History
From 1997 to 1999, guitarist Aaron Burke and drummer Matt Wood played in Jenova Project, one of the earliest video game cover bands, along with other friends from the same dorm at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In January 2000, Burke and Wood recruited bassist Ben Baraldi to form Minibosses. Initially, the band played both video game covers as well as original songs, and self-released their first album, ''Minibosses (album), Minibosses'', in September 2000. They were unsatisfied with the quality of this album and have since released new versions of their covers (as well as new covers) on the ''Minibosses/Penny Winblood'' Split album, split and ''Brass (album), Brass'' album. At the same time, they replaced their older songs, which had been freely available to download, with the newer versions found on ''Brass''. From 2000 to present, the band has toured continuously while recording material for new albums.Members
Current
*Aaron Burke – guitar *Robin Vining – guitar *Steve Dueck – drums *Brendan Dueck – Keyboard instrument, keyboards *Owen Dueck – drums *Jakob Dueck – Bass (guitar), bassFormer
*Robert Kelly Turner – guitar (2010) *Ben Baraldi – guitar (2007–2010), bass (1999–2007) *John Lipfert – guitar (2004–2007) *Fred Johnson – guitar (2002–2004) *Richard Smaldone – guitar (2001–2002) *Matt Wood – drums (1999-2014)Discography
*''Minibosses'' (Self-released on Kraid Records, 2000) *''Minibosses (EP)'' (Self-released, 2004) *''Live at the Middle East'' recorded at The Middle East (nightclub), The Middle East nightclub (Self-released, 2004) *''Minibosses/Penny Winblood'' (Forge Records, 2005) *''Brass'' (Self-released, 2005) *''Brass 2: Mouth'' (Released December 2, 2011)References
Further reading
*Borges, Mario Mesquita.External links
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Interviews