This week on Revolutions Per Movie, I am joined by Jack Turner, the owner of AnimatronicsWarehouse, as we look at the documentary The Rock-afire Explosion and his life restoring the iconic animatronic band to its original form.
We discuss how Jack stumbled onto the world of animatronics, how The Rock-afire Explosion introduced him to the music of The Beatles and The Monkees, why animatronics are still being portrayed as the enemy in pop culture, The Rock-afire Explosion's versions of the White Album and Abbey Road medleys, the genius of inventor Aaron Fletcher (who went from a door to door salesman to producing 50 Rock-afire shows every 3 months), the incredible band Aaron put together to play the music of Rock-afire, the emotional component for the fans of Rock-afire within the documentary, how Super Furry Animals are the musical thread throughout the documentary (including a SFA Rock-afire performance), how the band actually works mechanically, the amazingly hypnotic videos of Jack restoring the Rock-afire, the change from Rock-afire to Chuck E Cheese, Jack programing a Rock-afire show for a Clipse & Tyler, The Creator music video, deciding how often they should blink and much more!
JACK TURNER:
https://www.animatronicswarehouse.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@animatronicswarehouse
Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film, or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.
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