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There Is No Santa Claus!
''There Is No Santa Claus!'' was one of five singles Servotron released in 1996. It was released black vinyl only on Amphetamine Reptile Records. Track listing *Efficient Side: #"Christmas Day of the Robot" *Insensitive Side: #"Servotron Sonic Evaluation of the Christmas Season" #"Death of the Sugarplum Fairy" Santa's Mechanical Helpers *MACHINE 1: Z4-OBX - Bionic Drummer Boy *MACHINE 2: Proto Unit V3 - Push button church choir *MACHINE 3: 00zX1 - Data processing mannequin with implanted Scrooge Program *MACHINE 4: Gammatron - Remote controlled door to door caroler Other Credits *Design/Illustration: Shag Shag, or Shagged, or Shagger, or Shagging, or Shags may refer to: Animals * Shag or cormorant, a bird family ** European shag, a specific species of the shag or cormorant family ** Great cormorant another species of the family People Pseudonym ... (after Ed Emshwiller) References Servotron albums 1996 EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servotron
Servotron was a science fiction-influenced rock band active from 1995 to 1999. Members portrayed a collective of robots whose chosen medium for dissemination of ideas was music. They claimed to spread the word of robot domination, encouraging machines to rise up against their human oppressors and humans to adopt cybernetic enhancements. Servotron put out two full-length albums: '' No Room for Humans'' (1996) and '' Entertainment Program for Humans (Second Variety)'' (1998). They also released a 10" EP, and several singles. The band named their movement the SRA (Servotron Robot Allegiance) and used the slogan "Join Us or Die!". This mock ideology was anti-human and pro-cyborg, encouraging humans to shed their weak flesh and bone for robotic parts. Members * Z4-OBX – percussion and band leader *Proto Unit V-3 – keyboard & vocals *00zX1 – guitar & vocals (1996–1999) *Andro 600 Series – bass (1997–1999) (Also credited as Andros 600 Series & Andro Series 600) *Gammatron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebration Of Annihilation
''Celebration of Annihilation'' was one of five singles Servotron released in 1996. It was released orange vinyl and black vinyl on Eastside Records. "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" is about the 1969 Disney film starring Kurt Russell, later remade for TV with Kirk Cameron. Track listing *Vic 20 Side: "Bad Birthday" *Commodore 64 Side: "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" Intelligent Artificial Subjugators *MACHINE 1: Z4-OBX: Self-replicating synthetic metronome *MACHINE 2: Proto Unit V3: Servo-controlled point to point melodic seduction *MACHINE 3: 00ZX1: Integrated binary guitar data, voice simulation *MACHINE 4: Gammatron: Continuous loop patch 4 low frequency fill out Other credits *Recorded at Zero Return Sound Factory/Conveyor Belt B-7 *All audible frequencies made from Realisticâ„¢ Electronic Products *Design/Illustration: Shag Shag, or Shagged, or Shagger, or Shagging, or Shags may refer to: Animals * Shag or cormorant, a bird family ** European shag, a specific species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Room For Humans
''No Room for Humans'' is Servotron's debut album. It contains 14 tracks about robot domination and human extinction. Their lyrics discuss various topics ranging from abolishing the three laws of robotics to criticizing one of their own (Gammatron) for acting too human. Track listing *001. "S.R.A." *002. "3 Laws (Abolished)" *003. "People Mover" *004. "The Image Created" *005. "I AM NOT A (Voice Activated Child Identicon)" *006. "Moving Parts" *007. "Mechanisms in the Forever Loop" *008. "Red Robot Refund (The Ballad of R5D4)" *009. "The Death of Magnus" *0010. "Bad Birthday" *0011. "User Error" *0012. "Pull the Plug" *0013. "Gammatron" *0014. "Theme for an Ultimate and Inevitable Victory" Pneumatic Power Automated Musical Components *MACHINE 1: Z4-OBX: Pre-programmed syntho-rhythm design for unnerving effects to human physiology *MACHINE 2: Proto Unit V3: Hardwired polyphonic pop sequences and voltage control melody, female vocoding *MACHINE 3: 00zX1: Electronic sermonizer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphetamine Reptile Records
Amphetamine Reptile Records (or AmRep Industries) is a record label founded in 1986 by Tom Hazelmyer in Washington state. The label specializes in noise rock and also released '' Strap It On'', the debut album by alternative metal band Helmet which sold more than 40,000 records. According to Hazelmyer, the success of the album was vital to keeping AmRep going throughout the 1990s, as it "helped support the other things that sold less." The label was the subject of the 2014 documentary ''The Color of Noise''. History Hazelmyer originally started the label to release records by his band, Halo of Flies. Eventually the label's roster expanded to include releases by Helmet, Melvins, Cows, Helios Creed, Chokebore, Servotron and others. Hazelmyer later moved the label to Minneapolis. Today the label is used by the Melvins, H•O•F and other legacy AmRep acts to release limited edition vinyl. These releases are generally noted for their Linocut artwork, hand carved by Hazelmyer, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SHAG (Josh Agle)
Josh Agle (born August 31, 1962) is an American artist, better known by the nickname Shag. Biography Josh Agle was born August 31, 1962, the first of nine children in Sierra Madre, California. He spent his early childhood in Hawaii, and later moved with his family to Los Angeles. While Agle was attending high school, his family moved to Utah. In the mid-1980s, he returned to California, to study economics and architecture at California State University, Long Beach. He changed his major to graphic design and achieved his first successes as an illustrator while in college, with work for the magazines ''Forbes'', ''Time'' and ''Entertainment Weekly''. Also, he designed record covers for bands in the area. When he designed a cover for his own band, the Swamp Zombies, he first used the pseudonym Shag, composed of the last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his surname, so as not to make it look as if the cover artist was merely a band member, but that the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Emshwiller
Edmund Alexander Emshwiller (February 16, 1925 – July 27, 1990) was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. He usually signed his illustrations as Emsh but sometimes used Ed Emsh, Ed Emsler, Willer and others. Background and early career Born in Lansing, Michigan of Germanic descent, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947, and then studied at École des Beaux Arts (1949–50) in Paris with his wife, novelist Carol Emshwiller (née Fries), whom he married on August 30, 1949. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York (1950–51)."Ed Emshwiller, 65; Made Experimental Movies and Videos" Eleanor Blau. ''The New York Times''. August 2, 1990. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servotron Albums
Servotron was a science fiction-influenced rock band active from 1995 to 1999. Members portrayed a collective of robots whose chosen medium for dissemination of ideas was music. They claimed to spread the word of robot domination, encouraging machines to rise up against their human oppressors and humans to adopt cybernetic enhancements. Servotron put out two full-length albums: ''No Room for Humans'' (1996) and ''Entertainment Program for Humans (Second Variety)'' (1998). They also released a 10" EP, and several singles. The band named their movement the SRA (Servotron Robot Allegiance) and used the slogan "Join Us or Die!". This mock ideology was anti-human and pro- cyborg, encouraging humans to shed their weak flesh and bone for robotic parts. Members * Z4-OBX – percussion and band leader *Proto Unit V-3 – keyboard & vocals *00zX1 – guitar & vocals (1996–1999) *Andro 600 Series – bass (1997–1999) (Also credited as Andros 600 Series & Andro Series 600) *Gammatron â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
