The Emotron
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The Emotron is a one-man musical group influenced by Atom and his Package and GG Allin
. He performs original material in a karaoke-esque style, using a Yamaha
QY700 sequencer
among other instruments.
The Emotron has played with bands including Superdrag
, The Fest
, Mose Giganticus
, Afroman
, Ghost Mice
, The Low Budgets
, Big D and The Kids Table
, Bomb the Music Industry, Dan Deacon
, Foxy Shazam
, The Show is the Rainbow
, Yip Yip, Conestyle, Gil Mantera's Party Dream
, Genghis Tron
, Cryptorchid Chipmunk, Captured by Robots
, Grand Buffet
and The Fad
.
He captivates his audience with outlandish behavior, improvised lyrics, and scanty attire.
- 2006 collaborated with the band Mystechs
from Chicago and toured with them for a total of two weeks.
- 2007, The Emotron did extensive touring with Mose Giganticus
, Andy the DoorBum, and Texas Ska Hardcore band Detonate.
- 2008, The Emotron returned touring with Mose Giganticus, traveling throughout Alaska in a vegetable oil-fueled bus.
From '01-'03, Knight provided keys/vocals in a band Called Treephort
from the Marietta area of Georgia. During the summer of '03, the group snuck into Warped Tour with the Phenomenauts
, performing with minimal equipment. They continued playing as a sideline band (unapproved) without interruption until their behavior got offensive. Treephort was a spectacle at Warped Tour
but came to an end when band members Joe Klein and Knight were detained by the cops 2 days in a row and were asked to leave the music event.
While in Treephort, singer Lee Satterfield and Kylemotron began writing lyrics to music on a demo keyboard. By the end of the tour there were 32 songs written, all of which were recorded on September 11, 2003. The short-lived project was called Nightmare Pizza.
While on Tour with Mose Giganticus, Kylemotron filled in on guitar for roughly thirty days.
GG Allin
Kevin Michael "GG" Allin was an American punk rock singer-songwriter, who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. GG Allin is perhaps best remembered for his notorious live performances, which often featured transgressive acts, including coprophagia, self-mutilation, and...
. He performs original material in a karaoke-esque style, using a Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
QY700 sequencer
Music sequencer
The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
among other instruments.
The Emotron has played with bands including Superdrag
Superdrag
Superdrag is an alternative rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The band had a hit with its 1996 single "Sucked Out" off their album Regretfully Yours, for which a video clip was broadcast regularly on MTV...
, The Fest
The Fest
The Fest is an annual music festival in Gainesville, Florida, organized by No Idea Records. It is a predominantly punk rock festival, though there are also a good number of indie rock, country, and metal acts. The Fest first took place in 2002 and has since attracted a large number of punk bands...
, Mose Giganticus
Mose Giganticus
Mose Giganticus is an American synth punk / heavy metal band founded in Bensalem, Pennsylvania in 1999, and currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
, Afroman
Afroman
Joseph Edgar Foreman , better known by his stage name Afroman, is an American rapper who came to prominence with his singles "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap". "Because I Got High" circulated around the Internet before becoming a hit worldwide...
, Ghost Mice
Ghost Mice
Ghost Mice is a two-piece folk-punk band from Bloomington, Indiana. Both members, Chris Johnston and Hannah Jones, have been in a handful of pop-punk bands together: namely Disarm, The Devil is Electric and Operation: Cliff Clavin...
, The Low Budgets
The Low Budgets
The Low Budgets was an American punk/garage rock band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were a project of Dead Milkmen guitarist and songwriter Joe Genaro , and current bassist Dan Stevens....
, Big D and The Kids Table
Big D and the Kids Table
Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork In Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy...
, Bomb the Music Industry, Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon is an American composer and electronic musician based out of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2003, Deacon has released eight albums under several different labels...
, Foxy Shazam
Foxy Shazam
Foxy Shazam is an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2004. The band is composed of lead vocalist Eric Sean Nally, guitarist Loren Turner, pianist Sky White, and bass player Daisy. Later, trumpeter and back-up vocalist Alex Nauth joined, and Aaron McVeigh became the band's permanent...
, The Show is the Rainbow
The Show is the Rainbow
The Show is the Rainbow is a music act from Lincoln, NE, A.K.A Darren Keen. For much of 2006, The Show is the Rainbow toured as a three-piece, with Javid Dabestani and Jim Schroeder playing alongside Keen. Currently, Keen is touring as a one-man band...
, Yip Yip, Conestyle, Gil Mantera's Party Dream
Gil Mantera's Party Dream
Gil Mantera's Party Dream was an electronic synthpop party band hailing originally from Youngstown, Ohio, with Gil Mantera living in Columbus, Ohio as well as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Donny has always lived in Youngstown...
, Genghis Tron
Genghis Tron
Genghis Tron is a three-piece experimental metal band formed in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. Genghis Tron signed to Relapse Records after releasing two recordings on Crucial Blast. The band is noted for its creative...
, Cryptorchid Chipmunk, Captured by Robots
Captured by Robots
Captured! by Robots is a touring musical comedy troupe with only one human member. It is part-concert and part-performance act, made up of three robots, two stuffed apes, three "headless hornsmen" playing backup brass, and their human, "JBOT"....
, Grand Buffet
Grand Buffet
Grand Buffet is a hip-hop funk duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, made up of Jackson O'Connell-Barlow and Jarrod Weeks . Their music is a unique brand of humorous, often satirical rap...
and The Fad
The Fad
"The Fad" is the third and final single from Chevelle's 2007 album, Vena Sera. Pete Loeffler stated in a live show that he wrote this song while in Las Vegas.-Music video:The music video was premiered on the internet on March 3, 2008...
.
He captivates his audience with outlandish behavior, improvised lyrics, and scanty attire.
Early years
"From the second I heard Atom and His Package in 1998, I knew that I wanted a QY700 Sequencer. In Sept of 03 I had just Quit the band TreephortTreephortTreephort is an American punk rock band from Marietta, Georgia.An article by the Associated Press brought the band international attention in 2004 for their stage antics while on tour.Before this attention, Treephort toured the U.S...
I was in and I wanted to start a One Member Synth/Robot influenced band. So I emailed Atom about his YamahaYamahaYamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
sequencer, to my surprise I got an email back and soon ordered my Yamaha QY700 and in Jan 2004 The Emotron was born.
I started trying to figure the sequencer out and trying to write music for the first time ever in my life and scheduled a few house shows in smaller towns around McDonough, GeorgiaMcDonough, GeorgiaMcDonough is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. The population was 22084 at the 2010 census. Inclusion of the unincorporated neighborhoods surrounding McDonough, which are not part of a town/city, raises the population to approximately 30,000 from an estimate in 2008. The city is the...
. I played really early versions of 1989, Jellyfish, Swim in the Dark With Sharks, and As your Teenage Vagina Bleeds. The Emotron character, show, and music has come along since day one. I believe that The Emotron is pretty close to being a household name."
Touring
The Emotron started in early 2004, playing house shows and out of town in the bordering southern states on weekends.- 2006 collaborated with the band Mystechs
Mystechs
Mystechs is an electronic/punk music group formed in 1998 in Chicago, IL. The band's lineup consists of keyboardist/songwriter Emil Hyde joined by a host of other musicians and collaborators. Their music covers a wide range of genres from indie rock to new wave, hip hop and heavy metal...
from Chicago and toured with them for a total of two weeks.
- 2007, The Emotron did extensive touring with Mose Giganticus
Mose Giganticus
Mose Giganticus is an American synth punk / heavy metal band founded in Bensalem, Pennsylvania in 1999, and currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
, Andy the DoorBum, and Texas Ska Hardcore band Detonate.
- 2008, The Emotron returned touring with Mose Giganticus, traveling throughout Alaska in a vegetable oil-fueled bus.
Personal history
Born in Tennessee, Knight's family relocated to Atlanta in 1994. Throughout high school he was employed by local grocery store's dairy department. Knight was frequently seen with a small entourage of fellow artists and assorted troublemakers, while being well liked by most everyone. Upon graduating, he was voted "Most Offbeat" by his classmates. Prior to joining Treephort, Knight began his career with FedEx.- TreephortTreephortTreephort is an American punk rock band from Marietta, Georgia.An article by the Associated Press brought the band international attention in 2004 for their stage antics while on tour.Before this attention, Treephort toured the U.S...
From '01-'03, Knight provided keys/vocals in a band Called Treephort
Treephort
Treephort is an American punk rock band from Marietta, Georgia.An article by the Associated Press brought the band international attention in 2004 for their stage antics while on tour.Before this attention, Treephort toured the U.S...
from the Marietta area of Georgia. During the summer of '03, the group snuck into Warped Tour with the Phenomenauts
Phenomenauts
The Phenomenauts are a San Francisco Bay Area band that combine elements of rock and roll, pop, punk, New Wave, Surf Rock and rockabilly along with a futuristic science fiction theme, dubbing their style "Rocket Roll"....
, performing with minimal equipment. They continued playing as a sideline band (unapproved) without interruption until their behavior got offensive. Treephort was a spectacle at Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
but came to an end when band members Joe Klein and Knight were detained by the cops 2 days in a row and were asked to leave the music event.
- Nightmare Pizza
While in Treephort, singer Lee Satterfield and Kylemotron began writing lyrics to music on a demo keyboard. By the end of the tour there were 32 songs written, all of which were recorded on September 11, 2003. The short-lived project was called Nightmare Pizza.
- Mose GiganticusMose GiganticusMose Giganticus is an American synth punk / heavy metal band founded in Bensalem, Pennsylvania in 1999, and currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
While on Tour with Mose Giganticus, Kylemotron filled in on guitar for roughly thirty days.
Discography
| Date of US Release | Title | Label |
| 2006 | Teenage Jesus Teenage Jesus Teenage Jesus is the debut diy release from One Member Synth-Punk Band The Emotron.-History:Teenage Jesus is the first album released by The Emotron. It was recorded in 2005 and released in 2006, and was the only The Emotron album to be released on Death By Karaoke... |
Death By Karaoke (compact disc) |
| 2007 | The Decemberwrist | Asbestos Records Asbestos Records Asbestos Records in an independent record label in Stratford, CT founded in 1996 by Matt Flood, and Dave Leone.... (compact disc) |
| 2008 | Live at One Member Band Fest | Prison City Archive (digital) |
| 2009 | Reinventing Axel Foley / (split with Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine) | Asbestos Records (compact disc) |
| 2009 | For Squirrels For Squirrels For Squirrels was an alternative rock band based out of Gainesville, Florida, active between the years of 1992–1996 prior to changing their name to Subrosa, eventually disbanding in 2001... (split with Mose Giganticus) |
Asbestos Records (vinyl) |
| 2010 | Vampire Lunch Lady Tits | Slanty Shanty Records (compact disc) |
Compilation Appearances
- V/A - Swayze's Venue Compilation - Swayze Records 2006 "The Bacon Boys"
- V/A - Shine Some Light: A Benefit for Dan Lang GunnShine Some Light: A Benefit for Dan Lang-GunnShine Some Light: A Benefit for Dan Lang-Gunn is a double disc CD released by Asbestos Records in 2006, featuring a large number of notable rock and punk and bands in the community....
- Asbestos Records 2006 "1989" - V/A - More Bang for Your Buck IV - Asbestos Records 2007 "Bethune Theory"
- V/A - Chicken Ranch Records Christmas EP - 2008 "Santa Claus (I Still Believe in You)"
- V/A - More Bang for Your Buck V - Asbestos Records 2008 "Coin Collector"
- V/A - Atom and His Package Tribute - Hartless Hind Records 2009 "Me and My Black Metal Friends"
External links
- Interview with Bob Schmidt in 2007
- The Emotron at last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....