Minibosses is an American progressive rock band originally from Northampton, Massachusetts, and now located in Phoenix, Arizona.

[3] From 1997 to 1999, guitarist Aaron Burke and drummer Matt Wood played in Jenova Project, one of the earliest video game cover bands, along with other friends from the same dorm at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

In January 2000, Burke and Wood recruited bassist Ben Baraldi to form Minibosses.

[4] Initially, the band played both video game covers as well as original songs, and self-released their first album, Minibosses, in September 2000.

At the same time, they replaced their older songs, which had been freely available to download, with the newer versions found on Brass.