lets work together to see if we can ID all 120 character portaits from KOEI’s 1990 PC-98 musical group mgmt game Band-kun
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| id | pic | real name | Romanized | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Michael Jackson✔️ | PETE RABBIT | Shake Drums |
| 2 |  |
Mary Travers✔️ | MARIE PFAFF | Folk Guitar |
| 3 |  |
Drummers Of Burundi✔️ (racist depiction) | BURUNDI | African Perc. |
| 4 |  |
Cindy Wilson✔️ | B-52 | Mozlight Guitar |
| 5 |  |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach✔️ | MR. CPE BACH | Harpsicord |
| 6 |  |
MOTLEY SHOP ASSISTANT | BottleBlow 音痴 (tone deaf) | |
| 7 |  |
Billy Joel✔️ | HILLBILLY JOEL | R&R Piano |
| 8 |  |
Peter Gabriel✔️ | BISHOP GABRIEL | Cult Drums |
| 9 |  |
Max Roach✔️ | COX’S ROACH | Jazz Drums |
| 10 |  |
The Phenix Horns✔️ | HENIX BRASS | Funk Brass Sect. |
| 11 |  |
PHILLY HORNS | Horn Sect. Pops | |
| 12 |  |
Nara Leão✔️ | NALA WEYMOUTH | Bossa Nova Bass |
| 13 |  |
João Gilberto? | WINO CAMILO | Bossa Nova Drums |
| 14 |  |
Bootsy Collins✔️ | ATOM SHOWS | Syn Bass |
| 15 |  |
Marie-Claire Alain✔️ | MADAME IJIKOVA | P.Organ |
| 16 |  |
Chuck Berry✔️ | CHUCK JELLY | R&R Guitar |
| 17 |  |
Stevie Wonder✔️ | CLEVELAND SAM | Clavi |
| 18 |  |
Suwa Nejiko | TATEWO NARAI | Classic Violin |
| 19 |  |
Hideki Saijo | AKIRA MORIGAMI | E.Bass |
| 20 |  |
Koshi Inaba | RISE AND FALL | Drums |
| 21 |  |
George Clinton | CLAPPER RALLY | Electric Drums |
| 22 |  |
Eddie Hazel? | EASY CHOPPER | Slap Bass |
| 23 |  |
Karen Carpenter✔️ | ELLIE CARPENTER | A.Piano Pops |
| 24 |  |
AKAPE QUARTET | String Quartet | |
| 25 |  |
Michala Petri  |
PIPI PETRI | Recorder |
| 26 |  |
Art Blakey✔️ | ED BLAKEY | Jazz Drums |
| 27 |  |
Elvin Jones✔️ | ELVIN WOOTEN | Jazz Drums |
| 28 |  |
Bunta Sugawara? | THE ENKA DRAGON | Wood Bass |
| 29 |  |
Kiyoshi Atsumi✔️ | SECOND STREET DORA | Drums |
| 30 |  |
The Four Tops | BLUE HORNS | Jazz Horn Sect. |
| 31 |  |
Kronos Quartet✔️ | MELONOS SQ | Strings Quartet Hard |
| 32 |  |
Wynton Marsalis? | FUNK JACKSON | E.Guitar |
| 33 |  |
Cream✔️ | Mr. TANGERINE | Arpegietor |
| 34 |  |
Eiichi Ohtaki✔️ | OTAKI REPRESENTATIVE | Drums |
| 35 |  |
Larry Carlton✔️ | LARRY CARLITNER | Fusion E.Guitar |
| 36 |  |
Dave Weckl✔️ | BOZZIO-WECKLE | Fusion Drums |
| 37 |  |
Steve Gadd✔️ | STEVE GADDOUR | Fusion Drums |
| 38 |  |
James Emory Garrison✔️ | DAVE GARRISON | Jazz Wood Bass |
| 39 |  |
Chuck D? | RUN AND BEASTIE | Hiphop Drums |
| 40 |  |
Steve Harris✔️ | STEEL MAIDEN | Heavy Metal Bass |
| 41 |  |
Cozy Powell✔️ | TOMMY LEE POWELL | Heavy Metal Drums |
| 42 |  |
Jon Lord✔️ | COLIN LORD | Hammond Orgun |
| 43 |  |
Jaco Pastorius✔️ | GIACODA | Fretless Bass |
| 44 |  |
Ron Carter✔️ | RON MOTIAN | Jazz Wood Bass |
| 45 |  |
Bruce the shark aka Jaws 2✔️ | JAWS | Shark |
| 46 |  |
Gilberto Gil✔️ | GILBERTO GIL | Bossa Nova Piano |
| 47 |  |
Jimi Hendrix✔️ | JIMI PENDRIX | Fuzz Guitar |
| 48 |  |
Jim Hall✔️ | JIM PAUL | Jazz Guitar |
| 49 |  |
Joe Perry | JOE IOMMI | Hard Rock Guitar |
| 50 |  |
CARIBBEAN BRASS | Latin Brass Sect. | |
| 51 |  |
Kitaro✔️ | RICHARD KITARO | Ambient Synth |
| 52 |  |
Joe Jackson✔️ | JACKSON REID | Long Tone Synth |
| 53 |  |
Andrea Bocelli | ISAAC MARCH | Marching Bass |
| 54 |  |
Glenn Gould? | NICHOLAS MARCH | Marching Drums |
| 55 |  |
ARMANDO MAZUR | Perc. | |
| 56 |  |
Miles Davis✔️ | SMILE DAVIS | The Boss Trumpet |
| 57 |  |
MELODY | Vocal | |
| 58 |  |
Tsugutoshi Goto✔️ | GOTO MOTA | E.Bass |
| 59 |  |
Tommy Seebach? | AL BOWSER | Rock A.Piano |
| 60 |  |
KONTA✔️ | GONTA V | Electric Marimba |
| 61 |  |
Masatoshi Mashima | YOCHANAN IN THE SINK | A.Guitar |
| 62 |  |
Philip Glass✔️ | FILIPPO MINIMALIST | Oboe |
| 63 |  |
Trevor Horn✔️ | TREVOR BURN | Sound Creator |
| 64 |  |
Jimmy Smith✔️ | EXECUTIVE | E.Organ |
| 65 |  |
Ozzy Osborne✔️ | OZZIE ROSE | Heavy Metal Guitar |
| 66 |  |
Larry Graham✔️ | BERRY GRAHAM | Funk Chop Bass |
| 67 |  |
Bill Evans✔️ | HELL EVANS | Jazz Piano |
| 68 |  |
Huey Lewis and The News | ARMADILLO SQ | Pizzi Strings |
| 69 |  |
Andy Summers✔️ | HIRAM SUMMERS | New Wave Guitar |
| 70 |  |
Tina Weymouth? | TINA HAYMERS | E.Bass Pops |
| 71 |  |
Elton John✔️ | NELTON JOHN | A.Piano Pops |
| 72 |  |
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin✔️ | FREDERICK CHOPIN | Classic Piano |
| 73 |  |
Jean Beauvoir✔️ | PUNK JONES | Punk Guitar |
| 74 |  |
Mino Cinelu✔️ | MINOCINE | Latin Perc. |
| 75 |  |
Yoyo Ma? | CECIL MIGENES | Latin Bass |
| 76 |  |
Alex Acuña  |
ACUNA | Latin Drums |
| 77 |  |
John Paul Jones? | JOP JONES | Rock Bass |
| 78 |  |
John Bonham✔️ | BONZO BONHAM | Rock Drums |
| 79 |  |
Canadian Brass Quartet✔️ | ONTARIO BRASS | Classic Brass Sect. |
| 80 |  |
ITO NCHAKRA | Cutting Guitar | |
| 81 |  |
Stevie Ray Vaughn✔️ | RONNIE DEAD | Dist Guitar |
| 82 |  |
Fats Domino✔️ | LITTLE DOMINO | R&R Piano |
| 83 |  |
David Garibaldi✔️ | BLACK GARIBALDI | Funk Drums |
| 84 |  |
Gene Simmons✔️ | SID SIMMONS | Punk Bass |
| 85 |  |
SOLISTEN SQ | String Quartet | |
| 86 |  |
Randy Newman or Isao Tomita? | RECORD STORE OWNER | 津軽三味線 (shamisen) |
| 87 |  |
Ken Hensley✔️ | KLAUS HENSLEY | Synth |
| 88 |  |
Thomas Dolby✔️ | THOMAS DOIN | Syn Bass |
| 89 |  |
Ryuichi Sakamoto✔️ | RYUICHI | Synth |
| 90 |  |
Robbie (of Sly and Robbie) |
TAXI ROBBIE | Reggae Bass |
| 91 |  |
Sly (of Sly and Robbie) |
TAXI SLY | Reggae Drums |
| 92 |  |
Aston Barrett✔️ | RASTA BARRETT | Reggae Guitar |
| 93 |  |
Liberace? | LADY SMOOTH | A.Piano |
| 94 |  |
Richard Tee✔️ | DARJEELING TEA | R&B Piano |
| 95 |  |
Donald “Duck” Dunn✔️ | DUCK DUCK DAN | R&B Bass |
| 96 |  |
AL-AL JACKSON | R&B Drums | |
| 97 |  |
B.B. King✔️ | E. E. KING | R&B Guitar |
| 98 |  |
Thelonius Monk✔️ | BUD MONK | Jazz Piano |
| 99 |  |
Charlie Watts✔️ | OLD WATTS | R&R Drums |
| 100 |  |
David Lee Roth | DJ•JIMMY | Rock Guitar |
| 101 |  |
Kate Bush | RECEPTIONIST | |
| 102 |  |
MASTER OF NIGHTMARE | ||
| 103 |  |
STUDIO ZAP ASSISTANT | ||
| 104 |  |
Shinichi Suzuki? | CUE SUZUKI | |
| 105 |  |
Louis Armstrong✔️ | OLD SATCHMO | |
| 106 |  |
Herbert von Karajan✔️ | MANAGER KALAYANI | |
| 107 |  |
Bob Marley✔️ | BOB | |
| 108 |  |
Joni Mitchell | kMART-66 ASSISTANT | |
| 109 |  |
SITE SUPERVISOR | ||
| 110 |  |
Robert Smith?, Hide X? | MARQUEE ASSISTANT | |
| 111 |  |
Otis Redding✔️ | BROTHER OTIS | |
| 112 |  |
Charlie Parker✔️ | MR. BIRD | |
| 113 |  |
Sammy Davis Jr. | CHAIR ED SULLIVAN | |
| 114 |  |
Duke Ellington✔️ | MASTER OF BAR DUKE | |
| 115 |  |
Sting | ||
| 116 |  |
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| 117 |  |
Eddie Van Halen | ||
| 118 |  |
Prince | ||
| 119 |  |
Cherrie Currie? | ||
| 120 |  |
Sade |
