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 56)
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 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

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.