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Captured! By Robots - A Musical/Mechanical Marvel?

Posted by Cliff on from the rockin'-robots dept.

Duke Boo Boo of Ouch writes: "Last night, I ventured out to the local tavern to catch musical acts Mini Band, and more importantly Captured! By Robots. This act is comprised of one human and seven fully functioning musical robots, which play guitar, bass, horns, drums, and percussion. To ensure the full effect, this must be witnessed live, but there are some videos to spark your curiousity." If you've seen one of these shows, please share your thoughts on the experience.

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  1. Lol Vice City radio by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the future there will be robots!

    1. Re:Lol Vice City radio by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 5, Funny
      I wish I had a robotic woman to blow my horn.

      I guess I couldn't take her into the shower though :-(

  2. Dammit... by Stile+65 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I knew robots would one day replace humans in jobs, but THIS? I mean, artists are ALREADY so desperate that the RIAA has to sue 12-year-old girls without having to compete with ROBOTS too!

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    1. Re:Dammit... by cgranade · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's OK. The RIAA will just sign the robots, and then 01 will get mad about supression of AI rights, and they will start a war. Maybe we'd even have to scorch the sky! All over RIAA!

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  3. Obligatory by miguel_at_menino.com · · Score: 3, Funny


    I for one welcome our new Robot Musician Overlords.

    1. Re:Obligatory by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 2, Funny
      "I for one welcome our new Robot Musician Overlords."

      From what I can make out from the voices in the crowd in this video, it would appear you're the ONLY one who welcomes them.

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  4. Chuck-E-Cheese by Goldfinger7400 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this is what happens when Chuck-E-Cheese lays off their entertainment.

    1. Re:Chuck-E-Cheese by nizo · · Score: 2, Funny

      I remember watching some poor slob in a Chuckie Cheese costume get swarmed by a horde of anklebiters. I can only imagine how wonderful it would be to wear a hot-smells-like-pizza-with-no-visibility rat costume as little tykes randomly ram you in the crotch as they mill about and cling to your legs. After the poor slob had been hammered back against the stage for about 10 minutes, one of the other characters appeared and said, "Time for Chuckie to go kids!" He finally managed to pull enough kids off of poor Chuckie, allowing him to flail backwards out of sight behind the stage curtain. I wonder if they offer free counselling to the wearers of the Chuckie Cheese costumes?

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  5. Chuck -e- cheese? by Saint+Stephen · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw this band at Chuck -e- Cheese. They rock.

  6. In the future, there will be robots by Jim+Hall · · Score: 3, Funny

    Captured! By Robots. This act is comprised of one human and seven fully functioning musical robots ...

    Any other Vice City players here immediately think when reading this summary: "In the future, there will be robots"??

    Reality, meet fantasy.

    :-)

    1. Re:In the future, there will be robots by Obyron · · Score: 3, Funny

      Any other Vice City players here immediately think when reading this summary: "In the future, there will be robots"??

      I found myself wondering if they have laser lights and a dehydrating manatee...

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  7. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I saw this guy and his "band" in some TV interview at least a decade ago.

    I guess the "news" here is he's still doing it. I'd have thought the novelty would have worn off by now.

    BTW, the "robots" don't play music in the classical sense that us "non-artistic" folks would appreciate. They're just a bunch of relays and motors that bang drums and make a bunch of noise. It's art like flinging horseshit at a white wall is "art".

  8. Interesting thing about these videos... by toupsie · · Score: 3, Funny

    They have a better plot line than Matrix Revolutions.

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  9. Not all they're built to be... by BW_Nuprin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I saw CBR a year or two ago at Jay's Upstairs in Montana (now closed, and good riddance). All the college kids ate it up, but it was really a one trick act that got old pretty quickly. The music was typical really bad loud stuff, and I figured "they" were a local trick act. Basically it was a glorified ventriloquism act. Ex-girlfriend loved it, so maybe thats why I don't like them :P

  10. Re:The Critic says...."It Stinks!" by nizo · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...a bass drum strapped to my ass and a harmonica in my mouth...

    Swap where you put both those items, eat a can of beans, and then you will have something worth paying to see/hear!

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  11. Also Obligatory (Coming soon: -1, Redundant) by cgranade · · Score: 1, Funny

    1. Yes, but in Soveit Russia does the beowulf cluster of Linux that you imagine run the Robot Musician Overlords that I, for one, welcome?
    2. ???
    3. Profit!!!

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  12. Slashdotted! By Robots by Limburgher · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like they need another robot, to learn how to properly configure Apache. . .

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  13. Re:The Critic says...."It Stinks!" by mcpkaaos · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I speak for everyone here when I say:

    Thank you for strapping the drum to your ass, and not the harmonica.

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  14. Better Names for Robot Bands by Nova+Express · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm waiting for Crow, Tom Servo, R2D2 and Bender to form a robot Supergroup, The Shiny Metal Ass Experience. THAT I'll go see. I mean, how do we know if any of the robots here are any good if we haven't seen them in previous groups or solo projects? (Not to mention Alan Parsons Projects.)



    Some more good names for Robot Bands:

    1. Three Laws

    2. Optimus Prime and the Malfunctions

    3. 11 Doors Down

    4. The What

    5. Flee in Terror, Puny Humans!

    6. Gortastic

    7. IF Ready THEN Rock ELSE Next

    8. Chrome Fetish

    9. Kryten's Khaosium

    10. Al Gore

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  15. Re: Also Obligatory by alex_ant · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia In Soviet Russia, "Profit!!!" comes first YOU!!