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The Dingbots : Kidd Radar, a rock opera
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This rock opera sounds like Lady Gaga hooked up with John Lennon and Bob Dylan in a time machine to spawn a love child who sings 23rd century lyrics to hooks that will make you want to sex a giant.
Genre: Rock: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Release Date: 2007
Kidd Radar, a rock opera
The Dingbots
Record Label: The Dingbots
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Narration 1 (Introduction) 1:54 + MP3 $0.99
2. We'll F Anything 3:56 + MP3 $0.99
3. Narration 2 (Once Upon a Place) 0:13 + MP3 $0.99
4. Seize the Bong (Freeze the Bomb) 2:33 + MP3 $0.99
5. Narration 3 (The Earthling Kidd) 0:29 + MP3 $0.99
6. Identity Crisis (Who Am I?) 4:34 + MP3 $0.99
7. Narration 4 (Sometimes Kidd Hated Being Alive) 0:24 + MP3 $0.99
8. Rock 'n Roll Rebel 2:28 + MP3 $0.99
9. Narration 5 (Kidd's Heart Cried Out for Romance) 0:21 + MP3 $0.99
10. Lonely Girl 3:14 + MP3 $0.99
11. Narration 6 (Kidd Was Fed Up) 0:19 + MP3 $0.99
12. My Head Is a Fist 2:28 + MP3 $0.99
13. Narration 7 (Kidd Meets a Girl) 0:23 + MP3 $0.99
14. Woman 3:33 + MP3 $0.99
15. Narration 8 (Ka Bonks Kidd into a Helpless Blob) 0:22 + MP3 $0.99
16. Sexual Terrorist 3:06 + MP3 $0.99
17. Narration 9 (Robot Girl Lady Mmm Roams Galaxies) 0:32 + MP3 $0.99
18. Va-va-voom 3:29 + MP3 $0.99
19. Narration 10 (Ka Warns Kidd) 0:31 + MP3 $0.99
20. My GF Got Freaky with a Strap-on 4:28 + MP3 $0.99
21. Narration 11 (Kidd Fell for Ka) 0:11 + MP3 $0.99
22. Of You I Sing 3:33 + MP3 $0.99
23. Narration 12 (Kidd's Father Had a Dream) 0:46 + MP3 $0.99
24. Do the Radiation 2:40 + MP3 $0.99
25. Narration 13 (Kidd and his Dad Dr DNA Quarrel) 1:58 + MP3 $0.99
26. UFO 1:56 + MP3 $0.99
27. Narration 14 (Dr DNA Sends Lizard Twin after Kidd) 0:28 + MP3 $0.99
28. Backwards Boogie 1:23 + MP3 $0.99
29. Narration 15 (The Lizard Twin Swallows Kidd) 1:29 + MP3 $0.99
30. Never a Perch for the Bird 2:28 + MP3 $0.99
31. Narration 16 (Dr DNA Stages a Coup) 0:23 + MP3 $0.99
32. Killer Satellite 1:58 + MP3 $0.99
33. Narration 17 (Dr DNA Threatens the World) 0:37 + MP3 $0.99
34. I Am the Bomb 2:22 + MP3 $0.99
35. Narration 18 (Millions March in Protest) 2:00 + MP3 $0.99
36. Ride My Rocket 3:32 + MP3 $0.99
37. Narration 19 (Kidd Misses Planet Earth) 0:20 + MP3 $0.99
38. Let It Live 3:37 + MP3 $0.99
39. Narration 20 (Kidd Remembers Ka) 0:20 + MP3 $0.99
40. Relationships (Where Did Love Go?) 6:48 + MP3 $0.99
41. Narration 21 (What Will Happen Next?) 1:22 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

The Dingbotz have created a groundbreaking rock opera in "Kidd Radar" -- a fun-filled sci-fi saga told in 20 songs and narration, studded with bizarre events, sexual exuberance, and adult wit. The full epic will unfold over five albums.

The Dingbotz sound like Lady Gaga hooked up with John Lennon and Bob Dylan in a time machine to spawn a love child who sings 23rd century lyrics to hooks that will make you want to sex a giant.. We’ve been influenced by a variety of artists: Arcade Fire, Bjork, the Shins, Regina Spektor, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Abba, the Pet Shop Boys, Sonic Youth, David Byrne, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Bartok, Stockhauzen, Kurt Weill, Richard Rodgers, and Captain Beefheart. We like to inject humor, sex and surreal deviance into our material.

The main characters of our rock opera are Kidd Radar and his girlfriend Ka. Kidd finds himself plunged into adventure when he is whisked away by an alien robot girl in her UFO. Back on earth, Ka leads an underground rebellion against the dictator Dr. DNA, who wants to redesign the human race.

Our songs range over various genres -- alt rock, alt pop, poignant ballads, chamber pop dance beats, and bizarre novelties. We're very strict about song choice: it HAS to sound like a top-ten single, otherwise it doesn't get produced.

If you are a natural rebel, a wild libertine, a transgressive intellectual -- or if you have two heads -- you might want the Dingbotz to land inside your cerebellum. For all you know, you might be a Dingbot yourself.

Feel free to check out the Dingbotz on CD Baby and ReverbNation.com.

Sometime, somehow, somewhere Dingbotmania will hit Planet Earth like a sackful of deranged aliens. Get ready.

Do your ding.



LISTENING GUIDE:

Ballads
1. Woman
2. Lonely Girl
3. Seize the Bong (Freeze the Bomb)
4. Of You I Sing
5. Never a Perch for the Bird
6. Let It Live
7. Relationships (Where Did Love Go?)

Alt Rock
1. We'll F Anything
2. Rock 'n Roll Rebel
3. My Head is a Fist
4. Sexual Terrorist
5. Killer Satellite
6. I Am the Bomb

Alt Pop
1. My GF Got Freaky with a Strap-on
2. Do the Radiation
3. UFO
4. Backwards Boogie

Dance Club Music and Chamber Pop
1. Identity Crisis (Who Am I?)
2. Va-Va-Voom
3. Ride My Rocket
4. Lonely Girl
5. Relationships (Where Did Love Go?)
6. Never a Perch for the Bird
7. Do the Radiation


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REVIEWS

a hit
author: Maggie Paley
                            
Very funny and kinda sweet and totally insane. A great gift for all your spacy friends.
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this is killer stuff. a cult-following has been formed. waiting for the next one
author: neel muller
                            
i called a small group of my closest friends together to form a circle around my yamaha 600 watt system attached to an orange extension cord that reached out to the deck in front of my house. the sounds of overhead planes turning towards LAX, the screetching of the sharp-shinned hawks in the hills, my one toilet making a kinda steam enjin sound lately (someone said it might be the water pressure valve gone bust, but who the hell knows for sure?), the waves roaring on the beach and my wife chatting on the phone made it difficult to find the right moment to press the play button. after about 35 minutes, when the moment seemed right, i finally pressed play and we began listening to KIDD RADAR. of course we were transformed to another world instantly. one lady friend almost fainted. another friend had a little bit of foam drooling out of the side of his mouth. my wife got off the phone and, for a brief moment, looked like she might not complain about anything for at least the duration of the performance. i looked over to where my 5 maltese dogs were sitting and saw them actually mouthing the words as if they had memorized them by heart. what an impact this album had on our community. after hearing this cd, people began selling their houses and immigrating to god knows where. local politicians got together, had meetings and planned something. people began wearing cheap imitation space suits on the beaches. as you might guess, the list goes on.
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