Robot band covers Marilyn Manson, renders sullen teenagers obsolete (video)

Sure, we’ve seen robot bands before. But even when insecure and egotistical , they never quite capture the youthful disaffection we want from our mechanical pop stars. Until now . End of Life is a robot band consisting of a cello, and electric guitar, drums, and, for some reason, a flat-bed scanner — maybe he’s the cute one? The group recently covered Marilyn Manson’s three-string anthem “The Beautiful People,” and it sounds almost exactly like you’d expect: we’ll call it “raw, visceral, and uncensored.” We can’t wait to see them sneer at Rock Band -playing robots too lazy to learn a real instrument. Catch them in the video after the break, and you can tell all your less-cool friends you knew them back before they sold out. Continue reading Robot band covers Marilyn Manson, renders sullen teenagers obsolete (video) Robot band covers Marilyn Manson, renders sullen teenagers obsolete (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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