Compressorhead

Compressorhead
Compressorhead. From left to right: Fingers, Bones, Stickboy, Stickboy junior
Background information
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	Heavy metal
Years active	2013–present
Website	compressorhead.rocks

Members	Fingers, Bones, Stickboy, Stickboy junior

Compressorhead is a robot band ^[1] that plays on real electric and acoustic instruments. The robots were built with part from recycled metal, most of the moving are made with electro pneumatics. It is controlled via MIDI. There is an interface that changes the Midi signals in switch signals for the electro pneumatic valves.^[2]

History

The robots were built between 2007 and 2012. The first concert of the Band was held in Australia. In Germany, it was presented at the Musikmesse Frankfurt on 10 April 2013.

In November 2015, the team behind the Band started a crowdsourcing campaign on the platform Kickstarter ^[3] to rise 290,000 US dollars to build a robot to take the role equivalent to a singer.^[4]^[5]

Style

The band plays music by famous bands such as Motörhead, AC/DC, Pantera and Ramones.

Members

"Fingers" - guitarist. It is equipped with two hands, with a total of 78 fingers. These fingers are firmly attached to the guitar. It was built in 2009.
"Bones" - bassist. It has two hands, each with four fingers, which consist of individual elements. The game can hand with special fingertips pluck the strings and the gripping hand grip the pitch. Mounted on a platform equipped with caterpillar tracks it can move on stage. It was built in 2012.
"Stickboy" - drummer. It has four arms to which the sticks are secured. With two legs he can play the pedals of kick drums. He has a sort of head with a metal-made mohawk. The percussion consists of up to 14 instruments. It was built in 2007.
"Stickboy junior" - Hi-Hat. Assistant to the drummer. It was built in 2007.

External links

References

↑ JUST ROBOT (in Indonesian). Pacu Minat Baca. ISBN 9789790142039.
↑ "Meet Compressorhead — The World’s Most Metal Band". www.gibson.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
↑ "Building a Robot Lead Vocalist and producing first Album". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
↑ "Heavy Metal Band Wants a Lead Singer — Made of Metal". NBC News. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
↑ "Help All-Robot Band COMPRESSORHEAD Build A Robot Vocalist - Metal Injection". Metal Injection. https://plus.google.com/metalinjection. Retrieved 2015-12-02. External link in |publisher= (help)

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