Retard-o-bot
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| Retard-O-Bot | ||
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 From left to right: TJ Brainz, Peter Pepper, Benny Normal.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Tampa, Florida | |
| Genre(s) | Alternative, Post-Industrial, Electro, Punk | |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Drums | |
| Years active | 1999 - Present | |
| Label(s) | Mangled Media Inc. | |
| Website | www.retardobot.com | |
| Members | ||
| Peter Pepper Benny Normal TJ Brainz Eddy. |
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Retard-O-Bot (also referred to as R.O.B. or The Bots)[1] is an Alternative, Electropunk band that first performed in the year 2000 in Tampa, Florida.
The band currently consists of Peter Pepper (vocals), Benny Normal (keyboard), TJ Brainz (drums), and Eddy (guitar).
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[edit] History
[edit] 1999
In the year 1999 Retard-O-Bot conceptually came into existence as music to accompany a series of cartoons.
[edit] 2000
In 2000 after their first live performance, Retard-O-Bot recorded and released their first demo entitled "8-Track" which contained 8 songs, nearly all of which were under 2 minutes in length.
[edit] 2001
In 2001 Retard-O-Bot recorded and released a second demo entitled “Cassette Tape”, which contained 11 songs counting 1 hidden track. A song entitled Façade on the “Cassette Tape” demo was featured on thePRP.com as "the MP3 of the week" that year. [2]
[edit] 2002
In 2002 Retard-O-Bot were invited to tour with the S&M Shock Rock group The Genitorturers by David Vincent, Genitorturers' bassist, and former frontman of Morbid Angel. It was on this outing Retard-O-Bot frontman Peter Pepper had brought destruction to 10’ tall robots, ignited homemade pyrotechnics, rolled around in broken glass and engaged in physical altercations involving audience members. The aforementioned became characteristic of the band's live show during this tour.
[edit] 2003
In 2003 Retard-O-Bot recorded and released “Scatter Brained,” considered heavier than their past demos this was the last recording Johnny Robot performed on.
[edit] 2004
In 2004 The “Rabid” EP was released. The song “Role Models” was the chosen single. Retard-O-Bot was invited to join Tub Ring on tour then also toured for the first time with Screaming Mechanical Brain.
[edit] 2005
2005 saw the release of the nationally distributed, full length record “Friendship Forever” on September 20th. Songs chosen as singles include "I Don't Think You Really Mean It" and "Pass Go, Collect $200". Retard-O-Bot was invited to join the Mindless Self Indulgence tour and after, picked up on the Combichrist & Genitorturers tour. The band continued touring with Screaming Mechanical Brain before concluding their tour of the rest of the country solo.
[edit] 2006
In 2006 Retard-O-Bot has become the topic of several national news radio stories. [3], performed with such acts as Kill Hannah, and toured solo.
[edit] 2007
[edit] Interesting Facts
- In 2001 Retard-O-Bot recorded a cover of the song "Straight out the Dancehall" for a Warlock Pinchers tribute album. The album also contained covers by The Melvins and Crispin Glover, who is most notable for his performance as George McFly in the Back to the Future series. [4]
- In 2004 on a Cleveland, OH radio interview, Gen of the Genitorturers declared “…Retard-O-Bot was the hardest working band she knew…”
- Peter Pepper has created the artwork for Retard-O-Bot's posters, T-shirts, website, stickers, and CDs.
- A drawing of Benny Normal and Rob Kleiner of Tub Ring can be found in the pictures section of Tub Ring's 2005 DVD release "Optics and Sonics" available on Underground Inc.
- Peter Pepper is credited in the Screaming Mechanical Brain CD There Is No God In Space with "Design, layout and photo manipulation by Peter Pepper for Mangled Media Inc."
- Dance Music guru DJ Moody (a.k.a. Andrew Rajala) has remixed the Retard-O-Bot song "I Don't Think You Really Mean It". [5]
- Retard-O-Bot was a topic on Fox News Radio 970 WFLA with Robert Pankau
- CBS News featured Retard-O-Bot in a segment called "The Weekend Roundup"[7]
- Retard-O-Bot are friends with the creator of opethforum.net Geiger aka gunhaver.
[edit] Previous Members:
- Johnny Robot (guitar, vox): 1999-2003
- Trevor Jr. (Travis Inskeep) (guitar): 2003-2004
- Nik (guitar): 2005-2006
- Eddy Edward (guitar): 2006-2007
[edit] Past Bands & Sideprojects:
- TJ Brainz was in the hardcore band …Till I Die and the grindcore band Towtruck
- Benny Normal was in the New Wave band Overstimulated
- Peter Pepper is said to also be a member of The Partyoneer Brothers, signed to Mangled Media Inc.
- Peter Pepper, TJ Brainz and Johnny Robot were all members of the gory spectacle Throat Cutter, famous in the Tampa Bay area for their excessive use of blood in their stage show.
- Trevor Jr. (a.k.a. Travis Inskeep) preformed with the band Crossbreed for a period playing keyboards.
