Bit-52s--> a true robot band plays rock lobster.

The Bit-52's consist of:

Fred's Vocals - TI99/4a computer, speech synthesizer and terminal emulator ii module
Kate and Cindy's Vocals - Two HP Scanjet 3C scanners, UBunto and sjetplay written by NuGanjaTron
The Guitar, Keyboard, Cow Bell, Cymbal and Tambourine are all controlled by various types of push/pull solenoinds for a total of 23. The Solenoids are powered by four ULN2803 darlington drivers and everything is controlled by two PIC16F84A microcontrollers.
(straight from the description on YouTube.)


I'm going to go figure out what a solenoid is.  In high school a boy who i was NUTS about (I never did tell him!) and I would hang out and try to make music together.  He suggested we call our band The Solenoids. I was too embarrassed to ask him what a solenoid was.  We didn't get much further than driving around listening to the b52s, eating onion rings in a diner shaped like a flying saucer, and designing an ad for a drummer.....