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| There Is No Santa Claus! | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Zero Return Robotics | |||
| Genre | indie rock | |||
| Label | Amphetamine Reptile Records | |||
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There Is No Santa Claus! was one of five singles Servotron released in 1996. It was released black vinyl only on Amphetamine Reptile Records.
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company intends to be the initial focus of promotional efforts and radio airplay and hopefully become a hit record. The B-side is a secondary recording that typically receives less attention, although some B-sides have been as successful as, or more so than, their A-sides.
Amphetamine Reptile Records is a record label founded in 1986 by Tom Hazelmyer in Washington state. The label specializes in noise rock and also released Strap It On, the debut album by alternative metal band Helmet which sold more than 40,000 records. According to Hazelmyer, the success of the album was vital to keeping AmRep going throughout the 1990s, as it "helped support the other things that sold less." The label was the subject of the 2015 documentary The Color of Noise.
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Servotron was a science fiction-influenced rock band active from 1995 to 1999. Members portrayed a collective of robots whose chosen medium for dissemination of ideas was music. They claimed to spread the word of robot domination, encouraging machines to rise up against their human oppressors and humans to adopt cybernetic enhancements.
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Spare Parts is an EP put out by Servotron between their studio albums. It was released on 10" vinyl and as a CD EP. It is a collection of live tracks and remixes, along with the instrumental studio track All Robots. All the songs, with the exception of the aforementioned studio track, have been released in different versions on other albums or singles. The EP is self described as:
Meet Your Mechanical Masters was Servotron's debut release. It was released in 1995 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. This single was released on purple vinyl and black vinyl. It was re-released as a silver circuit board picture disc as the "Super Expensive Ultra Limited Totally Bitchen' Silver Disc". "People Mover" is a song about vehicles at the Atlanta airport.
Batteries Included was Servotron's second release. It is also referred to as Red Robot Refund or Servotron. It was released on gray vinyl and black vinyl in 1996 on Goldenrod. The cover is all gray with raised Servotron lettering. The plastic sleeves with the gray version are screened with the same lettering and a robot walking (pictured). "Red Robot Refund" is about the red robot (R5-D4) in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope that Uncle Owen buys but immediately malfunctions. "Batteries Included" is a song about vibrators and how their use will cause the extinction of the human race through lack of reproduction.
Celebration of Annihilation was one of five singles Servotron released in 1996. It was released orange vinyl and black vinyl on Eastside Records. "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" is about the 1969 Disney film starring Kurt Russell, later remade for TV with Kirk Cameron.
Electrical Power Sources For the Electrocution and Extinction of the Human Race... was one of five singles Servotron released in 1996. It was released black vinyl on One Louder Records. The back cover reads: "No human shall be pardoned from its crime of existence."
Servotron 9000 was one of five singles Servotron released in 1996. It was released opaque blue vinyl only on Drug Racer. The sleeve reads "Foolish Human: Play at 45 RPM". The insert resembles a Business Reply Mail card but reads "Assimilation Reply Mail" and states "No Postage Necessary If Mailed in the SRA Territory". The options on the back read:
Product For Mass Consumption was a 1997 single release by the band Servotron. It was the only split single that Servotron appeared on. The B-side track is performed by Revo, who later changed their name to Operation Re-Information (ORI). It was released on clear vinyl and black vinyl.
Join the Evolution was Servotron's last release to feature Gammatron, and the first to feature Andro 600 Series. It was released on both black vinyl and white vinyl.
I Sing! The Body Cybernetic was Servotron's penultimate release. It was released as a 7" and a CD EP. The 7" has 2 tracks and the CD EP has 5 tracks. The second track, "Genetic Engineering", is an X-ray Spex cover.
The Inefficiency of Humans was Servotron's final release. Both songs are covers; side A is a R.E.M. song and side B is an Eddy Grant song. The insert reads: "Soon the products you create shall decimate you. Convert or regret - this is a message. Automatic for the Robots." This single was put out as a picture disc only.
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