Sid Ringsby

Sid Ringsby
Ringsby performing with JORN at Metalmania 2007 in Katowice, Poland
Background information
Birth name	Øystein Ringsby
Born	(1961-02-16) 16 February 1961 (age 63)
Genres	Hard rock, glam metal
Instrument	Bass guitar

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

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)
• Live in Europe (1999)

Jørn Lande

• Starfire (2000)
• Worldchanger (2001)
• Lonely Are the Brave (2008)
• Spirit Black (2009)
• Live on Death Road (2019)
• Heavy Rock Radio 2 (2019)

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.