In rock music, there's something quite captivating and magical about a power trio. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Nirvana, Cream, ZZ Top, Living Colour ... oh wait, that last one is a four piece. And ...

We’ve written about Compressorhead before but we’re writing about them again. Why? Because Compressorhead is the most amazing robot band you’ve ever seen, and because they’ve just opened up a ...

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Lemmy Kilmister may be an ageless wonder, but the Motorhead frontman need not worry about his band's music surviving for the long haul. That's because the robot band known as Compressorhead does a ...

Compressorhead, the all-robot band that previously covered “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “Ace of Spades,” has now added AC/DC’s “T.N.T.” to their catalogue. They also seem to have amassed a solid following, ...

I am constantly amazed at what robots can do nowadays. Take, for instance, this all-robotic metal band (that pun had to be intentional), wherein the mechanical musicians actually play real instruments ...

What better way to start a Monday morning than to ponder the question posed by Hack A Day, “Who would win in a fight, robot Lemmy or robot God?” Trick question: they’re the same robot. And you can see ...

Lots of musicians use Kickstarter to raise money to record an album, but German rock band Compressorhead is rather different: They're all robots, and they need money to build a singer. Compressorhead ...

I am all about advances in music technology. I have an iPod and an iPhone. I also enjoy the feel and sound of an actual album. And I am convinced I'm the last of my friends who still buys CDs. But ...

MAINZ, Germany — A German heavy metal band is looking for a lead singer to record its first original album. But there's one catch — you need to be a robot to get the job. Compressorhead is a ...

Get ready to be both entertained and terrified for the eventual extinction of the human race at the hands of sophisticated musical robots. Have real-life engineers never seen the 'Terminator' flicks?

Every Friday, Future Tense rounds up the best robot videos of the week. Seen a great robot video? Tweet it to @FutureTenseNow, or email us. This week we meet a metal band, a bot that’s all legs, and a ...