Sid Ringsby

Øystein "Sid" Ringsby (born 16 February 1961) is a Norwegian bassist[1] best known for playing with Road, TinDrum, The Snakes, TNT, Ken Hensley, Wild Willy's Gang and JORN, Jørn Lande's solo band. His recording rock career started 1984 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

Sid Ringsby
Ringsby performing with JORN at Metalmania 2007 in Katowice, Poland
Ringsby performing with JORN at Metalmania 2007 in Katowice, Poland
Background information
Birth nameØystein Ringsby
Born (1961-02-16) 16 February 1961
GenresHard rock, glam metal
Instrument(s)Bass guitar

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

Jørn Lande

TNT

References

  1. Vestby, Ole-Morten (5 August 2007). "Gressvik Rock City". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 May 2011.


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