Summary!

Okay, the ball is rolling nicely now and we have some good ideas going into the hat. The Cubes animation's with Chris and will pass on to someone else... next week? ; )

The idea of animating a band is really taking shape, it works on a number of levels;

• No immediate need for a narrative / storyline
• Each of us could take ownership of a character
• Great collective goal; it's something that'd be hard to achieve individually. 
• The focus can be almost entirely on character design and animation from the outset if we use an easy-rig system

With this in mind, it would be great to start adding stuff here and taggin it 'band' in the labels.

I'm going to start off with these links:
The muppets had a great band called Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. Each character had real personality and individuality, many based on famous musicians. Their instruments and the way they played them were very much an extension of their character.

Regardless of the  direction we take with style, this is a great formula. The more I've read tonight, the clearer it is to appreciate just how much effort went into investing a personality and soul in each character - there are links to band members below these images.

And a musical number...



The Band by Character.

• Dr. Teeth (Vocal / Piano)
• Zoot (Sax)
• Janice (Guitar / Vocal)
• Rowlf (Piano / Vocal)
• Animal (Drums)
• Floyd Pepper (Bass)

And more info here on the Muppet Wiki!