SID80s
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SID'80s, also known as Stuck in D'80s, is a retro Commodore 64
rock
band
playing covers for old Commodore 64 game music written in the 1980s but performed in their own particular style. The band was formed by Andreas Wallstrom and Chris Abbott, the driving force behind the Back in Time Live events and c64audio.com.
The unique thing about this band was that the original members lived in different countries around Europe
, getting together on the day of a gig
to rehearse and perform later that day. Because of echonomical reasons, members of the current version of the band all live in the United Kingdom.
The line-up has changed for virtually every performance, but the core of the band now consists of:
Ben Daglish
- C64
game composer
- flute
, guitar
, wind synth
Jon Hare
- famous game designer - guitar
Mark Knight / madfiddler - current game composer/sound designer - electric violin
Jeremy Longley - game programmer - bass guitar
Playing along side them have been:
Andreas Wallstrom - demo scener and webmaster of c64.com - drums
Marcel Donne - remixer - keyboards
Reyn Ouwehand
- demo scener and game music composer - bass guitar
- keyboards
Matthew Cannon - game composer - keyboards
Among the band's regular repertoire are tunes by Rob Hubbard
and Ben Daglish
himself. Two medleys - Paperboy featuring Arcade Classics (by Mark Cooksey and Rob Hubbard), and The Way of the Exploding Fist featuring International Karate+ (by Neil Brennan and Rob Hubbard) - are also in the setlist.
The band can be found performing at various retro events both in the UK
and Europe.
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
rock
Rock music
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band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
playing covers for old Commodore 64 game music written in the 1980s but performed in their own particular style. The band was formed by Andreas Wallstrom and Chris Abbott, the driving force behind the Back in Time Live events and c64audio.com.
The unique thing about this band was that the original members lived in different countries around Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, getting together on the day of a gig
Gig (musical performance)
Gig is slang for a musical engagement in which musicians are hired. Originally coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, the term, short for the word "engagement", now refers to any aspect of performing such as assisting with performance and attending musical performance...
to rehearse and perform later that day. Because of echonomical reasons, members of the current version of the band all live in the United Kingdom.
The line-up has changed for virtually every performance, but the core of the band now consists of:
Ben Daglish
Ben Daglish
Ben Daglish is a composer and musician. His parents moved to Sheffield when Daglish was aged one year old. He is known for creating many soundtracks during the 1980s for home computer games, including Commodore 64 hits as The Last Ninja, Trap, and Deflektor...
- C64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
game composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
- flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, wind synth
Jon Hare
Jon Hare
Jon "Jops" Hare is a British computer game designer, game artist and musician. He is one of the two founder members and directors, with Chris Yates, of Sensible Software, one of the most successful European games development companies of the late 1980s and 1990s.Hare was co-designer and artist of...
- famous game designer - guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Mark Knight / madfiddler - current game composer/sound designer - electric violin
Electric violin
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body...
Jeremy Longley - game programmer - bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Playing along side them have been:
Andreas Wallstrom - demo scener and webmaster of c64.com - drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Marcel Donne - remixer - keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Reyn Ouwehand
Reyn Ouwehand
Reyn Ouwehand is a composer of music and former member of Maniacs of Noise , composing for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip. His commercial works include Flimbo's Quest and Last Ninja 3....
- demo scener and game music composer - bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- keyboards
Matthew Cannon - game composer - keyboards
Among the band's regular repertoire are tunes by Rob Hubbard
Rob Hubbard
Rob Hubbard is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64...
and Ben Daglish
Ben Daglish
Ben Daglish is a composer and musician. His parents moved to Sheffield when Daglish was aged one year old. He is known for creating many soundtracks during the 1980s for home computer games, including Commodore 64 hits as The Last Ninja, Trap, and Deflektor...
himself. Two medleys - Paperboy featuring Arcade Classics (by Mark Cooksey and Rob Hubbard), and The Way of the Exploding Fist featuring International Karate+ (by Neil Brennan and Rob Hubbard) - are also in the setlist.
The band can be found performing at various retro events both in the UK
United Kingdom
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and Europe.