Steam Powered Giraffe | |
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 From left to right: Zer0, The Spine, Rabbit, c. 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | San Diego, California, United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Members | David Michael Bennett Isabella Bunny Bennett Bryan Barbarin Chelsea Penyak Camille Penyak Lacey Johnson David Butterfield |
| Past members | Sam Luke Erin Burke Jon Sprague Michael Philip Reed Matthew Smith Steve Negrete |
| Website | www |
Steam Powered Giraffe is an American musical project formed in San Diego in 2008, self-described as "a musical act that combines robot pantomime, puppetry, ballet, comedy, projections, and music".[2][3] Created and led by twins David Michael Bennett and Isabella Bunny Bennett, the act combines music and improvisational comedy on-stage, although their studio works focus almost solely on music.[4][5]
Steam Powered Giraffe has its own fictional mythology influenced by the steampunk subculture, with the band members portraying characters both on stage and on record; its fictional universe has been explored via several comic books mainly written and drawn by Isabella Bennett. Although the band underwent several line-up changes, it always focuses primarily on three robot characters (played by the Bennett siblings and a third performer, although the original line-up featured four robots), with several "humans" assisting and performing comedy, music and dancing on stage, and several smaller robots being performed via puppetry or voice acting. To date, they have released six studio albums, two live albums, several live concert films, and provided the soundtracks for the 2015 video game SteamWorld Heist and its 2024 sequel, as well as an official single for the 2016 video game Battleborn.
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- ^ "Steam Powered Giraffe: Leap Day Concert". Steam Powered Giraffe. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Vickie Snow Jurkowski. "Lockport's annual Summer Art Series kicks off with Old Canal Days". Daily Southtown. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
- ^ "Info: What is It?". Steam Powered Giraffe. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ^ "GG: The Giraffe". Steam Powered Giraffe. Retrieved April 26, 2014.