Digital Press Kit

Music

Bio

Super MadNES is a Los Angeles, CA live tribute to retro video games and traditional 80s heavy metal music, creating riff-oriented guitar & synth arrangements to classic NES, SNES and arcade soundtracks.

Since 2016, the band has released 3 full-length albums, built a strong following, traveled throughout several states in the US, and received press praise by major music magazines and newspapers such as Decibel Magazine, Los Angeles Daily News, OC Weekly, Orange County Register. In addition, the group has performed at major gaming events in the country such as MAGfest, Anime Expo, Bitgen Gamer Fest, MAGwest, Retro City Festival, Replay FX, California Extreme, GameOn Expo, and Arcade Expo to name a few. And has also served as main support to acts like Vince Dicola, Powerglove, and Galactic Empire throughout their different tours and performances.

Summers of 2018 and 2019 saw the band promoting their NES themed album “Gothic Warriors” with a successful run of headlining shows, gaming event performances, and mini tours on both the east and west coasts while performing the music from classic games such as Castlevania III, Batman, Double Dragon, and Megaman X along with their own action fueled pixelated visual show,

Due to the pandemic in 2020, live performances stopped. And the band decided to not perform on online streams as performing in front of live audiences is what the band does. Yet, the group stayed creative and released a new album in 2021 entitled “Fantasy Battles”. A Final Fantasy themed album paying tribute to battle themes from across the game series, as well as the the iconic hit “True Survivor” from the Kung Fury movie originally performed by David Hasselhoff. The release and promotional video for it got major praise in the video game music community and were also featured in renown sites such a Gamespot.

Summer and Fall 2022 saw the band making a triumphant return to the live stage with tours on both the east and west coasts, festival appearances and headlining concerts. All with an upgraded stage and light show.

Now in January 2024, Super MadNES finally made their live debut at MAGfest as one of their headliners. And their performance was talked about as “One of the best performances at MAGfest in the last 10 years”.
Currently the group is working on their newest album. An arcade-themed release featuring music from Robocop, Ninja Gaiden, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Double Dragon, and Super Contra. To be released this coming Summer 2024 season. And the group plans to spend the whole of 2024 performing and touring.

Super MadNES is Nico Saavedra, Ryan Iyengar, Josh Seguin, and Casey Trask.

Other Projects: Nico Saavedra performs in Minibosses. Josh Seguin performs in Shrednobi. Casey Trask performs with Ripper Owens (Ex-Judas Priest).

Pixelated Visual Show

The Super MadNES live experience features an exciting pixelated visual show showcasing scenes, gameplay, and characters of the video games being performed which can be enjoyed as the band plays live on stage.

Below you may enjoy some of this video show with its respective game music performed by Super MadNES.

Press

GameSpot, May 2021

“The video game band Super MadNES is releasing a new studio album, Fantasy Battles, which is inspired by the music of Final Fantasy. GameSpot is happy to be able to exclusively reveal the music video for the band’s “Force Your Way” track from Final Fantasy VIII.
Fantasy Battles aims to honor the battle themes from the Final Fantasy series, while it also features a cover of the “True Survivor” song from the movie Kung Fury.”

Decibel Magazine, March 2017

“Super MadNES has more than one nerd performing the music. That pays off – the interplay livens up the proceedings considerably. Blasters & Daggers (self-released) is a split album, but not between bands – it’s divided between songs from Mega Man X and Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts.”

OC Weekly, July 2019

Super MadNES have taken the video game music scene by surprise since their formation by adding traditional heavy metal flair to retro fan-favorite Nintendo soundtracks–a combo that would have likely concerned most mothers in the ‘80s. The collision of influences such as Judas Priest, Rainbow, Accept and Iron Maiden with the passion for Castlevania III, Batman, Megaman X and Robocop produces one hell of a performance to show-goers.

Daily Bulletin, January 2019

“As video games have grown in popularity, so have bands devoted to playing the music of these games. The band Super MadNES combines heavy metal and retro video game music. The Los Angeles band regularly tours the United States performing at gaming and hard rock events and festivals. They have become quite popular and established themselves as one the most hardworking video game bands around, releasing music every year.”

Live Shows

2024

01/20 @ MAGFest // National Harbor, MD

2022

04/30 @ Player One // Los Angeles, CA
05/02 @ Brick by Brick [w/ PowerGlove] // San Diego, CA
06/03 @ The Blue Lagoon // Santa Cruz, CA
06/04 @ LVL Uproar // San Jose, CA
06/24 @ Brew Games Plus // San Diego, CA
07/29 @ Cattivo // Pittsburgh, PA
07/30 @ BitGen Gamer Fest // Baltimore, MD
07/31 @ Ortlieb’s // Philadelphia, PA
08/06 @ GameOn Expo // Phoenix, AZ
08/20 @ Mad with Power Festival // Madison, WI
10/14 @ Moroccan Lounge // Los Angeles, CA
10/15 @ The Wayfarer // Costa Mesa, CA
10/16 @ The Ritz // San Jose, CA

2019

01/05 @ Retro City Fest // Pomona, CA
01/06 @ Retro City Fest // Pomona, CA
02/09 @ The Wayfarer // Costa Mesa, CA
06/22 @ The Blue Lagoon // Santa Cruz, CA
07/06 @ The Hi Hat // Los Angeles, CA
07/07 @ Anime Expo // Los Angeles, CA
07/13 @ Brew Game Plus // Vista, CA
07/18 @ Brick by Brick [w/ Vince Dicola] // San Diego, CA
07/26 @ Shelter Arcade // Providence, RI
07/27 @ BitGen Gamer Fest // Baltimore, MD
07/28 @ El Cortez // Brooklyn, NY
08/09 @ The Grid // Mesa, AZ
08/10 @ GameOn Expo // Phoenix, AZ
08/16 @ Rockage 8.0 // San Jose, CA
08/24 @ The Wayfarer // Costa Mesa, CA

2018

01/20 @ Retro City Fest // Pomona, CA
01/21 @ Retro City Fest // Pomona, CA
02/09 @ Retro Gaming Experience // Watsonville, CA
02/10 @ Rockage // San Jose, CA
03/17 @ Arcade Expo 4.0 // Banning, CA
03/18 @ Arcade Expo 4.0 // Banning, CA
06/30 @ SC3 // Fullerton, CA
07/07 @ Anime Expo // Los Angeles, CA
07/20 @ Brick By Brick [w/ Galactic Empire] // San Diego, CA
07/27 @ Replay FX // Pittsburgh, PA
07/28 @ Bit Gen Gamer Fest // Baltimore, MD
08/09 @ Retro Gaming Experience 2.0 // Watsonville, CA
08/10 @ MAGWest // Santa Clara, CA
08/11 @ Game On Expo // Phoenix, AZ
08/12 @ Bonus Round // Phoenix, AZ
08/17 @ Malone’s [w/ PowerGlove] // Santa Ana, CA

2017

02/04 @ SoCal Retro Gaming Expo // Ontario, CA
03/18 @ Arcade Expo 3.0 // Banning, CA
04/15 @ Hanadoki Con // San Diego, CA
06/13 @ 8BitLA’s E3 // Los Angeles, CA
07/29 @ California Extreme // Santa Clara, CA
08/04 @ CIA // Hollywood, CA
08/11 @ Bonus Round // Phoenix, AZ
08/12 @ GameOn Expo // Phoenix, AZ

2016

08/20 @ SoCal Retro Gaming Expo // Los Angeles, CA
08/21 @ SoCal Retro Gaming Expo // Los Angeles, CA
09/23 @ MAGQuest // Santa Clara, CA
10/21 @ AFK Gamers Lounge // San Jose, CA
10/22 @ O’Sullivans // Santa Maria, CA
11/06 @ Lost Levels Arcade // Fullerton, CA

Contact

Nico Saavedra – Manager
supermadnes@gmail.com
+1-714-624-6594