. They never released an album, only a single (excellent) track on a compilation. I did not know however, that Hella had formed a new NES cover band, now with four members. And so we have The Advantage. I advise you - before clicking on that link, as yourself a question. Are you ready to rock? Sincerely? If the answer is "no", or even "maybe", just steer yourself clear.

One thing to mention is that the MP3s available on the site are a bit buggy. But they're releasing an album this fall on 5rc, so go buy that when it's released. Further, I expect the overal technicality and cleanliness of the music to improve with the studio release, given the high polish of Generic."

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So yeah. This is really good stuff. My favorite NES cover band is still RISC, but...yeah. These guys are REAL close to passing them up.

[this message was edited by exodus on Sun 26 Oct 03:03]

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OYashiroForever

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"Re(1):The Advantage, NES cover band" , posted Sun 26 Oct 13:16

I d/led a few of their MP3s and must say they're excellent musicians. Great reinterpretations of the songs. Not sure that I'd ever buy an album with nothing but NES covers though.

Thanks for the link either way.

"Only two things are infinite

the universe and human stupidity

and I'm not sure about the former."

"Your denial is beneath you and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs

I see through you."

exodus

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"Re(2):The Advantage, NES cover band" , posted Sun 26 Oct 17:33

quote:
Not sure that I'd ever buy an album with nothing but NES covers though.

Hmmm. I would :D

But then...I happen to like the stuff quite a lot.

Toxico

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"Non related but related...." , posted Sun 26 Oct 18:48:

Well, I was playing Disgaea todayt and I fell at the wrath of "Mid-Boss" (darn neat cahracter must I add), and "I got" in the mood and read the staff.... There I found something that amazed me -> one of the translators was James Kurori.

For those who don't know James Kurori was one of the first -if not the first- good FAQ writter that existed, if I remember correctly he was around before Fatal Fury 1 and "disappeared" in AoF 3. I consider him "the father" of other figures such as Kao Megura, please do note that the info he used on his guides was in fact traslation of japanese info (explaining the job position he got).

Good to know how that story ended, but problaby I'm the only one that cares about that... That's why I didn't even put this in it's own thread.

[this message was edited by Toxico on Sun 26 Oct 19:00]

threesixtee

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"Re(3):The Advantage, NES cover band" , posted Sun 26 Oct 23:39

from these tracks alone, I'd say they're a good band... but I still think no one rocks as hard as the NESkimos. but that might just be me (and I've never seen the minibosses live).

k megura
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"founding faq figures" , posted Mon 27 Oct 19:11

quote:

For those who don't know James Kurori was one of the first -if not the first- good FAQ writter that existed, if I remember correctly he was around before Fatal Fury 1 and "disappeared" in AoF 3. I consider him "the father" of other figures such as Kao Megura, please do note that the info he used on his guides was in fact traslation of japanese info (explaining the job position he got).

I have a father I didn't know about, apparently ;) I'd like to have seen some of this guy's work, but a google search turned up nothing. Are any of his faqs at gamefaqs?

For the record, my inspiration to write guides came from Tatsushi Nakao (FF5 FAQ), Galen Komatsu (lots of SNK FAQs), and Scott Holmes (SS2 TAPFAQ). Those guys kicked hella ass.

- chris

threesixtee

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"Re(1):founding faq figures" , posted Mon 27 Oct 19:19

quote:

I have a father I didn't know about, apparently ;) I'd like to have seen some of this guy's work, but a google search turned up nothing. Are any of his faqs at gamefaqs?

For the record, my inspiration to write guides came from Tatsushi Nakao (FF5 FAQ), Galen Komatsu (lots of SNK FAQs), and Scott Holmes (SS2 TAPFAQ). Those guys kicked hella ass.

holy crap I didn't know kao megura posted here!! wow... welcome to the cafe. its like a best-seling author is here or something.

Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(4):The Advantage, NES cover band" , posted Mon 27 Oct 20:11

quote:
but I still think no one rocks as hard as the NESkimos

no one rocks like ... Springfield!

``Today for a lark let's visit the plains. I'm sure we'll find something to entertain us.''

Toxico

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Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"O.O ...I made a mistake...." , posted Tue 28 Oct 06:08:

quote:

I'd like to have seen some of this guy's work, but a google search turned up nothing. Are any of his faqs at gamefaqs?

After trying to meet this request, I found out that James K was not the person I believed he was http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/778.html

As I now remember, I had such high idea of him because I saw him post somewhere (it was here if I recall correctly, it was a nice guy (I was mistaking him for G Komatsu who I also look up and worship ¬_¬).

Netherless by James Kuroki not the person I was thinking of is still good people getting steady jobs (and mainly in a video game company).

quote:

For the record, my inspiration to write guides came from Tatsushi Nakao (FF5 FAQ), Galen Komatsu (lots of SNK FAQs), and Scott Holmes (SS2 TAPFAQ). Those guys kicked hella ass.

I see, so by knowing this I will not fall into any kind of difamation on future oportunities ¬_¬...

quote:

I have a father I didn't know about, apparently ;)

That's not such a grave matter, I have "cousings", "brothers" and "sister" that I have never heard of, and they suck up my salary... Outrageous!!! ¬_¬

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holy crap I didn't know kao megura posted here!! wow... welcome to the cafe. its like a best-seling author is here or something.

That's old news if I do remember he first poped up here when there it was a USA beta test for CvS2, but my memory is fragile ("handle with care").

Monkey told you that!

[this message was edited by Toxico on Tue 28 Oct 06:12]

Grave

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"Re(1):founding faq figures" , posted Tue 28 Oct 10:02

quote:
For the record, my inspiration to write guides came from Tatsushi Nakao (FF5 FAQ), Galen Komatsu (lots of SNK FAQs), and Scott Holmes (SS2 TAPFAQ). Those guys kicked hella ass.

Oh man... first time I've seen Tat Nakao's name in a long time. I wonder what the guy's been up to for the last couple years. Sometimes I get really nostalgic for the original Illucia.