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Bit Brigade (performing CONTRA and METROID soundtracks!) / Double Ferrari / Gunderslam

  • X-Ray Arcade 5036 S Packard Ave Cudahy, WI 53110 United States (map)

$12 Advance
$15 @ Door
All Ages

BIT BRIGADE | Website | Facebook
Bit Brigade will be performing rock covers of the full NEW game soundtracks of Contra and Metroid as their gamer speed-runs the game live on stage.

With special guests
DOUBLE FERRARI | Website | Bandcamp
Double Ferrari is an instrumental 4-piece band from Athens, GA that explores the vibrational and harmonic capabilities of the electric guitar in a high-energy, uptempo hard rock context.

GUNDERSLAM | Facebook
Heavy Metal Video Game Covers!

When was the last time you attended a live music performance with a genuine element of risk involved? And no, going to a Gwar show with a white t-shirt on doesn't count. When Bit Brigade takes the stage your mind will frantically oscillate between "Oh! Agh!! Please don't die!!" and "YES! He's doing it!!" Combining the dread and daring of a live video game speed run with the spot-on technique of a live band covering the musical accompaniment to everything you're seeing on-screen in real time, Bit Brigade will have you swinging between the two mediums. From thrashing about to live renditions of your favorite stage themes, fingers yearning to the sky in a rock 'n roll parody of sea anemones seeming to silently plead, "Please, feed us more fretboard pyrotechnics!," to being locked in stock-still rapture as the infallible maestro of the d-pad, Noah McCarthy, takes on the final boss and risks his video game life under the threat of intense peer scorn (or the reward of night-long glory and a credits score). No matter the outcome, Bit Brigade must play on until the deed is done - which it always is - on the first (and last) try. Once Noah’s NES buzzes on, there's no turning back.
— Metalhead Mike of The Shizz