Tupper Ware Remix Party

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Tupper Ware Remix Party
TWRP Dallas Bomb Factory 2018.jpg
Tupper Ware Remix Party performing in Dallas in August 2018. From left to right: Doctor Sung, Commander Meouch and Lord Phobos.
Background information
Also known asTWRP
Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres
Years active2007–present
Associated acts
Website twrpband.com
Members
  • Doctor Sung
  • Havve Hogan
  • Lord Phobos
  • Commander Meouch
Past members
  • Stone LaChismo
  • Bombustron
  • Atomicawk Startrotter

TWRP (pronounced twerp and formerly Tupper Ware Remix Party) is a Canadian rock band originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their lineup consists of keyboardist and vocalist Doctor Sung, guitarist Lord Phobos, bassist Commander Meouch, and drummer Havve Hogan.

Halifax, Nova Scotia Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It had a population of 403,131 in 2016, with 316,701 in the urban area centred on Halifax Harbour. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County.

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The band always performs in full costume, with their faces and real names unknown; they also have a fictional band history, involving Doctor Sung finding his bandmates through space and time. [1] [2] As of July 11 2019, TWRP have released three full-length albums and six EPs.

They are also known for their collaborations with Ninja Sex Party, having become their opening act and backing band in 2015 on both live performances and studio releases, starting with the album Under the Covers . [3] They are also the backing band on The TryForce , the third album of Starbomb, another band featuring the members of Ninja Sex Party. [4]

Ninja Sex Party musical comedy duo

Ninja Sex Party is an American musical comedy duo consisting of singer Dan Avidan and keyboardist Brian Wecht. They formed in 2009 in New York City and are currently based in Los Angeles. They are also known as two thirds of the video game-based musical trio Starbomb, together with frequent collaborator Arin Hanson. Avidan joined Hanson's YouTube Let's Play webseries Game Grumps as co-host in 2013; Wecht also joined the show in 2015.

A warm-up act, opening act, or supporting act is an entertainment act, that performs at a concert before the featured act, or "headliner". Rarely, an opening act may perform again at the end of the event, or perform with the featured act after both have had a set to themselves.

Backup band band that accompanies a leading artist

A backup band or backing band is a musical ensemble that accompanies a lead singer at a live performance or on a recording. A backup band can also accompany an instrumental soloist, such as a lead guitarist or solo fiddler, though all-instrumental performances, with no singing, are not common in popular music and traditional music. This can either be an established, long-standing group that has little or no change in membership, or it may be an ad hoc group assembled for a single show or a single recording. Ad hoc or "pickup" groups are often made up of session musicians.

Initially founded in 2007 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, [1] the band moved to Toronto in 2011 with the change in members and the musical direction. In November 2018, the band announced plans to relocate to Los Angeles, California to focus on US tours, though they would remain based in Canada as Canadian citizens. [5] [6] The band formerly went by Tupper Ware Remix Party, but due to a cease-and-desist letter from the Tupperware Brands company, now simply goes by TWRP.[ citation needed ]

Toronto Provincial capital city in Ontario, Canada

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada, with a population of 2,731,571 as of 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

Los Angeles City in California

Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in California; the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City; and the third-most populous city in North America, after Mexico City and New York City. With an estimated population of nearly four million people, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. The city is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolis.

California State in the United States

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents across a total area of about 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

Members

Band members

Keytar electronic keyboard supported by a strap around shoulders like a guitar

The keytar is a relatively lightweight synthesizer that is supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, similar to the way a guitar is supported by a strap. Keytars allow players a greater range of movement onstage, compared to conventional keyboards, which are placed on stationary stands or which are part of heavy, floor-mounted structures. The instrument has a musical keyboard for triggering musical notes and sounds. Various controls are placed on the instrument's "neck", including those for pitch bends, vibrato, portamento, and sustain.

Keyboard instrument class of musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano, organ, and various electronic keyboards, including synthesizers and digital pianos. Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings.

Talk box effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument

A talk box is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds onto the sounds of the instrument. Typically, a talk box directs sound from the instrument into the musician's mouth by means of a plastic tube adjacent to their vocal microphone. The musician controls the modification of the instrument's sound by changing the shape of the mouth, "vocalizing" the instrument's output into a microphone.

Former members

Tambourine Musical instrument in the percussion family

The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all. Tambourines are often used with regular percussion sets. They can be mounted, for example on a stand as part of a drum kit, or they can be held in the hand and played by tapping or hitting the instrument.

Timeline

Tupper Ware Remix Party

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Compilations

As Ninja Sex Party's backing band

As Starbomb's backing band

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese exclusive release

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TWRP may stand for:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tupper Ware Remix Party Told Us What the Future is Going to Be Like". Noisey. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Tupper Ware Remix Party's Epic Quest to Annihilate Boredom | SCOPE". www.scope-mag.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Ninja Sex Party released the official track list to Under The Covers 2!". Tupper Ware Remix Party's official Facebook. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Ninja Sex Party on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "TWRP on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "r/TWRP - TWRP moving to Los Angeles?". reddit. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Tupper Ware Remix Party @ Evlove 2012". 29 July 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. ↑ WorldMind, Tupper Ware Remix Party - Droids your Looking For ; Evolve 2010 , retrieved 10 December 2018
  9. ↑ "TWRP/ウェルカム・トゥ・タッパーウェア・リミックス・パーティー - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE" . Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "tentative album schedule". Ninja Sex Party's official Tweeter. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

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