Life Story
Art rockers—baroque space age nihilists—electro-glam popsters, no one is ever quite sure how to describe the Mechanical Walking Robotboy. To confuse matters more, the group who’s been compared to everyone from the Velvet Underground and Ziggy period Bowie, to Radiohead and the Cure hail from San Antonio, Texas, the “Heavy Metal Capitol of the World”.
Mixing equal parts ‘70s Glam, ‘80s post-punk and ’90s electronica grooves, Robotboy has been challenging audiences over the last eight years with a strange mix of echoey guitars, weird synthesizer noises and heavy danceable beats.
Their 2000 debut CD release “Baby, Baby, Baby We’re All Doomed” yielded rave reviews across the state and won them a 2001 CitySearch nomination for best San Antonio band. “Slow”, their 2006 release, looks to make an even bigger splash. But unlike most “new” groups, the Mechanical Walking Robotboy has deep roots reaching back to the origins of Texas underground music. Robotboy began in 1997 as the brainchild of singer/songwriter Christopher “Smarty” Smart.