Sid Ringsby

Sid Ringsby
Ringsby performing with JORN at Metalmania 2007 in Katowice, Poland
Background information
Birth name	Øystein Ringsby
Born	16 February 1961
Genres	Hard rock, glam metal
Instruments	Bass guitar
Associated acts	TNT, TinDrum, Jørn Lande

Øystein "Sid" Ringsby (born on 16 February 1961) is a Norwegian bassist^[1] 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)

References

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