Bit Brigade
Band
Athens, GA, USA
Biography:
"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
Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- Super Magfest 2025 - January 23-26, 2025 in National Harbor, MD, USA 2024
- MAGWest 2024 - September 27-29, 2024 in San Jose, CA, USA
- Colossalcon East 2024 - September 5-8, 2024 in Pocono Manor, PA, USA
- Colossalcon 2024 - May 29 - June 2, 2024 in Sandusky, OH, USA
- MomoCon 2024 - May 24-27, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Ichibancon 2024 - January 4-7, 2024 in Concord, NC, USA 2023
- PAX West 2023 - September 1-4, 2023 in Seattle, WA, USA
- PAX East 2023 - March 23-26, 2023 in Boston, MA, USA 2022
- Spa-Con 2022 - September 23-25, 2022 in Hot Springs, AR, USA 2021
- Lowe Mill Comic Con 2021 - September 24-25, 2021 in Huntsville, AL, USA 2020
Replay FX 2020 - July 9-12, 2020 in Pittsburgh, PA, USAConvention Cancelled- PAX South 2020 - January 17-19, 2020 in San Antonio, TX, USA 2019
- Replay FX 2019 - August 1-4, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- MomoCon 2019 - May 23-26, 2019 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- PAX East 2019 - March 28-31, 2019 in Boston, MA, USA
- Super Magfest 2019 - January 3-6, 2019 in National Harbor, MD, USA 2018
- Keystone Comic Con 2018 - September 14-16, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
- PAX West 2018 - August 31 - September 3, 2018 in Seattle, WA, USA
- Anime Blues Con 2018 - June 29 - July 1, 2018 in Memphis, TN, USA
- Southern-Fried Gaming Expo 2018 - June 8-10, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- MomoCon 2018 - May 24-27, 2018 in Atlanta, GA, USA
Universal FanCon 2018 - April 27-29, 2018 in Baltimore, MD, USAConvention Cancelled- Tora-Con 2018 - April 14-15, 2018 in Rochester, NY, USA 2017
- XPO Game Festival 2017 - October 13-15, 2017 in Tulsa, OK, USA
- PAX West 2017 - September 1-4, 2017 in Seattle, WA, USA
- MomoCon 2017 - May 25-28, 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Shuto Con 2017 - March 17-19, 2017 in Lansing, MI, USA
- PAX East 2017 - March 10-12, 2017 in Boston, MA, USA
- MAGFest 2017 - January 5-8, 2017 in National Harbor, MD, USA
27 confirmed guest appearances