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Steam Powered Giraffe (SPG) is a musical project formed in San Diego in 2008 that is popular in the steampunk subculture. Led by twins David Michael Bennett and Isabella "Bunny" Bennett,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Whut is Steam Powered Giraffe )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=GG: The Giraffe )〕 and long-time friend Samuel Luke, the act combines mime, sketches, pop culture references, improvised comedic dialogue, and original music of various genres. ==Career== The members of Steam Powered Giraffe met while taking Theatre Arts at Grossmont College. Afterwards, they became members of a local San Diego mime group called Troupe SD. Trained in pantomime by Seaport Village mime Jerry "Kazoo" Hager, and with collective backgrounds in clown, theater, music, and visual design, Jonathan Sprague, Erin Burke (a fellow mime artist) and the Bennett twins - Bunny and David - started street busking as quirky robotic characters (at the time known as ''Peoplebots'') in January 2008 at Balboa Park, California. Due to personal reasons, Erin Burke left the group in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_bio/321265 )〕 Since their conception, the band has performed at popular Southern California venues including The San Diego County Fair, The San Diego Zoo, The Wild Animal Park, Legoland California, Ontario Mills, The Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center, and at numerous Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Steampunk Conventions. In October 2009, the band released their first album, ''Album One''. It contained the previously released single from May 2009 titled "On Top of the Universe",〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://steampoweredgiraffe.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-single-with-album-on-way.html )〕 along with the hit "Brass Goggles" in 2009. In early 2011 the band released a single, "Honeybee", announcing that it would be on an upcoming second album, and in late 2011 the band announced the release of an interim "live" album entitled ''Live at the Globe of Yesterday's Tomorrow''. Their second studio album, entitled ''The 2¢ Show'', was released in May 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://steampoweredgiraffe.blogspot.com/2012/05/2-show-now-available.html )〕 Also, their music can often be heard on a number of steampunk radio broadcasts that stream worldwide, such as The Clockwork Cabaret.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://clockworkcabaret.podbean.com/ )〕 The band's song "Electricity Is In My Soul" is available on the Rock Band Network. On 30 October 2011, the band was mentioned by name in the comic strip Luann. The strip showed the title character and two of her friends dressed in steampunk attire, going out to attend a SPG concert.〔(Luann comic strip at Comics.com ) Retrieved 2011-10-30〕 The title frame, which didn't appear in the online version but only in print, showed a giraffe's head and neck with steam escaping its ears and nostrils. In 2012, they were voted Best Live Comedy act (and runner up for Best Family Entertainment act) on San Diego A-List.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sandiegoalist.cityvoter.com/steam-powered-giraffe/biz/432933 )〕 Besides their musical endeavors, the band publishes a web comic〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/p/16797/Steam-Powered-Giraffe-The-Webcomic )〕 and has produced a card game based on characters in their backstory. In April 2012 they released a DVD entitled, ''Steam Powered Giraffe: The DVD (and the Quest For the Eternal Harp of Golden Dreams)''. On 24 September 2012, the band announced on their Tumblr page that Jon Sprague would no longer be a part of the group.〔http://officialsteampoweredgiraffe.tumblr.com/post/32204911846/jon-sprague-departing-steam-powered-giraffe-dear〕 On 1 October it was announced that Sam Luke, the drummer for the band at the time, would become the new robot in the band, "Hatchworth".〔http://steampoweredgiraffe.blogspot.com/2012/10/welcome-hatchworth.html〕 On 2 November 2012, Hatchworth made his stage debut with SPG at Youmacon in Detroit, Michigan with interim drummer Mike Buxbaum (of A City Serene). Later, Matt Smith was named SPG's new drummer. During this time, SPG also introduced the characters of the Walter Girls into their shows. The Girls started out by manning the band's merchandise tables at performances, but have started figuring in to the SPG stage show and back story. Described as "blue matter engineers", the porcelian-white skinned and blue-haired Walter Girls (now called Walter Workers) are essentially the robot's caretakers on stage. In June 2013, SPG released a cover of Rihanna's "Diamonds", essentially a solo performance by the Spine. The accompanying video, released to YouTube, introduced a new character to the SPG canon, a robotic giraffe puppet named GG (voiced by Bunny Bennett). GG appeared again in July when the band released a comedic video, "Walter Robotics Rap", to YouTube. On 9 August 2013, Steam Powered Giraffe announced the title to their third album, ''MK III'', on the band's website and Tumblr page. The album was released on December 3. In September, the band released a cover of Icona Pop's "I Love It" on their YouTube channel. On 18 March 2014, it was announced that Michael Reed and Matt Smith would no longer be performing members of Steam Powered Giraffe. The Bennett twins stated that the reasons for their departure was to focus more on the theatrical elements of the act and to reduce the cost of touring. Early in 2014, Bunny Bennett began to transition the character of Rabbit from male to female, coinciding with her own status as a transgender woman. In June 2014, Bennett stated on Tumblr that her chosen name (to become legal in the future) would be Isabella "Bunny" Bennett. More videos have followed in the meantime. In May 2014, they released their third cover, a mostly acoustic version of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". The video marked the first "official" appearance by the female Rabbit to the general public at large (although the band had played some dates prior and some photos and raw audience footage had been seen). The band then followed up with two new videos: "Fancy Shoes" in June and "I'll Rust With You" in July, with the latter featuring live footage recorded at Anime Midwest in Rosemont, Illinois. Steam Powered Giraffe recently released a Blu-ray/DVD/Audio CD combo pack, recorded in July 2013 at SPG's own Walter Robotics Expo in San Diego. This combo pack features former band members Michael Reed and Matt Smith, as well as documenting one of the last performances in which Rabbit appeared as male. The band has also stated on social media that work has begun on their 4th album, ''Vice Quadrant'', which will be a space/sci-fi-themed concept album. In September 2014, Steam Powered Giraffe gave their first international performance, playing at the Grand Canadian Steampunk Exhibition in Niagara Falls, Ontario. They came back for the 2015 Exhibition to do a collaboration show with Professor Elemental. On September 1, 2015, SPG released "The Vice Quadrant - A Space Opera", a sprawling and ambitious 2-disc concept album containing 28 tracks, although i-Tunes released it as two separate albums for download . The release followed a number of video releases to promote the work. This marked the band's first recorded work with Rabbit as a woman, as well as the first full album recorded strictly as a trio. The album featured an appearance by Professor Elemental as well as vocals by Walter Worker Chelsea Penyak. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steam Powered Giraffe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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