Sid Ringsby
Norwegian musician

Sid Ringsby

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Norwegian musician
Gender:
Male
Places:
Norway
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Musician
Work field:
Music
Birth:
16 February 1961
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Introduction

Øystein "Sid" Ringsby (born on 16 February 1961) is a Norwegian bassist best known for playing with TinDrum, The Snakes, TNT, Wild Willy's Gang and Jørn Lande's solo band. His recording rock career started 1983 as he became a member of the band Road, and since then he has been in bands such as Tindrum, The Snakes, Diezel, Jorn, Vestlandsfanden, Ken Hensley & Live Fire and TNT.
He is recognized as one of the most versatile bassplayers in the Norwegian Rock scene, with a lot of other recording artists to his credit

Equipment

Sid mostly uses Stuart Spector basses, both NS-2 basses made in the US and NS-4 and Euro 4LX models made in the Czech Republic. He uses Ampeg SVT-CL heads and Ampeg Enclosures.

Selected Discography

TinDrum

  • Drums of War (1988)
  • How About This?! (1989)
  • Cool, Calm & Collected (1991)

Diezel

  • Willpower (1995)

Diesel Dahl & Friends

  • reCYCLEd (1997)

The Snakes

  • Once Bitten (1998)

Jørn Lande

  • Worldchanger (2001)
  • Lonely Are the Brave (2008)
  • Spirit Black (2009)

TNT

  • All the Way to the Sun (2005)
  • Hidden Treasure(Single)(2013)