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[*] posted on 10-8-2003 at 05:04 PM
The Point 101.1 FM, Maui: "Smarter...Sleeker...Sexier"


Here's one in the soothing all-caps style from Maui's 101.1 The Point FM:

"IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CITY OF ANGELS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE BUZZ OR AT LEAST SEEN THE GROUP'S DISTINCTIVE GRAFFITI AT BUS STOPS AND SUCH AROUND TOWN. FOR THE UNACQUAINTED, ROBOT ROLLED OFF THE ASSEMBY LINE BACK IN '97, WHEN VOCALIST ALEX EBERT AND GUITARIST TIM ANDERSON BEGAN COLLABORATING. KEYBOARDIST OLIVER GOLDSTEIN SOON JOINED THE FOLD, AND WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS THE ROBOT STARTED STOMPING AROUND L.A., GAINING A FOLLOWING. BASSIST JUSTIN MELDAL-JOHNSEN, KNOWN FOR PROVIDING THE LOW-END GROOVES FOR BECK, FOUND HIMSELF A FULL-TIME MEMBER AFTER RELUCTANTLY AGREEING TO JAM WITH THE GROUP, AS DID SOUGHT-AFTER STUDIO DRUMMER JOEY WARONKER.
WITH THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT FOR VIRGIN, IMA ROBOT ARE PROGRAMMED TO KILL'EM ON DANCE FLOOR AT NEW WAVE NIGHT.
THERE'S THE LEAD SINGLE DYNOMITE, AN EXPLOSIVE, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY ROMP OF ELASTIC BASS LINES, QUIRKY GUITAR LEADS AND ELECTRO BLIPS WHERE EBERT WARBLES LIKE JOHNNY ROTTEN O PROZAC. AS IF THE SONG WEREN'T FUN ENOUGH, THE VIDEO IS AN EQUAL BLAST OF COLORS AND CHARISMA.
PULLING THE BEST ELEMENTS FROM MODERN ROCK'S MOTHERBOARD, IMA ROBOT COMBINE GLAM, PUNK, NEW WAVE AND GOOD OL' FASHIONED POP TO CREATE A NEW HYBRID. THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THEY'VE REBUILT THE OLD MODEL. SMARTER ... SLEEKER ... SEXIER."
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