Definition of The advantage

The Advantage is an American rock band from Nevada City, CA that formed in 1998 and specializes in doing covers of music from old Nintendo games. They have covered songs from numerous videogames, including Mega Man, Castlevania and Metroid. As of 2006 they have released two albums on the record label 5RC. The band consists of Robby Moncrieff (guitar), Ben Milner (guitar), Carson McWhirter (bass) and Spencer Seim (drums) of Hella. Nick Rogers and Forrest Harding are the two original members that started the band, and Cassie Stewart was featured on bass for awhile as well. Seim, who attended high school with Rogers and Harding, asked if he could play drums for them and was accepted. At the time the band was called Generic.