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@gimmickband.bsky.social

VGM band from Austin, TX that plays music from video games both near and far! We're named after the greatest Famicom soundtrack, RIP to Masashi Kageyama Posts by Chris (guitar)

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Lion Heart: A Tribute to Masashi Kageyama, by GameGrooves Charity 13 track album

Hey friends! This is out NOW and purchasing it will go to a great cause <3 we are honored to have been asked to participate, and in fact submitted our brand new arrangement of Slow Illusion, featuring our original lineup (with Lobos on bass!) plus our newest member Kevin Spencer!

Check it out!

31.01.2026 18:20 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

You'll definitely want to pick this one up if you want to hear my band @gimmickband.bsky.social playing a track we had not covered previously!

Also featuring the new+old lineup lol

29.01.2026 21:08 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah this guy gets it!

08.09.2025 22:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of Gimmick! from August 2016, taken by "MI Geek Scene" in Grand Rapids, MI, where we were playing a show! 

Left-to-Right: guitarist Chris Taylor (lierxagerate), guitarist Kenny Reichelderfer Jr. (Kreichjr), drummer Justin Olejnik (square_wave), and bassist Mike Villalobos (lobosjr)

Kenny is wearing a Gimmick! t-shirt with Yumetaro and his Star shot

Photo of Gimmick! from August 2016, taken by "MI Geek Scene" in Grand Rapids, MI, where we were playing a show! Left-to-Right: guitarist Chris Taylor (lierxagerate), guitarist Kenny Reichelderfer Jr. (Kreichjr), drummer Justin Olejnik (square_wave), and bassist Mike Villalobos (lobosjr) Kenny is wearing a Gimmick! t-shirt with Yumetaro and his Star shot

Hello video game cover band enjoyers! We're (almost) back and (almost) better than ever <3

08.09.2025 21:22 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Photograph of the Gimmick! Special Edition physical game for Nintendo Switch, with a plushie of Yumetaro in the middle, and a fake NES cart on the right (it's the holder for the soundtrack mini-CD that came with the Limited Run Games special edition of Gimmick!

Photograph of the Gimmick! Special Edition physical game for Nintendo Switch, with a plushie of Yumetaro in the middle, and a fake NES cart on the right (it's the holder for the soundtrack mini-CD that came with the Limited Run Games special edition of Gimmick!

Hate to open this account on such a sad note, but RIP to Masashi Kageyama, the genius who created the Gimmick! OST. It was such an inspirational soundtrack for me that I started a video game band JUST to call it Gimmick!

I never got to meet the man but I'm glad he knew he was so loved by all <3

08.09.2025 21:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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