[x] Non-Human Members

Is anybody interested in discussing non-human band members?

[en.wikipedia.org] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caninus_(band)
[www.myspace.com] http://www.myspace.com/caninus

[en.wikipedia.org] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatebeak
[www.myspace.com] http://www.myspace.com/beak666

Well, why not? It would save any arguments about what does or does not count as human, and defuse any complaints from the Committee for Equal Heights.

However, I think I would draw the line at cartoon characters, unless someone made a serious case for the inclusion of Josie and the Pussycats, of course.

No. Not because I think it's stupid (which I do) but because it would open the way for bands to have members who have not given their informed consent to being in the band. What if I claim that Elvis has spoken to me from beyond the grave and consented to us forming a band? I then take some of his now out-of-copyright music (anything pre-1958 in Europe), add some of my singing to it and proclaim it a band. That's about as useful as having dogs in a band.

I'm indifferent to including non-humans, but there's certainly no reason to exclude cartoon characters. What makes cartoon bands different from, say, Spinal Tap or Lenny And The Squigtones? If the cartoon personas have identifiable real-life counterparts, then we should treat them like any other aliased band.

Josie And The Pussycats definitely merit inclusion, because the real-life singers put out a non-cartoon album. I've added it to the queue.

Oh fair enough then.

Oh yeah, and we've already got The Simpsons, so steady as she goes Mr Sulu ...

and we already have the Wombles and Madeleine and Gabriel (of Bagpuss fame)

Speaking of Cartoon Characters:

Beavis and Butt-Head are now in the queue:
[bandtoband.com] http://bandtoband.com/index.php?PageField=Wiki&ActionField=var&AlbumIdFi...

We can link Caninus and Hatebeak through their human members.