The Trons: Robot Band Rocks Mighty

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Members of the Trons, left to right
Fifi: Bass and keyboards
Swamp: Drums
Ham: Rhythm guitar and vocals
Wiggy: Single string flying tearcaster lead guitar
Photo by Greg Locke

15 January 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Robot Band Rocks Mighty

The Trons Presents
We Are The Robots
Thursday 19-02-09, 8.30pm
Mighty Mighty, 104 Cuba St
Website: www.thetrons.co.nz
Tickets $10 / $8 concession / $7 Fringe addict
Sales at the door, or bookings at Downstage 04 801 6946

Is this the future of music? Like a collaboration of the Terminator with Flight of the Conchords comes The Trons, a completely self playing robotic band, and they’ll be plugging in to Wellington’s Mighty Mighty, Thursday 19th February as part of Fringe 09.

The Trons are four robotic musicians with mechanical hands, electronic nerve circuits and trashed computer brains. Its all salvaged parts yet they play guitars, drums and keyboards just like any enthusiastic new band.

“They were built mainly out of old junk” says their manager Greg Locke, “but it actually seems to help them sound good, more like how people play it seems!”

The Trons are a New Zealand creation and although mechanised musicians have been built before, this is the world’s first ever robotic garage rock band. And they really do just sound like a human band!

They had their first gigs earlier this year and have since been touring flat out even including a gig in Paris. Their Youtube video has had well over a million hits and there’s been articles in hundreds of websites and magazines, even being compared to the White Stripes and Kraftwerk.

“It’s really been a lot of fun” says Greg, “and the members haven’t been fazed by the attention at all... I just wish they could lug their own amps”.

All songs are original and were penned by their manager. The gigs include live video from small cameras mounted on the instruments to create a complete new sound and vision experience.

The night, entitled “We are the Robots”, will also include performances by special guests from Berlin, DJ TV DisKo, Mechadrummer, and surprise local acts.

ENDS

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