Walter Sickert and The Army of Broken Toys

BIOGRAPHY
Release Date 1889 Genre SteamCrunk WE LOVE RPM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!we have been a part of it since its birth and hope it goes on until the end of time. it has a very important meaning to us, our band and our lives. a Giant squid thanks to the Wire !!!! - Love & Tentacles Walter Sickert WIREFOREST Record Label looking About Your daily dose of SteamCrunk Est. 1889 twitter.com/armyoftoys Feb 10 Quiet Desperation Night @ TT's We're on at 11 March 11 939 - Red Rood with ZOE KEATING!!!!!!! We're on at 8 SHARP!!! Biography “Somewhere between hell and your own bedroom”, Walter Sickert and Edrie let you know how it feels to be broken. Boston’s Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys offer their broken toy wisdom with the help of the WIRETOOTH animals and their Broken Toy Army of 9-15 artists, who “roll in with their burlesque dancers, leers and winks and Hieronymus Bosch tableaus of living mannequins and props and while they play you accept decay, laugh at sex and revel in life. When they roll out again you feel empty”. Dark, witty and hard hitting, they will “confound the mind while amazing the senses” with their new CD SteamShipKillers, released June, 2010. The band formed when principals Walter Sickert and Edrie dealt with the turmoil and loss that came after their spouses took a road trip together and never returned. Framing the forests of their songs around love, betrayal and heartbreak, the band says their music is for anyone who has ever been broken. Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys have been making as much noise nationally as they do locally. With a steady foundation of coverage by Boston press including The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, the Noise and The Phoenix; the Army of Toys has also been featured nationally on NPR’s Here and Now, All Songs Considered and on MuchMusic. The band was honored to be featured at NXNE music Conference in Toronto, Canada where they also won Best International Song for the track “Pale Horse” by Toronto Magazine. In addition, Walter has b

BAND MEMBERS
Walter Sickert - Vox, Piano, Guitar, movie making Edrie - Vox, accordion, xylophone, Broken Toys Rachel Jayson - Viola, Violin, Cello jojo the Burlesque Poetess - MC, Poet, Uke Terrorence Tj Horn - Drums Meff -Guitar, Mandolin, bubbles, mustache Mike Leggio - Standup Bass & you and me our Giant Squid our Circus Bear 5 dead hookers & Mitre Square!!! Band Bunnies: (live performance artists who sometimes join the fray on instrument or body) Daniel Schubmehl - Drums Eli Higgins - Mental Patient Kelsey Jarboe - Accordion, Voice, Piano, bunny Madelaine Ripley - Violin Mali Sastri - Vocals, Piano Nate Green Slit - Drums Paul Dilly - Standup Bass Tony Leva - Standup Bass The Bunny Collaborative: ( "the 20 ODD performers who augment the group on stage") Adam Annabelle: Creepy Mickey Bunny Al Marionette: Puppeteer Bunny Amy Danse Macabre: Burlesque Bunny Amy Roeder: Atomic Mouse Bunny Ashley Marie Collett: Dita von Bunny Austin Auh: OCD Bunny Ben Parsons: Puppeteer Bunny Chelsea Shunten: Tiny Dancer Bunny Donovan Smith: Bunny jr. Elena Sanders: Bunny in Training Helena Prezio: Bunny Wrangler Irina Peligrad: Marionette Bunny Jackie Olivia: Mistress of Merch Bunny Justin Moore: Paparazzo Bunny Kama Lord: Dignified Lady Bunny Katrina Galore: Fancy Dancey Bunny Mags Loscuito: Mad Scientist Bunny Martin Owens: Distinguished Gent Bunny Natasha Sorokin: Bunny of all trades Penny Candy: Ballerina Bunny Porcelain Dalya: Mermaid Bunny Stephanie Ramirez: Plastic Lady Bunny Ted Read: Bent Circuit Bunny Tricia Smith: Mamma Bunny ---the Lab Rat Players--- (talented musicians who donated fingers and minds to "Causality Menagerie") Melodica-Basso, Various kitchen utensils, sequencing on "No Room" "Pale Horse" & "ROTR" by Lainey Shulbaum (Steamy Bohemians) Cello on "No Room" "Pale Horse" & "ROTR" by Val Thompson (Goli, Fluttr Effect) Violin "No Room" "Pale Horse" & "ROTR" by Myq kaplan Violin and 2nd female vocals on "Viktagrapgh" by Heathe

YEARS COMPLETED
2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012

GENRES
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OTHER BAND SITES
http://www.armyoftoys.com
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Completed Albums