"You know, after working for Nintendo for so much time, we need something to take out the stress, and that's how we began rocking" Words from Red in an interview about the "Rock Crossover".
The Rock Crossover is a band, that began playing March the 1st 2012. It was formed by the lead guitarist, Red; bassist, Link; and keyboards, Mario. They knew that they couldn't play just with this three, they needed a singer and a drummer. They all searched for someone of their job, that could play one of those two roles. Mario got Bowser for drums and Link found Zelda for vocals. Then Red came saying "Hey, guess what, Leaf plays guitar, so I offered her to play as second guitar". That way, with the full band, they began playing. At the first they heard them, when they saw Bowser and Mario together, and they thought that there was going to be a fight, and everybody escaped. In an exclusive interview, Bowser was asked about this thing:
-[...] So, Bowser, after all this time, you know, fighting against Mario, how did you two, you know, ended up playing together?
-Well, everybody would thought that we're really bad enemies, but that's just the in-game experience. You know, we're really good friends. At the beginning, with the launch of Super Mario Bros, I played the role of the evil guy. Until now, I've been doing that, but that doesn't mean that we're real-life enemies.
-Hmm, interesting. [...]
About the other members, Link is getting married with Zelda, and Red and Leaf are close to complete the pokedex. This band is having a world tour, beginning June the 21st.