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Bit Brigade performs rock covers of full NES game soundtracks as their gamer speed runs the game live on stage.

"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, summer 2011

Abandon Quest started in 2020 from a group of friends who had played for many years together in several bands. While always playing video game music since childhood, they thought it would be fun to take it as far as they could, capitalizing on what can make a video game music show different from your average live music.

Watch some of their videos and you'll get an idea - take the original composition, add completely new sections to the piece, spice up the harmony, add jazz fusion drums, guitar and synth shredding, upon a rock solid foundation of a second keyboardist and bassist to glue it all together. AQ utilizes technology to boost immersion in their sets, with synchronized video, gameplay, lights, and tracks. With three computer programmers in the group, they also develop their own software to be used to control the set. They'll bring in their friends to sing and play along. And love involving the local video game community, with most recent projects being synchronizing their sets with live rhythm game performances.