There's no editing involved, they move like that when they're performing live. (I wish they still had their youtube concerts up on their channel, because as good as the music is, the comedy in their live performances is also pretty great.) There's a whole involved, bizarre lore behind the robot characters. Parallel universes, space sharks, vampires, aliens, superheroes...it gets really wild. The ones in the video are Rabbit (the singer), The Spine (with the guitar) and The Jon (tophat). The Jon left the band, replaced by first Hatchworth (in the image with the orange moustache) and later Zero (currently in the band). Rabbit and the Spine have both changed their designs a bit over the years, with Rabbit being the more obvious after the performer came out as trans, and the Spine opting for a sharper, more detailed version of his makeup. "Honeybee" is the standard song for reactors to get introduced to, but if you're interested in hearing more you should definitely listen to some of their newer stuff. "Hot on the Trail", "Shattered Stars", and "Transform" are some good videos from their most recent album. Some other good ones I'd recommend from the past are "I'll Rust With You", "Diamonds" (features the giraffe puppet), and if you want a dip into the lore "Brass Goggles" and "Automatonic Electronic Harmonics", and "Clockwork Vaudeville" give a peek into the robots' origins. (Their fourth album, Vice Quadrant, is a whole space-themed rock opera that's a personal favorite, but trying to make heads or tails of the plot is kind of bonkers...)

@LordSpongy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for writing all this so I didn't have to, hah.

@Ozloz

7 ай бұрын

They still have some of their livestreams on their yt! Very fun to look back on

Wow first you react to Vox Macina/ Critical role then you react to one of my most favorite under appreciated bands of all time! This video is one of their oldest. They've cycled through a few of their third member but the two that make up the main part of the band are David Michael Bennet and Isabella Bunny Bennet. Isabella is transgender and has since transitioned years ago, identifying as female. She is the one singing in this song (pre transition) her and her twin brother (David/The spine; the tall one with silver face) are INSANELY talented singers/musicians. I'd love to recomend other songs for this band if you liked this so much, but you've got a list!so if you liked it definitely give those others a shot too. this ones definitely a classif but they have some other amazing songs as well and they twist up their music styles.

Hi Jay. Thanks so much for taking my suggestion. As listed in other comments, the singer in "Honeybee" is the woman in the photograph pre-transition. That robot is named Rabbit. The silver guy in both the video and the photo is her irl twin brother. His character is named The Spine. The other character in the video is named The Jon, but he's no longer a part of the band. The orange-mustachioed guy in the photo is named Hatchworth, and he's also no longer with the band. Currently they have another band member named Zero. How their music works is that the robots were built in 1896 as battle robots, but were refashioned to be entertainers. They've been playing music ever since, so their albums kind of transition down through the ages of music since then. Also the album titles are playful in the fact that they remind you what order they go in. Album One The 2c Show Mk III (3) Vice Quadrant Quintessential 1896 Also they did the soundtrack for the game Steamworld Heist and can be found playing at the saloon in the game. I didn't mention "Honeybee" in my recommendation because it was done before Rabbit's transition (the actress is irl trans too, she just made the robot reflect that). If you were to listen to it again, I would recommend their later version which is re-recorded using her female voice. They have a whole cast of characters for their pantomime shows. They did actually go to school for pantomime and all of the movements and sound effects and singing they do are coming from the actors themselves. Other characters include GG the giraffe (the puppet in the photo who is voiced by Rabbit); the computer programs Qwerty ,Mal-ory, and Beebop; and their human friends the Walter Workers, Michael Reed, and (formerly) Steve Negrete.

@luthorpendragon8595

2 жыл бұрын

Also, since I hit the comment button too early: They're from San Diego, California. And Rabbit isn't the lead singer. They take turns singing and often end up singing songs they wrote. "Honeybee" is written and sung by Rabbit. "Fire Fire" is written and sung by The Spine. "Fancy Shoes" is by Hatchworth. "Sound of Tomorrow" is The Jon. And "Lyin' Awake" by Zero.

@TheUnamazingRando

2 жыл бұрын

great job bringing SPG to his attention!

@cjamesr0877

2 жыл бұрын

Reed is no longer a part of the group. He was kicked out before Steve.

I’m almost 70 (!) and live in San Diego, where SPG is out of & can! Believe that I only recently discovered this band. I’m now addicted to their video “Honeybee” ~ The most powerful song I’ve heard in ages. Love these guys!

The lead singer in Honeybee is Rabbit. Rabbit has since transitioned and goes by Bunny now. Her and the silver guy (The Spine) are siblings. Bunny is the girl in the picture you posted. There's a lot to their journey. Absolutely love this song

@cjamesr0877

2 жыл бұрын

She was called Bunny before she transitioned, as well.

@saym0.0

3 ай бұрын

bunny is actually the actor :3 the character is still called rabbit

If you want to see more of the 'silver guy' The Spine, check out their song Hot on The Trail, the music video features just him and you get to see his robotic moves a lot more

I'm a massive fan of steampunk so this musical group appeals to immensely

In terms of robots in the band there's been 6 with 4 different lineups of bots. Upgrade, The Jon, Rabbit, The Spine, Hatchworth, and Zero. I believe upgrade left the group before they did recordings of their songs but you can find her in old performances. Hatchworth also used to be a musician with them as a human before The Jon left and he took on the Hatchworth persona to be the next bot in the band. The current lineup is Rabbit, The Spine, and Zero. Rabbit & The Spine are the only two who have been in the band the whole time, and their actors are twins.

The girl (named rabbit) is the guy who sung the lead in honey bee. He had a sex change operation. The middle guy (spine) is the same silver guy in the video

Wow I never expected to see you react to this!! Such a cool band, love SPG :))))) Also the oldest album is called Album One

The Spine, the silver guy is the twin to the lead (Rabbit) in this song. The twins are graduates of mime school. As far as the photo, the girl is Bunny, formerly Rabbit. Kinda miss Rabbit, he was really cool.

All the lyrics of the song are in the description

They are a chrome painted steampunk post-apocalyptic mechanical group

there's a few members that come and go like a total of 5 singing robots, 2 human mechanics and 2 other robot... assistents (?) (they mostly appear in the live performances) and rabbit, the one in the middle eventually transitions into bunny, the girl that is holding the giraffe also the guy with the mustache eventually reapears playing an instrument for a song without his costume, but so as to not break the lore they have they dressed him as a mechanic with a fish head

@cjamesr0877

2 жыл бұрын

Luke, who played Hatchworth, played drums and bass BEFORE he took on the character after The Jon left the band.

The lead singer changes from song to song, generally the one who sings lead is the one who wrote the lyrics. G.G. the Giraffe is a puppet played by Isabella Bunny Bennett who also plays Rabbit (the lead of this song), the puppet only comes out for a few songs. The makeup has changed over the years, and I would really recommend you have a look at some of their live recordings of songs to see just how much their movements are not camera trickery. I'd also recommend some of their newer songs since they do explore other genres, the idea being that since the robots have been around since 1896 they've played just about every musical style from then until the current day

thats Gee Gee The Giraffe. its a puppet that Rabbit voices. I know shes featured in their cover of Diamonds. The only constant members are the twins. The fedora guy with the guitar and the one with the umbrella. The third member has changed a few times.

My boyfriend has been literally obsessed with this band for over 2 months now.. lol he listens to them everyday. And yes, the thumbnail is more current.

The silver faced guy is consistent throughout the band's history, his real name is David Bennett. The person singing lead on this song is complicated, she calls this version of herself "Butch Rabbit", she is transgender and transitioned from presenting as a male to female and changed her name from Christopher Bennett to Isabelle Bennett . The back story for her character's transition is that they found the original plans for Rabbit and discovered that the robot was supposed to be female so they transitioned her robot to female per the original plans. She tried several looks for her robot until she found the right look. So you will see other videos with a variety of different looks for Rabbit. The person singing lead on this song and the silver faced guy are twin siblings, originally, identical twins. The other guy in this song quit the band and was replaced with a robot named Hatchworth, the rusty red robot. Then he quit and was replaced by the robot Zero.

I love them so much, I found steam powered giraffe a short while ago and it's amazing. Pls do more soon

I played the Tin Man during my senior year of high

Depending on the song the lead singer changes, and depending on the album the whole damn genre changes. Their makeup has changed over the years, getting better. Silver guy in the picture is the same guy, just with improved, more complex makeup. Main singer of this song transitioned and is the girl from the picture. Mustache guy is Hatchworth, who replaced The Jon after he left. He played drums and guitar and added harmonies before he became Hatchworth though.

There's definitely bass in the music we don't see in this music video.

Its from their second album

I love Steam Powered Giraffe music group

Please do more there great Adam atomic electronic harmonics and brass goggles are good second and third choice the rest of their discography is amazing

Please please do Brass Goggles by Steam Powered Giraffe. Also please do their song Malfunction :) It would make me so happy Also the main singer in this particular song is a trans woman. The “girl” from the future is that person. She got “upgrades”. How cool hey!

You do not have to talk over the video. Tons of people have reacted to the same video without it being blocked.

@laplor

2 жыл бұрын

Grear point! This band permits use of their songs except for a small group that are reserved for Patreon members or those who purchase albums. They have a faq entry on their site about this.

Almost none of their sonfs are loud, and i would t describe any of them as aggressive They have a lot of good songs

They have changed a bit through the years, but the spine, silver guy, is the constant backbone to it, with someone costuming tweaks.

There is no lead singer

The lead is rabbit. Rabbit no longer exists, he transitioned to a trans female and now she goes by bunny. Very sad as rabbit was so unique and will never be