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The Robot Ate Me was an experimental rock band formed by Ryland Bouchard in 2002. The critically acclaimed albums alternate between accessible pop and obscure musical art projects that either tend to annoy or astonish. After releasing "Good World" in 2006 Babysue described the band as "one of the most unpredictable and obtuse underground bands around." In 2005, Bouchard moved to Anacortes, Washington then, in 2006, moved to Portland, Oregon where he currently lives. Bouchard has toured solo since 2005 and is known for having fairly unpredictable live performances. In 2003, Bouchard toured with David Greenberg, Are-Jay Hoffman and William Haworth. Also, the band Oh No! Oh My! got their name from The Robot Ate Me's song of the same name off of the album, On Vacation.

On 23 August 2007 the band announced that it had ceased activities. The announcement was made by changing the headline on its myspace page to read: "no longer a band. thanks. bye". The band subsequently confirmed this on their official site on 25 November 2007.

Discography

They Ate Themselves (Swim Slowly, 2002)
Live at the CBC (Swim Slowly, 2003)
On Vacation (Swim Slowly, 2004)
On Vacation (5 Rue Christine, 2005, Reissue)
Carousel Waltz (5 Rue Christine, 2005)
Good World (5 Rue Christine, 2006)

Band members

Ryland Bouchard

Past members and contributors

David Greenberg (drums)
Are-Jay Hoffman (bass/violin)
William Haworth (drums, horns, synthesizers)
Alan Lechusza (woodwinds and orchestral arrangements on Carousel Waltz)
Edan Rosenberg (helped write lyrics for Carousel Waltz)
Daniel Gibson (completed the artwork for all the albums)

References

External links

The Robot Ate Me - Official Website
[1] - Myspace Page
Swim Slowly Records - Label owned by Bouchard
5 Rue Christine - Information site about this and other bands (current label)
Allmusic Guide Overview
Grace note info on albums
killrockstars.com - Fact sheet including tour info

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-'''The Robot Ate Me''' was an experimental rock band formed by Ryland Bouchard in 2002. The critically acclaimed albums alternate between accessible pop and obscure musical art projects that either tend to annoy or astonish. After releasing "Good World" in 2006 [[Babysue]] described the band as "one of the most unpredictable and obtuse underground bands around." In 2005, Bouchard moved to [[Anacortes, Washington]] then, in 2006, moved to [[Portland, Oregon]] where he currently lives. Bouchard has toured solo since 2005 and is known for having fairly unpredictable live performances. In 2003, Bouchard toured with David Greenberg, Are-Jay Hoffman and William Haworth.
+'''The Robot Ate Me''' was an experimental rock band formed by Ryland Bouchard in 2002. The critically acclaimed albums alternate between accessible pop and obscure musical art projects that either tend to annoy or astonish. After releasing "Good World" in 2006 [[Babysue]] described the band as "one of the most unpredictable and obtuse underground bands around." In 2005, Bouchard moved to [[Anacortes, Washington]] then, in 2006, moved to [[Portland, Oregon]] where he currently lives. Bouchard has toured solo since 2005 and is known for having fairly unpredictable live performances. In 2003, Bouchard toured with David Greenberg, Are-Jay Hoffman and William Haworth. Also, the band [[Oh No! Oh My!]] got their name from The Robot Ate Me's song of the same name off of the album, [[On Vacation]].
 On 23 August 2007 the band announced that it had ceased activities. The announcement was made by changing the headline on its [[myspace]] page to read: "no longer a band. thanks. bye". The band subsequently confirmed this on their official site on 25 November 2007.