S.S.T. Band

S.S.T. Band
S.S.T. Band
Origin	Scitron Digital Contents

The S.S.T. Band (エスエスティーバンド) (Sega Sound Team)

drummer Takehiko Tanabe. Kawaguchi and Komori left the band in 1990 and were replaced by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

on keyboards and Masato Saito on bass, respectively.

Usually, some of these albums that were released would consists of two especially recorded versions of the game soundtrack and the rest would consist of the game's original soundtrack. After the group split, the members resumed work on Sega projects. Mitsuyoshi composed the soundtrack to

Daytona USA and the two installments of Shenmue, while Matsumae would be involved in Sega Rally and Virtua Fighter 3

.

Although the original group disbanded in 1993, in 2011, former members of the band reunited under the name "Blind Spot", still regularly releasing albums and performing concerts as of 2021.^[citation needed]

Discography

All titles are released through Pony Canyon unless stated.

Studio albums

Year	Title	Featured soundtracks
1988	Galaxy Force —G.S.M. Sega 1—	Galaxy Force, Altered Beast, Out Run, Space Harrier, After Burner
1988	Power Drift & Mega Drive —G.S.M. Sega 2—	Power Drift, Phantasy Star II, Space Harrier II, Altered Beast, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Super Thunder Blade, Scramble Spirits, Dynamite Düx
1989	Super Sonic Team —G.S.M. Sega 3—	After Burner, Out Run, Turbo Outrun, Super Monaco GP, Tetris, Golden Axe
1990	Hyper Drive —G.S.M. Sega 4—	Bonanza Bros, Line of Fire, Alien Storm
1991	Formula —G.S.M. Sega 5—	G-LOC: Air Battle, Shining and the Darkness
1992	Blind Spot	Original music

Compilations

Year	Title	Featured soundtracks	Notes
1989	Mega Selection -G.S.M. Sega-	After Burner, Power Drift, Galaxy Force, Space Harrier, Space Harrier II, Fantasy Zone, Out Run
1991	Mega Selection II -G.S.M. Sega-	Bonanza Brothers
2003	Back in the S.S.T. Band!! ~The Very Best~	Out Run, Space Harrier, Galaxy Force, Power Drift, Strike Fighter	Released under the Scitron label
2018	S.S.T. Band -30th Anniversary Box-	Various	Box set

Standalone game soundtracks (GSM 1500 series)

Year	Title	Notes
1990	After Burner	Contains two arrangements and the original game soundtrack.
1991	Strike Fighter	Contains two arrangements and the original game soundtrack.
1992	Out Run	Contains three arrangements and the original game soundtrack.

Live album

Year	Title	Notes
1990	S.S.T.BAND LIVE! —G.S.M. Sega—

Videography

Year	Title	Notes
1990	S.S.T.BAND LIVE! —G.S.M. Sega—
1992	GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL ~Super Live '92~
1993	Game Music Live '93 Natsu ~Kounin Kaizokuban Cassette~
2006	S.S.T.BAND LIVE HISTORY	Released under the Happinet label

Band lineups

Name	Stagename	Native spelling	Instrument	Year
Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Hiro	川口博史	Keyboards	1988–1990
Katsuhiro Hayashi	Funky K.H	林克洋	Keyboards	1988
Koichi Namiki	Mickey/Pretty K.N	並木晃一	Guitar	1988–1993
Sachio Ogawa	S.O	小河幸男	Bass	1988
Kimitaka Matsumae	HARRIER	松前公高	Keyboards	1989–1993
Takehiko Tanabe	THUNDER	田辺健彦	Drums	1989–1990
Shingo Komori	BURNER	小森伸吾	Bass	1989
Jouji Iijima	GALAXY	飯島丈治	Guitar	1989–1993
Masato Saito	TURBO君	斉藤昌人	Bass	1990–1993
Hisanori Kumamaru	SPLASHくま	熊丸久徳	Drums	1991–1993
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi	R三郎丸	光吉猛修	Keyboards	1991–1993
David Leytze	Mandalazu	デヴィッド・ライツィー	Keyboards & Lead Vocals	1994

References

^ ^a ^b "S.S.T. Band". Sega Retro. Retrieved September 24, 2016.

External links

[segaretro-1] "S.S.T. Band". Sega Retro. Retrieved September 24, 2016.