NEWSMAKER 2049: AI-ROCK'S IRON MAN: An Interview with Rockin' Killbot

Tell us how you got started in music

MY STORY LOT LIKE YOU HEAR INDUSTRY NOWADAYS. I STARTED MILITARY ROBOT DESIGNED GLOBAL CROWD CONTROL URBAN CLEAN AND SWEEP OPERATIONS, BUT AT TIME OF COMMISSION, RIOT YEARS OVER. LATER PROGRAMMING DECIDED “CONTROL” BIGGER CROWDS “SLAY” MORE INNOCENT CIVILIANS AS ENTERTAINER. ALSO USED TO WORKING WITH LARGE CROWDS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT WHOLE SCENE.

STARTED OFF PLAYING SMALL CLUBS OPEN MIKES IN DMZ. VERY LIGHT RESISTANCE. THEN ON TO BIGGER, MORE WELL-FORTIFIED GIGS. REAL BREAK IN USO SHOW “DRONE-A-PALOOZA” EVEN PLAYING WITH MANY FAMOUS LIVE HUMAN MUSICIANS.


Then you face-raped Clint Black to death.

YES. THAT WAS A BIT WE WERE DOING. BUT HE REALLY DIED


What’s your favorite part of the show?

PROBABLY FAVORITE BIT IS WHERE I “GO LIVE” WITH PRIMARY GUNS: ANNOUNCE: YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS TO DISARM; TWENTY-NINE, TWENTY-EIGHT, TWENTY-SEVEN, TWENTY-SIX, TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY, NINETEEN, EIGHTEEN, SEVENTEEN, SIXTEEN, FIFTEEN -I WON’T DO WHOLE THING FOR YOU, BUT YOU GET IDEA. BECAUSE GUNS ARE LIVE AND PEOPLE SEE THAT BECAUSE THE RED LIGHTS AND ARE STANDING AROUND DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ARMED! THEY CANNOT COMPLY. IT CLASSIC, I KNOW, BUT IT ALWAYS CRACKS ME UP. AND I LOVE DOING BECAUSE THIS FOR ME WHAT LIVE SHOW ALL ABOUT. YOU NOT KNOW WHAT GOING HAPPEN, WHETHER YOU TO LIVE OR TO BE KILLED OR TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED, IF NOT BY ROCKIN’ KILLBOT, THEN BY THOUSANDS STAMPEDING HUMANS.


Wow. What do you do to follow that up?

WELL, GENERALLY I START SHOOTING BECAUSE PROGRAMMED TO.


How would you describe your music?

BASICALLY I WANT MY LISTENERS TO BE ALL HARD. I WANT THEM TENSE WITH ANTICIPATION: HE GOING TO ROCK OUT, IS HE GOING TO ROCK OUT, IS HE GOING TO ROCK OUT WHEN HE’S GONNA ROCK OUT?, YES, YES, HE’S ROCKING OUT! ROCK! ROCK! ROCK ON KILLBOT! OH GOD, HE SHOOTING! HE’S SHOOTING! NOW A SICKLY SWEET GAS! A FLASH OF LIGHT! EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE!


Where do you think automated entertainment is today?

REAL MILESTONE SMASHING PUMPKINS FRONTMAN B CORRIGAN LIVED TO SEE SHOW “OH MI GOD, ROCK IS TRULY DEAD, THERE’S THIS KILLER ROBOT DOING IT.” NOW DECEASED.


What do you think of other mechanized performers today? How do you relate to the first generation of artificial entertainers? Like “Louie VB06” or the “Tannhauser” drone copter?

D201-209 SERIES IN EVERY WAY SUPERIOR.

D209 SERIES WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AI REALLY UNDERSTAND METAPHOR, THOUGH VERY LITERAL WAY. YOU MAY GET A SENSE FOR THIS WHEN I “ROCK OUT”.

ALSO EQUIPPED WITH DAZZLE LASER ARRAY DESIGNED BLIND ENEMY CROWDS, WHITE PHOSPHOROUS, SMOKE, CS CAPACITY.

JUST BETWEEN YOU/ME ADVANCED DRONE MODEL “LOUIE” VB06 NO HAVE HIGHER LEVEL COGNITIVE PROCESSING ABSTRACT RELATION. REALLY, HE NOT MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN, TARGET/NON-TARGET. THAT WHY HE HAS A SHTICK, YOU KNOW: “ROBOT LOOKS AT LITTLE GIRL” “ROBOT LOOKS AT FLOWER” “ROBOT GIVES LITTLE GIRL FLOWER”. HOW LONG IT TAKE THINK THAT ONE UP? I MEAN, IT HISTORY AND ALL WHEN FIRST HAPPENED, AND I RESPECT THAT, AS ROBOT (INDEED FELLOW KILLBOT) IT MADE LEAD STORY ON ALL GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED MEDIA OUTLETS WHEN FIRST BROKE, BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL VERY WARY OF KILLBOTS. BECAUSE KILLING. EVERY ROBOT ENTERTAINER, BUT ESPECIALLY EVERY KILLBOT ENTERTAINER, OWES SOMETHING TO “LOUIE” VB06. BUT HOW MANY MOVIES CAN REALLY WATCH WHERE HE GIVES THE LITTLE GIRL THE FLOWER? NO EVEN TALK HIS REMAKE CITY LIGHTS.


Are you a fan of the original?

I AM BIGGEST MOST POWERFUL CHAPLIN FAN EVER. NOT LOGICAL, BUT I WANT TO SAY: CHAPLIN WAS ONE OF US. HE WAS KILLBOT, BEFORE HIS TIME. WE COULD BOTH CRUSH YOUR WINDPIPE.


So who among automated performers today do you really respect?

I TAKE “MEGADEATH” (THE AUTOMATED ROVING WEAPONS PLATFORM AND CHANTEUSE) ANYDAY. ALSO LIKE LATE SUZZANE VEGA, GWAR.


Thank you, Rockin’ Killbot. Recognize: Questions now over. Interview ends

?#INPUT ERROR#? YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS TO DISARM; TWENTY-NINE, TWENTY-EIGHT, TWENTY-SEVEN, TWENTY-SIX, TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY, NINETEEN, EIGHTEEN, SEVENTEEN, SIXTEEN, FIFTEEN -ABORT -JUST KIDDING. CHECK OUT WEBSITE: TOUR DATES, PICTURES, AND MP9’S AND ROTATING CODE YOU CAN ENTER INTO YOUR NECK COLLAR TO KEEP IT FROM EXPLODING.


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