Ima Robot

Ima Robot

Ima Robot. is a rock band based in Los Angeles that formed in the late 1990s, after Alex Ebert's band The Lucky 13's broke up. But they really only came to fruition in the early 2000s after signing with Virgin Records. The band's vocalist, Alex Ebert, originally wanted to be a rapper before becoming a singer. The band's other original members were Timmy "the Terror" Anderson, Oligee, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, and the prolific studio drummer Joey Waronker. Meldal-Johnsen and Waronker were sought-after musicians who had played with Beck before joining Ima Robot. Their first full-length album released on September 6, 2003 was self-titled Ima Robot, and featured the singles "Dynomite" and "Song #1" (released in the UK only.) The band has toured with artists such as Hot Hot Heat, The Von Bondies, Hoobastank, The Sounds, She Wants Revenge and others. In 2004 Waronker and Oligee left the band, and Meldal-Johnsen followed in 2005, with former Oleander drummer Scott Devours taking over drumming duties, and Filip Nikolic taking over on bass. In June of 2008 Lars Vognstrup joined the group, having previously played with Nikolic in Junior Senior. On September 12, 2006 Ima Robot released their second album Monument to the Masses which featured the singles "Creeps Me Out" and "Lovers in Captivity".

As of April 2007, the band won their independence from Virgin Records and are currently unsigned. They are currently under the management of Alexis Rivera of Echo Park Records.

The band is finishing their new album, tentatively scheduled for a fall release. The name of the album is not known at the moment, but the band has made MySpace bulletins referencing that they are in the final mixing stage. The new song "Gangster" premiered on the band's MySpace on April 15, 2008, and its lyrics posted in a blog entry by the band.

Trivia

• The video for "Lovers in Captivity" was produced independently of their Virgin record label by We Are The Masses and was featured in an Out Magazine[1] article. The video itself features lead singer Alex Ebert and Brady Corbet (of 24, Thunderbirds, and Mysterious Skin).

• The bands song "Creeps Me out" was featured in the game "ATV Offroad Fury 4".

• The band's song "A is for Action" was featured in the game SSX 3.

• The band has an enormous following from skateboarding. Their songs have been used in professional skateboard film productions such as the song "Alive" that was featured in Foundation's "That's Life", the song "Dynomite" which was featured in Blind's film "What If?", the song "Song #1" was featured in Syracuse production "Film the Fire", and their song "I'm a Bitch For You" was featured in an issue of Digital Skateboarding Video Magazine.

• Their song "STD Dance" can be heard in the background during the final scene of the movie Grandma's Boy.
• Several of their songs can be heard in Tao Ruspoli's feature film FIX

Discography

Albums

• Ima Robot (September 16, 2003)
• Monument to the Masses (September 12, 2006)

EPs and Singles

• "Very Not OK, Underdogs, Drowse" (Demo) (1999)
• "Black Jettas" (LP) (June 19, 2003)
• Public Access EP (CD/LP) (June 20, 2003)
• "Dynomite" (Maxi Single) (CD/LP) (September, 2003)
• Song #1 (EP) - (March 22, 2004)
• Alive (EP) - (2004) - released to radio only
• Search And Destroy (EP) (2006) - sold only at shows
• "Creeps Me Out" (June 13, 2006)
• "Gangster" released April 15, 2008

External links

• Official Myspace
• Official YouTube
• Official MindViz
• Official PureVolume